Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-11
West Wind Drift
By GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON

prVyea \ pHfrter ne could not drfve past
hard a. bar OF steel. was pressing re- |
lsntleeely against his throat. crushing,
choking The life out Of him. He Va. 81
suong. vieorous man, but he was help
sssr iGs from sss sss q sIops: s,: .. F'A sss nSs.
40 heard Percival's voice, painting In his
Il Gan keep shis up longer than you
can ! don't want TO break your neck
n Sr.sS SeI youn nses Indoy SSa but yo
slacksned psrcsptibiy. "say L { Nows
your chance. Say you'vs-Got encushl"
Il Lasndcvsr G managed to Gssp out ths
MS mouth completely. f.
Peroiyai released him instantiy and
ieIl back . yard or %. ready. howevef.
20 spring upon his man again At the
n,,sv nsss sim noS Of trsschsry, No more than han
ginning and the end Of the encounter. II
was all over in the twinkling Of an eye.
% to speak In fact. Il was over 20
quickly that the nrst man e resch the The
ans out. found the % two men M facing each
,ther, one coughing and clutchhg at his
NC uroet the other erect ana menacins
sse erss sush th fs.s free Il 'GSs tx
shoulders that blocked one OF the two
portholes He recognised the counte-
nance Of soapy Shay, the thief. To his
winked at him -.
The boat is ready to leave, Land
over. said the victor brislsly. we have
no no more use for this thing at present"
the berth with the toe OF his foot. The
banker stared past him at tho aSitated
group, In The corridor. The man was
trembling like 2 leaf. not % much from
dous physical shock.
Percival was q generous foe. He ex-
save ass ,.s for y the Shs s fssn{ hs
well up In the eyes Of the banker. hs
beard beard III the hslf-suppresssd sob that broke
%hn Il. s.1s :. eESs:'s a n s.s s;sTs (.
shay ss'' ssss !ssss vs. U.s.. you r. addressed soaD'
.soapy saiuted with mock esrvility
y: vses seS 6: Ss gas:' piss sasS
mission." HSvinl dsi!ysrsd hlmsslf q
fsssa tsss EIinssfIHl Ei%:sIl acknowledgment hs sf'
| sA,d PsrciySi alas as the X Gro; crowd al shuiiisS away
happen ms Even now n :alS sot nu s'S sas
f Ss nsasS sS' r:s :t.sep You fas .1
not In the habit Of submitting % force.
however, to recognise the last Of these:
stvs % hang % how hhoSp'ss much yoS y Ssts me. me nor
% aon. ' Want sso your a! .nS.Sip SS1oss any mn more
sSan onx v,r, xsn sssy ySyr wsSos is .h. e.: SS Sss
IN Incl charge Of W q ssns @ Of ~orkmen. Every
man on this chip belongs 70 thas ssnI.
sSs matter fairly: honestly; open :mindsaa.
~ You accuse me Of being hieh.hand.
Cd. ! return. the charge. It's you who
are hlgh;handede You ct yourself above
70 abide Sy the viii q the majority. I
for myself, but for them. God knows. I
mot lSops a soE t.cuSs sSo,.r This yoD aDo
tarily. But now that II has been thrust
| upon me. I have no other alternative
than to see i through. You ought 70 Se
enough ssnsS:s % e. L y0S IN tS.s SSsn M
ditions were reversed, Mr.. Landover,
and you were in my place. ! would be the
last to oppose you. because have lsarned
live up to the regulations Everywhere
tai SS and AZ iIS isSoS % aHsrs i 70 : question of
t0s sssi . ons.s nc ;uss sno snss u
purest kind Of socialism. for even the so
cialist can't ret rich at the expense Of his
neishbor. But I'm beginning to lecture
,ss ssp pr.p.sss n ss e 70 S'Sn ca, 3 fi Ss:ss
not say wiiiingly--and do your share on
the lob as long as you are physically
w II submit to brute force. There is no
other course left open to me-" said Land.
''sS Every %Ssl veil. then. Com. .lons-we'rs
wasting veMmaDis Ms time ss nsr; r,,;;,nu,.."
isveiiy. You and /. Mr.. Landovsr. are
Jointly concerned IN the establishment OF
Ssaz ss; sR. ,.S S,dss q
a..afft &ft.r ms%snss 'i he.:.tssien, sSs other
lifted his chin and walked past TT, the
PercivaJ followed close behind: He kept
| up q Glib, one-sided conversation.
| You see. there was no other way TO
nsnS; yGn v.' oSsss SS e s:;Sr
Intelligent. educated men. Il 10 inpos-
sibie. to reason with an intslligent. edu-
issss asss, %sn; Viewpoint. int 'esS ~ Il: own mem
tally equipped to resist any kind OF an
aTaKe our United States senators. our
can't can't reason with them. No doubt you've
alsS other /" "cspltsiisss. tHsa we've al tried i
You've sotsto hit EN- on tho head with
want want to bring en- to time. You have 70
club them to death at the polls. 80 to
speak Now, you take these wops. They
aheS Tssyro hssn ss sRa sSTt
ike the Common or garden variety Of
dog. No matter how much you baat
| them or scold them, you can always get
along with them II you feed them and
them that ona ysIss rss nGs an ass sa that
you are afraid Of them--well IT'S All
| on. They begin to be sensible right
away. and then they form a labor union.
Ana the more ssnSis1 sns s e. sssy they
leaders. athe walking delegates! and blood
sucking agitators TO mako fools Of 'err.
It's all a matter Of leadership. Mr.. Lan-
dover. as you win admit. any way you
the ladder to the boat. He turned TO
address Perclval in o loud, ciear voice.
You win not long be In a position
,S younE Es9T1s' man % your ' reign viii Be short
would like my feliow-passensers to
know that have never refused TO work
with them. I have merely declined 10
work under an outlay Life ,is a. ds,s ,s,r
ship. I am taking this step against my
will. rather than subject myself to fur.
ther indignities and the cruelties you
would indict y held out against you.
ular hit you might have made by Throw
ing me into the sea, q treat which you
doubtless ui led all OF these people to OK
peHi He climbed down the ladder and
dropped into the boat A he took his
, ssoss @ above. Ftndias the person: b:
. sought, he smiled, shook his head siowiy