Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-13
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IJER aunt worked In what was known
LAS tho salvage corps. She was one of
the clerks employed In checking out the
cargo and other materials seized by the
coumittee Of ten. as the leaders in this
slhSular enterprise were called. Captain
Trigger having protested against the
dstiantling OF the vessel and the con-
fscation Of It's cargo---which was as far
as he could go---announced that he
salvage the property, He required an
official, documentary report, howevFr. In
which every item removed was account
down and sworn TO by responsible per.
sons The purssr. Mr.. Codge, and First
OfIlcer Mott representa- the captain In
this operation. while the consignees were
STSRe9iy SpIRaIlty Malone, the lawyer; James K.
Jones, the promoter and Moses Block,
the rubber Importer. IT is unnecessary
to deal further with this feature OF the
situatlon. Suffice II to say. the trans
ac{ion-if It may be 40 denoted-was
managed with the utmost regularity and
formality.
Elderly men and women. were chosen
for the clerical work which this rather
iaborious undertaking entailed.
on ,ho crnst Of tho loftiest hill thcre
was established a permanent observation
and signal station. Near the top sort
of co.''rlnation dugout and shanty was
constructed by order Of Captain Trigger,
ak day and night, week In and week
q watches were kept similar to those
maintained on board ship.
While the entire company. high and
low, worked with zeal that eventuaNy
resulted In state Of good-natured
though intense % %rlyalry IN eR,ai Kill ana ganar- sr-
ally cheerful and courageous--there was
O profound lack OF gaiety. In the eyes
Of each and every one OF them lay the
never-vaniohinR shadow OF an nnx'ssynae,n aos,
hercest faces wore a wistful expression
the broadcast smile revealed touch or
sadness. over all, however, the surpass-
Ing spirit Of Kindness and generosity
presided. ..,
Calamity had softened- the hearts IN
the same cruclble that hardened the
hands. The arrogance OF the strong
mellowed' into consideration for the
weak wisdom and culture went hand IN
and rancor left the hearts Of the lowly
and met halfway the departing. inso-
lercs of the lofty: fellowship took root
n. N heart s!a Uf maS s.S" was S'n master s
here the brain its humble servant =
Landover worked hard, doggedly. 10
oil Onward appearances h. had re-,
ssd :sS sa splr ,Sa seSsa S any DoMn
rebeliious re- He despised these people as
a clasr In hls estimation, all creatures
with the obnoxious iron of socialism
he even went so far as to believe that
they were, after a fashion. anarchists
His conception of anarchy was rather
was contrary to his notion Of satisfao;;
try distribution Of wealth. He believed
that every man who worked for n wage
was at heart sn enemy to law wv ana
one whose hand is eternally against the
employer, absolutely without honor, JUS
tice or reason. The workingman was
for self, always self--and to Landover
that was anarchy.
women---of tho lower classes possessed
physical and mental qualities similar to
those possessed by himself. even IN q
modified form. was not only repugnant
Of the finer emotions--such as love, for
inst"""H We could not conceive. Of a
laborinE man loving his wife and chill;
6ren; Il wasn't natural He picturod
nothing short of Indecent; there couldn't
be anything fne or noble or enduring In
the processes OF birth. existence and
death as related to them. Nature took
represented by the class to which he
belonged-provided for tho litters they
cast upon the world. In a word, Abel
Landoyers father and grandfather and
great. grandfather had been rtoh men be-
fore him. .,
He despised Captain Trigger for. the
simple reason that that faithful. gallant
sailor was an employe of the company
In which he was q director. 1t meant
nothing to him that Captain Trigger
came Of f,ne. hardy. valiant stock: 1t
meant less to him that he was a law
unto himself aboard the Doraihe.
For. when all was said and done. Cap
hin Trigger worked tor, Just SO much
tho men who paid him his wage. ON
board the Tor raine--es was the case with
all other vessels on which he chose TO
sali-the banker sat at the captains
DO distinction or an honor; 1t was his
que As a matter OF fact. he looked upon
himself as the real head of the captains
Half dozen persons In all that COM
pany comprised Landover's circle of
desirabies. OF the rest. most Of them
were impossible. three-f -fourths OF them
We're ANARCHISTS" oil Of them were be-
Reath notee--except as listeners. As
sily and aetusIly t y0ans Sandis @ s at ieast ast
case. he was "bum," whenever Nj.
Landover was at a loss for a word to ex:
Sreas eontamely for his fellow.man--nnd
bum" " "'''
The women on board we're divided
nto three classes In t.andover's worldly
opinion the kind you would marry
nre, the kind you wouldn't marry
SpiehtlruD. and the kind you wouldn't
nSseto nnsse 70 marry (common) He put Olga
Ssutosky and Careni-Amori in this rather
ssensive ss third class, and eyen went so
nsrs T as 70 set what he considered fair
'ai9e upon them as human commodities
totas, te worked with the gang Of log
TNs term supplied by Percvai.
SSy were the men who carried or drag
~ me trimmed tree-trunks from the
svtpst 70 the camp site, where they were
%usossequenuy hewn Into shape for struc-
G.ss. purposes by the more skiilful han
Nslh OF ak and wedge and saw.
"a certain man named Manuel Crust
me foreman Of thi1 gang. He was
s"arthy. powerful "PortuKee" who
WIS on his way to Rio to kill the pal
wa. ao hsd run away with hts wife, He
bra, sUihs up there to kill Sebastian Ca
his idea OF future happiness was 10 iii
NJ .ne nreside In his declining years and
dsn,Snhtiy rupinate over the variety of
soma aS s ne had inflicted upon the loath-
,.i Lisnndover took a strange fancy TO Man.
n,a trust He was drawn to him parfio-
psrypy py the rough things ne said about
.S,SSwh. He also liked the way m
Mn h,'H me prodtEious Manuel deferred, TO
tivs. inspired the phiianthropip moN
ssIs,,. s ,hat led him to share his very ex.
s,un clEaT with. the doughty fore
,sf -, nSs adn' n hss Sff hs ASA as ssr
Percival wss ,rx.s..,..x,.