Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-11-08
CHAPTER Iy.-oontinued.

CdAtIEft
AS Carol defied decency by sitting
down with the men, Mr.. Stowbody was
piping to Mr.. Dawson, Say, Luke,
when wasn't higgins first settled in
| Winnebago Township? Want it in
1892"
why no WANT Mr.. Dawson
| Vermont in 1S67-no, wait. in 1868,
it must have been-and took a. claim
on the Rum River, quite a ways above
Anoka~"
II did not!" roared Mr.. Stow
body. "He settled first in Blue Earth
County, him and hts father!"
Il c"What's the point at issue?" Carol
Whispered to Kennicott.
("Whether this old duck Biggins
had an English setter or a LlewelIyn'
They've been arguing it all cventng!")
Dave Dyer interrupted to give It'd
ings. ID tell YOU that Clara Biggins
was in town couple days ago? She
bought a ,hot-water bottle-expensive
one, too-two dollars and thirty
cents!"
"Yaaaaaah!' snarled Mr.. Stowbody
Course. She's just like her grandad
was. Never a a cent. Two dollars
| and twentyA-thirty, was 1.-two dol
lars and thirty cents for a hot-wateI
bottle! Brick wrapped up in a flan.
mel petticoat Just as good, anyway
"HoV's Elias tonsils. Mr.. Stow.
body?" yawned Chef Dashaway.
While Mr.. Stowbody gave a somatic
and psychic study OF them, Carol re.
Elected, Are they really 20 terribly in
terested in Elias tonsils, or even ir
Elias esophagus? I wonder if ]
could get them away from personal.
tiles Let's risk damnation and try
There hasn't been much labor
trouble around here, has there, Mr.
Stowbody?" she asked ~innocently.
mo, ma'am, thank God, we've beer
free from that, except maybe with
hired girls and f~arm-hands. Trouble
enough with these foreign farmers; |,
you don't watch these Swedes the,
turn socialist or populist or some foo
thing on you in a minute OF course
if they have loans o can make EN-
listen to / just a v ,em come
into the bank for a talk. and tell EN-
a. few things. I don'tmind their beint
democrats, 50 much, but I won s.ant
having socialists around. But thanl
God, we amt got the labor troubl,
they have in these cities. Even Jacl
Elder here gets along pretty we'll, II
the planing-miE, don't you, Jack?'
yep. Sure. Don't need SO man!
skilled workmen in my place, and IT.
a lot Of these cranky. waee-hogging
half baked. skilled mechanics tina
start trouble-readtng q lot of this an
archist literature and union paper
and ALL"
do you approve Of union abo !?
Carol inquired OF Mi. Elder.
me? 1 should say not! It's lik
this: 1 don't mind dealing with m,
men If they think they've got an:
grievances--thoush Lord know
what's come over workmen, nova
days-don't appreciate a good job
But still. II they come to me honestly
as nan to man, Ill talk things owe
with them. But I'm not going Z
have any outsider, any Of these walk
ing delegates, or whatcver fame.
names they call themselves now
bunch Of rich grafters, living on tn
d ignorant workmen! Not going t
have any Of those fellows butting ii
and telling nj how to run my bust
neasi"
MI. Elder was growing more exdt
ed, more be1ligerent and patriotic. "
stand for freedom and constitutions
rights. II any man don't like m
shop, he can get up and Sit. Earn
/. way, II + don't like him, he gifts. An
that's all there 10 to It. ! simply can
understand al Theses complication
and hope-te-doodles and E~overnznen
reports and WaGe-ec3l01 mo G0.
knows what all thAt these fellows ar
bailing up the labOr situation With
when It's All perfectly simple. The,
like what pay 'sm, or they set Out
That's all there - to III"
what do You think OF proflt-sfiar
ing 2" Carol vsnfured.
Mr.. Elder thunderod his answp
while the others nodded. solemnly an
in tune. like aalop-windOw OF Next
BILE toys, comic mandartns and Judge
and ducks ana clowns, est q~uiverfnl
BY . breeze from the open door:
nA1l this proftf-Nhafing and Welf1r