Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-21
- nra1Ns THE STORY

having cn''co ccoommand, Shad Wells,
lsccno ~ his influence oper Beth
}eslo1 o;,l beloved BY both.
Cameron, n,,o;,,f him. Peter receives
wefks cgu"E Evropo that the Boil
xoft Jrom "a his trail and there Is
MseM' H., ~. nj Inc fact in the chdrdo.
wnMmmu.'nn,e .nn,e Of the men Wells has
~ Thsre 10 disdTecfion among
Mse. and Peter seeks to dtlay "
~ mshm:, mh:,c oomp,on sense to them.
msb boye happened in this camp
"Thmys oo,no TO make trouble tor
Mst e,s y%I'k says, "trouble for
e. trouble for Mcclure out moro
t,ssbs for pou.' ,o>,r,S,rus
,urHAr's what we're lookin' for
.,,,.--" cried the same voice,
"a Peter now identified 1t as Flynn 8,
:, - q. asitator had come oack anu
.o,.n in unawares' >, ,, p,..,
An' "you,ve come back" And
AMY. The crowd, IT don't think
n@ y "a likely to be disappointed II
Flynn .s;ns T. for trouble" he said dry
hs ioUnb iioTromble Is one of the few things
mis- world man can find IL he
box las,s ,o' mon, no an without lookin' for
~, hyen,.hed a broad chested Scot at
fsssr sssThst's right. I met Flynn a while
lpas l., tbe office. l made him an
20 o'f' said M i'd fight him fair just man
ohef. ! Sar sor our opinions. He refused.
70 ,sn Ia ,old him he was a coward, a
! aiso Wv liar. But he wouldn't fight
snsss Because % he's what said he. was.
--pseSIIh pms,ii chow We. misther--' shouted
r-rn Sbut | amt ready yet
Sv%a SvWnr,,l be ready when this meeting
.nsr @ And one of US Is going out OF
tbis camp feet first >,
"We'll see about that, ~ ,,u
zone Of us will. And l think III
90 'AH ,aush went up around Peter.
,-arrsd Immediately by chorus OF
i..rs from the rear Of the room.
TeS pnt Peter managed to be heard again.
nWsl, didn't come on this job
hot,ns for trouble" he went on coolly.
% .sT wanted to help you chaps in any
az I could" (''The hell you did
ives I did what l could for your
cNmfort. raised your wages anu =
didn't ask more than an honest day e
work from any one of you. some Oh
you have stuck to your jobs ike men,
IN spite of the talk you've heard al
about you. and l thank you. LOU
others" he cried, toward the rear Oh
the room, i've tried TO meet III
friendly spirit where I could. but some
Of you don't want iriendsnip.,>- 80
(''Not with you, we don y NOT
with any one else Leter shouteu
back defantly. You don know "hat
friendship means, or you woulant trS
to make discomfort ana trouoie ior
everybody, when you re oil gettlhs !; q
good wage and good living conditiohs.
That amt enough ~
Peter calmly disregarded the interrupt
tps and went on. perhaps you fell
: lows think l don't know what social =
ism means. I do. To the true social
III. socialism Is nothing else but Chris
tanity. It's just friendship, that's oil.
He believes in helping the needy and
the weak. He believes in defending his
own life and happiness and the happi l.
ness Of others" '"That's truc-that
fisht.") "And he believes that the
world can be led and guided by A great
brotherhood of humanity seeking just
laws and equality for all men, (Con :
fictlng cries of That's not enough J!
and let him speak!") But l know
what anarchy means too, because less
prhan six months ago I was in Russia
and saw the hellish thing at work.
! saw men turn and kill their neigh =
bors because the neighbors had more
than they had; saw n whole people
breast man rasino rnoS', IN av at one
\ mothers throats from hunger, from
l anger, from fear of what was coming
7 next. That is what anarchy means. y
"What you say is lie," came a
clear voice in English, with slight
accent. A man had risen at the rear
OF the room and stood facing Peter.
he was not very tall and he was not
IN working clothes, but Peter recog-
nized him ut once as the man with the
dark mustache, the mysterious stran-
ger who had followed him to Black
Rock. Peter set his jaw and shrugged.
ne was aware now of all the forces
with which he had to deal.
What does anarchy mean, them"
ne asked coolly.
:, You know what it means" said
the man, pointing an accusing finger
at Peter, 1T means only the end OF
all autocracy, whether of money or of
power, the destruction of class distinc
tion and making the working classes
the masters of ali general wealth which
they alone produce and to which they
alone are entitled"
:, A roar of approval went up from
the rear of the room, and cries Of. "Go
It, Bolsche," and Give him hell. Yaki-
moy."
Peter waited until some order was
type Of man was more % +" ba foarrd
than Flynn or any other professional