The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1922-02-09
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surface for year, past
sNot one In : hundred the Ameri-
cans voice broke into his train ~
thought-"of the sO-called revolution
airy leaders In this country are disln-
tereued. Captain They're out for
Number one. and when they've talked
the boys into bloody murder. and your
existing social system II d0wn-and-aut.
they'll be the leaders IN the new one.
That's what they're playing for
power. and when they've got H. God
help the men who gave II 20 'rm.
Drummoud nodded. and III another
cigarette odd things he had read re
CURED 10 him trade unions refusing
90 allow discharged soldiers 10 join
them: the reiterated threats Of direct
action And 70 What endf
A passage IN part Of the ledger evil
IDENTIFY devoted TO extracts from the
speeches Of the first.class general lee
turers caught his eye
TO me, the big fact Of modern life Is
the war between classes People
declare that the method Of direct ac-
ton inside a country will produce a
revolution ! agree II Involves
the creation OF an army
And beside the cutting was note
BY Peterson In red ink:
An excellent man Send for pro-
tracted tour"
The note OF exclamation appealed TO
Hugh he could see the writer's
tongue In his cheek as he put II In
1T Involves the creation Of an army.
]" The words OF the inundated
rabbit came back TO his mind. The
man OF stnpendous organizing power,
who has brought together and welded
into one the hundreds OF societies sim
liar To mine. who before this have
each. on their own. been feebly strug-
cling toward the light Now we are
combined. and our strength II due TO
him"
In other words the army was on the
road to completion, an army where
ninety per cent OF the tghters-duped
by the remaining ten--would struggle
hlindly towards dim, half-understood
goal. only to find out too late that the
whip ~ Solomon had been exchanged
for the scorpion ~ his son
why can't they be made TO under
stand Mr. GreenY' he cried bitterly.
The working man--the decent fel-
low"
HAS anyone tried TO make EN- UNI
derstand. Captain | guess I'm no In
teilectusl guy. but there was French
writer fellow-vlctor Hugo-who
wrote something that sure hit the nail
on the head copied u out, for II
seemed good 10 me" From his pocket
book he produced slip Of paper. The
faults " women. children. servants,
the weak. the INDECENT and the ignorant
are the faults OF husbands, fathers,
masters. the strong. the rich, and the
learned Wall = he leaned back 10 his
chair there you are. Their proper
leaders have sure failed them. so
they're running after that bunch OF
cross-eyed skaters And sitting here.
watching EN- run. and laughing ~ TO
beat the band. Is your pal Peterson y
II was AZ that moment that the tele-
phone bell rang and after slight hes
itation Hugh picked up the receiver.
-yery well. be grunted after listen
ing for while. II win tell him"
He replaced the receiver and turned
60 the American
mir pichling viii be here FOR the
meeting At two. and Peterson win he
tate" h. announced slowly,
whats Ditchling when he's az
honey asked the other.
zone ~ the so-called leaders an
swered Hugh briefly. turning over the
pages % the ledger Here's bis dos
sier. according TO Peterson. ntshling.
Charles Coed speaker clever I'M
scrupulous Requires hlg money worth
u Drinks
For while they stared e. the brief
summary snd then the American burst
into cufaw u laughter
the mistake you've made CaptHln
81 this country 9 not giving Peterson
. sat 10 your cabinet He'd have the
uhais czb0ose eating ont e bis hand;
and Z ran raf ln fes hundred
fheu.snI year. tr uiEht ruu s.nishf
and eros pigs 81 bobby
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