Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-05
AND HERE IT CONTINUES

&scping behind your neighbors and
vsr crops are poorer each season
aar you saved any money, Crock.
T"Save my money" the man blus-
md, with shepherds wages alone at
- pounds n week. and weeks rain
ardhs in the day I began hay.mak
n Why, my barley"
'Tou started your hay-mak:ng ter
IN too late Segerson interrupted
1s1ly. "You had plenty Of warning
IN d for your barley. You sold Il
The Kings Arms at Barnstaple,
vAm you'd had too much to drink
thirty per cent. below its value
Jane turned toward the door,.
n need not stay any longer she
IA. II wanted to look at your fnri!.
* myself, Mr.. Crockford. and :!
thought II only right that you should
NJ early notice of my intention to
~ you to vacate the plnce.'
ne cold truth was finding its way
hto the mans consciousness. 1t had
I wonderfully sobering effect.
"I0ok here. ma am he demanded,
ah n true that you lent Farmer Hol.
roys four hundred pounds to buy his
own farm and tho Crocombe brothers
ltwo hundred each?"
a0uIte true" Jane replied coldly.
'what Of IT,
"What of IT." the man repeated.
"You lend them youngsters money and
then you come to me. man who's
been on this land for twenty two years.
and you've nothing to say but get
out!' Where am I to find another
farm At my time Of life? Just answer
me that. will you?'
ut Is not my concern" Jane de-
clared. II only know that I decline
i 10 have any tenants on my property
who do not do Justice to the lana.
When I see that they do justice to It..
then It Is my wish that they should
possess II. 1t is true that I have
lent money to some OF the farmers
round here. but the greater pnrt of
what they have put down for the pur.
chase Of their holdings Is savings
money they had saved and earned by
working early and late. by careful farm
Ing and husbandry, by putting money
in the bank every quarter. You've
had the same opportunity. You have
preferred to waste your time and waste
your money. You've had more than
one warning, you know, Crockford."
AYE, more than a dozen," Segerson
muttered.
The man looked at them both and
there was dull hate gathering in
bis eyes.
TITS easy to talk about saving money
and working hard, you that have got
everything you want in life and no
VnSk IN do " hn prntacknI tYkS
enough to make a man turn Socialist
10 listen to un."
"Mr. Crockford," Jane said, "I am
Socialist and If you take the trouble
to understand even the rudiments of
socialism, you will learn that the drones
have as small part in that scheme
OF life as In any other. You have a
right to what You produce. It is one OF
the pleasures Of my life to help the
deserving to enjoy what they produce.
II Is also one Of the duties, when l
fnd a non productive person filling n
Eposition to which his daily life and
character do not entitle him, to pull
him up like weed. That is my idea
o. socialism, Mr.. Crockford. You will
leave on March %"
They rode hOmeward into a gathering
storm. A mass of black clouds was
rolling up from the north, and an un-
expected wind came believing down the
coomos' bending the stunted oaks and
dlrx pines and filling the air with
0onorous but ominOus music.
, Ihe hills soon became invisible,
plotted out by fragments Of the gather
ing mists. The cold slect stung their
,aces. Out on the moors was no sound
out the tinkling of distant sheep bells.
theres snow coming" Segerson
collar. VIZ ' ~
1T won't do any HARM" she an
swered. y. THE earth lies warm under
Ihe lights of Parracombe. prccipi-
!ous and unexpected, were like flecks
N the sky, wiped out by sudden driv-
ING storm Of sleet. A little while inter
Ivy eahtered up the avenue to Wool
n,.I ms.Ser ana Jane slipped from her horse
WIN little sigh of relief.
a.. loud better stay and have some
.rH, ', Mr. Segerson,' she invited. "Jchn
,,h ra lake mke your horse and give him u
~. she changed her habit md, forgetting
ast guest, indnlged in the luxury Of
nol path. She descended some time
"e 10 hnd him sitting In front of the
"a tray IN the hall. A more than
Usually gracious smile soon drove the
"VWn "Y from his forehead.
really am frightfully sorry" she
..T,osized, MS she handed him his tea,
aaa no idea ! was 40 wet. You'll
Asse rather bad ride home"
.r, w. m used to it," he answered.
I'm AFRAID they'll lose n GOOD mnny
~ ,,hSesp on the higher farms, though, IL
~ ~ storm turns out as bad as il
'nreatens. Hear thatu'
4, tornado Of wind seemod to sboLo
shivered. '"''' ieet' jane
~ suppose" she reflected, THAT man
toSsv tSstSfd thought was very cruel
~ II ;, viii tell you Crockford's point Of
,,ss,,. ,~, Segerson replied. "He doesn't
ana Suy ~ understand what your aims ure.
hnt "nereVer he goes he hears nothing
you vou praise OF the way you have treated
tr,.d tenants and the way Won have
a aws 10 turn them into small land.
rs.l,a'. lie isn't intelligent enough 70
l1';ie nj ~, that there is n principle behind
tha, M 'Iis' MS lie has simply come to feel
ni,mnae i ae mas only to sit still and tbe
r,oan. r WIN drop into his mouth. too
yovs yoA.ord Is one Of the weak spots in
pls". system, Lady Jane. There ia no
,,,nOo..r y,s tor him or his kind in a self
world" ''''
sle sighed,
shs a.h ss,a ! am afraid he must 20 down."
Wsy a; !" He simply stands in the
ralsnta reads a good deal of Mr..
d. , chan, nowadays" Segerson remark.
lbrustiH,n iHns'hs the conversation a little
A' 'eaped over and strotsd the head