Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-07


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Miller pnawed his mustachc for a
moment.
"Then wns probably unpopular
there" he said II have to tell the
truth Sometimes people do not like
H."
The dinner was simply but daintily
served There we're wines of we'll
known vintngcs, and as the meal
progressed Dnrtrey unbent. Eating
scarcely ANYTHING and drinking less, the
nurelv intellectual stimulus of con-
yersation seemed to unloose his tongue
and pive to his announcements n more
pungent tone. Naturally. politics re.
maincd the subject Of discussion and
Dartrey disclosed little the reason for
the meeting which he had arranged.
THE craft Of politics. he pointed
OUT, 'makes but one inexorable demand
upon her followers-the demand Tor
unity. The amazing thing Is that this
Is not generally realized. 1t seems the
fashion, nowadays. to dissent from
everything. to cultivate the ego in It's
na arrowest sense rather than to try to
reach our and grasp the hands Of those
around THE fault. think, is In an
over .deyeloned theatrical sense, the de-
S;ra which so mnny clever men have
so- ,ndiyiduai notoriety. We Demo-
M -. - nrosnerad becouse we have
srats na'e t pr'; We have been able
oeeIi I'll, i.ee r'G ;nd,r ,r,duo, nrciudices in our
10 sinA Nv. T,Lo. ." ts bscause our cause has
S Snuse. 100. a,nrob We aim so high.
peeh s.ea. =, en nr,, ,bot Il is rare indeed
we see 80 .Nn,'., y, ,hoss inIividual DIFF
20 nha anDnf S us hova boon The ruin of
ierences .,n, Wh,Gh nay nnr, nv v' 70 today' We
have no brown WIZ WI. WI ~ S.o,;nos % hc
smith, no hopihson WIN W. fnroot tho
associated with Jones. we onsn. ,os =,
small things "hlcn are .h" 1000,
US in fellowman, because Oh .H' s'e"'
things which bind US togetheI;; r.,,..
ITO certain extent, yes, "i.en.' ;
agreed, with some reserve IN nis ''he'
"yet we are all human. Ihere are
some prejudices which no man ma!
conquer. II he pretends ne does, ne
only lives in an atmosphere OF 1aise,
hood The strong man loves or mates.
You will find that l am not aito'
ge:her an anchorite," Dartrey observeai
rs they settled into their places. IL
an A lover of old brandy. The '6s
I recommend especially, Tnllente, and
bring your chair round to the fire. There
are cigars and cigarettes at Jour elbow.
Miller I think I know your taste.
Helm yourself, won't you?'
Miller drank creme de menthe and
smoked homemade Virginia cigarettes.
Tallente watched him and sighed.
Then, suddenly conscious OF his hosts
critical scrutiny. he felt an impul Sc
Of shame, felt that his contempt for
the man had in 1t something almost
snobbish. He leaned forward and did
his best. Miller had been school
board teacher, an exhibitor at college.
and was possessed of a singular though
limited intelligence. He could deal ade.
quatcly with any one problem presented
by itself and affected only by local con-
ditions, yet the more Tallente talked
with him, the more he realized his
| lack Of breadth, his curious weakness
Of Judgment when called upon to con-
slider questions dependent upon varying
considerations. As TO the right or wrong
wording Of clause in the Factory
Amendment Act, he could be lucid, cx-
planatory and convincing; as to the jus.
| tice of the same clause when compared
with other forms Of legislation, he
was vague and unconvincing, didactic
and prejudiced. II Dartrey's object
had been to bring these two men into
closer understanding of each other, he
was certainly succeeding. 1t is doubt
full, however, whether the understand.
ing progressed entirely in the fashion
he had desired. Nora, curled up In
m easy chair, affecting to be sleepy, but
still listening earnestly, felt at last
that Intervention was necessary. The
self revelation Of Miller under Tai
lente's surgical questioning was begin.
ming to disturb even their host.
II am being neglected. she COM
plained. "If no one talks to me,
shall 20 home"
Tallente rose at once and sat on the
lounge by her side. Dartrey stood on
the hearth rug and plunged into an
ingenious effort to reconcile various
points of difference which had arisen
the time was politely acquiescent, Miller
n little sullen. Like all men with
brains acute enough to deal logically
With procession Of single problems, he
resented because he failed altogether to
understand that a wider field Of cir.
cumstances could possibly alter human
vision.
Tallente walked home with Nora.
They chose the longer way, by the
cmbankment.
"This is the Cockney's antithesis
to the moonlight and hills OF YOU
country folk" Nora observed, as She
pointed to the yellow lights flashing
across the black water.
Tallente drew a long breath Of con-
tent.
IT'S good to be here, anyway. am
glad to be out Of that house." he con
fesscd
"I'm afraid" she sighed, that our
dear hosts party was a failure. You
and Miller were born in different camps