The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-11-12
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| a fashionable church OF New. York.
Mrs. ]. Orson Tice, society leader.
comes in with Jerry Goodkind, q
man-about-town, who is interested
in Glare .Jewett, engaged to the
Reverend Daniel Gilchrist, the as
sistant rector of the church, in bad
favor because of his radical sermons.
DR.. Wadham. the rector, drops in
to attend n meeting, of the wardens.
Jerry proposes marriage to Clare.
Clare breaks her engagement with
Daniel. Clare marries Jerry for his
money.
I NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
Somehow her marriage to- Jerry
Goodkind had not served it's purpose.
True, it had shut the door. to Gil
christ, but it had penned her within
four walls while it left him the. rest
of the world. But the fence was
built and there was no tearing it
down.
AS her isolation bred restlessn ne IS
, Clare sought diversion.
This night, her husband, none
too-attentive Jerry. was back from
business trip to the coal fields and
/ his return had been excuse enough
for dinner party.
An austere servant summoned
George F. Goodkind from the music
room. Away from the blare of Jazz
and gaiety, he looked at the prof
fered card. Stepping to the glass
paneled door he summoned Charlie
Benfield to the library. Benfield's
eyebrows arched inquisitively as he
read the card. ss
Labor conciliators," he repeated
what the"
Mostly thugs" answered Good.
kind. ."When you've been in the
mining game little, longer you'll
know. We've got $1,0OO,O0O worth Of
them handling this strike"
police duty?" queried Benfield.
mo. Spies and agents provo
cateur hate the breed, but what
are you going to do about it? This
fellow, Max Stedtman, is a smart
one. He got into the. union five or
six years ago-and now he's one of
! the delegation they've sent up to
me. Pretty handy, Ell? Where's
Jerry.
II gave him the high sign. Why
didn't you 60 down to West vir-
ginia ?"
what do l know about coal mir
ing"
You're president of the COM
pany."
Goodkind laughed.
THAT means digging up money
not coal. I've never set foot in West
Virginia and l don't want to. !
sent Jerry. He has a dozen qualifi-
cations and no scruples. And sent
Gilchrist."
"Who has scruples and no quail
fication," put in Benfield.
"Thus striking a balance. l mean
that. Don't make any mistake about
Gilchrist. He's valuable. didn't
hire him because l was sorry he got
fired out of the church-and only q
little because l knew his father. !
hired him because he has theories
and l wanted to try him out"
| I'll say he's got theories" Ben
field commented sarcastically.
"Yes-and the remarkable part of
It is that sometimes they work. They
worked at that power plant in Can
ada. A year ago wouldn't have TAX
en- it as gift. Gilchrist applied q
little soft soap"
"Or was it gold dust"
"Well, both damn it, sCharlie. with
all the increased wages and de-
creased working hours the plants
making money now for the first
time"
Jerry had Joined them now, a little
sullen from mixture of brandy and
resentment.
''There's something in Gilchrist."
the elder Goodkind continued with q
quiet earnestness.
Mostly bugs" said Jerry gruffly.
II told you what he was doing at
the mines. Now he wires Every
thing settled if you accede to ration
al conditions What conditions? I'll
tell you now-asurrender. They're
sending up a delegation, but we've
nothing to discuss. They're our mines
and we'll run 'em as We like. What's
the idea of the high sign"
"Stedtman's on his way up" said
OOOOklnQ.
We're leaving our guests flat"
"You wife's in there"
"Clare resents our talking BUSH
ness at home."
"Resents, chi" said the father.
"And you haven't been married a
year. Palaver's a wife's Job. They oil
the machinery while we shovel the
COAL"
Asservant had opened the door for
small wiry man, with the face of
a ferret and the furtiveness of a rat.
Max Stedtman's nervousness gave
the impression of always looking
over his shoulder to see whether, he
was being followed. m
h "Well-the committees on it's
Fway." He spoke with secretive.
over-confident air. s. @~
who's in your delegation ?" asked
the elder Goodkind.
"1'm chairman" Stedtman boast
ed. 1--WE got Pole named Umanski.
He's pretty red. You can't do any
thing with him. But there's fell
low named Joe Hennig-"
who'll listen to reason?" Good.
kind put the question in the matter
Of fact way that characterized him.
! Il think so. y. He's got a pretty
wife,"
whats that got to do with it,"