Show ITS 1 r tha Ati thre rin e marion barton was tho the only child c ct th tha malti m Illion alre john barton who knew the young lady bot beat wont went to aver that eho was waa ft feminine counterpart of 0 old john aho had undoubtedly inherited hor her fathers obstinacy and pugnacity and it if sho aho had boon less like him in por per bonal appearance tho she certainly would hito hato been a prattler girl erl iter ier jaws were square almost to masculinity find and the heavy brows and firm mouth ladica indicated ted an inflexible will the oyes ro deemed tho the face faco clear hazel oyes that looked out on all the world va um afraid sho she was decidedly democratic in her tendencies und and from carlett carll earI tt leat child hood had chosen her companions according to her lilting liking regardless of class custo clisto or position there with wah A burden lifted from old johns honi hoail when at the OKO age of twenty four sho she betrothed herself to van nent sell bell whose fortune fort exceeded her 11 rathers fathers and who wits vas busily engaged in IA promoting its ita increase thank god cod piously breathed her father athar when she announced her en ell ka basement 1 I havo have been in ili terror lost it might be the coachman or my iny secretary it would have boon been just like her 1 i i flo peter van had nil all tho the virtues virt ites that aro are popularly cata loguen as aa belonging to tile tho poor but honest ile he was rna 1 a I strong sensible attard working young man mail who studied and nd traveled and made money with equal ardor it john barton m auld uld have choson chosen for or his daughter rentzell Rent sell would lieve beon been the man of ills his choice lie ile was waa tho the heaviest stockholder k of the D at A lie ho owned two iwo theras of tho the it S T PM P U ho had a controlling interest Inte rost in a line cf 0 ocean going freight vessels anti and en cu ious outsiders eam bald tant the draperies and hangl of hla his apartments wore vero made of coupon bonds and government sixes this may have been be en slightly exaggerated grated but in any event his 4 wealth was suM sufficient clent to satisfy nay to delight old john darton and that la im saying ft a good doal deal tho barton millions vero chiefly in III railroads rall roada arid coal mines extensive preparations tor for tho were going on in tho darton barton mansion while miles away a great strike was on in tho the arton mines john barton was exceedingly annoyed by many things in connection with ebli strike public sentiment as shown by tho the press was StrOll strongly gly against him and merlon persisted in asking tooliah questions gire your tit attention to your trous arous seau cau ho he bild sharply and dont bother yourself youre elf about newspapers or striking miners they dont interest fou flou in the lost kt but john barton had reckoned with rut taking into consider consideration considerate on his own traits of cliF tractor in hla bis daughter dna evening marion rt min him in tho the iler aquaria la ja irly ilet land aad her clear eyob looked straight toto 11 father Fal hap alic raid 1 I hayo hairo bon been to dart o avi to iler father ut bared an ozela exclamation matlon 0 of anger but 11 marion harlon went vent calmly on 1 11 I hato talked hiked with remo of the min elnera rs I 1 hay hat r tod the tha conion in their huts f you risked your lifo cried her father angrily 1 I think not coolly coolley rind I 1 have just tills this to say bay father I 1 want you to give them the increase they ask for for 1 I nov never er will wilu shouted tho thor hughly enraged man what right had you to go there tho right of 0 prospective it nothing else dut but above and be ba yond that the right of an NW american woman tra ten tar can on editions that thai mike hor her In anthers name a curce on the tongues of thousands of 0 men women and children you call them men retorted tor ted her father hardly above the tha beasts possibly sali said barlon coldly but whatever they aro are you brought them here and father you forgot forget one no thing their children will bo be of the iho united states rather eho cried passionately those places chero they livo lt it males me r hudder to think of them we put our doss dogs in them promise Irom lao me thal hat you yon will v all give them they noki nak let us iia have no more of this non benso said eald her father firmly clo G to your room and look after your wedding fl of oc much moro consequence to you and roe me and placing bin hand on her shoulder ho pushed tier her gently toward the door I 1 she turned toward him and looked sorrowfully in n his face father she said bald quietly tho the wedding fl nerle In crici may stay just where they aro I 1 will not inot marry until this strike its Is until you give phoso men what thoy they have naked asked for I 1 could never bo be happy what I 1 have soon seen today to day thole half fed men pala faced women who could hardly nourish tho the walling waiting babies at their breasts arf abts little ch ildron with bare foot foet and halt half naked bodies boys who kno know w only evil and girls I 1 into 4 whose lives thore horo comes no touch 0 IA j FF I 1 it P 4 ir verz R 1 1 of brightness or gleam of sunshine you isali bild my dowry should be throe million dollars collais lol lais tako take that money father and give alvo the increase to the mm m an i believe cares carea for mo and not tor for my money but unless you do this thing the shall be broken and all preparations cease at once you would never flaro exclaimed tho horrified f father a t 11 c r site sho smiled you bugli to know y your our own daughter father I 1 havo have named tho the conditions unless those mesa are compiled with wini peter may look 1001 elso elsewhere iNhere for it wife anil gazing into her clear unflinching eyes john barton knew she eho would kec keep tier hor word reluctantly ho fie pave gave tile tho required promise and grudgingly ho he took tho steps noce for its fulfillment the now newspapers shapers mated that the tha strike had been settled by arbitration but tho the reporters jailed failed to learn that tile the right to arbitrate Ill a db been 0 e 1 exercised autocratically by one who know her power and used it for justice anti and humanity peter van never know knew how near he came to losing the girl lie be loved but in ili some way the minors miners learned the truth and in hundreds of homes childish voices in many I 1 lan an gUalt Ku atis 3 go up bipin in prayer tor for a bles slug on marion barton |