Show t I r TOIL AND TYRANNY c Story No 12 by Edwin Bliss Copyright 1916 by b P Patho Exchange Inc Ino All AU moving picture rights right 0 and d all oU foreign fox co copyright strIctly r served reserved VHO I yesterday Continued from Even tho the worm will turn th they y say soy and hungry underpaid stevedores dores are ore less leas patient than lhnn the Ute earth grubbing insect ot There were murmurs at Snyder's Snyders d irs der's rR orders and open rebellion nt at his language just how It st started nobody seemed to know just who began begun It It dO doesn't Int m matter Suffice to sa say that as S the men n were Impelled by a common Instinct th they had suddenly sud cud denly rushed the rough tongued foreman foreman fore tore man and had thrown him off the dock Into the water waier Then had hall come the tho march lo to the office the tho demand for better Ja pay par the clanging of tho gate the call for tor the police police and and tho the strike Of nIl flu this not a n. nord ord word had hail reached Laura Of or all this not a Do whisper nota not a suggestion had found its wa way be behind behind behind be- be hind the beautiful be vine covered stone stonewall stonewall wall that surrounded the Powers es es- es s- s tate Not Ii a syllable had hud been permitted permitted per per- to dJ disturb the peace and serenity serenity ser ser- of ot the millionaires millionaire's p palatial residence residence resi resi- dence and probably never would have e If the men at an open air nir n meeting teUn on the afternoon of Lauras Laura's party arty had not appointed Tim Shand the head of a 0 committee to place pines their grievances before the millionaire Wo We e can cnn never get to him at his office Wo We wom will see seo him at his home Tim had shouted I And so o it happened as ns we have seen that the rough coated men with the I stubble of a a. weeks week's growth o of- of beard beardon on chins had shoved tho the servants servants ants to one s side do and had bait elbowed their way among the guests at Laura Powers Powers' Colonial party part At last Inet Tim and tho the angry Powers camo came face tace to face For a moment the two men glared at nt each other And then Shand with the and eloquence that I had made him him a a. leader among tho the workmen quickly made his plea for tor ju Justice Uce We Mr Mk be because be- be como come to you OU Powers cause e we realize that you do not know what tho the men have suffered We know that if you had realized the i awful tyranny of your underlings con would conditions have ha been Improved d long ago We a. a ask k you ou to take tako tho thomen thomen thomen men back under proper working conditions And this firmly we ask tho the removal l' of ot Snyder Not for ourselves alone but for our wives vives and children we appear They aro are ing Let L t them starve arve wa was Powers' Powers an an- And Arid while whilo tho the two men were 1 still staring at each ach other Travis at nt the head of ot a retinue of ot servants rushed up and nd roughly hustled bustled the starving stevedores ste from the grounds They had presented their pl plea It had been refused and they made no resistance They h had d not come lookin looking for trouble trou trou- ble Laura d and startled 1 was wa a surprised V I 1 1 I- I I LAURA VISITING HER FATHERS FATHER'S STRIKING I I I i bedroom and propped their stricken comrade in the shabby bed Tho The happenings of ot tho the next few hours were as ns a no dream to Mine 1 She had t a hazy recollection that one ono J Of tho the men had called the kindly faced and gentle Dr Gray She Sho vaguely I remembered having fed tell something to Mina Minn She Sho dimly sensed having helped Dr Ora Gray and one of ot the la- la borers dress her husbands husband's wound But from out the chaotic cb Jumble othor of ot hor her tangled memory one thing stood bold and clear It was the verdict atthe of at the doctor spoken In gentle centle kindly tones toneR Tour Your husband has a severe Injury to tho the skull He cannot work for forman forman man many weeks But MIna Hurd was wae not the only one to whom these words had sent their horrible potent Through the throbbing of ot Kurds Kurd's battered temples through tho the half halt p paralyzed numbness of or his brain the they penetrated to his subconscious standing and made mado him realize the awfulness of the tho poverty the they foretold Followed da days and weeks of ot desperate desperate des des- struggle for tor while Hurd I slowly recovered his strength Sitting impotent in his chair the tho injured II stevedore watched his frail trail and faithful faithful faith raith- ful wife grow frailer with each succeeding succeeding suc sue da day a Each Ellch stitch of at her needle was a separate anguish to him Each time tho bit of sharpened steel entered the cloth It was as If It it penetrated his soul Small wonder he resolved while sitting there that Jake Joke Snyder and hIs hla millionaire employer would pay pay pay- I I 7 fl f MY MY MAMMA MUtHA IS GONE SOBBED SOBBED THE CHILD CHIW I witness ss to th thu stirring BUrring scene She I had haa never realized before that there was wu such sucha a a. thing as starvation Only today at luncheon she had ordered la an n entire satire roast destroyed because it had hadnot not been cooked to suit Bult her Probably in the course courso of p. p year ear she had ordered enough h food thrown away sev several onia ral of at the starving families lieu lies of at her father father- striking Linking work work- m me man D meA A X treat was born bom within within within with with- in futures features showed the dawn of a a won pity Putting her bel arms bout about her fathers father neck mho iii o asked kad him to tell her all nit about the and their hungry families Laughingly he be put her bar from him Those problems for little girls like you ho told her Go and Join your guests They will miss you There Ibm wes was a troubled pucker in her brow as u she aha left leU him a preoccupied pled air ir aa oa sh she Joined In tho the merriment and nd more than once she he was seen to mouth th the word word word- Starving Those who knew Laura best saw by the light of her eye ea and Dond the determined determined determined deter deter- mined angle ansle at which she held her head that a B. new resolution had taki taken tak tak- en i root zoot In he her wilful thoughts She Appeared restless and anxious anxious ap ap like Uke a person who had conceived con con- a great project and nd only waited a a. suitable opportunity to put it into op operation CHAPTER III Minn lSna Hurd W was B a frail trail and delicate delicato woman woman- of 25 A constant battle with poverty had left Its marks For Far into each night she ahe tolled toiled with needle Ina in a ende endeavor wor to eke out tho the little family's slender Income Bent over some come hand sewing urgIng ing log her weary fingers to unceasing endeavors to add to the slowly IncreasIng in increasing In- In creasing pile of finished garments beside be beside bo- bo side aide her she hardly deigned to raise her eyes ee from tram her hor work when a commotion commotion com corn motion at the unpainted front door of tho the shabby cottage warned her that she ahe was having at an Unusual unusual unusual un un- usual time Oh look mamma its it's papa Pretty retty ett Betty Hurd 6 years old dropped her hor pitifully dilapidated doll dolland dolland oll and ru rushed hed towards the front door only to fall faU back with an anguished wall wail at tho horrible sight that met her eyes ees Two laborers appears at tho the doorway doorway door door- way vA supporting the halt half unconscious Hurd Hued between them His head was covered o with blood His Hie eyes were were glassy His feet teet shuffled shuttled and arid seemed too loo ha navy for him to lift Tour husbands husband's been hurt maam ma'am said ld one of at th the men men a alf as guided b by Ulna Mien thO they half dragged d halt half carried TA In Injured cured ulan man to the fury fur- fur it y L' L pay dearly for tor this tragedy of tranny tyranny tyran tyran- ny fly and toll toil In which he and his little family were playing the leading roles Came the day when Dr Gray warned Mina Una that sh she would to be careful That cou h will get bet you OU little woman ho said Mid as he kindly refused reused tho the money she sho pi proffered offered him No Nos more mora late nights at nt sowing sewing ho said playfully as UN ho he firmly but gently forced tho the money back into Hush Huah he will hear you OU Mina whispered as she looked apprehensively towards the bedroom where Hurd had bad gone for tor his morning nap His Ins convalescence was slow Blow and ond bo ho bone ne needed all the rest he he could get B But l her warning came too late Inte Hurd had caught the words and un un- un- un In half halt an hour ho was tottering from tho the house In an hour he was at the gate of ot tho the lumber lumberyard yard rard asking to see hl his old antagonist He was willing to risk another enI enCounter en- en j I counter with Snyder to SAve cave the health of Mina A new and surly gateman barred the W way y You cant can't come in here Only employees em em- allowed But I am nm an employee Let t mo rue see ace your our number card I I haven't any Ive I've been sick flick Im I'm Just comin coming back to work I mu must t get work or m wIfe will wilt die And he tried to force hI his way past the burly bull bully The Tho scuffle was short and decisive Hurd was thrown limp and panting up against int the fence lie He hadn't tho strength of ot a 0 half hatt grown boy So intently were the men watching each other that neither had heard the approach of ot Pow Powers rA and his hla prospective son in the meaning of ot all this the latter r asked Please Mr Powers Ive I've comeback comeback come comeback back to work Ive I've been laid up sip I Iwas Iwas was hurt you know Recognition showed in the tho face of ot I Im Travis vIs lIes Hes tho the man who assaulted Snyder Sn- Sn I dir der r ho he said eald turning towards the millionaire YoL You you you thug Is thundered Powers Pow Pow- ers You cant can't work here We Ve have no place for tor disturbers like like- you ou Got Get Geto o out t Perhaps it was WIlS because of oC the anger anger anger an an- ger aroused by his hid resentment against Hur Hurd P Perhaps it was because be- be cause causo tho the increasing extravagances of Laura made mado him desperate to in increase In- In crease crase his income Perhaps It was WS Oily nb because of pure cussedness But at nt any rate Powers went straight ht I from toni hla Is la encounter with his old employee em em- at the gate bato to his office sent for tor his worth worthy foreman and Is Issued the tho Sunday work order that caused mused tho the strike and filled hundreds of ot homes with want and poverty and starvation And all during tho weary I weeks of ot the tho unequal struggle between be between bo- bo tween capital and labor Mina Hurd law slowly dying while hUo her husband sat Eat hopelessly b by subsisting on tho the charity rHy of ot friends and buying cine with the money Dr Gray Oray forced I upon him r I. I CHAPTER Ct IV I If Laura Powers had boon beon less les thoughtless le thoughtless less less s B selfish selfish selfish-it If sho she had taken talen an nn interest in the tho condition of I her fathers father's employees before the afternoon aft tt of ot her interrupted Colonial party part this tale talc of hardship and privation trl- trl rl- rl this story of ot tyranny and toll toil might never have tave b been n written Tho The day after the tho party found her starting out alone atone on n a R. mission of charity and exploration All night long tho the word vord starving had been ringing in her brain and she meant tO to find out for herself If It the wives and children of ot her fathers father's striking employees were really suffering utterIng She meant to find out too whose whore fault tault it was and she determined that If It they WHO were being oppressed ed so that she could live in luxury and elegance that things would h have he e to change I z c can ca'n n give up the half of ot what I have and andi never know it she Bhe had said sald to herself herselt alone in her room that night And what she sho said she meant Her father who had on rare occasions sought to bend her to his will m knew how h hopeless a l task that was And now driving slowly through the streets formed by the cottages of her fathers father's men she gazed with sickening heart at tho the signs of misery and distress that multiplied on every hand around her One particularly pretty prett child sobbing sobbing sob sob- bing as If ir her hor little h heart would break attracted Lauras Laura's attention Descending from her car CU she sho stooped ever the little child And what hat is your name my dar dar- x ling hag she sho asked tenderly Betty Hurd sobbed tho the child And why aro you crying My 1 mammas mamma's gone And following the persistent tug of ot the little ones one's hand Laura suffered herself herselt to bo led lee Into Karl Hurds Hurd's house of sorrow and anguish suffered Buttered herself to be ho led ted to the bedroom where the stricken husband stunned by grief sat lat staring down into the cold and arid eighties eyes of ot the wife who ho had offered herself on the tho altar Laura stooped to the littie child and gathering her in her arms she ebe sought to give gho her hel some Bomo of ot that moth mother or comfort she would never know again Yielding to an ap Impulse she opened her J purse puree and poured its contents into the hand band of the little one Easily influenced as 8 children are re Betty grabbed the money from Lauras Laura's hand and ard running gayly to her fathers father's side she tugged at his sleeve and lisped in her ber childish prat prat- tIc tle See what the lady Indy gave me Dully Karl raised his pain laden eyes and gazed dumbly at the pretty benefactor who stood at he he foot toot ot of the bed in sorrowing embarrassment Mutely be he nodded hIs hla dumb thanks in T I j LAURAS LAURA'S FIANCE THROWING HER FATHERS FATHER'S TENANTS OUT OF THEIR HOMES A THE SALT Land L I CJ and allowed his hOtd to slowly sink unto tho the bed beside tho the face tace of ot his dead wife I will bo ho back to do what I can later latr And Laura tim sobered d and chastened b by what she had s soen en slowly left Idt that house of ot sorrow But Buther Buth Buther h her r unpleasant experiences iv ware wre r only nl beginning Pandemonium r reigned l ned at tho house three doors away the away the house of ot Tim Shand a Shand aggressive rim Tim Shand champion of ot the men and tho the spokesman of ot the committee that had bearded Powers in his ils own homo home at atthe atthe atthe the Colonial part party th day before Furniture was piled hl high h on the and anel men wearing the Ule badges of tho the sheriffs were carrying moro re of ot it Into the street the violent protests of a alId wild lId lIdI I ly iy disheveled Mrs Ire Shand Lauras Laura's Interest Jt was aroused less by th tho spectacle than b by the fact that Perry Travis Is her fiance and nor her fathers father's l legal gal adviser was direct direct- Ink the work of the despotic despoilers And what does thIs thU m lm Purry she demanded In tOnE lonen Unit that compiled d la a a. prompt reply These se men are art strikers Tile Th They must milet go They wont won't work We WP n fil the tho for tor oth others who will HI Ills Hta reply was jerk and ind stilted nut But I thought these people had paid for tor their tI homes out of ot their wages eR she prot protested He r remained silent built both to h her r question and to the tho insistent demands of Mrs Mm rR Strand whose excitement and 1111 hysteria Iteria were WE're growing with each p passing moment Answer er me and Laura Ilura stamped her pretty prett foot toot In anger They are on only I partly paid for The |