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m breast. Her nightdress was open a the neck, and showed her round throat that was all white In the reflection of a light from outside. "Just as we reached her bed side, she moaned and moved a lit tle, Then she opened her eyes. 1 will never forgeff those eyes." Nichols stopped and shudder ed. His voice was lower when he 'went on. "I think I would have reneged, if she hadnt wakened. But well ,she turned toward me, and I bunged with the knife that Knight had given me. It was sharp as a razor. And . . . that's all." MAY WIN RY INDIVIDUAL AGREEMENTS . According to developments to day, the carpenters' strike will not cause the paralysis of con struction at first feared, owing to the attitude of the labor officials in ordering back to work men who are not employed x by the7 Carpenters and Builders' Associ ation, which has refused the wage increase of 5 cents an hour de mand, t It is estimated that l',000 men returned to work on instructions from their officers. These men comprise the civil service em ployes of the city and county and rmen working in office buildings at repair work. J In the first instance the men were allowed to return so that .their positions under civil serv ice rules would not be jeopardiz ed, and in the latter case it was feared-'that many employes of buildings, who are not connected with the carpenters, would be forced out of work. The twenty men who were not provided for in making the county appropria tions, and over whom dissension arose, are expected to be put on the rolls by the county laoard. Men employed by contractors who havesigned 'the new wage scale are also being permitted to work. In this way union leaders hope'tobreak the solid oppositibn of -the employers and win the strike by making 'individual agreements. , Following the offering of. a compromise by the employer, it was decided today there will be no strike of milk wagon drivers, at least until Thursday, when a final meeting of the union men will be held. The men were offer ed a raise of $1 a week by the compromise. They demanded $3 increase. a&i&itJ WEATHER REPORT Fine Weather c. Generally fair to night and Wednes day for Chicagfland vicinity; not much change in tempera- iuic, iuwwi luuigui. $5 5rrf near the freezing poinf; moderate northerly winds, becoming variable Wednesday morning. What's the difference between a wolf in sheep's clothing; and a Hearst politician calling himself a progressive? No difference at all. v iHrftifiirftftl-l-'sjBt