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THE FARMER: SEPTEMBER 24, 1912 Copyright. 1911. . Continued. "Sea, boy, Uuv"s she's growing this little baby of mine!" tbe doctor ex claimed. -wbeeHiisr her about for Stu art's inspection. "Rub now, gir!1e. and go to bed. I wast to talk to Jim.' -, "Well, .tny boy," said the doctor when she bad left. "I've just done a thing trhich I know was inevitable, but now that's ifs done Itn afraid I may hare made a tragic mistake. . Tell me if it's so. There may be time to retract." "BivenK has threatened to ruin your business?" " . "On the other hand be hns just offer ed to buy it at my own pride." "And you refused?" , "To sell at any price, but It's not too late to change my mlndJnn call hlra back now and apologize lor my rudeness. Tell me, should 1 . do it? lour eyes are young, boy; your sonl is fresh from God's heart. I'm just a lit tle' lonely and afraid tonight. , See things for tne sit down a moment" ; There arei several reasons why yon couldn't have a more sympathetic listener tonight, doctor go on." "5raut all their claJn.'yaa began Impatiently, '"for the tru s th-i ts.econo my. its efficiency, its p&vofer. its. suc cess this is a free ceantry7"firi't it? "Theoretically." ."Welt, when I hint at such a thing toCyour modern organizing: friend that these enormous profits for the few must be paid out of the poverty ot the many against whom the strong and cunning are thus combining a simple . answer is always ready. 'Business is business,' which translated is the old cry that the first -murderer shrieked Into the face of his questioner, "Am 1 my brother's kaepefr?" X saw murder In- those black bead eyes '6t '"Bivens tonight. Do yon think be would hesi tate to close a factory Sp.4rease . a' dividend if he 'knew'' that act -woold result in the -death of .Itsy employees from weakness nna"banger Not for a mimrte. He. hesitates on) a. viola tion of the letterof the crldirnal code." 'Bti if you sell your, business to these men and retire will -you- necessa rily share in their wrongdoing?'! , i'ln a very real and Yralc.'seise, yes. I'm a coward. I? giv lop "jtfie fight. I'e been botb a soldi erj ixpiX "a mer chant. Why should not trade have its heroes as well as war? Why shouldn't' I be just as ready to die as a merchant for my people as I was on the field of battle? 1 am just passing through this world once. There are 0-ome hings 1 1 simply must do aaTi pas4 'iTheiy can't wait, and the thing-thatasbegun to strangle me is, this, modern crate for money, money,, money, at all hazards, by fair or foul means. I in rust fight it. I must. Good food, decent 4lrthesv a home, pure air. a great love-yjiese are all any human being needs No ha-, mm being should bare less. T will not strike down mv fellow man to eet more for myself while one human being on this earth wants as much." 'you'll never . know'isfuart said, with deep emotion, "hbw"macli I owe to you in my own life, Yejufcave al ways been an inspiration tovmej" The patient gray eyes smWd,. ' , "I'm glad' to hear that tonight, my boy. for, strange as It may ? seem to you. I've been whistling td kjpepVup my rourage. I've a sickeninjpfarebbding of failure. But, after all. can a men fail who is rights ,J t ' J, ".-71, don't believe it" wa,s bo. ringing answer -which leaped to sfuart's lips. Tve had to face a crlsisljke.this re cently I was beginning to . hesitate and think . oT a , compromise. , Tou're helped me. '. -i ;';':?.;',.'."'.. ;Good lack, my boy," was the cheery answer. "I was a poor soldier tonight myself until; the little weasel told me an obvlons lie. . and . I took courage. Be pretended- to have come .In a mood of generosity, his offer of settlement In spired by love." ' ; - - ;- :''. . "The devil must have lavished, 5 : ! 1 6o did I especially wheii he told De that he was engaged to be mar-tried.- - -. . l ; "Engaged to-be-marrled'?;' ) Stuart Hi fide a supreme effort to appear indif ferent. To whom?" '-,--' . "To Miss "Nan Primrose,.ayouhglady 3 haven't the honor of knovsrlng, and he 'had the lying audacity t: say that be icame at her suggestion "I ', ' ' . Stuart tried to speak 5urvti fiiS tongue refused to move. In a stupor of blind idespair he slowly fumbled hisway up 1C0 hia room, entered and threw' him el across the bed without undressing, ilt ?S'ob Jthlng" to preach, another to face the thise itself aiooe in tfao'dark- xess. . , . "- iWj - ..' ',. ' . .. .-, . " . ' wVi 1 ... ,. . " : ; CHAPTER V.','S ' ..' c,..r,.: m r 'v HE longer Stuart 'Wrestled with .the problem' of Kin's Jlelding to the lure of Bivensi gold the - more hideous and hopeless it fbeee"- He' began to- feel that-fae had ibeentpi fblame, Why had be allowed the foolish' pride of a lovers' quarrel to .keep them apart for two weeks? When he came downstairs he paused at the door. - Harriet was playing and -singing again, and the soft tones of her :Toice were healing. He walked gently ftp- thjBdoor of tbo nvuslc room. JLeaner) . I ' by Thomas Dixon against-the pane watched and listened. .! At last she stopped reluctantly, tip ped her golden head sideways in , a co quettish little triumphant movement and in the quaiBtest imitation of a man's voice a aid: :'"I congratulate you. Miss Harriet I like that very much!" , "Do, you, professor? Oh, I'm so glad to please your She shook her carls with genuine de light and played out the little dialogue with vivid imaginary toecbes i Stuart laughed. '- The girl leaped to her feet, blushing scarlet, rushed to his side and seiaed his hand. - ' "Did .you see me, Jim? Was I very foolish?" . - i . , "Certainly not. X quite agree wlHi the professor. Too will some day sins before kings and queens, little girL" He left her waving and smiling to him from the steps. Ete walkedwith" new vigor and a deepening sense of gratitude to her.. His breath deepened and his step grew firm' and swift. He would fight for his owh.i He would go straight to Nan and langh at this an--Tiouncement. He would compel her to hear him. at -'was an absurd' hour to can, but all the better. 1 r ' r " . Mrs. Primrose's greeting was so cor dial, so genuinely friendly, that for a moment he was puzzled. . Gould it be possible he had misjudged her? She pressed his hand . warmly and lingerlngly. : . - .v. : i "Oh, Jim, I'm so glad you've cone! fWhy have you stayed away so long? at was so foolish of yon. You gave up (without a. struggle. Fm shocked 'be yond measure at Nan. I told her that his millions would never bring happi ness unless her heart went with them that her love for yoa was a Uiing she couldn't lay . aside as a cloak she had 'Worn. ' I told Nan the day she promised to marry Mr.- Bivens that yon were worth a dozen such men, no mat ter how many millions he had. You have 1 always . been . my : choice yon know'that" . Stuart -could control himself no long er. He rose and faced Mrs. .Primrose ,with a look which brought her elo quence to an abrupt end. "Mrs. Primrose, for once in my life I am going to tell you the truth. Ton 'have always been my bitterest foe. You brought Nan to New York to get fcer away from me." ' , The mother's eyes blazed with hon est wrath..'- : : "Yes. I did; and I'm glad I did It you ungrateful wretch!" "And Vou have always been busy poisoning her mind against me and corrupting , her Imagination with dreams of a life of luxury." "And. thank God,;- I've succeeded at last in bringing her to her senses in time to save her from throwing herself away on you. Jim Stuart!",' , ; ' r As Mrs Primrose left Nan quietly en tered the room. Her face was set for battle in a proud defiant smile. She was totally unprepared for the way "in which Stuart met her. . ' With a quick step he was at her side, seized both hr hands In a grip of fierce tenderness and in low tones of vibrant passion said: "This thing don't go with me, Nan. I won't accept it. I'm going to fight fight for my own for you are mine- mine by every law of God and man. and you are worth fighting fori1 The bard smile of defiance melted from the beautiful face, and a flush of tenderness " slowly overspread . her cheeks. It was sweetto be loved like that by a strong, masterful man. She started , to speak, and ' he raised his hand;. '.-".-'.'- -. i '. ' "' "I know, dear, you said our engage ment, was broken., I don't believe you mean . it. : I couldn't. The news of your engagement to Bivens came as a bolt out of the blue. sky. . I refuse to accept such an act as final, -c You did it out of pique. You don't mean it. You can't' mean it! I told 'you the other day I had a surprise" for you. I have. It's .worth a day.. ; . You promised me au I- J v Mil I.LI J . unviC VUK XIMJUfiU quarrel. ... V "want It now. You will come?". . . ' She hesitated a moment and said:. . . "Yes." ' ; ,, i , Within' an hour they- had reached the hills overlooking - Gra-vesend bay, and the m&gnificent sweep of water below the Narrows. Nan had scarcely poken on the. way -answering" Stuarf s ques tions in friendly nods, smiles and mon osyllables. ; c "Before we go farther," Stuart said when they -hod left the car, "I want to show, you a model home a friend of mine has' built out here. It's, my ideal, and I think you'll like it." As they entered the gate, half hid den in the hedge, the girl exclaimed: ' "What a loveiy little place:" - A'irdener who was watering some flowers on a sign from Stuart hastened up the gravel walk and opened the door. Every window commanded entranc ing views of the bay and ocean. Ev ery ship entering or leaving the harbor of New York must pass close and could be seen for miles going to sea. WheiL Stuart finally led Nan out on the broad verunda of the second- floor she was tn a nutter of excitement over the perfection of its details. "I think It's wonderful, Jim r she exclaimed, with enthusiasm. "I've Tn 1 llli I --.'ANNOUNCE i'l if "rlpPl I Tuesday, Wednesday arid Thursday I ,,,: V.' :W September 24, 25 and 26 1' -,' gsg - . This opening is of supreme importance to tis, ill i think' it wonderful, jim i j because it represents the best efforts at our com- never seen -anything more nearly per fect. Whose is itr - Stuart looked into her dark eyes with desperate yearning. . ' . "It's yours," Nan r "Miner "Yes.- dear; this Is my secret. I've been, building this home for yon the past year. I've put all the little mon ey ray father gave me with every dol lar I could save. It's paid for, and here's tbe key. I meant to ask you out. here . to fix our wedding day. I ask yon now. Forget the nightmare of the past two weeks, stjd remember nay teas .we Jove eacn otner. - Her lips quivered for just an In stant, and her hand gripped the rail of the veranda. ' . "If I'd seen it four weeks ago. Jim, I really don't see bow I could have-re sisted- it. but now she - shook her bead arid laughed--"now- It's too late." My God! Tont say that, Nan J" he pleaded. "It's never too late to do rlfht. You know that 1 love you Yon know that yoa love me." "But I've discovered," she . went on. with bantering, half challenging frank ness, "that I love luxury too. ..X never knew bow deeply and passionately be fore" She 'parsed a moment, -look ing toward Sea Gate. "Isn't that the anchorage of the Atlantic Yacht club?" "Yes." he answered impatiently. "Then that's Mr. Brrens' yacht, the big. ugly black one lying dose Inshore with steam up. Hie told me he would send her into , drydock today. He was talking last night of a wedding cruise in her to the Mediterranean. I con fess. Jim, that' I want to1 shine, to sue. ceed and daxsie and reign. This is perhaps the one chance of my life." "Do you hold yourself so cheap?" ( "You can't realize how much the power of mlllioBS means: to a woman who chafes at the limitations the world puts on her sex. .'It's too late" "Don't; don't say it, fianl" : . , "Why not be frank? This little cot tage is a gem, I admit. ' But I've seen a splendid palace set in flowers and gleaming . with subdued light. Soft music steals through its halls mbagled with the laughter of throngs who love and admire me. Its banquet tables are laden with the costliest -delicacies. while liveried servants hurry to - and fro with plates and goblets of gold." Stuart seized her arm with fierce strength that hurtr - "You shall not do this hideous thing. Yen. are mine, I teU you," and I am bigger than money. I have the power to think,-to create Ideas, to create beauty the power that remakes the world. I expect to have all the money we shall need. In the years to come we shall be rich whether we seek it or - not. ' But the sweetest days of an life will be those in which we fight side by side the first battles of Bfe In ; youth and poverty . when, we shall count the pennies and save with care for the little "ones God may send us." . ' : "But life is Short.-. Jim. I can have things now. He has already promised them a palace in town, another bv the sea, a great castle in the heart of the blue southern mountains we used to watch as children and armies of servants to do my bidding. I can Hve now." ' '. "And you caH these ' trappings and tinsel life?". !-'- i.. :, :. "I want them." . . ' ' "My God. Nsd, haven't yon a soul? Hasn't the life within no meaning for you? To me such luxury is sheer in sanity. The possibilities of personal luxury have been exhausted thousands of years ago. It's commonplace, vul gar and contemptible. If you wish for power why choose the lowest of all its forms?. The . way you are' entering is worn, bare by the feet of millions of forgotten fools whose bodies worms have eaten. Not one of them' lives today even in a footnote of history." ?And yet,' Jim. you know as well as 1 do that money Is "the sign of success and power? its absence, of failure and weakness. If you make a mistake in your career you can correct it and be gin again. Being a woman, I cannot, for marriage is my. only career. A mistake now wouM be to me fatal." 'And you are making the one tragic mistake no repentance can , undo. The deliberate choice of evil.' knowing it to be evil. Your heart is mine mine, 1 tell you" Do you deny it?" Again he seized her hand, gripped it fiercely and looked into her 'eyes with tender, searching gaze. ' "-' Kan looked away.: ' - "Oh. Nan. dear., believe me!" he pleaded. "You can't deny this vou-e within the soul and live. Happiness is inside, not outside, dear." The lover paused a moment, over come with his emotion, and he knew by the quick rising and falling of the girl's breast that a battlewas . raging. (To Be Continued.) AJJS. CGXX A WQSJUU " WELL j r mana; tne most penect exempnncaxion 01 xne sea- jm sonV style creaHoiiin Fall MUlinery; the very pivot t ' .. j J . upon wMcli weiope gain your favor and patron- jju . 1 jju k ' -.' age. It will be a millinery show to which i; 1 ' ALL ARE INVITED 1 :" 1 so cAkds ' .v ' ! i Parisian: ".r -M W&tf Copies ' : ' yyS, E. THE RIGHT TO GET WORK Public labor Bnreaiui Help Get Jobs For All Unemployment in Ger- . many Robbed ' of Terror Way - to Bring Men And Work - Together. (By Ixuis ' Heaton Ping, President of . Brooklyn Neighborhoods Associa tion. Exclusive Service The Survey Press Bureau. " Hard times bringc serious lack of work. But when 'the country is- rea sonably prosperous, the difficulty is not so much lack of work as inability to find it. In New York, Chicago and all our grea.t cities, we have countless vacajit positions, and. mousanos or carpenters, masons, laborers, waiters, elevator men, . porters, drivers' seeking them blindly groping for a clue. What is- more aietxeartening tnan to see men lined up before a factory door, day after day. endlessly waltisg. For most work-seekers, the want ads in the daily papers are the usual source of Infoa-mation. By the time the man out of work gets to the ad vertised job he finds a line of others ahead of him. One of tne otner men is taken, of the work or pay is not as represented. The day is lost. Day after day is spent in seai-ching; the heart is eaten out, amoition is Killea. temper is soured, the seeker for woik is less a man axier repeaiea eiperien cs. , He loses his nerve. - There are private employment agen cies, but many cannot pay the fee. At best, these agencies are as a drop in the bucket. They exist to supply their clients. Their view is that of the em ployer. It is only incidentally that they find Jobs for men. Gives New Y-Qff-R or Chicago or Phil adelphia; an average of 50,000 men seeking work and 0,000 jobs seeking men; given the erection of huge build ings; the development of suburban areas; docks and warehouses; tens of thousands of factories; steamers com- ng, going, loading and unloading; work shifting, now here, now there does it' require more than the most ordinary intelligence to know that the only way to do away with the heart rending and fruitless search for work to have a systematic network of labon ceoitere, where the- job can seek the man and where all men out of work: can register for the job? Bach center .should be in communication with .every other, under a central con trol, so that if the demand for, car penters in one section is greater than the supply, men can Be sest from an other neighborhood, where there are more carpenters : than jobs. Such a ystem, of course, be under national or state control. JNo lee should be paid by the men, and only, a small charge should be made the employer. It would be almost self-supporting and might be made entirely so. And what greater economy could there be is the-self-respect of men,- the hunger of women and little children, the pre vention of suicides? The city agencies slyuld be in touch with similar employment centers throughout the state and nation. The farmers of the West, praying in vain for men to harvest the crops, could then be supplied from-the overflow of the cities. The great ralrtoad. stretohisg the bands of "steel across the Western mountains and prairies, could get their help from the East and would not have to import Clynese and Mexicans. Unemployment in Germany has- been robbed of its worst terrors by the es tablishment of State labor exchanges and labor colonies. ' A visit to the labor bureau of Berlin, Munich or Ulm makes the American wish that we -ero a bit more methodical and logical in our care for the unemploy ed. Take the good old mediaeval .city of Ulm as an example. The office is light, clean, and cheerful. The man at the desk who interviews applicants does it very much as an American la-w yer would talk with one of his cli ents. Courtesy is marked. AfJ.er all the facts are learned, they are tab ulated and filed. -The index of em ployers is consulted; an opening is found for which the applicant's exper ience would seem to fit him. He is - DONE" MILLINERY WELDON, Prettiest Head- Wear V 'Tbe ladies arc invited to inspect my offerings In Fall Millinery, to be placed on exhibition at my parlors v :r Wednesday and Thursday f September 25 and 26 Here you will find the smartest designs in the season's millinery offerings to be had anywhere. A specialty of Castle ' Hats, tailored. All are cordiallly Invited to call and inspect. ";.'' M. E. Quigley's ROOM 218 FALL AND . M ILLINERY The ladies of the city and vicinity are cordially invited to inspect the latest creations and novelties. Our Exhibition Days are . ; ' . . ' .-" . Wednesday, Thursday and Friday September 25, 26, 27 A T. DENNIS & GO. 1115 MAIN STREET NO OABDS HAVK BEEX ISSTTF.O. Alii. ISVITFD given : a card to the employer who Alls it out stating whether the man is employed or, not, and if not, why. If, after "diligent effort, suitable employ ment can not be found in Ulm, the exchange at Augsburg. Munich or some other city is canea up on me 'phone, and whenever there happens to be a place for the man in question there he is sent. Third' and fourth class railroad tickets are very cheap in Germany, but the man out of worK is given a card which entitles him to ride for one-.third the regular fare. Thus is unemployment robbed of its worst terror worry. We are- often told that the German way of doing things is too mechanical. Every effort is made to keep tne la bor exchanges from drifting into ma chines. In cacti city, tne controlling board. Is made up of employers, gov ernment officials and trade union leaders so that all sides are repre sented and the angles are rubbed out. i Perhaps the German scheme is not the best. Certainly it is better than chat and indifference . which prevails here. We must provide a common gound for the meeting of jobs and men. '.;' : - Oil Is -distributed where it is needed. so is sueax and tobacco there is no confusion, no clogging ot tne wneois, Styles Supreme v si rlitfi rEg -i NEWFIELD BUILDING 1188 MAIN STREET WINTER ... . , no 'needless loss why not labor? It is so simple that our preent helplessness would make - one week. How get away from that "muddle headedness'' which H. O. Wells so constantly deplores? Y. W. C. A One of the interesting features of the Young Women's Christian Asso ciation work has been the sewing school for the young girls. The classes have met on Tuesday and Fri day, and about two hundred children have been enrolled. These clauses will be continued another year, ami all school children who wish to belong must register before the first of Oc tober. The girts who have belonged to ihe classes for some time, and have reached the age of fourteen, will be put into a separate class and given instruction in advanced sewing. The idea is to ' teach simple dressmaking and machine work. SATISFACTION COAL VINCENT BROS. Telephone 3701 AMUSEMENTS 0? O 1.1 r ALL THIS WEEK f THE POLI PLAYERS The Greatest Sto 1c Corn i.n j in America in "QUMGY ADALI s ii 1 SAYEB" The Turet, Kwfrtcut nt Hw Wholesome of Itural Iram PltlCKS: Matinpc fftf, 2w? Keening, 10, 20, 30, 50c Isham & Heapliy, Ix6scri and Mg.rn. ELEAflOO LEVELAHD STOCK CO. Management KarkunofT & Schrork THIS WEEK fatinemi Tuesday. Thnndav, SMarday Viola Allen's li-rilliam burx-fmm "IN TIIE PALACE OF THE KEVG" Standard tyrtc Prirrs Mats., 10, 20 30c: j-,t., 20, ao, oc COMING NEXT WFXK "THE" BATTLE" AR TT Theatre TONIGHT AT 8:15 A jyramntization tti that Sensational Nov! The Common Law ROBERT w!"cH AMBEH 3 PRICES: 35, 5.75c I.0O and I.SA Thursday, Friday, Saturday Deilv Matine f 'MAX HPII-X.Kr. PTtKSKXT Mollie Williams and Her Co. (A Rfrrter Show to the CVU-pe r.H'i 1,000 good eeata for ljullee at Mar. inee at lo Ont Evenings 15c. Oc. SOc, SOc anf a few at 7frr Seata Now on Sale PATENTS A. M. WOOSTER, A ttorm-T-l-T.a w. Jjlfce Fjaminer IT. S. rK-Tt Otrt-m 1115 MA IX ST.. EaT.ITT BLDG. BRirOKIOriT. CO NX. Send Iotal for Booklet on PatnM ".WELL-DONE" MILLINERY FALL STYLE 177 FAIRFTEUS AVI. 5 TO RE NT 82 Washington Ave., 12 room", steam heat, horuse. .. 25 Ijaurel Ave., a room flnt, flrst floor, H hitprovminit 40.0f 13ft Washington Terrace, H room hoaw 3 7 . . " 39 Randall tc, 6 room flwt, second floor ........ 1 ". 6. James St.,. 5 room flat 1 .' 425 Brooks St., 5 room flat .... 1 2.fi 217 South Ave.,conier I-afayette St., store ANDERSON. AGENCY 60 CAXXOX STK.EKT Kelley's Cigar Store 141 FAIRFIELD AVE. The best clr made " ImportM nnd domestic brands. Complete Ium fit unokcrs' eupplJes. JAMES H KELLY 1312 FAI,L AND WINTER FASHION PLATKS, including the importation, "lioviie rarlsienne" and , Pr!i Blouses, Robes," 1913, now on aale. Post Office News Store 11 ARCADE TAX LIST 1912. The Assessors of the City of Er! 5 ex port will meet at the Aw,eor' Of fice, City Hall, on the third day r.f SEPT15.MBEK, and each wee r-L thereafter, to and including tha rrr.t. day of OCTOBER. 191'J, for tn purpose of receiving the sworn half of all persons liable to pay uie on personal property. (mmiy, 6ofii, wagons, automobiloa, rock in rcrca. etc..) and real estate m the f:ty r.f Bridgeport, making a d3cr)pL:.n of t.!l real estate, eaih parcel t,-teiy described, including niieet numrf. And if he or she xhall iiesloct or re fuse to do so, the Assessors hil f I out a iist lor him or h r ami itr.(i thereto ten per centum of lis vaiiu- tion- , . . . The attention or non-rident prop erty owners is called to the chanstn ,r the lav.' relating to the filing erf t:iir lists, as failure on their part to i t their property duiinir fc-epltmiw-r de prives them uf the lijjht of appeal to the Board of Relief.. Special attention i railed to - tion 2303 of the Statutes which t3ti that each imrcel of property rnwi separately nnd accurately bounded and described. Post office of each owner must fn g iven. Office house, 9 A. M.. to 4 P. $.. Saturdays, 9 A. M. to 12 ii. P. .T. HfOTIKK. LAWRKNCE J. rjTr.T, JLUI'3 W. KV'UVLTO.V, THOIIAS O'EP.IKX, Board of Asseasor. L. 24 tf , IP5