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Ira Wheeler was taken to Little
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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I—Jac kson Jones, nickname
"Broadway/* because of bis continue
Vlor fh at ion of New York’s great thor
oughfare, is anxious to get away from
.11 on town of Jonevville. Abner Juntas,
bis unc le, is very angry because Bro^t.
way refuses to settle- down and take •*
i bice in the gum fac tory in which he suc
ceeded to his father’s interest.
CHAPTER IT -Judge Spotswood inforrwe
1/ udway li e ; "i left him by
father is at his disposal. Broad w*"*’
nia - s record time in h* acting for his i»w
orite street in Tow York.
CHAPTER TIT—With his New Y o~
frit-nd. Robert Wallace, Broadway crcai-*^
r S' ns? Von by bis extravagance op te**
White \\ ay. Four years pass and Broa*>
• iv suddenly discov ■ rs that he is r*-**
only'broke, but heavily in debt. He
plies to his uncle- for a loan and r^ceiv-w
‘ Package of chewing gum with the
'ice to ( hew it and forget his trouble
'Ie quietly seeks work without success
CHAPTER TV—Broadway gives what *
! 'tend'«1 to l»e a fare well supper to
New York friends, and before i* is ov»
becomes engaged to Mrs. G rard. an
c’ient widow, wealthy and very giddy.
PHAPTFR • V—Wallace expostulartw
with the aged ft»rt and her youth fw*
r’unce. but falls to better the situation*
He learns that Broadway is hr Ye ,
offers bfm a position with his fa;.1 er*s
/ertising firm, but it is declined. Wallas
akes charge of Broadway’s affaira.
CHAPTER VI—Broadway ^receives *
telegram announcing the death of be*
Fncle Abner in Europe. Broadway Is
*ole heir. Peter Pembroke of the Co*
"ohdated Chewing Gum company ofreyu
'rndway $1,200,000 for his gum plant a-*1 ^
• ‘roadway agrees to sell WclHc* tatue*
the affair in hand and insists that Broa*
’ ay hold off for a bigger price rmd rusty-*
him to Janesville to consult Judge Rp<ae
wood, who was TTncle Abner’s attorn*—
CHAPTER VTT—Broadway finds his
boyhood playmate, Josle Richards. In
• barge ..f the plant and falls in love with
her. Wallace is smif* n with Judge Spots
wood’s daughter. Clara.
CHAPTER VTT1—Josle points out to
Broadway that by selling trie plant to the
trust he will ruin the town built by his
ancestors and throw 7« 0 employes out of
work. Broadway decides that he w»ll no*
sell. Wallace receives an offer of $1,500.000
f>°m the trust and is amazed when
Broadway turns it down.
(”TT-\PTHR TX Brnaiwav explains the
e4*dat^on as S t f'-rth hv Jftale anti Wal
lace agrees that It Is Broadway’s duty to
stick hv the town and his employes. He
authorizes an announcerr'en* to Ids wor
ried employ es that the plant will not be
sold.
Josie looked at him with cold and
angry eyes. For an instant she had
been frightened. She had got the bet
t ;• of her fear now, and in her voice
were both contempt and warning. “I
vonldn’t talk like that, if I were you,
Higgins!”
He approached her threateningly.
“Oil, you’re on their side, are you? 1
thought so!”
Again he went close to her, almost ;
as if he meant to do her some vio
lence. Ills face was black with rage, 1
hit fists were clenched.
“I never did believe in you. I told
the men this morning. For all we
know, you’ve been working for the in
terests of the trust all the time!”
Her w’rath was boiling fiercely now
and she showed the stuff of which she j
was made. She went closer still tn 1
Higgins, never wavering! giving back |
no inch, although he towered above
her, shaking with wrath, and worked j
his clenching fingers ominously.
“That will be about enough now, j
Higgins; you get out of this office.”
“I’d like to see anybody try to put
me out till I’m ready to go!” he shout- i
ed.
To his amazement and to hers, ii I
now developed that they had had a lis j
tenor. An unexcited voice spoke from
one side.
"Good morning, Miss Richards.”
fihe whirled, recognizing instantly !
I lie tones. “Good morning, Mr. Jones.” !
Higgins stood there speechless, gaz- I
mg at the newcomer with dropping j
jaw. Jackson wailed not a second aft
er he had greeted .Josie, but marched
up to the belligerent foreman and
stood facing him, small but deter
mined, not six inches from the power
ful, red-shirted figure.
Instantly the foreman's manner
changed. From the bully he became
the fawner. “Oh, hello, Mr. Jones! I
didn’t know you were in town.”
"Yes, you did,” said Jackson slowly,
coldly; "Miss Richards just told you.
I’ve been standing out there listening
to what you h id to say. ] remember
you, Higgins. The only good thing I
remember of you was that you were
funny when you hud cramps in the
swimming hole. You always were a
•rouch and forever nosing in other
people's affairs, Vc-.v. i vaut to tell
you something. This mant belong.-. .
me. and it’s nobody's business wlu-th
er I keep it, or sell it, or give it away.
Do you understand?”
“Well,” said Hi?' : half in apology,
half dully, 'the men asked me t» come
here and get the information.”
“They didn’t ask you to come here
and insult this girl, did they? Now,
I’ll put you out of the office, and throw
you out of the plant, and drive you out
of the town if I hear any more red-fire
talk out of you.”
He paused, and Higgins stood, quite
humbled.
“The trust isn't going to buy this
plant,” Broadway continued, while not
only Higgins, but Josie, gazed r him
intently, gratefully, startled by the
overwhelmingly good news, "for the
simple reason that it isn't for sale, and
you can go and tell the men I said so.”
Higgins now' was much abashed
“I’m sorry I was hasty, Mr. Jones. I
didn't mean to lose my temper.”
“You don't want to lose your job, do
you ?”
“No, sir."
“Then go on; get out ot here.”
"i es, sir.” The big workman turned
to Josie, “I hope you’ll forgive me,
Miss Richards. I know I've got a rot
ten disposition, but my heart’s in the
right place.”
“I understand," said Josie, who had
known him all her life.
I 11 <ell the men what you said. Mr.
Jones,’ he said tef his employer—tiiat
employer who had, in the past, em
ployed no one more important than a
butler, a chauffeur, a Jap cook, or, tern- 1
porarily, a waiter or a bellboy. It gave
Broadway quite a little shock. “Gosh!
What a relief it will be to them all!
It's made a different man out of me al- '
ready.” 1
To their amazement he broke down, '
blubbering like a mammoth child.
"Well, what are you crying about?”
said Jackson, utterly nonplussed.
"Because Im trappy.” said the con
tradictory Higgins. "There’ll be oth- '
ers to cry outside. You don’t know
what it means to us—it saves our 1
homes and families, too, maybe.” With
that and still intently blubbering, he 1
left them.
"Can you beat that?” asked Broad- 1
way, turning back to Josie. “He's a 1
nice, cheerful little fellow! I'd like to 1
be around him a whole lot!”
CHAPTER X.
There was another than the foreman
who was happier than ordinary words
would have expressed, now that Jack
son Jones had stated, with what
seemed to be finality, that he intend
ed to continue at the business which
had made his fortune and had made
Jonesville. But Josie felt a strange
need for reserve in her young employ
er’s presence, a need which she bad
not felt the night before and one which
she could not explain.
Her impulse was to rush into ex
travagance of praise after he had sent !
the foreman out into the works to tell
the men that he should not sell his
patrimony to the trust, but for some
reason which she would have found it j
difficult to explain fully she said not a
word about it. Instead, she turned to
him with matter-of-fact expression and
the words of commonplace occasions J '
“Did you have a good night's rest?" 1
He 1 elr. like saying something fall j
of emphasis, whether in access of ,io-. ;
or sorrow he was not certain, but he \ '
knew that, anv words which he could
use to her would be inadequate to fur- I
fttsh him relief, and so hailed her com
monplace question with a thrill of real 1
relief. *
My back is broken," he said with an j
expressive grimace and a writhe
“Who named that hotel?”
"The Grand?”
He nodded with another serio-comic
facial antic.
She laughed. “Ts it as had as that?”
“There are men in prison for doing i
less than running a hotel like that!”
Almost he made the revelation of their
startling midnight wanderings, but
caught himself in time.
"Why don't you open your uncle's
home?”
"My uncle's heme?" he said, a little
startled.
He had not thought of that. The
suggestion probably did more to drive
home definitely to his inner ntind th**
true significance of his decision to
take up the business than anything
which had previously occurred. His
uncle's home!
Alter his father’s death it had beer
his home: it had been* the only setnb
lance of a home which he remembered
and his memories ot it were harsh
enough, in some details almost repel
lent. His uncle had been hard: he had
had but little understanding of hoy na
ture; the house had been a sort of
prison from which he could escape at
intervals each day.
He had not, even thought of opening
it; it never had occurred to him that
he could ever live another day of his
life there.
But, now she spoke of it. why not?
The place was fjri.n, old-fashioned, iu
hospitable, forbidding, as so many old
New England houses are. and as so <
many more New England houses were ;
tea years ago; hut that atmosphere <
was more that of its occupant than ' <
that ot' the old place itself. It must i
have been a joyous and free-minded 1
Jones w io chose Hie site for it, for it :
was very beautiful; it must have been ;
an aitist Jones who chose the plat • *
for it. for its design was of that her. •
tifui, pure old colonial which t barring
skystvap rsi is the only architectura i
merit America has yet origintoed, a;
than whi h nothing is more trui\
b * it must have been a socis
’ i . .. u a. drttf till *•- • , „ ;
t
iui in that were bedrooms, sit
ting morns, rind a great dining-room
unite plainly meant to welcome mart
guests.
His memories of the house wer*
"’or i ■> end unattractive, fcr from *
roth his father and his mother had
met, taken to their final resting places,
irnt in it he had spent few joyous
tours. All the happiness of his youth
n Jonesville were associated with the
tomes of others, public places, out-of
ioots; he had heard very little "laugh
er in the old homestead. But might it
rot house happiness? He realized that
t. would male an idea! setting for
'dire joy. still, it was tn Jonesville!
Flint made him wince.
l on tion t think it will te necessary
for me to live in this town, do you?”
She nodded. She was rather gold
o feel that it was right for her to-r.od.
She would have shrunk from revela
:ious of the sorrow which would cer
tainly have filled her heart if it bad
transpired, now, that Broadway was
iot to remain in Jonesville She even
dirank from an acknowledgment of
his in her ow n heart.
1 he business, will need your atten
ion,” she said gravely.
He waved a hand which he tried to
nake appear as if dispensing privi
leges, but which, he knew, seemed
nore that of a shirker.
' Go right on w'ith the business. Don’t
iav any attention to me. "
--he looked at him very gravely.
Fhen, dropping her eyes, she took
,0,l:e papers from the desk, went to a
iling cabinet, deposited th- m with
■are in their allotted places, and slow
y went b.e k to her desk As she re
amed she did not again raise her eyes
o his.
"Hate you thought of what we
al-.ed about last night?” she asked.
She made him most uncomfortable,
fe had begun to wonder, for the first
ime in his life. if. possibly, he did not
lave a conscience. He had never ta
ien any obligation very seriously; sud
lenly it seemed necessary for him to
consider many things with, solemn.
Hindering mind. He did not tike it. It
iistinctiy made him nervous. What
vas the use of being heir to all his
mole’s property if riches brought the
’cry thing which he had thought they
night preserve him from—dull care?
Had he thought of what she had
laid last night? He had thought of lit
le else! Had that train of thought
)een started by any human being other
han herself, he would have bitterly
esented the intense discomfort it had
;aused him. Even now- his voice was
teevish when ne answered:
Have I thought of it! Ail I dreamed
ibout last night was poverty stricken
’amilies crying for their food. Thou
sands of men, women and children
•based me through the streets, out of
the town and into a wild forest—where
there was nothing but chewing-gum
trees.”
She let her head fall back, and
laughed. He was so funny! Yet she
plainly felt that there was truth in his
complaint. She believed he really had
passed a most uncomfortable night.
Perhaps she was not very sorry that
he had.
"Oh, I had an awful night,” he
nourned. “I could have slept this
norning, but the I.aclies’ Aid began to
•ehearse their minstrel show across
he street, so I got up and ordered
ireakfast.”
Having gone thus far he stopped, as
f there could he nothing further to be
mid. but she did not understand the
earon for his sudden silence.
“Yes?" she inquired.
“Did you ever breakfast at the
Jrami?” be asked pathetically.
"No,” she smiled.
“I dare you to!” he challenged.
"It’s the best hotel in town. All the
heatrical troupes stop there.”
He nodded grimly. “The troupes
hat play in Jonesville probably de
serve it.”
She did not quite approve of this.
>he was sure that she had seen some
vondrous acting there in Jonesville.
dad Fhe not wept, her eyes out over a
lew play, entitled "East i.vnne,” the
irevious winter? Had not another
lovelty, which the bills announced
tame straight to Jonesville from a
Judge and Mrs. Spotswood.
netropolitan mn of many weeks, and
which was known as "The Two Or
iharia." held her spellbound for an
veiling? Had not the leading men iai
hese productions been invariably very
iifferenl in their appearance from any
>f the Jonesville youth, and therefore
■omantlcally attractive; had not the
eading womefl worn enormous jewels
tnd extraordinary, yellow hair which
he had em it d fiercely ? Her own hair
'■ as rich, dark brown. She thought ” !
cry p(" i onplaee
She looked at him somewhat coldl<
t was plainly , :me to turn from gos
tip to pure business.
‘I've worked all the morning with
he auditor upon a statement which
.how ii i he year's business up to the
first of this month," she notified hir>
gravely. From an upper drawer of the
big deal; af which she had oeen seated
she secured a long, formidable looking
paper and, rising, approached him with
it. "Do you care to go over it now1”
l He eyed it askance, as if it might
; have been a dangerous thing and liable
I to sting. Business! Should he ever
really discover how to feel the slight
est interest in it or understanding of
ft? What a tiresome looking thing it
: was.
"No; not right now," he told har. al
most shivering. “I—Mr. Wallace prom
ised to do all that for me."
I She put the statement back into her
desk, a little disappointed. "Then he'll
be here this morning?"
"Yes; he'll be here right away. He
had to go to the barber shop." He
laughed. “1 shave myself, thank God!"
he added fervently.
Her manner now became more seri
ous and rather puzzling. It was not
as if he had done anything which dis
pleased her, it was not even us if she
thought he might; it was only that of
the delightful woman who is wonder
ing if, presently, shu may not think he
might. She was not suspicious, she
suspected that she might susfect. He
knew it; men always know when wom
en are beginning to wonder if they had
not better very soon begin to wonder.
It’s the only intuition mere men have.
The others are all feminine monopo
lies.
Presently, while he waPed. acutely
conscious that some unpleasant ele
ment had entered jnt0 the sdrugtion,
but densely ignorant of its character;
and while she calmly w nt a bout the
business of her office management, at
which, it may as well be stated now
as ever, site showed unmistakable signs
of perfect competence, she went to a
complicated filing cab-net, extracted
from it certain other papers, carried
them across the room '<> tin; desk near
which lie had found a seat, laid them
on that desk, then slowly turned and
faced Him.
"Do you know that Mr. Pembroke, of
the Consolidated, is here in town?"
she asked, alter a second's hesitation.
To her great satisfaction, which site
would not for the world have admitted,
he did not hesitate before he an
swered; he did not try to beat around
the bush; he Indulged in no evasions
or delays of any kind whatever.
“Yes, I know it," lie said promptly.
It may be that some detail in his
tone or manner reassured her, at any
rate her voice, when she spoke next,
was free from a certain icy hint of
criticism which undoubtedly had crept
into it.
"Did he come here with you?"
"No; he followed me here."
“Have you seen hint?” She mad®
no attempt to offer an excuse tor
cross-examining him; she evidently
asked the question as an interested
party who has a right to lie inform®#.
Was she not a citizen of Jonesville and
an employe of the Jones Pepsin Gum
Company?"
"No; I have not seen him. hut Mr.
Wallace saw him last night and turned
i down h's offer, too."
Instantly the reserve, which, intangi
ble but perceptible, had affecied her,
drooped from her. She was no longer
in the least suspicious.
"Oh. I'm so glad!” she exclaimed
cordially.
But. he failed to note this circum
stance; lie failed to ward against on
coming danger. As a matter of fact h®
v as nol thinking of her as an employ®
of the Jones company, he was not
thinking about Jonesville, he was con
sidering his own pressing need for
money and the delightful possibility
that through Pembroke, in one way or
another, that need must be relieved.
He rose and paced the floor with light
and hopeful tread, wholly without ap
prehension.
"We gave him to understand that w®
wouldn't sell lor less than a million
ar.d a half." He said this Half proudly,
'hen, with the accents of a hoper:
'We expect him here at eleven o'clock
with his answer."
Her face took on a puzzled and dis
approving frown. “Hut you just gave
tour word to the men that—”
Now lie spoke definitely ami crisply. ‘
No one listening to him could imagine
that he did not mean exactly what, he
said; that he had not carefully consid
ered every meaning of each syllable
that he was uttering.
"Oh. don't be afraid," he assured
her. "I meant exactly what I said to
Higgins."
She sighed with real relief.
"I don't mind telling you, Miss Rich
±rds that when I cant® here yesterifay
mv intention was to sell this business
and get it off my hands at any price
or sacrifice.”
The mere statement of this evidently
past and gone Intention was a shock
to lur. He noted, and not without,
emotion—mind that; Broadway unmis
takably was touched—that her face
blanched at the thought <rf that which
he had definitely decided not to do.
The young man was beginning to
think; he was forming some faint
ealizalion of the fact Uiat his own
troubles were but somewhat unimpor
tant bubbles in a sea made up of
everybody’s troubles. The thought
was forming in his mind that, while
lie had been severely worried about
ways and means for getting luxuries,
these people, here in Jonesville, who
had lived and probably would die with
out ever having heard the names of
many of the things his sybaritic soul
had learned to ciave. had Tell them
selves confronted by the possibility of
loss of,the necessities.
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