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SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER I—Jackson Jones, nick lift tin*#
"Broadway.” because of his continual
glorification of New York’s great tinw*
oughfare, is anxious to get away from baa
home town of Jonesville. Abner Jonaa^
his uncle, is very angry because Br«>s»A
way refuses to settle down and take
place in the gum factory in which he sms*
ceeded to his father’s interest.
CHAPTER II—Judge Spotswood info?-ram
Broadway tlia* $250,000 left him by
father is at his disposal Broadw»»
makes record tine in heading for fiis fa*
ojite street in New York.
CHAPTER TIT-With his New To**
friend. Robert Wallace. Broadway creates*
a sensation by his extravagance on t/n*
White Way. Four years pass and Br<
wav suddenly discovers that be is
only broke, but heavily in debt. He ;*»
I»lfes to his uncle for a loan and r» celv^p
a package of chewing glim with tlie :»*»
vice to chew it and forget his trouble*
He quietly seeks work without smsesuM.
CHAPTER TV- Broadway gives what %*
’ntended to be a farewell supper to 1>»
Nr-w York friends, and b< fnr«. it is ov**
becomes engaged to Mrs. <; rard. an .***
cient widow, wealthy and very giddy.
CHAPTER V—Wallace expostulate
with the aged flirt and her youthf**^
fiance but fails to better the situntiw
He learns that Broadway is broke q#
ofr'-Ts him a position with his father's
/ertising firm, but it is declined. Wallas
akes charge of Broadway's affairs.
CHAPTER VT—Broadway receives »
telegram announcing the death of
Uncle Abner in Europe. Broadway is
sole heir. Peter Pembroke of the Con
solidated Chewing Gum company off*m»
Broadway $1,200,000 for his gum plant '<&***
Broadway agrees to sell Wall im tfikw»
the affair in hand and insists that Rr<»»* -
wav hold off for a bigger price and rusfip**
him to Jonesville to consult Judge p
wood, who was Uncle Abner’s attorn***
CHAPTER VTT—Broadway finds his
boyhood playmate, Josie Richards. m
charge of the plant and falls in love with
her. Wallace is sndtten with Judge Spota
wood’s daughter. Clara.
CHAPTER VTT1- Josie poipts out to
Broadway that by selling the plant to the
trust be will ruin the town built by his
ancestors and throw 700 employes out of
work. Broadway decides that he will not
sell. Wallace receives an offer of $1,500,000
from the trust and is amazed when
Broadway turns it down.
CHAPTER TX Breadwav explains the
situation as f irth hv Josie and Wal
lace agrees that it is Broadway’s duty to
stick bv the town and his emploves. He
authorizes an announcement to his wor
ried employes that the plant will not be
sold.
CTTAPTFR X—Broadway visits the
plant and Josie explains the business de
tails to him.
CHAPTER XT Broadway m*kos a
speech to his employes who in their en
thusiasm cnrrv him around the plant or
their shoulders.
"What fs it?” Mrs. Spotswood asked
excitedly.
"I don’t know7,” was Josie’s answer.
Clara certainly knew nothing of the
nature of what might be happening,
and none was further than Broadway
from a guess that what he had told j
Higgins, in a sentence wherein anger j
very freely mingled with the news of I
his determination to retain and op- j
erate ihe gum plant, could have been I
accepted as good reason for such a
really notable demonstration., of the I
joy of gum makers.
It was the judge, at this instant, j
bustling in, who made the situation
clear to them.
“Great Scott!” he said, aglow with I
genial satisfaction. “Talk about ex- !
citement! The whole plant is in an \
uproar.”
"What is it, judge?” the owner of
Ihe plant Inquired.
“Why, didn’t you send a message out
there by Higgins?”
“Er—yes, I did.”
“Well, that’s* what they're cheering
about. The men are yelling themselves
hoarse and the boys are dancing with
Joy.” The judge was beaming like a
full moon with gray tuits of hair above
Its ears. “You'd think BeKIam had ;
broken loose. They’re yelling for you. !
Broadway. Come out and let them sec ;
you.”
Broadway was in a state of panic, of
blue funk, of sheer, unspeakable af
fright. He ducked and looked about
as if endeavoring to find that avenue
through which escape would be easiest. !
“No; not now, please,” he begged i
pitifully.
They might have let it go at that
had not the cheering within the works
broken out afresh.
“Listen to that,” the judge adjured
him, anu urged him with a happy hand
upon his elbow.
His wife went to his assistance. “Oh,
do go out and say something, Broad
way!”
i es, tne judge insisted, "come and
make a speech.”
"I can't say anything,” said the mis
erable and frightened Broadway. "I
never made a speech in my life!”
Josie, smiling gently, turned from
lhem. When again she faced them she
held in her hand the paper she had
llirust so recently into that sacred,
secret place. "Read this to them,”
she suggested.
He took it, but he did not see whence
it had been extracted, although Mrs.
Spotswood did. The eyes of matrons
>f her age are sympathetically attuned
o siens of this sort, seeing them w hen
others miss them. She smiled at
iosie, Josie caught her eve and blushed
furiously. ,
"Oh, come on.” The jud_ge now’ took
a (lnni'r bold on him. "It wiil make
(hem all feel pood."
His faithful wife went to his aid.
She took the other ann of the acutely
miserable youth, and between them
they propelled him from the room,
through the short length of a wide
hallway stacked on either side with
boxes full of chewing gum already
backed for shipment, through a breath
lessly hot engine-room, and into the
main room upon the factory's ground
floor.
Their appearance was the signal for
an uproar of applause. The loudest
cheering of the previous outburst was
surpassed so notably that, by compart- '
son. It had bpen whispering. In the j
enthusiasm of the moment men, worn j
en and the younger workers of the 1
force lost all sense of reserve,
Broadway ceased to be that terrible .
thing, a new and untried boss, who I
must be Iboked at carefully, addressed
with caution and regarded with re
spect made up principally of fear. He
was young; he had been fair to them:
he was their economic savior.
They went mad. and, at first permit
ting him no opportunity to make the
speech which he so feared, seized him
as if he had been the winning player
at a football game and bore him round
the great room of the factory upon
their shoulders.
There was affection in the strong
arms of the men who lifted him; there ,
j were tears in many women’s eyes!
which watched. Not only was this '
youth the boss; he was the young
boss. They knew he had been plucky
in his loyalty to them, rumors of the I
splendid offer which the trust had
made had been circulated freely. He
was accredited with that intention
| most admired by real Americans, and
i these workmen, in this old New Eng
1 land mill, in this old New England vil
lage, were principally native sons.
He was not content to be an idler;
he insisted upon buckling down to a
I man’s job. And had he not decided to
| take up the burden of gum mauufac
j lure largely through his feeling of
f responsibility to them and to the
town? Financially the offer of the
trust must certainly have been more I
tempting than the prospect of cominer- |
cial battle which, even should it win 1
would inevitably involve a long, expen- |
sive and intensely wearing strain!
Would they ride him round and !
round upon their shoulders? Would- j
they cheer him till the blood rushed
to their heads? Would the woman
want to kiss him and the youngsters
look at him as if he were a, species of
superior being? Verily, they would.
And verily they did.
In the meantime, in the office, Clara
was lett quite alone. She mat have
been aware that interesting things
were happening in the factory, things
which she would very gladly have wit
nessed. but beyond doubt she felt that
something far more interesting—to
wn. the arrival of Bob Wallace—was
likely to occur at any moment in the
office. She preferred the smiles of
Wallace to the cheers of working peo
ple, and she waited for them.
Wallace was not long delayed. She
greeted him with cordial liking. "You
didn't expect to findune here, did you?"
"Well, hardly. This is an unexpeet
ed pleasure.”
“Mr. Jones will be back in a few
minutes. He went out in the works to
make a speech.” *
She gave this information with th<
air of oue explaining commonplaces 1
To her everything, in deed, was com
monplace, sate Wallace. She held him
the most extraordinary thing on earn
But he was utterly amazed. “To
make a speech!” He burst Into a roar
of laughter. "Well, what do you think
of that!”
She smiled at him. She cared noth
ing for the cheering, hut she would tell
him about it, because she liked to talk
to him on any subject. “Well, you
should have heard them cheering!
They've made more noise than this
old town has ever heard before."
"Yes, I dare say it is," he granted,
as new cheers burst forth.
But he did not go to see the dem
onstration, which indicated to him !
that he must find something most at- j
tractive in this village belie’s com- I
puny. What other woman could have !
held him from the sight of Broadwa}
Jones in his first effort as an orator? ;1
“Funny,” he remarked, and smiled
at her; “I was thinking of you as I
passed the drug store just now.”
She laughed, delighted. “That’s ■
strange, i've been thinking of you,
too!” I
“Have.you really?”
“Yes. Oh, those chocolates were •
fine! I ate them all before 1 went to
bed,” Then, reproachfully, "but you
shouldn’t he spending your money the 1
way you do!” 1
He was unconscious of any mad ex- '
penditure of which she could be cogni
zant and, therefore, was surprised. !
‘What?”
, “Mr. Jones told me that you were a
regular spendthrift.”
This from Broadway, the most fa
mous spendthrift of New York’s recent
years! ‘’When did he tell you that?”
tie asked, endeavoring to hide the
meaning of his smiles.
“Just a little while ago. He said you
spent over twenty-five dollars one
uight!"
For a second this extraordinary
statement almost choked him. He had
been with Broadway when that sum
would have been regarded as a modest
tip for a head-waiter.
“Oh, did he tell you about that
night?” he asked, still carefully en
deavoring to conceal the nature of his
smiles at least.
And as he smiled it came upon him
that for reasons which he did not un
derstand as yet he should he sorry to
have this particular girl learn details
of some nights which he and Broadway
Jones had passed together on the fa
mous street they knew so well.
'A es.” she said, prettily admonish
ing. "and you mustn't waste it in that
way any more.”
She shook her finger at him playful
ly, but with a serious light of eyes be
hind the playfulness which seemed to
“They're Yelling for You, Broadway.”
indicate proprietary iirlerest in him. It
amused him—but he found it unmis
takably pleasant, too.
The excited Sant came in. Sam al
ways seemed to come at just those
moments which without him would
have been more interesting.
“He’s — shaking — hands — with —
everybody,” he volunteered.
"Who? Mr. Jones?'’' asked Clara.
“Yes — Gosh! — Hie — was-—afraid
to — make — a — speech! I — bet
— I — wouldn’t — be — afraid! If —
ever — I — amount: — to — anything
— the — first — thing — I’m — going
— to — do — is — to — make — a —
speech — about — iryself!”
Wallace laughed. “You’ve got the
right, idea, Sammy.”
“You — bet — I've — got — the —
right — idea! I’ve — go. — darned —
good — ideas — if — I — ever — get —
a — chance — to — use — 'em!”
Clara was reproving. “Sammy, stop
this constant talking abo.it yourself!”
“Stop — your — own—'.alking! You
— don’t'— understand — me. I’ve
— got — brains — 1 — have!”
“No one can tell," saic\ Wallace.
“Maybe he has.”
“I'll — surprise — you —al!>— some
— day!”
Clara smiled at Wallace. “Ain’t it
funny. He really thinks he’s .going to
be a big man.”
“Well, maybe he will." said Wallace,
considering Sammy’s bulk reflectively,
’’and then, again, lie’s liable to fall
away to almost nothing.”
Site laughed, delighted at his humor.
“Oh. 1 see what you mean! You’re
always joking, aren’t you?”
"Aren’t 1 the cut-up, though?” he
gently guyed her.
It was very silly, and he knew how
very silly it was, but, none the leas,
the city man enjoyed the persiflage
with this red cheeked rural maiden. In
the extraordinary ebullition of hie i-fiir
its he reached out his hand for hers,
found it, and stood swinging it. She
blushed, he laughed. He was nelly
burlesquing a flirtation, but she did
not know it. nor was the impulse orhis
foolery entirely burlesque. He was
very much confused when, an sm-used
cough Trom behind them told that
Josie had come in.
He whirled. Oh. good morning., \fiss
tiehards!"
"How do you do. Mr. Wallace?” She
nulled with definite satisfaction. “Mr.
tones is causing quite a s< csation in
he works."
“So I understand."
“Shall I tell him you are here?”
Asked Clara.
"I wish you would, if it isn't too
much trouble, Miss Spots wood.”
"Not at ail. I’ll be only coo pleased.”
dhe smiled at him. “Nobodyever calls
me’anything but Clara."
Wallace felt that he was most em
phatically in clover. "Oh. you Clara!"
He was a large young nsan, with a
urge, smooth shaven fane, particularly
iroad It was one happy smile.
She was giggling as she hurried to
ward the factory, “I’ll tell him. right
tway."
Wallace turned to Josie. “Has Mr.
Pembroke called?”
"No; Mr. Jones was saying he ex
pected him at eleven o’clock.”
"Well, it isn't quite eleven, jet.”
"He told me of the advice you gaive ;
tint. We have a gfxnl deal to thank !
'on for. I'm sure of that.”
"i don’t see why”’ he protested.
‘He's only doing what is right. Any
nap wish a conscience would do the
same. Of course my influence may
tave had some hearing;,-on his decision,
uit, believe me, his mind was ma le )
ip when you got through with him last
tight ”
She was very earnest. “Oh, It means
10 much to so man; '.” ._ _
“Any way, I think he’d be a fool to
sell.”
I “You do?"
“Certainly. A proposition which
showed the profit this did last year—
1 without any advertising: Why, it's
wonderful! I know what I'm talking
about. I'm with the biggest adver
tising firm in New York city.”
i “Hut we couldn't afford to advertise,
except in a small way,” she said in ex
planation of what he evidently thought
their lack of enterprise, “and the big
firms wouldn’t take a petty contract.”
“Why didn’t you try the Empire
Agency?”
She shook her head. “We did. They
refused to handle us at all. They do
most of the Consolidated's work, you
see. I guess that was the reason.”
He was quick to deny this. He did
not wish anyone to think that the
great Empire Agency would favor,
one concern to the extent of shutting
out another in fair competition.
“Oh, no,” he confidently asserted,
, “we don’t make that sort of agree
ments. No corporation can dictate to
us. The Empire's my (irm. My Guv’
nor’s its president.”
“Oh, well, then, perhaps, you know
all about it.” She evidently did not
care to be so firmly contradicted.
This daunted him. “You say they
refused to handle your work?”
'Absolutely."
For a moment he stood lost in
thought, then suddenly reat hed a res
: olutlon of importance “May I use
! your 'phone?'' lie asked.
“Certainly.”
“Give me long distance,” he demand
i cd of the operator: then, while he was
\ waiting, he turned back to .losie, sav
1 tng almost angrily: “That's a pretty
j fotten trick, if it's so- -to squeeze the
| little fellow out like that. You're ab
solutely sure it wa3 the Empire?”
“Yes; we tried all the big advertis
1 lag firms."
"There isn’t any other big advertis
; lng firm," he valiantly declaimed. His
business patriotism was unquestion
; able. "If there was we'd whip it over
; to the Empire in pretty quick shape.”
The receiver, which he held at his
ear, showed signs of life. “Hello, I
want Newr York," he told the operator.
Then, to Josie: “What’s this num
! her?”
“Two-two Main.”
“This is two-two Main, the Jones
’ plant,” he informed the operator. "All
right. Get them for me as quickly as
you can."
After hanging up the receiver be
turned gravely ta Josie. “There must
be some mistake about this," he assur
ed her. Evidently he was seriously
worried about the charge of favoritism
brought against his firm.
"I have all the correspondence. If
you'd like to see it.”
“I’d like to very much."
"lfll have it here in a very few min
utes. Excuse tne.”
I Fortunately for his telephonic ofg
I deavors there had been a period of
quiet in the outer factory. But now,
I as the crowd approached across the
i vast workroom adjoining, from a visit
to the oilier portions of the plane the
roar of cheering was renewed He
went to the door and opened it, look
ing into the workroom. Almost at the
door were the Judge and Mrs. S|hi»s
wood and. just behind them, Broad
way. They were smiling happily and
proudly. He was somewhat wilted,
but elated. He rushed forward, grasp
ing Wallace's hand, greatly to the
latter's surprise.
“I’ve shaken hands with everybody
in the world," said Hroadway.
CHAPTER XII.
The celebration over, the mil! once
more settled down to that industrial
neace which is accompanied by the
deafening roar of machinery, the
clamor of the busy hammer on the
nail, sinking home in paekhjg boxes,
the shouts of workingmen and women
forced to thrust their words above the
strident medley which surrounds them.
There was npw life In the old mill,
new confidence had taken place of
fear and tierce antagonism in the
hearts of hundreds, an esprit de corps
imd been horn suddenly such as had
not existed in that factory for many
years. In one happy sentence of his
bashful speech Broadway had struck a
v'.vnote. He had said:
“And—er—now, you fellows, keep
your brains—er—busy with this situ
ation. I have bucked the Trust. I've
tucked the Trust for you and the old
town. Now if you don't help me beat
't to Ihe ropes, stagger it, blind it,
pulp it. put it down and out as the all
powerful force in the gum-industry.
It's going to wipe me off the map, and
•vheu I'm wiped you're wiped.
“I've fought for you, and lots of
folks will say 1 am a fool for doing it.
If you start in and fight, for me: if'
we both fight heart and Soul and night
and day to win against the wildest
competition that was ■every known in
chewing-gum, we \\'1I.,L< win. Anything
else means our sponge in the air and a
call for doctors and an ambulance, or
more likely, undertaker, for Jones'
Pepsin Gum, its owner and the men
who work for him."
These words hud struck home. The
workmen had all understood their
truth: furthermore, they fully recog
nized the justice of the burden Broad
way laid upon them. Workingmen are
fair: they are fairer in old. little towns
like Jonesville than they are in great
industrial centers, where Ihe element
of personality has passed out of in
dustry and the worker is a cog. while
the owner is an unseen and mysterious
power. The men had shouted wildly
that they all would help and meant it.
After he had left the Fhops they had
reiterated among themselves the
pledges of their fealty, and they meant
* hem then.
(TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)