This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1915. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVI HULLAWAY I SEE," said Luke Andersen to his brother, as they sat at breakfast in the station-master's kitchen, about a fortnight after the riot on Leo's Hill, "I see that Romer has withdrawn his charge against young Wone. It seems that the magistrates set him free yesterday, on Romer's own responsibility. So the case will not come up at all. What do you make of that?" "He is a wiser man than I imagined," said James. "And that's not all!" cried his brother blowing the cigarette ashes from the open paper in front of him. "It appears the strike is in a good way of being settled by those damned delegates. We were idiots to trust them. I knew it. I told the men so. But they are all such hopeless fools. No doubt Romer has found some way of getting round them! The talk is now of arbitration, and a commissioner from the government. You mark my words, Daddy Jim, we shall be back working again by Monday." "But we shall get the chief thing we wanted, after all -- if Lickwit is removed," said James, rising from the table and going to the window, "I know I shall be quite satisfied myself, if I don't see that rascal's face any more." "The poor wretch has collapsed altogether, so they said down at the inn last night," Luke put in. "My belief is that Romer has now staked everything on getting into Parliament and is ready to do anything to propitiate the neighbourhood. If that's his line, he'll succeed. He'll out-manoeuvre our friend Wone at every step. When a man of his type once tries the conciliatory game be becomes irresistible. That is what these stupid employers so rarely realize. No doubt that's his policy in stopping the process against Philip. He's a shrewd fellow this Romer -- and I shouldn't wonder if, when the strike is settled, he became the most popular ...
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