rtune. Remember that, please!

"When I came home, I found he had completely broken Lucy's spirit and
was deliberately trying to accomplish the same result in the case of
his son. He had all but succeeded, too. Money seems to be the answer
to practically every problem in this country to-day, so I was able to
come to the boy's rescue. I told you one evening how I decided to put
him on his feet, promote his elopement with Sheila Graham, who will
make him an excellent wife--and incidentally put a spoke in Simon's
wheel!

"I began to study my brother-in-law, and the more I learned about him
the more shocked and fascinated I became. Satisfied with the lion's
share of the income from the tannery, he refused to develop the
business so that Jason's modicum might increase to reasonable
proportions. He had always hated Jason since the panic of 1907 when he
had to borrow money from him and give him a small interest in the
business.

"He hated his manager, Graham, too, because he was beginning to be
troublesome. Graham felt that his long and faithful services deserved
some greater reward than a small raise in salary, and the one thing
Simon could not bear to do was to reward a man according to his
deserts! He decided to discharge Graham--but that did not prevent him
from threatening Copley with the ruin of Sheila's father if he did not
discontinue his attentions to the girl! Pretty?

"I was interested in the working conditions at the tannery, conditions
that were unsanitary, primitive--obscene! I met the Maxon person in a
grocery, as I told you, but it was before the strike, not after. He
told me things, and even with a liberal discount for exaggeration, they
were pretty bad.

"It was then I decided to take a hand in Simon's family and business
affairs! I have a queer sense of humor at times, and it rather amused
me to think of myself as a deputy of Destiny! And--and it just so
happened that I was in a position to play fast and loose with no regard
for possible consequences to myself.

"I opened my campaign by promoting that strike! I persuaded Maxon, a
born agitator, to talk the men into doing it, and I provided him with
money so they should not be broken by hardship. Afterwards I found he
hypothecated this fund and spent it on a dance-hall girl, so I was
obliged to send more money later, in a letter signed by the monk, to a
more responsible treasurer! I was a little shocked when Maxon was
accused of murder,