A master-stroke on my
part, eh? Yes, yes indeed, a master-stroke!"
His eye caught another blue-pencilling.
"Editorial, eh?" said he, adjusting his glasses. "Better and better!
This affair will sweep those troublemakers off the map, or I'm a
beggar!"
Then, with the keenest of satisfaction, he focussed his attention on the
sapient editorial:
_SOCIALISM UNVEILED_.
The arrest and impending conviction of Gabriel Armstrong, the noted
Socialist leader, on a white-slave traffic charge, will do much to
set all sane thinkers right in regard to this whole matter of
Socialist ethics. Socialists, as we have all heard, contend that
their system of thought teaches a high and pure form of morality.
How will they square this assertion with the hard, cold facts, as
brought to light in this most revolting case?
Much more seems to lie beneath the surface than at first sight
appears. Though we desire to suspend judgment until all the data
are known, it appears conclusively proved that Armstrong is but one
of a band of white-slavers operating through the organization of,
and with the consent of the Socialist party, or at least of its
responsible officials.
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