The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-01-22

Longing 10 wound, but not knowing
how % strike, liO wandered about the
town, and went Into several factories, and
talked 70 some 9fthe men, md cnntriylng
70 bring the conversation round to Little,
and learn what he was doing. But he
gathered no Information Of any use TO
himr Then he went to GrOtAits place,
and he tFiedtO pumpkin. That BagaCiOus
imam thought this odd, and Immediately
coupled this with his previous denuncia.
tionOE Little, and drew him on.
Coventry was too much under the In.
auenCe Of passion TO DO quite master Of
himself that day; and he betrayed to this
other MachIayel that he wished III to Hen.
ny Little. AS soon us he hAd thoroughly
ascertatned this, GrOtait turned COOlly on
him, and said, u am sorry Mr.. Little has
got enemies; for he and Ills partner talk
Of buildinga new factory, and tllAt will
bea good thing for us: take a score Of
saw grinders off the box" Then COvcu-
try saw he had made mistake, and left
the HCutlerS' Arms" abruptly.
Next day he took lodging in the town,
rand went about cropping for information,
and hunting for q man whose face he
knew, but not his nanle He learned all
about Bolt, and Titles vain endCaVOr to
bull antlWent and saw tho place, md
tic condemned bricks. The sight graft
fedlIim Revisited every sIw-grindcrs
pla6o he could hear Of; and, at last, he
fell In with Sam Cole, and recognized him
at pnce. Thai. worthy affected not to
know him, and went on grinding a big
saw Coventry went up TO him, and sud
In his car, II wunt tn speak with you.
Make an appointment" ...
Cole looked rather Sulky md reluctant
at being drawn from his obscurity. How
ever, he named q low public.hOuse, In q
baek Slum, and there these two met that
night and for, q greater privacy were SOon
seated IN a place bigger that a box and
smaller tllaii d room, with discolored
wall, and rough wooden table before
them, splashCd with beer. 1t looked the
vCry,den 70 hatch villany In, and drink
poison TO It's success
Coventry, pale and rcd alternately. rs
fear and shame predominated, began to
beat about tie bush.
You and have reason to Into the
same man, You know who mean"
VI can guess. Begins with Hell"
ale has wronged me deeply mud he
hurt you"
"TLut is true, sir. think he broke my
windpipe, for I'm rs hoarse rs Il raven
ever since; and Two got ono or two Of the
shots In my check still"
"Well. then, now il your time to DO re-
venged"
"Well, I don't know about that. What
he done was in selEdetenCe and II l play
bowls must look for rrlbs."
Coventry bit his lip with iInpatiOnce.
After II pause, no said, "WhNt were you
paid for that job!"
mot lMlf enough"
"Twenty pounds y
Nor nothing like IT,"
"I'lrgive yOUa hundred to do 1t again,
only moro etTectuNlly." HO turned very
pale when no made this offer.
"All," said Cole, anybody could tell
yOuwas a.gcntleman,"
" You accept my offer, them"
NAY, I mean Il is easy to sec you don't
know tr,ltlcs. mustn't .incddlc with Mr..
Little now; lie IL right with the trade"
"WhAt, not II l pay you five times us
much? say ten timcS, then; two hundred
pound"
"Nay, We Union chaps arc not male
factors. You can't buy us TO injurc All
u,oiEonding man. We have got our laws,
md they NrO just ones, md II IL man will
break them after duo warning, the order
ia given to, do him, and tho men are
named for the job; and get paid II tritlc
for their risk; and the risk is not much,
the trIdC stand by one another too true,
md in 50 many ways: But II n man Is
right with the trHdc, It is treason to harm
him. No. mustn't move II finger against
Mr.. LittleP =,
"You llavo set up COnscicncCy r said
Coventry, bitterly.
"YOu dropped yours, and picked ii
up" was The YorksIirenlan's ready reply.
lie was neItled now.
At this moment the door WIS opened
and shut very swiftly, and whisper come
in through tho inomentary aperture,
/" Mind your eye, Sam Cole"
Coventry rushed to the door. and look
CD out: there WIS nobody to be seen.
"YOu needn't throublc yourself" said
Cole. "Y0u might ms well run after the
wind. This was n friendly warning. |
know the voice, and GrOtait must he on to
us. Now, sir, il you offered me thOus.
and pounds, l wouldn't touch lnir Of
Mr.. Little; he Is right with the trade, and
We should have GrOtait and oil the trade
MS bitter us death Againt us. I'll tell yOuH
secret, sir, that I've kept from my wife-(hc
lowered his voice to whiSper)-GrOtait
could hang me any day he chose. You
must chink your brass In some other car,
~ the snying.is only mind, you done me
a good turn one, and I'll do yOI one now:
YOU have been talking TO somebody else
besides me, and blown yourself; so now
drOn your little game, md let Little alone,
or the trade will make II their job To kGg
VOW."
COventry's face betrayed 80 much
alarm, that the man added, And penal
servitude wouldn't suit the likes Of you.
Keep ont of it."
With this rough advice the conference
ended, and Mr.. Coventry went home
thoroughly shaken in his purpose, and in.
deed n0ta little anxious on his own &C.
count. Suppose he had been overheard !!
his offer to Cole was IN offence within
reach Of the criminal law. What q mys.
FERROUS labyrinth was this Trade conEed
erncy, into which he had put his foot so
rashly, and shown his gane, like nov.
ice, 10 the subtle and crafty Grotait, He
now collected NIL his pOworS, not to In.
iurc Little, but to slip out Of his own
blunder.
lie seized this opportunity TO carry out
II coup he had log meditated; no went
round 10 dozen timber merchants, and
contracted with them for the sale Of every
tree, old or young, on his estate; and
while the trees were falling like grain, and
the ugchts on both silles measuring the
fallen, he vanished entirely from Hills.
borough and BollinghOpc,
Doctor AmboYncS influenza was Oh.
stinRtc, and II was nCarly fortnight be-
fore hG was strong enough TO go to Cairn.
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