The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-10-31

of course. have wa rEed you be
! fore 81 now warn you for the last
time to be on your guard. These
ruf1ans are thirsting for your blood
Oh !! sir." "-clasping her hands and
glancing fearfully aronnd-'' There
is no time to lose. 4 What you do,
you must do quickly. Once, tast-
ing FIRE. blood, aud pillage, these
men will go any length; they are
desperate and the riot here will be
worse than the one at Pittsburg
"But the city is under arms,
Spirit"
Spirit Byrnie smiled scornfully.
Yes, but the men are stationed
where defense is not needed. Hur-
ry and report your case to headquar-
ters. Let the mob find your Office
and mandatory well guarded. when
they come, as they intend doing, in
squads of three and four. That, and
that only, will awe and disperse
them. Do this as 500 as you can,
and breathe not word of the way
in which you were notified. My life
would not be worth a straw if the y
knew had played spy. A police
man has promised to notify his force.
He knows me. and believes me, She
added, reproaehfully, seeing her en-
ployers's hesitation.
81 do not doubt you Spirit. Come
il and stay with my sister while /
am gone. You have seen her. She
is up-we have been watching to-
gether. No one can sleep this fear
full night. Spirit-Spirit this is
the second time you have warned
me of attempts upon my life. Who
and what are you'll
81 know no more ofmyself than ]
have told you. sir. Don's stand and
talk, Mr.. Ralph. Time flies.
Hastily placing the girl in bis sis
ter's care, the young head of the
firm Of Co.. strobe out in
to the moon-lit street, directing his
steps to where the Eighth regiment
we're lying upon their arms. awaiting
orders. The result of his exertions
was that in less than an hour his
Office and manufactorys sswarmed
with military and police, and when
parties of rioters rkalked along to
reconnoitre, finding the place actu-
ally brislling with bayonets and
clubs, they quietly withdrew to noti-
fy their companies; aud though
group after group of angry, reYeng-
ful men passed by those buildings
between the hours of two and six
o clock that morning. not a word
was spoken, and the low growing of
rage spent itself at last
in imp:ecations on the head OF one
of their number who had betrayed
them. But they could not find him.
The next day found Spirit Byrnie
at her post in Mr.. Ralph's office.
She was wonderful creature, this
child of one Of the hardestlookiag
specimens of humanity that it had
ever been Mr. Ralph's fortune to
meet. He even doubted the rela-
tionship sometimes. as he sat at his
desk and watched the beautiful ear
nest face or his young employee, as
her slender fingers transmitted mes
sage relating to business of the firm,
and the far-away look in the clear,
grey eyes grew daily more intense
and sorrowrul.
Spirit Byrnie possessed secret
"a dangerous secret for a girl like
her-yet heretofore she had guarded
IL we'll. Only one person had fathom-
ed it; that person was the fiery
young fellow who had worked so as
siduousIy to stir up strife on that
night of terrible uncertainty, July
25th.
Bansom Payne was not hungering
for bread. He was craving the love
OF Spirit Byrnie, repeatedly scorned
by the poor but naughty, had finally
guessed that her heart WAS no lun-
ger her own. She had given it un-
consciously at first. az well as nn-
sought to her employer, Mr.. Ralph.
Fired by rafe and jealousy, Ran
som Payne vowed vengeance upon
the young "aristocrat." as he styled
Mr. Ralph. and took advantage of
the masses to attempt his life.
Spirit Byrnie had from her earH-
est recollection, been the scknowl-
edged daughter of "a fireman on the
railroad. Living with, and in
this uncouth family. she was not OF
it, and often wondered how she
could be the child of such parents.
The air Of the tenement house and
the people who congregated there
'hail fellows well met were dis
tasefnl to her as a child; .and she
shrank from the rude words and
bold gaze OF her fathers friends |
older, her needle brought a
little money OF her own, and she
with the aid Of some out
side friends. to save enough to pay
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