The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-12-18
BetF ayed by a Woman.

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It was upon a summers evening
that Roy Gordon, a clerk employed
iii the general Office Of a great rail
way and coal-mining company.
strollcd idly along u romantic
streurn known iLs "Silver Water
This lovely little river flowed
through the wide.spreading mead
ows which surgcd in emerald bill
laws about the mining town Of
Hplford. He heard the rushes
shiyef in the evening breeze; he
saw the last rays Of tho yellow sun
light reflected upon the clear, pure
bosom Of the stream, and the faint
ceru!ean light stealing in through
the, foliage. The placid, CLASSY
surface oftho water was not unlike
the floor Of "a cathedral stained
with the glory ofa painted win
dow.
Roy Gordon enjoys and apprcci-
ates the beauties Of the scene, but
he is thinking Of other things.
Els mindlis filed with the image
Of IN fsiryoung girl whom heloyes,
and whom he is even now on his
way 10 meet At the lovers rendez-
vons. His reflections should be
pleasant ones, but they are not
wholly so; Tor the girl who is so
dear to him is the daughter Of a
railway king, aud he is only al
poor clerk; and us he thinks of
this, the fairy-land Of love that has
made his delightful day-dream
mclts away like q mirage in the
desert.
Suddenly lie pauses in his walk,
and tho sound ofhuman voices,
speaking in low aud guarded tones,
comes 10 his listening ear. There
is something familiar in the tone of
one Of the spe0Eers,Rnd parting the
bushes, ,he peers cautiously through
the opening, and secs Il man and
woman standing close together, en-
gagged in earnest conversation.
aYcs, tomorrow night We shall
make the raid upon the eompany's
property 1t Allcnyille," said the
man, a sfoWily dressed, thick set
aBob Eane viii bo on
hand with. 4 band Of roughs and
tNmps from the city, and they will |
start tlla The police force is
small, aniI5ifthe authorities don't
get wind of0ur intentions, ne shall
have the game III o!lrzQ&n5 5l1ands.
Tie depot, 0chiNe.sh0ps =and5en=
gine-houscs Sill:be.burncd, ,0nathe
reight.ears and company store:
hGttsps =plundered. We expcct. a
rich booty. BY heavens! this
strike is Il bonanza TO us flash and
crooked cOus, and the honest
WorkingMtn who suffer by it, and
wouldssoner protect property than |
destroy it, have to bear all the |
blame. Ha, ha, In I made good |
thing in Pit.shutg, and I'll do bet
Ter yet at Allonville." I
Is he listened to this scheme of
crime. Roy Goidon's cheeks flushed
with honest indignation, and he |
iongcd to spring upon the villain |
who boosted Of his evil deeds, but
ho restrained himself.
Il will follow your instructions,
Dick" said the woman, referring to |
some portion Of their conversation
which Roy had not heard.
"Oh, if those blo0ted aristoerats !
only knew that I am an enemy in
Lbefr camp, how soon they would
rct rid ofme. And now I must go,
for I have some business to attend |
10 Mt the Office, and I must not DO |
absent during these exciting |
times"
The woman hurried away, and |
the man, whom she had familiarly |
addressed as Dick, after lighting q |
cigar, strolled away in an opposite |
N In the uncertain light Roy bad
not been able to see tho faces ofthe
persons whose conversation hc had |
overheard, nor could he then deter
minc where he had heard the mans
voice before. a
The incidents Of this sketch oc.
curred during the time Of the last
great strike, and for days and
weeks The newspapers had tsepled
with accounts Of its progress, until
il seclficd to the reader that the
strike were universal, and that al |
most all branches Of labor was sIs-
pended 10 take part in the great
battle Of labor against capital
That;very day had been one Of m
tense anxiety to tho company who
employed Roy Gordon; for tel''
gram after telegram came flashing
along tho wires bearing the start
ling Intelligence that heir o''a cm,
ployees who had thus fur stood
aloof from the honest though mis-,
taken struggle, had at last Joined
tho strikers. The property Of
AlIenville, which the man who had
lust departed had so lightly spoken
tof destroying, belonged to Roy's
supposed that he was deeply inter
estetl and excited. thointGlligenee
ho had now so unexpectedly over