The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-02-11

Hir'lS OF Mary Ann, ana me Young men
who were Jealous of stephen C0rwyn.-
! Stephen Corwyn was not Il IavOrite at the
mills. even before he BEGAN to forget that
Mary Ann was only an Irish girl who did
his washing. Wages had been cut down
since he came. and the men were conf
! dent thai it had been done at his Sug-
| @e>tion. They threatened to strike. but
no notice was taken of the threat. They
had never failed to intimidatc the Colonel
, by this means before. and their wrath
was aroused against stephen Cnrwvn.-
\ strike in Brady'S Mills was 70 triiiny
| matter. for the mill hands we're a mixture
of Irish. Welsh. and Belgians, who. from
constant fighting among themSe YES. had
acquired skill in the arts of warfare.
and, united against a common foe, they
became utterly desperate. and reckless
OF consequences.
Stephen Corwyn snecrcl at their threats
and usel ali possible arguments to induce
his uncle t" persist in keeping the wages
down.
While matters were in this condition
several horses wsre stolen one night from
the Iron Company stables. and though
the country around WAS secured in search
Of the thieves. no trace Of them could he
found. Stephen Cnrwvn declared that
he believed the thief was 10 be found
ln L., al
was loud in his threats o. fading and
bringing him to punishment. and this
circumstance did not tend To increase
the Young mans pnpnlarity among the
workmcn
One night two pistol shots, fired in
rapid succession. startled the >lJ;Inbrr-
my echoes all over Egahy's Mills. All
Tippcrarv was aroused. and even the
jewellers in the Mnrilrty mansion. on
Ihe other side of Brown bread Creek.
Tie BanShce. vino. contrary to her usual
custom. was spending the night in the
bosom of her family. pricked up her
cars, and lifted up her voice aud howled.
Up >prany the Wildly MacShane from
her bed, and called upon Mary Ann to
Follow. Its atther dhlamin' of rid
roses am, and ri see blood spilled be
ARE | shape ayiH,'' she cried III terri
de voice, that made Mary Ann quake,
s!tli"ugh she WAS far from standing So
"uch in ave of the Width as The neigh
nIi> did. But now she was in constant
terror OF I riot, AMI til" Wrldy prophecy
answered her thought.
The Wildly dressed herself hurrie,lly.
envelnprd herself in her red cloak. which
il wis Thought she Wore on purpose to
I'D u her witch like appearances and
Nary Ann followed her example. full of
cas- iuwardly. but outwat,llv as calm
IS ever. which was Mary AIMS way.
Old Dennis bad rclaIscd into snoring.
ttt"r awakening sufficiently to declare
:ha, "aither fhe pr, Wa aft'ier brcakin'
'HoSn. NJ the day u, Judgment had come"
The Wildly iIacShane. who had but a
roor opinion of the male sex. remarked.
rnntemptn"usly. AS they lett the house.
" Lave the Guild felly till his slape. like
Ha~te! sure it $ no good but harm he'd
do"
Tiprerary was astiY. In the strange
r't light which was cast by the flames
rom the mill chimncys they could see
lark forms hurrying along the streets.
ut length they met procession carry
'ng 4 man's inanimate body. with a
wound in the head. from which drops of
flood We're falling. In the weird red
light his upturned white face was plainly
The mills.
III was Iorwyn did tan him per-
riudin to take Con Drisaol for horse
-hate. Con heard n Use in the stables
,nd stole i'll softly, thiukin' he had the
rhair sure. And youn" Corwyn heard
the IL i>r. 10y the same token. an stole
tnwn an sn"t at Con twlcet, an it as
l.ht rs day. as it do lie now. an Con
light i'll front Of him. by the token that
trc other in the forehead. We all know
ne G'idGa he had aGin poor Cnn-more
rhin wan il un.
That WIS the explanation that was
,uurcl iutp Nary Ann'> ears by Il {! zen
v"ir accompanied by luul threats of
vengeance.
Con Dli>,'nll WAS shot. prrb1bly fatally
AMI it was Stephen C"rwNn who had lone
II: THAT was all that Mary Ann compie-
'>"n,rd frr a while. She found herself
borne al.'ng by an excirch. hurr,ing
crowd that was pushing its way toward
Colonel Stanhope'S housc on the hiil--the
nnu>r that held Stephen Corwyn.
the probable Consequences of the d-Sp"r-
ate rage nf the crowd, she lnnked Fl st
to the Wildly MacShane for help: she
had sometimes .cat influence over the
Iris, people. aud now the lIi>h were the
rp"leatlcr>. But the Wildly MacShane
Mas wildly excited. and uttered terrible
~ Tvs III l'i' ~ I'>!i ii'i
calm mo nrmtS she would have defended
Stephen Cniwyn but now better anything
Sh 'ud happen than that this aIlair should
en- tamelv. \ cold gray dawn WIS max
ing he flames rom the iron mills look
D ,la and van as the crowd surgrd up the
trrlncrl slope before Colonel ~tanh"pcS
house. clanpgins fi"rcrlv for stephen
Corwyn. They had been fierce and bit
ter against him before, and not one of
them thought nf harhn,in. the idea that
he NIGH really have mistaken Con nriS-
coll for Il hnrSc-thief. Con Was 4 learier
among the strikers. and he was also Inc
most devoted of Mary Ann suffers. For
those tNr reasons stephen C"rwNn ha,!
cheri>h he'd !. ggi-.la >. against him. and
be had shot him down as il he were a dog.
thinking the feeble excuse that he
thought him h"r>c-thief would SHE Id
that the cr"Sd took. to Il man. and they
were determined t" avrn.:e poor Can.
The household we're evidortiv already
aroused. There We're lights i'll the win
.t"w> and Mary Ann saw, pressed against
the pane. the pale and terror stricken faces
of Colonel Stanh"pe's daughters. and of
the Young lady who had come few days
before to visit them aud W 10 was report
ed to he Stephen Cnrwyn's sweetheart.
That r,p,rt yyaS mot tr,n. StpuhpO him