The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-05-06

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their mouthsP say down on tho wo W..
man who would thus rob ms Of, onr
rights, almost our very life, that She
may grow richer. Scarcely ever seeing
;cayllght from one weeks end to an.
ther, we are paid q mere pittance, and
iometlmes nothing, for unremitting,
ife-diestroying toll. Let us assert our I1r
manhood, defend. our rights, and
LOUD shouts rent the air as he finish
cd speaking, and after three hearty
cheers for Jack Lorley, they dispersed
toward their various cabins for tile
night. IS : - ! W..
y. Soon after their departure a woman,
contrasting strangely with the sur
rounding scenery, made her appearance.
and going to one of the cabins tapped
lightly on the door Il was immediate-
" opened by poorly dressed woman.
E, Il am Mrs. Landmere, the owner of
these mines. Can you give me lodging
for tonight" The door was rudelY
shut in her face. She went to another
and still another, meeting with the same
signal failure and scowling, forbidding
CONTINGENCIES. 1t was commencing to
rain and night was coming on. What
would she dop H 4. Il IA al.
Tired, weary and 4travel-stained, she
resolved to try once more. She was
met by q neat, kindly looking woman,
who looked surprised at seeing SO
timely dressed woman at the mines. +.
She dreaded disclosing her identify
lest the kindly expression would harden
as the others had DONE. She ventured
to do SO, however, and there was a look
OF sympathy in the wonan's face as she
said respectfully, MADAME, it is very.
dangerous and daring for you to come
here. They have vowed TO kill you if
they ever came in contact with you. I
scarcely dare do it, but you can not stay
in the rain, so come in. y b. \ ...,. a.
She entered q poorly furnished but
clearly room, and the woman placed a
chair for her, blushing painfully rs she
said, Il can not offer you any refresh
ment, for I have nothing to eat"
'My poor woman, how is that?" ask
ed Mrs. Landmere, alphabetically.
ut is the old question of Capital
against Labor, said the woman. '"My
husband gets very poor wages, and
sometimes nothing, and the oyerseer
has done his best for us, but it has been
of no avail;'' and she looked at her
accusingly. asS' :,s,,tt
Mrs. Landmere's vague suspicious
were now confirmed as to the over
seer's duplicity. Holding out her hand
to the woman, she said: Il. assure you
your wrongs shall be righted, and now
will you allow me toretire; am very
weary" ~:
The woman led the way to a ladder
leading to a loft in the top of the cabin.
'It will be safer for. you here" she
said apologetically, as she assisted her
guest to ascend. ~ ~ nc. .
Mrs. Landnere was soon sleeping
peacefully, oblivious of all danger. Tho
rain, which had commenced early in
the evening, was now pouring down in
torrents; it:increased its fury; but still
the sleeper slnnlbered peacefully on.
: A great clap Of thunder made hel
stir uneasily, and awakening with a
start, she felt a consciousness that some
one was in her room. She, lay awake
ncrvously for several minutes. Sud
denly flash of lightning revealed to
her startled vision a man bending over
her bed, a knife grasped tightly in his
hand; plainly he intended to kill her.
In him she had recognized her long
lost. son! After that one flash all, was
again dark. p.
MY son!a' she fonnd strength to say,
breathlessly. .;i. @..
'.Mothcr!'' came in a scarcely audi.
BILE tone from the darkness. - e.
Striking q match and lighting the
lantern which he carried, and coming
nearer to the bed, he sank on his knees
at her bedside and implored her for
.giveness saying renorsefully with q
shudder that she had almost been a
murderer, and his victim his own
mother - All the time he had been at
the mines he had never heard the name
of the woman who owned them.
She rained tears of thankfulness down
upon her restored son, and after their
emotion had somewhat subsidized, he
told her of his wanderings; how he had
left her; tried to get work, but in vain;
had searched for the girl Of his choice,
but had almost given up III despair,
when he found her, sick and alone, he
had married her and gone out West to
the mines to try to make a living, for
he was too proud to appeal to her for
help. "But, mother,o he said "why
have you treated the miners so ruth
lessly, SO heartlessly.. Many of them
have nothing to eat and we are on the
verge of striking. =
''My SON this is. the aim Of my visit,
which has terminated SO happily for me,
in the restoration of my son. It is not
my injustice. I too have been deceiy-
ed. It is the oyerseer who has been
grinding them down and defrauding me.
But I shall let him go and will pros
ecute him, but let his own conscience
be his punishment .,t3 & .55i5s .55.
Many were the blessings heaped upon
Mrs. Landmere by the SINNERS for her
generosity to them, for she more than
doubled what they had thought OF
striking for; the old overseers was dis
charged, and his place filled by the hus-
band of the woman who had been so
kindly hospitable to her. "a \ z 81. y.
The Fifth avenue residence is no long
er sombcr and dull, but gay with child.
ish prattle and laughter, while Mrs.
Landmere, as she looks proudly at her
son, wife and children, who have re-
turned with her, says: "My prayer
was answered, and my last days are in
deed blessed. y, ~ si ss44s ii
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