Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-02-26


| came 20 the railroad, which ran along n
sort of ledge or terrace, Just before the
really steep ascent began. But, unless
one turned and went back some distance
| along Brown street, and then "fetched
compass" by means of alleys and
other circuitous byways, the only mode
of getting from front TO rear, or vice
versa, of Browns mill was through the
mill-yard. All of which Curly knew
without noting, rs we all know perfectly
unimportant matters which may never
thcless come to influence our future
The gates were closed, but they opened
at his knock and he passed within the
wide inclosure.
The great strike at Smokcton was
caused by something only too familiar
to our day and generation-haste to
get rich. A secondary cause was over
production. There were several other
causes not entirely creditable to our hui
man nature. and finally there came
reduction of the scale of wages.
Browns mill, after standing idle for
four months, had secured the services
of number of feeder-nailers and was
now prepared to go to work. A part
of the mill had been fitted up as dor
mitory, ample provisions had been laid
in, and there were signals, passwords,
etc, already in vogue among the hands,
most of whom came from ncighboring
city. In short, it was evident the own
ers did not expect to carry out their
plans without opposition.
Nor did the strikers intend they
should. Thisbc Barton knew that per-
fcctly well, but had not used it rs an ar
gumcnt in speaking to her lover, partly
from latent fear that he might be in
flucnced thereby, for in her heart she
liked the "black sheep" too well to wish
to see him prove a coward. Theirs had
been strange alliance. Thisby, the
youngest of eight children and the one
daughter, had during her twenty years
of life been pctted, spoiled and indulgcd
by father brothers and weak and some
what silly mother, who thought no one
in the world so beautiful or clever as
her young daughter. And indeed the
girl must be allowed the credit of being
magnii cent animal. Her auburn hair
when unbound, fell to her knees in a
mass of shining ripples; her eyes had
health, but of fearless spirit; her COM
| plCAioi tuC poooipiS w
Smoketon, while her form was that of
other hand, small, slight, and appar-
emily predestined to nailcrs' consump-
ton, was the only son of widowed
mother; and while the Bartons were
comparatively well off in this world S
goods, the Schwartzes had not penny
beyond what Curly could earn by his
work in the mill. Thisby Barton had
stood by him womanfully ever since, in
his eighth year he had been left father
less and well-nigh fricndless. She was
in age year younger, in appearance
several years older; than the puny,
sickly boy whom she loved better than
any of her seven brothers, and pro-
tected with the tierceness of tigress in
defense of her Young. The taunts of
her brothers about her "little sweet
heart, who could not even read circus
poster" had merely the effect of induc-
ing her to impart her own scanty stock
of Information to him after work hours,
which amateur pedagogism, reacting
upon herself, gave her much more
thorough knowledge of what she had
learned than has been usual smong
"sweet girl graduates" since the youth
full days of our grandmothers.
When they grew up this state O.
things underwent some little change
and Curly, who had always looked
upon Thisbe as his personal and pc
culiar property, was overwhelmed witt
CONSERVATION to find himself snubbet
and neglected, while the young beaut.
laughed, flirted and accepted candy ant
buggy rides-favorite oflsprings o
Smoketon's brave to Smoketon's fair
from those more favored by FORUM
than himself. True, il was only he
head that was turned; her heart wa
still in the right place-that is to say
in the possession of Curly himself; bu
how was he to be sure of thatp
1t was matter upon which Thisb
, grew to have little doubt in the lon
, days that followed his turning "blacb
, sheep" Perhaps the bitter abus
showered upon him helped to enlist he
sympathies in his behalf; but she kept he
, own counsel, and was credited by he
brothers with having at last "got owe
her nonsense about that fellow" Br
i, Thisbe had her reasons for being silcn
The attack ON Browns mill had NJ
+ been abandoned but only delayed b
y the absence of one of the leaders.
was very little the girl could learn
f, relation to it, her brothers and the
friends being by no means given to in
parting their intentions to women; bl
by close observation and diligent after
!, ton to every word let fall in her pre-
encc she at last became acquainted wit
, the time and manner in which th
, "opprcssor" was to be "enjoined."
The time was the night of the yer
I day upon which her Information we
gained. Perhaps the weather ha
, exercised determining influence upo
p the situation, for it was just the day fc
n a conspiracy, with fog almost equi
8 to "London partic' lar" Thisbe n
a tired to her own room as soon as poss
BILE after the supper, of which hi
n brothers and their guest, Godfrey Wa
5 ton had partaken with the appetite pc
g tanning to an approving conscienc
" With a. woman's skill she had manage
= to keep Geoff at arm S length, telling hi
y she had determined not to engage he
a self to any one till the strike should
a over; but as his presence made III
Q thereafter slightly uncomfortable 81
Il feigned headache as an excuse for r
a tiring. Her mother, in some alar
a suggested remedy after remedy, where
n Thisbe showed such temper as insure
=. uninvaded seclusion for the rest OF Il
v evening.
1t was late when she heard h
3, mothers heavy step mount the stal
t and pause for moment at her doc
o but the gas was out. and Thisbe ga
/ no sign; so Mrs. Barton went on to be
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