The Red Cloud chief., 1888-08-03

ecionab!v lazy. Sill. among tbs Ironvai
mon he had some sort OF q following: tn
weai-minded AID moro ignorant wOrxmel
looked upon Burke a. the champion Of thei
rights. All al additional reason for thei
toieraace OF Jerry as \ sort of unacknow,
ed2ec leader. was the fast that they knew
he could 'lic,i' any one Of them.
Now about the time that Arthur Ma,
came to Iroava.e. Burke. with s)n, oth.,
restless spirits in a ~neishbo-iay iron center
was secretly arranging plans for a strike
among Spriggs and C~ompany's employees. o
Course, 50 far As Jerry Burxe was con
cerned, he cared nothing about betterin.
the condition Of the .'boys;" be was looking
TO his wi ACKNOWLEDGMENT as a Labor
leader" and TO the easy acquisition OF money
by means Of asscssn ,nts which W )uld b.
levied on the boys to further the strike.
Now Burke hal a fairly good idea that a
sensible young fellow like Arthur MAY
would not naturally assist him in his
preacher that he must git" Arthur had
almost finished his talk when Burke,
who was in the crowd. ruiely interrupted.
Most through. p~arson:"
"Ycs." said Arthur. Arc YOU tired"
~ sou al AiA-oA SouI ohS IAilS tl.Ilc. Dut
You can't talk here any more. Preachin's
all right, mebbe, but we DOM q it here.
Savcy!"
We'll, my friend. no one else seems to
object, and if YOU don't like il just stay
away. Still. l would rather have You come
and listen. l may rs well announce now.
my friends, that l shall be here next Sunday
afternoon. Perhaps before the cold weather
comes We can get . hall or church built"
We don't want no hall. nor no church.
nor no parson," said Burke. If you try TO
shoot OF in this part of the country again,
you'll be sorry, that's all l have to say!
If I do, what Them inquired Arthur.
'HOnly this: I shall knock q few Of your
teeth down your throat to sorter choke you
on-'
AL this time none Of the couple Of hum
dred men assembled uttered q word. though
once or twice h women cried ''Shame ON
ye, jerry" or ''0ive the parsoa show
Arthur sized up the situation in Q mo-
He saw at oncs that his wOul be
prosecutor was . bully, 50 often found in
of ignorant men, and under
stood that Burke must BE- summarily dis
posed of if he hoped to stay and do any good
in Ironvale. Now il there was one thing
Arthur May had bcan proficient in at col
lege it was boxing AMI Wrestling. Still. he
was not . powerful man. and weighed loss
by fifty pounds than Jerry Burke. So the
resolution at which he arrived was . risky
one.
Boys" said Arthur. ''this man says he
will lick me il I stay in ~Ironvale. Now. I
sm going TO stay and he may Is well lick me
now - later on. I don't much believe in
li9htinz-never saw any fun in it; especially
It looks bad on . Sunday and in . preacher.
however, it Is necessary. 1t il
now. I think. aud I guess you
boys will stand Of and see that . stranger
cots fair playr'
on came Arthur's coat. and stepping down
from his impromptu platform OF rough
stone he walked briskly over to Burke. who
was at that ome the most completely
surprised man in Ironvale.
IN take that licking now. Mr.. Bully!"
Burke had nc coat TO throw OF. as ne was
standing in his shirtsleeves, but he
by giving Arthur q b~ack-handed slap
the face.
Well. some Of the Ironvale men tell. to
his day. how it WAS the ''prettisst" thing
hey ever saw-"the way that the parsOn
out Jerry Burke" who. in ten
from the time he first interrupted
had rs much rs he could do to sneak
like a whipped cur.