Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1888-06-22

don't mean to quit" He was a tall
fellow, with q fine face. Dom make
threats" he continued, seeing the 9TH
or about TO speak, ''now when you're
angered, If L may make so Tree as to
say it. Do nothing that you will be
sorry for by and by"
"Thank you, - Mr.. Gilbert SAID qui-
| city, I've given you my answer, men,
| and 1t is final"
'Then quits the word" said the
| spokesman, and they filed out. Many
! of the towns-peOpie agreed to stand
/ by Mr.. Gilbert; others thought hum
( unreasonable and the employment OF
/ a woman Objectionable. SIX men, in
/ Guiding Harvey, remained, and the
| girl, the casus beIli. added one more.
"We'H do what we can shorthand
/ ed" Ross said to his wife, land II 1t
| comes to the worst, close down.
won't yield
The closer contact which the small
number entailed threw Eunice and
/ Harvey much together, friendship
/ ripening into q warmer feeling. But
/ it was becoming almost impossible
/ fol- Mr. Gilbert to 60 on, and muir
murs and discomfort were beginning to
/ prevail.
Eunice, though happy, felt a strange
/ nervousness. Fastening home one
! evening, she heard a Iustling in the
/ bushes, and an unseen hand hurled a
/ stone at her, which felled her uncOn-
} sciOus to the ground. Happily, Har-
I vey had left the mill shortly after,
/ and was q witness, though not in
/ time to see the perpetratOr. With an
! imprecation he sprang forward and
/ bent over her, then raised her in his
! arms and carried her home.
/ s. Is n trua Ross that thaV have kill
! ed that poor girl?"
'Pm afraid So"
Tears sprang to Mrs. Gilbert's eyes
/ and hot words to her lips, but she
| controlled herself.
! cit is hard to be Just and not blame
/ the innocent tor the guilty." she said.
! Her husband stopped, kissing her
! sOberly. "YOu are a good woman.
Yes, 90 at once" lin answer to her
suggestion); eff any one can help them
/ you can"
The stone which felled Eunice Cor
! don was the death blow to the strike.
Horror at the deed was universal;
nor was there much doubt as to the
! guilty person. jim Farrell had made
the insulting speech to Mr. Gilbert; he
alone was missing. That he had a
! personal grudge against Eunince was
surmised by some, but no one else had
been concerned in the outrage and lew
( mOurned his absence. The mill was
closed; the girls life hung by q thread.
81 want to see Mrs. Gilbert" It
was George Harvey who asked,
She thought him a fine fellow, bade
him be seated, and said smiling, "I
perceive you have important business
with me, George"
''YOu see, ma am, it stands this
| NAV The NAV, mould ha uT.sH to a0uo1
! back If Mr.. Gilbert would open the
mill-we can live doing nOthing-yet
they don't like to ask him. Perhaps
| you don't know that EUnice had
promised to be my wife, and if that
stone had killed her-well, I don like
to think about it can t say how 1
| would feel toward them. But, thank
| God, the doctor says she'll pull
/ through. She's clear in her head to-
day and begged me to come and ask
| Mr.. Gilbert to take them back. She s
had much trouble in the old country,
but it's over now and we shall be
happy together"
Gilbert answered; ''bub what IS it you
want me to dor"
Just this. You know, ma am,
begging your pardon, Mr.. Gilbert S
pretty quick and pretty steady &c
stick to a thing. and I've don't know
| what he may have said he'd do OF
wouldn't do. But Eunice thought i
you would use your influence may be
he'd let bygOnes be bygOnes and meet
the fellows half way
My husband will do what Is Just, d
she answered. with quiet dignity
= 'but," more gently, elf Eunice car
forgive all others should, and 1 vii
do what I can"
"a thousand thanks Harvey said
/ as he left. Il hope youth pardon my
holiness"
"Ross, will you take those mel
back II they will conner"
Never sprang to his lips, but hi
, better sense, as well as her inger-tip
across his mouth prevented his utter
= ing it. So she told him Eunice's en-
treaty. Don't think me NEEDLE
Z some. but would it nos be possible Il
? inaugurate a cooperative system
o whereby the workers might have
e share In the profits, which woul
i make them feel a personal interest i
the masters success? Would it no
T be pOssible?"
|, you've a level head on those prett
n shoulders, Sue; PH think about 1t,
z. her husband said.
2 So it happened that the ringing (
j. George EIarvey's wedding bells inaul
n urated a new system In the Pembe
y ton Mills, where harmony reigne
t thereafter as a result Of Mrs. Gilbert
y good work.
Curious Story of an Alarm
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