The Dickinson press., 1891-12-26

through the window and see the snow
dying from the darkness on one side
of the electric light to the darkness
on the other side OF it, and could hear
the telegraph wires singing in the
wind.
For some time we had been devot-
ing considerable space to the move
ments of the Anarchists and Social
lists. If the police didn't know OF
their doings, wedid, and took frequent
occasion to brag of it in our own
columns. So when had looked over
that mornings papers my heart gave
Q jump at the discovery that ours
was the only one that hadn't an ac-
count OF what we should have con-
sldered a most sensational move on
SAe part of the no-law cranks.
When Tom Herrick came in asked
him il he wanted the Sixth.
"Why," he said, "Ithought old man
Derringer was working that"
"The Majors dropped him." l said.
what the devil for?" asked Herrick.
"He let us get beaten on that
Anarchist meeting last night"
"He did! Why, put him onto that
myself, and he thanked me-"
That's funny" said, che told
me he wasn't there, but was chasing
another item"
"Well, WE'LL" exclaimed Herrick, che
was tickled to death when l gave him
the tip, and started right for them
ing"
Herrick came in later in the evening
and was warming his hands at the
radiator near me when he said:
II can't get over Derry's not having
= story in about that Anarchist meet
ing"
"Oh, I don't know" l said, che had
IN Item in about rsscuing O. newsboy
from the clutches of drunken Alder.
man, and guess that happened about
the time OF the meeting. If it was a
choice between that kind of fracas
and writing up those Hungarians, you
know what he'd dol"
"Help out the newsboy? Sure. But
met Williams about an hour ago,
and he said Derringer was at the meet
ing:
OF this, and it bothered me all the
next day.
Late in the afternoon 1 went
through the snow to the Press Club
to pass the few hours that lay be-
tween then and seven o'clock, when
went on again. I met Derringer on
the stairs. He said he wanted to
talk to me and went back to the club
rooms with me.
We pulled a couple of big chairs
close together by the gaping, glowing
fireplace, and sat there looking at
the Goals several minutes, till I
said:
How'd you come to miss it, any
way, Derry?"
young kid and the Alderman nan took np up
a good deal of time" Idisliked to
tell him what Herrick told me the
Press Association man said, for Der
ringer is sensitive, and l knew he
would resent my questioning
him too closely. So 1 re-
marked that it was hard
luck all round and asked what he
wished to see me about.
IAN item," said he; "I've an item
particularly big, for the Major" He
meant Mcbride, proprietor Of the pa
per.
~ don't believe he'll take it from
you," l remarked, che was too angry
about that beat to talk sense when
/ saw him last"
Derringer smiled little at this, and
said, "Well, that's what 1 wanted to
see you about; he'd buy it of YOU"
"Carnes, a Boston crank-a young
fellow"
The fox-like telegraph editor looked
up with sharp smile from under his
green shade. Excuse me for putting
IN my oar, Jimmie; here you are, u
and he handed us piece of limp and
yellow Press Association copy:
THE ANARCHIST RINGLEADER A BOSTON MAN
BosToN, Dec. 23d.-The police have as
certained that the Boston man who is stir
ring up the New York Anarchists is mo-
Cranes, as reported from that city, but {
man named Derringer.
Herrick and l looked at each othe,
questioningly,
II don't believe it," said.
"It's queer, though, isn't it?" Her
rick observed. "and Derry's acting &c
funny about it ALL" 1 was about tc
reply that with Derringer right in tn,
city, it was odd that the Boston DO
lice, instead of ours, had discovered
his identity, when we heard racket
on the stairs and the rapid fall from
step to step of a heavy body to a low
or landing. Derringer's voice was say
ing something that we could not dis
tinguish.
Though we were on the landing il
less than q minute, all we saw was
glimpse of Derringer half carrying .
man across the white sidewalk. Whel
NO reached the street we saw a cal
rapidly disappearing in the swirlin
. snow and the darkness.