Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-27
JOE PAID THE INTEREST.

The clock In the kitchen had Jus, struck
.. but still little Joe pc,ershsm. who
usually dropped asleep as soon a. hla head
touched the pillow. lay with wide open
eyes staring into tho darkness In bis little
bedroom Just Oh the kitchen, where Mr.
and Mrr. Pcterham were sitting talking
Joe's ears wcru wide open too. for he felt
q great interest In the subject which wa
being discussed.
"Ii's no use. Mary" he heard his father
say In a low voice. "The place has got 10
no. Morrison sayr we must either pay the
money or he will iorcclcse lie wont wait
any longer We might just az well talk OF
flying a. Of raising sioo In two weeks. and
II this strike keeps on we will have to use
the little We have got saved up." And Mr.
rctofahAm brought his hand down upoa
the table 40 heavily that the dishes ratified
1T Il hard 10 think Of our pretty little
place bsing taken from ua," aaid Mr.
PcisrshAm, with sirh. "hut suppose IL
must come 10 that. for don't know where
the money eau b. raised"
ut ean't bc raised. aud that's an end %
II" said Mr.. pstenhain. getting up aud
walking hack and forth aero-. tho room
"We must just grin and bear II. and
thers'll b. worse than this 70 bear II our
aldo doon't win. There's not cent com.
Ing In this month. I'm surv I don't hold
with them who try 10 wr,ck the train,
They've no right 10 do that. but II comes
pretty tough 70 . man 10 see his family
needing clothes and food aud not cent 10
the house. lt's not much wonder tina,
somn ~ them get desperate and 10 too
far" aud then Joe heard hls father tramp
heavily up the stair. his thick boots max.
Ing great ela,ter. Presently nj. mother
blew out the laht, and with weary Sigh
she also went up TO bel, and Joe was left
alone With bis thoughts
Sir weeks ago HI. father. brakeman on
thu C-ntrai railroad. had come home one
day with his dinner basket unopened 10
tell his wife that strike had been ordered.
and that he would not 40 back 10 work
until the Central came 10 term.
Week after week hal gone by aud atlil
che striker werp not gainlng ground and
some Of them were bcginning 10 30 de-.
psrafe. Tbs Central had found mon 10
OIL thu vaeancie. aud tho plnkcrton men
were on hand 10 prvvenf their belng inter.
fsrri with. ona day Joe and two or three
other boys had waiked up tho track all the
way 10 the city 10 SO the tiny boxliks
houses put up NJ Intervals along the track
aa n shelter for thoss who guarded that
section Of tho road.
AZ arst everything seemed bright and
the strikers felt confident Of success, but u
late, with their money gone aud no more
coming 10, they did not feel nc hopeful,
and even ten ysar'oid Joe felt oppressed by
tho general gloom. hut tonight worse
trouble weighs upon him. lie could un.
derrtAnd enough u his fathers conyersa.
tlon 70 know that unlsas hundred dollars
could 10 relsed nj once their pretty house
aad garden would b. taken from them.
He wondered " they would take Topknot
too. hla pretty little black rooster, that
jumped upon tho fence Ia front Of hi, Win.
dow rr-fy morning aud woke him up az
Just The right time. aud ~ be thought Of
THIS he could hardly swallow for the great
hump In bis throat. and he rubbci bis eyes
hard with corner Of thu shrct A hun.
dred dollarsi What a pile that would bel
" be could only think Of some way 10 earn
W. but there seemed no chance TO earn even
. single dollar. let alone a hundred u
them. aud poor little Joe lay there pulling
his brain over thu matter until he dropped
asleep.
"ItatstAttst" "I,Atatat.tai." and Joe
woke suddenly out Of a sound sleep 70 hear
some ono rapplng loudly at tho outslde
door moment after bis father opened
the upper window aud called out loadly,
who's tharrf' and then Joe heard I'D
Mr jenkins, their nearest nuighbor, say,
jim IA grown worse an come over 10
Bee y you or Joe would 70 for the doctor"
Don't you worry yourself. Mir Jen.
kins," was Mr.. PeismhaIna reply. my
rhenmAtlsm IL that bad this dam !, weather
that l don't darn 10 co out myself, but
u won't hurt boy like joe lie can 20
down IN no time anil ride back with the
Doctor" Mn. jenkins mnrnurod her
thanks and hurried Oh. willis Joe, In 70.
spouse 10 his fathers call. tnnbled out Of
bed and Into his clothes with MI haste. IL
was about three miles 10 the village by the
road. but by going down the railroad IL
was only little over two miles. jos wa.
brave boy, but the prospect OF a two mile
walk down the track In the pitehy DARK
hs-A did not look NJ all enchanting 10 A
hleepy little fellow, and IL was not with.
CUT Some granbllng that ho started out.
lilo went down through the garden aud
Out the back gate, and then, climbing
down tho steep bank, 10 found himself
upon the track, down which b. started on
bfisk walk, whlAtling cheerily,
Everything was 80 still about him II NJ lac
soon ceased 10 whistle, and no SOUND was
heard but the shrill ohirp Of the criekets
aud now aud then tho baying Of a dog
somewhere In the diAtanee. Not star was
10 he seen, and the troos aud bushes doomed
w grim and black on either aldo OF him.
ne on1toned up hls Jacket closely, for the
uatnp night air was chilly, and trudgesl on.
ne had gone about mile when, as the
roih makes a slight bend, he saw soma.
tang on the track Just ahead. IL looked
ols aud black, aud be could not make out
VIVA, waA' 80 no prudenily halted and
a.fvi forward into the darA neAs with ali
has might VS." "''
PRESENTLY the object moved, and then Ia
Jaw that there were three men hepding
WI something lie was aln,ost afraid to
si l.st they should hear him, bnt he Was
AFRAID W stay whore ho was NJ N.
pt eoitly 10 the low bank and i,v "a,
".Mh under the bushes. '' "A'
Ths men were talking nm, a., .,,.,
,avIns A yy &c could not hear what they are
SEEMS WHAT eonld they DO about rhsy
ma a 70 10 lifting up some,hing bsaSy
M. 10 placing Il upon the ran ~,
.na, All he could sec. Ioe -.
&C., about the trains to know ,h., Nv
eapreAa train would soon n. .,o Wv
'sssa With tbs though, tsas ara pa..