The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-10-06

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NEW YORK, ocTosER, 1892.
barracks near BY. where troops had been sta
toned during the .ta troub ee, AMI soon AFTER
ward Margaret and the doctor started up tho
hill.
A Dartls had predicted, AZ soon as 1t grow
lighter thu man hid detected the biooi stains
and tracks In the snow leading toward the
tunnel. and had guessed tha truth.
Drunk with success and lt.lnor, there were
Them to MarHar..t's door. and bsfor, many
minn'es they stood outside par.sying with
Darle.
Let % in. 70 spalpheen," shouted Kelly.
We don want to hur yees bat. by the eter-
na'. Veil hev th-t Flo cher II We hsv to jump
over yer dead body to git hint"
Keep of, W devil. cried Dartle, his pow r
Jul frame filing the narrow door vav, cor
twill be thu worse for yel T,ke that" h
ALLIED to Kelly, who VAS trying to push his
way past him. As he spoke he wre-tel a pis-
to- from KlIy's hand, and with the butt end
|struck him heavy blow.
Before D,rtle couli defend himself the gang
we're upon him, the ris Of was wrenchsd from
his grasp by Il drunken hru'e and turned
upon him. and the next inc ant he fell, shot
through tho heart. at the threshold OF Mar
,aret's door.
The sight sobersd the ruth ms.
|; "Boys. this Is murder" cried one IAN the
law can hold us for III Hist, what's that in
the town below7 IT'S tho soldiers m"viu'r
At The wo there was Wild yell and
general scattering and. by the time Mar
txaret and tho doctor reached the sc~ne, only
Da1'le l.y at the doorway, q silent sentinel
al hful even unto death to the trust repose.l
In him.
Matyaret's tears rained down and She
pressed kiss upon the poor dead faca. H,
Iii yxIf,s
l"ved, AMI only she could understand and
reverence tho sublime heroism OF the decd.
CHAPTE.: TX.
''DALLAs NIGHTCAPs'' FEED THE FLAMES!
The American people viii now be openly and
formally asked +, decide whether this syste n
shall be reckle-sy abandoned and a new II ia
led to national embarrassment. and wide spread
distresA. The benefit Of
protection g''es first and last to tho men who
JAMES g. BLAINE
Can ynu any longer doubt which system is the
better for US? Will any ono ga" these uniform
With Just a. much rea-on. one might say tn
the rising and setting Of the sun. or the recur
renee Of the tides, are accidents or coincide.ts
I'D. g. HARTMAN.
Render, this story is no fancy picture. but {
tFu. recital OF the misery, crim., AMI famine,
set ling like a deadly m,asma over our fail
country, less th,n forty vars ago. 1t has
IS fled as to the disastrous results Away.
following the repeal OF the protective tariff
a d.. although history repeats itself, IN or
working paopls arc TOO busy, or too Ind FIR
ent, to take up the book of lfa and read VIVA
the recording angel has written there in let or
o: b God. /: We could but pr"llt by the mis-
taxes OF our for+'fa,h-rs, then would the;
rrvations and suflsrings not have bsen ii
vain. i
Shall thesesoenee be repeated, and attempted
free trade again close the busy factory, oper
the soup houses, and make criminals ant
lmupers OF hon"st mea II not. tho voters oil
America must look 10 it that their country,
Industries are protected from the encroach
ments of forei.n labor and foreign greed, 81
that the manufacturer may be permitted tc
live.
For many weeks Fletcher lay at the point Of
do 'th within Margaret. cottage. His wount
Gus fever resulted
Although his physician AMI skilled nurs.
TOOK up their a"odes'n The house, Fletcher, Ii
his moments OF Consciousness, would hav,
only Marxa, ct at his side. In his wax ness
he chung to her strong Young nand, and hi.
eyes followed her every movement as she VAN
30 thy Rbont attending to his wants. VII I
she Was absent he grew restless. and it flnall,
became quit a ma ter OF course that she
should sit o-sIde him. reading or writing let
tors. during mis- loLg hours o. conva,escenee
Mr.. I'D Mrs.. Pey on. whiie wandsrin,
..enuous epistles, and, with one thought. woult
-mite att-r their perusa.
"P or Margaret" exclaimed Peytou, "I
can read between the lines, aud altho" gh rs Al
nmsnu-nsis. she tells h..r story modestly. he..
was 4 h'roio act, Ettelr'
eyes," SAID E hsl Peyton, wipin9 away .
Tar, " belisve that Thorpe owes his life Il
her." then shs too added: "Poor Margaret ,
She was too loyal to hint, even to her hus.
band. OF he suspicion which had enterei he
mind during h.r last year at Beaumont. Mar
pecially a. she was oonyinosd, from nor kno vi
edge Of her brothers character, that 1t woul
prove a hopeless one.
Spring came and wont, GUNNER passet
away, And one warm September day Thorpe
on the deck OF an outWard-boun vessel.
Il Was his. MAD full Of an;icipst,oos OF re-
union with his sister ant Psyton, OF did E..
gre; for the past and the couotry he was leav
ing behind him, sadden tho iutur.2
Neither. Tor his thoughts l'egsn and ends'
~'de his chair, World OF devotion in he
luminous eyes a.. turning from the i,.~t resed.
ling land she res'od them upon his wan iacs
Thorpe 1ie'cher's smile wa ful OF con, on,
las his glance mot hers. for dur,ng those pas
weeks Margaret had becoms nscess Try to biz
happiness and had won BY her hsroism a fr~
rIpla"o In the iafe Of tho man she low Il 20 wall
Il Sir years later, IN tue Jay Q, peril r .etch..
Ian Poytoo returned, 1t their country's urgon
lery, ~ pasriots shoild, and were amonx tn
arst to ene"h thensslvss upon the lies OF on
4 nat,on'S heroes.
4 When the wur Was over and White-Winge
j Profession bfooied Like q benelsoaton oveI
Ith. land. Fletcher ami HE wife came back 4
l,s.e hills they both lov.'i 20 wail.
Il Beaumont and tina Fletcher works were Re
Ituilt. Tho ''Dailas Nightcal's" hal Tong zinc
ibo.n ptle.l into hugo Donllree BY tho outrax.&