Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-09-02
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AsToRY FOR AMERICANS.
COPYRIGHTED by CORA 9. HOOD.
CHAPTER vi.
BRANBLE RULE.

!nhu -"rSteu Win que ceremony, Karen 4Sh,
A",1
labor was jubilant. he seeds OF dissenBion.
20 unscrupniousiy sown, mad resulted In aI
vvuttIui nafVest o. woFkin9men woes eno
e ~ oonhfes anu enouts o. triumph tee,i-l
= 'no'f Joy ~ tne result u OsmocsStc
VIC o'y.
a year passed Dy ana Tor Q while all went
On % ~ usual 10 and without me Fletcher
WorAs, Out, ovon Oo'oFo tnas period mad ex'
p!reu, . suspicion Was awakentnR IN the minds
o. tne people mat q great fraud had been hill
gon nonInu tnat CRY u "folk, DALLAS en0 u
AIr OF
MaunIacturels throughout the country o
ean 10 Tear anotner low tarin ora an tn,
.ea1s were not Wltnout foundation, r.; IN Al
the party In power did indeed 7 eli lt"1
famous earin OF "a. which r. v had 81
solemniy promised to defend. ant IA rep"a
~ Only me0e Pocsioto Dy tbe listing vot. VI
soo .Is1tot PIoeecIionist, GoC'gs NJ. Dhllisl
Although tho bill, now iD'r ducei -. r.,
iow taEln. Va: bravsly foHSat by the Wings u
CooSseee soo ~ ftoNe tioni~is 'Er"i':hoal
tne country, u was 'siab isi,el in site I'll
su0as Psotge. me w. ta'iu 0 Al. IN low"s,
sHs!n 'no Oni.oo - i.s mas ever suown. ana
~~oM.co "0 practically Tree .ra!o, te,am" a
Nv.
That mme late ruin did no result was due
to extranooa. ca,ses. sh.nin, IN IreIa,a
short CROPS in Europe, the Mexican war. tn
war and the discoyery ~ gold In Ca !.
fornis nlI contributed 10 os.r rome the evil
day, III, rs soon rs these uausual re- .ources
were cut Of, the old disastrous consequences
ersued.
The British free trade doctrine. mt into
practice BY the tariff OF 45, destroyed our
chief industries, yaralyzed all business and
ssa'n wera thousand OF men and women
thrown into entorc.t likeness.
Merchants aud manuf c,urers grew pale
with apprehension aud lab r In turn grew rest.
i've. The country wa flooded with foreign
goois. many factories closed and o.her, kept
on working q, lowered prices. Mnnuf, cturers
work,ngmcn. m"rchan,s and far mers ali snsr.
ed in the general rain and dis ress.
Wages must come down p at last criad Can.
ital throughout the country.
ferinv Labor. ' ''reNe' SUI
A. the months passed by times grew wors.
instead Of better; manuiac ur.rs beca me- bank.
towns and cities we're filled with iaia ax.its !
men.
Thorpe Fletcher. through all the trou,,e q,
theso years. had sept his workmen emp.oyed
and well rnii. hut at length he saw ,ha, Inc
beayy losses he vas daily incnrr,no wo,Id
soon result, in IN meiiats hankruptcv and ,uin
and ne TOO WAS obli..ei to ioin the yens,al crv
and 10 declar, tha,.vuvas must ~, .adn,"
The result was one OF the most disastrous
riots IN ,hs state. "o "'se'''oue
One evening, during this time. three men
eat crouchinv ovar =, mis.r.h nc d.. s;nIi.I ou
the Kelly hearth. They were CATER ' Gwynn =.
Joe Dar,le and Gentleman Ksliv and ,her
spoke ia VII spered, confidential tones. al.
though Mrs. Kelly had hasn .a,t - ~ a "a
store and the children were in their hads>
Little Nora, grown in,o n t.ll thin dclica,a
girl, hid been very i'll since Christmas and
now lay on a couch In the corner. to- sing nm.
easily with pain and fever.
"Yes," mui tered Kelly. with an oa,h .
"an' tho toine doin's roin' on mn to tbs
house jus, The same, wild the min a dyin,
like sheep Ia the town. There's 10 ia
. grand neddin' In q few DAYS ana than
hypercrit.s is to sail fer forrin' narts H..
Peyton, she's to he." he onvs = mock.
log emphasis to the name. ..an, a nrondar
more 'ristocratic hussey 'twould he hari ~
fond. A" ~
ISLES a meddltn' hero weak in and vosL
GU, an faith sh-.s sol mv own ;sm;,w ~o = :
again me and Thin she and Fletcher nartinSlI
tn res no worrnk am lefs honest min ,iia f.
the want OF It r.
Truly our blessings brighten as they tax
many years at KeIly;s 'e verv va'd dosr , 10,
he had never shown a desire 70 embrace i,
Then there we're MGR. whioers ne, wesn tho
men md Kelly ended With:
but we'll take our reyinge out OF 'em. b,vs.
her. seq II"
As he paused, q shrlll. trembling voice crie,,
at his elbow:
"How dare yer damn my Miss Ithe,. Won
bad. wicked nan7 How dare ' r. / hate
! hate yerr"
Nora stood there. her thin. white face vorl.
ing with rage, She shook her nnnv fsst j.; i har
astonished fathers face, and then. staggering
from beneath the blow he dealt her and fol-
lowed BY his dreadful oaths. fed out into the
We a : 2 shadows OF The night.