Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-12-11

"||N.. IN N.H AaNaAs
Presently the back door Of the waiting
room opened and the heralded oppon-
ems catered, which be had to bend his
head % do.
sob, 10 is not a man, it's a giant"
whispered Miss Reddlng 70 herself, not
without reason, Danny's papa was
fully six feet five ia height, and broad
To proportion, with fist like flour
barrel.
The kittens champion was by no
means tall man, his size lying chiefly
In his breadth and muscular develop
ment He began q goOd-humored ex-
PLANTATION to the giant, but under the
shower Of abuse and Vitnperation from
husband and wife, it was evident that
his temper was rising, and at last broke
bounds in retort quite as forcible If more
refined. Suddenly the giants enormous
arm swung out. Had the ponderOus
fist at the end OF it reached its mark
there must have been but little Of that
target left. The stranger dropped both
kitten and child and ducked, coming
up under the guard with allshis wrath
concentrated in two sharp blows on
nose and eyes, beneath which the
giant reeled and fell with
crash which shook the
building. The stranger stepped back TO
let him rise, but as the Frustrated
Goliath reared his large bulk, curses
dropping from his lips as rapidly as blood
| frOm-hiS nose, his cOnQueror seemed to
change his mind and, Selling him by the
collar, began a punishment not to be
readily forhOtten. Yet the fallen was
not In want Of aid. His wife clutched
/ the strangers coat-tails 10 grasp not
to be shaken of by any efforts, while
/ Danny chung bowling to her skirts.
The human chain hung together.
/ daShing about the little waiting-roOm
like a great game OF fOx-and-goOse, in a
/ Bedlam of Oaths and blows and blood.
But an unexpected ally arose for the
minority.
''In his corner the old man had been
uttering faint cries of-'At him! give
it TO him" from between his tOOthess
/ gums. Now his bent form Strengthened,
and the fire of youth blazed again in his
/ eye. With wonderful agility he shook
OF his wife's restraining arms and tod
died across the room to beak upon Go
| liath'S feet with the knoped head of
his stick, still crying in + shrill qua
ver-"Giye it to him-givd it to him"
| At last, at d wall Of Anguish from
| Danny, the mother turnedSand dropped
| the cOat-tais The whole chain fell to
pieces.
Danny had had summary justice
meted out TO him. In the wild swing
/ be had been thrown against the hot
stove, and received that which he had
/ destined for the kitten.
All had happened with a rapidity i'm
/ possible TO convey in the telling.
4 few moments later the beaten giant
/ was lying in a semi-unconSciOus condl-
tiOn on a truck.
Danny was bowling in his mothers
arms, and the stranger was in the con-
stables hands on a charge Of assault
and battery.
That officials position was not an
easy one. 1t Is difficult to arrest the
hero Of the hour. There was not a
woman on the platform who was not
| enthusiastically on the side Of the Kit
tens preserver; but as they all gave
/ in their testimony at the same time and
with one voice, the effect was not so
telling as It might have been.
Miss Redding alone stood by silent,
her eyes shining, her cheeks flushed.
The constable clapped his hands over
! his ears, and turned in despair to his
captive, who in few words told his
story.
He gave his name as James
| LIMESTONE, ranch owner In
| California, and claimed that his actions
| had been purely those OF Self-defenSe.
The constable shook his head, gianc-
ing from the figure on the truck TO Mr..
Kingstoue, whose only marks OF the
conflict lay in a somewhat disordered
and heated appearance, and the loss OF
one slipper, which an admirer was at
that moment having the honor TO return
10 him.
ssSeIf-defeuse. chr said the constable,
qrinning. Say, Captain, what do you
do when you start in to tight? Sorry Tor
it, but looks are against you. ] snail
have to put you under arrest"
Mr.. KingstOne interrupted the chorus
Of protests:
otis very necessary for me to get
on. " ne said. "The truth is, am
sick man. I stepped into poison ivy
last summer, and it's broken out again
now. The doctor has ordered me East
for a change. 1 don't want TO miss
Christmas at home, and be cOoped up
here when 1 am travelling for my
health"
The constable laughed outright.
Health" he repeated. Lord!
health!"
The whistle of the incoming train
blew in the distance.
"Look here" said Mr.. Kingstone,
hastily. "I'll plead guilty and deposit
nv fine. / can't lose that train"
The constable hesitated. The train
drew up st the station. Mr.. Kingstone
nut mis- hand In his pocket and pulled
out fat pocketbOok, at the sight OF
which the officials sense Of duty de-
clined.
The confusion on the platform In
creased. There were some who refused
TO enter the sars without the kittens
Dreseryer, and others who must get on,
and therefore redoubled their en-
treaties. Miss Redding was among
none OF these. We hear of the discip-
line Of the army, and the discipline OF
the navy, and organized discipline OF all
kinds. but perhaps the severest Of any
is that accorded by the public to those
who minister TO their pleasure on the
stage. IL would not have occurred to