The sun., 1894-10-14

II then became incumbent ON the next man to
produce his bottle Of booze and send II around,
or IN default OF this to forfeit 80 cents To Black
sylvie. who acted as treasurer, such is the
game Of showing the jag," and il can he con-
tinu"d Indefinitely. IL might have been on this
occasion but for an interruption none too
strange under the circumstances. One "Spirk"
Mendenall, having become too ambitious In the
matter OF the last swallow. had choked over L.,
whereupon his neigh bOrs claimed that he should
forfeit bottle. In the consequent discussion a
blow was struck. An instant later all that
part Of the car was involved In fight, men and
women alike going in without fear or favor.
Out OF the very midst Of the melee came yell:
" Look out; Spirk's got a knife"
, The circle surged In and out; then man burst
Through and ran toward the end OF the car
Prom deep cash in his head the blood trickled
uoMh Mh over MS lace Straight for the glass case,
naI r Ioius toois TO ne used IN case Of accident,
uuor was thrown open ard three trainmen, who
had been watching the scene from outside.
axe from the case, but il was wrenched away
from him. A dozen other pickers came on with
VINO. VINO. with their clubs, cleared n space around
Run EN- out. damn EN-" shrieked BLACK
sylvie, drawing an ugly-looking knife and at
Hm Hm htihs 70 make her way through the crowd.
An agile trainmsn broke through and con-
irohted her; She aimed q alt-hearttd blow at
nm hhn" WIN the knife, which he easily parried.
words In low tone Ia her. She swore furiously
put turned pale nevertheless, and a moment
later Jumped upon a seat and shouted To the
piekers ~ stop the light This they were lie
more ready To do as several had felt the clubs
OF the tralnmeH ON their heads When the Huht
was al over and the tools removed from the
case the reporter asked the trainmnn by what
miracle he had quieted Black syNie.
=, IL little thing know about her" said he,
lhat would send her To state prison, and she
knows II. shes a deyil il there ever WAS one,
but she controls these other devils like a queen,
ana ana mas ever since she was lG year, old. How
she stands the life | don't know but there's a
good deal left OF her yet. But did you see how
quiGk she dropped when got word with her?
=, tell YOU, continued the man, II they'd got
those tools there'd have been hell 10 pay We
had pickers light on board two years ago,
when they got the tools, end We carried out
seven plckers after Il, and one uf em was dead.
iheir knives are bad enough, bat the axes and
hammers are worse, some OF 'em have pistols.
bnt I've never seen 'em used. knife comes
natural 20 EN-; But they've got enough now
lhSy Il drink themselves dead to the world, and
Wen have no more trouble"
IL was as the tralnman said Binghamtnn
WAS the last stop, and when the train arrived
the pickers' car was filled with unconscious
drink k-sodden wretChes. Only Black SylVie and
a Few Of her circle were awake. They aroused |
such OF the others as could be aroused. The rest
were carried out and dropped on the platform |
IKE bags; there 10 lie until another train came.
on 10 which they could BE- loaded. The nrst
stage 0f the hop Piekers' exodus wAs over.