The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-10
WEDDING AND A LONG SWIM
with the Two the Two there is Also Mixed
Very Hard Fight.

New York, Nov. S.-Perhaps IL was
the ripping wavelet as Il beat nervous
ly against the pier at the foot of East
Tenth street, or again it may have been
the persuasive eloquence Of Petite O'Rri-
en-, the brawny longshoreman., that de-
cided that pretty Mary Dolan TO become
Mrs. O'Brien, but the fact remains that
she lost her heart and hand one fine sum
mer's night last August. Everything
went smoothly for more than a month,
and Mrs. Dalon had arranged for quite
a party to take place at the avenue A
domjctle to celebrate the daughters en-
gagement TO the big longshorernan.
whose daily tolls keeps him about the
piers on South street. The party was to
nave taken place on Monday night, the
night before election, and the elite of
Avenue A was assembled in Mrs Do
lan's rooms with the usual merry
duck" in their midst, and a spirit of
conviviality that can only emanate from
the upper ten Of Avenue A.
1t was along about 10 o'clock when
everybody was feeling splendidly and
East Side repartee became fast and fur
ious. Mary was the only one who seem
ed axious, for, OF an those who had
promised to be present, she longed for
her Petite the most. But Petite, like 9th
er big youngsters who earn their bread
by the sweat Of their individual and col
lective brows. will sometimes prove frac
tious, and so II happened that Petite
u Brlen did not appear al the elaborate
entertainment prepared by Mrs. Dolan.
AT 1870 Mary could stand the sus-
pense no longer. The rooms seemed TO
become unbearabiy close, which. per-
haps, was not very far from the truth,
lnasmuch as each masculine guest had
come accompanied by his particular
brand of smoking and chewing tobacco.
Mary suggested that the company take
a stroll together and her suggestion was
accepted as bright idea TO be bril-
hantly carried into effect The COM
pany numbered twenty, mostly Of the
male persuasion. They strolled slowly |
up the avenue until Tenth street was
reached when they returned toward the |
East River. Perhaps it was the mem |
DRY of the August night that made
Mary Dolan feel strange as she neared |
the String-piece. She recognized the |
spot where, that summers night, the |
great, brave Petite had asked her to be |
his while the wavelet rippled merrily |
against the boarded pier
When Mrs. Dolan's party reached the |
end Of the pier they noticed two people |
walking UP and down slowly and in /
verSation. The Dolan party watched /
them for moment and started 20 leave /
the peralnbulating couple alone IN their |
ol-soiitude when suddenly Mary found /
great lump coming up in her throat |
She gasped for an instant and theu pre-
pared TO fail in a dead faint One OF |
her party caught her as she fell and |
little pail was lowered in the river so
that her face might be bather and bring
the little woman back 10 consciousness
again.
AS she was carried 70 a pile OF Iur,-
Der the couple who held previous pos
session OF the pier walked up to SEE
what the matter was. The man looked
IN the face OF the tainted one. and then
suddenly around started to
cave the pier with his companion. He
vas not 50 quick, however. as 10 prevent
Charlie Dolan, Mary's brother. from
getting good look az his face. and the
lext thing the stranger knew he was
stretched full length upon the pier with
Nary's brother dancing a ghost-danca
Upon his PROSTATE form.
When the other members Of the Do-au
,arty saw che fight between young Dolan
md the tail stranger they joined in 10
ZEE the fun. When they saw who the
stranger was they Joined in in dead.
1ongshoreman O'Briez was rolled over
he edge Of the river and into the dark
waters OF the East River. and. had he
lot been longshoTemaa and an expert
" INNER. he might have met his death
\ the chilling waters into which ne had
.esn 50 unce-nouniously dumped Bu-
e swan ashore only 10 be met by
-oung Doian once more Then there
ras more fighting. o'B-iea's compan-
an On the pier escaped. and SO did al |
- Dolau party. Then I policeman
a-le up and O'Brien took TO his heels
lso.
Later n the night he applied for treat
cent at Bellevue, where ne is now ly-
az with his f2ce handsgei and :. whole
ONE regret for the treachsry he p-zcttc |
d on trusting little Mary Dolan. When
e leaves the hospital he VIII not again /
Z welcome al the Dolsa house, and +
I'll be well fo7 the -ioagshorsman e
sep away from Charlie DoISn. agatns;
Thom he refused 10 make a charge. |
Or Mary Is lying Ill al her home and
calling upon her Petite 70 return 20 he