Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-04-08
A WILD NIGHT RIDE.
A story Of a Great strike,

| 1t le q ltrI'
| eugene Masters before God speak
the TRUTH"
The speakers stood In the alcove window
OF q drawing room, apart from the other
| guests u the evening Their voices We're
| necessarily low and constrained, but there
| was noticeable difference In their tones.
| Those OF the hrst were angry, almost IN
| distinct from passion. He trembled vio-
! lently IN the excitement and clenChei his
| hanqs 30 tightly that the nails made liyid
marks IN the palms. The other spoke
! contollable feeling. II was not diiiicult TO
! see that whoever .ud the right Of the
| 9nat.I.eh thf second Speaker II was to whom
! Il say it ls a lie. You have won the love
| an You are iu this community"
u am not ignorant nor forgeful that ]
tors nor shall | fail. it | have the cppor-
| iunity to discharg" them. But deny that
that ] have robbed you. True, you say
! you wsre her playmate when child, her
! scho9lboy love But even then you had
| Of lov" has passed between you-yet II
there had dtI not know II. God helping
! me-. ! dil not know until you told me now
that You had loved OF. love her.
You lying syoundrei' 1 hate you. You
! have taken from me the only thing in life
! cared for but you shall pay the price
/ Henry Murray you are the Triumphant one
| out in blood my score against you, When
| your happiness is greatest, when prosper
! llN ana success make NE dearest 10 you,
! VIII hunt You out anu take 1t from YOU.
Minister'S, you have said things tonight
! passion. / do not believe you mean the
/ hard words you have said. ] cannot believe
| remember thls--there Is no man ON earth
| whom / fear and he would best look to
/ himself that. offers hurt to me or mine"
| When he hal spoken he walked to the
| further end OF the room. leaving the other
| standing mouonloss. his hands SIM
| ters watched his successful rival until the
latter stepped beside group OF merry
| passed hastily out OF the alcove, down the
| broad stairs ana into the street, with dark
| brow and dark thoughts.
Five years Of Henry Murray's life passed
| ana he did not see the face OF Eugene
| was near him ne dd not know it If often,
! IN the streets at night when they were
BLACK than if It followed him So SO closely he
! could have heard a whisper from its lips.
| to MIN that mad the unwittins lawyer put
| slightest thought of such a thing entered
his mind. II ever he thought OF danger, it
was far other than such as this
| he even think Of Masters, much less Of his
| threats 50 the time passed quietly ami
| bringing, too, the great strike of the com
bined miners and smelter men in the West
! trn ItuI ana coal nclIS, that called out all
the forces OF the state to project property
and life, and brought Henry Murray from
! his office with them TO command his COM
pauy OF militia.
Night was coming on. heavy and chill and
dank. The mist lay in moist, floating heaps
1t mingled with the fox above the ponds
and streams ana hung there heavier and
| more dense 1t mingled with the smoke
and fell upon the town. thicker and Chllier
and darker stll. hiding one house from an
other, hiding the passers-by on the streets
shafts, hiding even the bright glow of the
many, colored smelter flames in the few
ii gathered on the limbs OF the trees and
fell from them in large, splattering drops;
it gathered on the horses as they passed
and ran down their steaming sides, in little
rivulets. 1t gathered upon the uniforms of
the militia, as the men tramped up and
soaked into and through the heavy cloth,
where and on everything, It fell thick and
gray. until the earth seemed only sodden
mass, surrounded with an endless atmos-
phere of cloud and fog.
stood beside q dripping team, talking ear
nestly with the commanding officer OF the
troops. He held an envelope, which his su-
Your directions are contained in that en-
velope" the general was saying. Take
command of the force at, Columbus and
augment II all YOU can. The strikers are
reckless. We shall need every man We can
command To prevent riot and murder, Per-
haps you are right about leaving your or
derly here, yet L seems to me II would be
better 10 have Miillams along. be on your
ENafi. nave rleu 70 Keep your putpusv
in going and your going Itself from every
one for II IL We're known thht any oIG
Is ON me way tlefe lhS Tsasoil ,or IL Mo"lI
be guessed too quickly ana there !, s
scarcely one OF thy Whole, Ia"issS ou,Ht
VINO Wouip hot hurieI you ~ ooIG PlUoi ~
ne thQuSht ne Couii prevent OF utt3f tHs
assemOAnS OF more troops. am Iol4 lhlS
team belongs % CoIuiHPus' dnu VIII ~
straight there II ley 10 take the!r, WaE-pu5
YOU say You Know me laSt part OF 'ie fodu
Yourself report py wire as soon as Eo9
set ~. i,o n9t hfstia{G i. a%DUut % using lorGH . i
necessary boou hlsht, ana n Saie rlut.
The, captain SPranE lhio the bHstE;
tucked tht storm lobeS auoul hIill' dilu
drove quickly on. As the general was
about TO turn back, man, bending low
over MS morse neck ana coIlGed.llE ms
face behind II, passed hastlIy after the al
ready invisible Nehlcle
Tor a moment thS EtneraI tholEht y was
some farmer VINO havinE had dlthculty N
home before the thlekest DARKNESS should
ia!L As ne considered the ,tIatr appeaI-
auce ana actions, however, II setneu more
likely h" was STRIKER. sent 10 pursue
ana oNtrlake the captain on ms lonely
way. Although he had here so rev men,
IN view Of the heayy 9uuGS 10 he per
formed, he was hdi lnrllutI 10 sehl aIler
Murray an escort Of horsemcn, lie could
scarcely spare a man however, ana gave
IL up. Yet 1t was with an anxious mind
he returned 10 Headquarters
Meantime, Murray was driving rs fast
as he could through the CNnging mud. He
had gone but little distance when he
thought he heard a spashing of horses
huofs in The road behind but when he
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