Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1896-06-05

instrument and went out at tie head of
his army to meet the mob. AS the shout
ing crew came round a corner Of the
road he dropped and fired, the men be-
=, hind him loosing instinctiyely at the
same time.
The whole crowd-eurs to the back
bone-yelled and ran, leaving one man
dead and another dying in the road Mi
chele was sweating with fear but he
kept his weakness under, and went
down into the town past the house
where the subjudge had barricaded him
self. The streets were empty. Tibasu
was more frightened than Michele, for
the mob had been taken at the right
time.
Michele returned to the telegraph Of
fee and sent a message to Chicacola
asking for help. Before an answer came
he received deputation of the elders of
Tibasu, telling him that the subjudge
said his actions generally were 'Euncon-
stitutional'' and trying to bully him..
But the heart Of Michele d'Cruze was
big and white in his breast because of
his love for Miss VezZis, the nursegirl
and because he had tasted for the first
time responsibility and success. Those
two make an intoxicating drink, and
have ruined more men than ever has
whisky. Michele answered that the sub
judge might say what he pleased, but
until the assistant collector came the
telegraph signaler was the government
of India in Tibasu, and the elders of
the town would be held accountable for
further rioting. Then they bowed their
heads and said, "Show mercy!'' or
words to that effect, and went back in
great fear, each accusing the other of.
having begun the rioting.
EARLY i'll the dawn, after a nights
patrol with his seven policemen, Michele
went down the road, musket in hand.
to meet the assistant collector who had
ridden in to quell Tibasu But in the
presence of this young Englishman Mi
chele felt himself slipping back more
and more into the native. and the tale
of the Tibasu riots ended, with the
strain on the teller, in hysterical out
burst of tears, bred by sorrow that he
had killed a man. shame that he could
not feel as up1ifted as he had felt
through the night, and childish anger
that his tongue could not do justice to
his great deeds. It was the white drop
in Michele's veins dying out, though he
did not know it.
But the Englishman understood, and
after he had schooled those men of I'll
basu and had conferred with the SUBJ
judge till that excellent official turned
green, he found time to draft an official
letter describing the conduct of Michele,
which letter filtered through the proper
channels, and ended in the transfer of
Michele up country once more on the
imperial salary of 66 rupees month.
So he and Miss Vezzis were married
with great state and ancientry, and now
there are several little D'Cruzes sprawl
ing about the verandas Of the central
telegraph office.
But if the whole revenue of the de-
partment he serves were to be his re-
ward, Michele could never, never repeat
what he did at Tlbasu for the sake Of
Miss Vezzis the nursegirL Which proves
that, when man does good work out
Of all proportion to his pay, in seven
cases out of nine there is woman at
the back of the virtue.
The two exceptions must have suf-
fered from sunstroke, Kip
ling