Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1897-07-02


Tor moment, then, raising her revolver, she
took deliberate aim
Inc next moment, the wild Irishman was
rolling on the grass and his frightened steed
dashing wildly home.
Nora sat perfectly still, with a strange, un-
deinable feeling possessing her.
After moment it seemed an age to the girl,
Pat raised himself to sittirp posture. He
passed his short, thick hand over his face and
through his coarse black hair, uncertainty
Noras brow cleared The old tanta.lzing
spirit returned as as she saw the ruffian
was not seriously hurt, and she asked mocking-
~, "What arc YOU afraid of, Pat? Your heads
OH Its shoulder, where it ought to be, but
where 1t won't be, if you don't control that
ugly temper little better'
The man too bewderedt to speak-seem
ing scarcely to know where he was. Nora dis
mounted, picked up his hat and examined it
quizzlcaly, noting the path the bullet had tax
ell through it. Then, handing him his prop
e1ty, she said; "rhe holes are in the hat this
time, Pat; look out for the head next
Mr.. Rial slowly raised himself TO his feet.
He seemed surprised to find he could stand.
tle walked with hesltaling steps, occasionally
staggering, as man under the influence of
alcohol.
The girls watched him and noted that he
gained assurance as he went.
= iIc S not at all hurt but who would have
thought he was such a coward!'' calculated Nora.
~ would" promptly answered Maggie.
when you see any one hard, cruel, willing to
lnJure, or to wound the feelings of another, who,
he believes, will not or cannot resent such
wrongs, you may know you have found cow
ARD"
"Why, Maggie, what lecture for such
quiet mouse to deliver Shall pass the hat?'
'Not one you have been practicing on"
laughed Maggie, | fear it would not hold the
collection"
In the meantime, Pat Rial was making his
way to MI Peters claim, where, on his arrival,
he received with such uproarious merri-
ment, and where the entre family INDUCED so
freely ii what Pat called "chai1ing," that the
III So ,s9cd lrShnaa, refusing to partake OF the
evening meal, went off sulkiy to bed.
In the grey light of the early morning, one
of Mr. Peters neighbors, mile distant, saw
Mr. Rial, carrying bundle, which proved to
be his spare clothing tied up in flaming red
mnfiler, stalking grimly along.
Evidently, he could not make too much haste
i'll getting out of country where he was ex-
pected 'to be civil to people,
From city forty miles distant Pat wrote
back to Mr.. Peters, demanding the amount due
MN IOr HIS services AFTER the reception Vi
that brief mssve, Broad Prairie heard no more
of the "Wild Irshman."
BESSIE r. WAGSTAFF.
Sheridan, Oklahoma.
SUNDAYS dailies contained Dun's report of
Ga revival Of business and "bright prospects
in sight" In another column appeared re-
port Of 3o-per-cent. cut i'll the wages of the
employees of J. Painter & Sons cotton tie and
hoop works, of Pittsburgh-the largest factory
of its kind i'll the world. Just below this IS
another dispatch from Pittsburgh, which says
the manufacturers OF iron and steel declare that
wages must be reduced. This affects IS, 900
men. The papers next day report that 27 900
men are ont of work by the closing of all tin
and glass factories in big district. O., yes;
prosperity is herein a horn!
FT. SCOTT now has 4 simon-p pure resubns-
sion daily paper. 1t is the illegitimate child
of number of business men of the city who
are anxious to re-establish the open saloon.
We are sorry to say that Geo A. Pickett, one
of the raciest of Populst writer's has been en-
ployed to take charge of the editorial depart
ment. We predict that the sheet will die,
with the sweet-potato vines, when frost comes.
THERE is big strike among the coal
miners of this country. 1t is claimed that
$4,000 miners have~gone out