The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-03
RONAYNE OUTWITS
THE INSURGENTS,
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take their hats and retire without the
usual honors of war. 70 q man they
refused to stir a peg.
Things We're looking a bit hostile, and
Mr.. Quinn decided that it was time to
summon the power of the law. A mes
senger was dispatched for an officer,
and he returned with Fstrolman Cody
of station 1. Mr. Quinn informed the
officer of the situation that confronted
the court, and requested him to eject
Mr.. Dean and his cohorts The officer
approached Mr. Dean with a view to
executing the order, whereupon Mr.
Dean drew himself to his tallest height
and said that Capt. Matthews had told
him in the afternoon that if he and his
men attended the meeting and did not
raise a disturbance, they would not be
molested.
This placed the officer between two
fires. If Mr.. Dean was telling the
truth the officer believed that he would
be subject to discipline for acting con-
trary to the order of his superior He
was in a quandary
Deputy Ronayne came to the rescue
at this juncture with a display of
strategy that should win him a com
mission to go to South Africa and ex-
tricate the British forces from the
tight little pocket into which the Beers
have driven them. He had a confer
ence with Chief Ranger Quinn, and a
plan was determined upon. They
called upon James McDonough as a
representative of the trustees to clear
the hall. To get the better of the in
surgents it would be necessary to Sc
cure possession of the hall. In voice
that had the accent of authority on it.
Mr.. McDonough ordered everybody to
get out. There was no gainsaying the
fact that he had the right to do so. and
in less time than it requires a shoe
maker to drive peg, the hall was
empty.
The chief ranger, the financial sec
rotary, and the Junior beadle took
charge of one of the ante-rooms and
requested every man present to pro-
duce his book. All that were in bad
standing or known to be of the insurg-
ent ranks were carefully noted. All in
good standing and against Dean and
his crowd were secretly given a new
pass word.
This over, the chief ranger and other
officials returned to the hall. The in
surgents, not knowing the new pass
word, were not allowed to enter 1t was
clever piece of strategy, and the in
surgents retired in diorder, more than
one of them muttering between his
teeth that familiar line of the bad man
in the melodrama, "Baffled again"
When the regulars had once more as
sembled and the door was securely
locked, the business of the evening
went along as smoothly as the cup de-
fender Columbia In a spanking breeze.
There were about Sc present. Apart
from the election of officers bills were
examined and approved.
The officers elected to fill the vacan-
cles caused by the insurrection of the
Deanites were: John Bowe, sub-chief
ranger; P. T. Moore, financial secre-
tary; Michael H Cunningham, record
ing secretary; William Walsh, junior
beadle; Patrick A. Trainor and John P.
O'Haia, trustees; P. II. Trainor,
trustee for Foresters' hall
AS soon as the new officers are in full
possession, and have the right to affix
the seal, the McNally claim will be a
closed incident, and there will be peace
in the household of Forestry once more