The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-05
THE NCRNING NEWS: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1881.

comprehending. and added How do you
know mis-
THAT little Cusack told me, and / ran
dow here 10 tell you.
"Alone?" he asked in amazement
"1es, hurry.
"Alone across The toughest half mile Of
country in The state of Illinois? You-you
did his for me?' ne cried, ending in
almost a shout Of exultation, and lO1king
Gown into the depths Of her eyes, which for
a second at his words, lost their feared
look and became suffused with a soft light
OF newly realized affection. He forg0t
completely the exigency of the moment.
20, DEAR can't you hurry she said.
Don Stand mere While every minute puts
you in greater danger
Instead Of acquiesclng he prolonged the
moment of sweet triumph. until she yelled
her eyes from his steady gaze. Then he
eisureIy went to McKeon's desk and pull
ed down the top, shut the safe door ana
locked it, and fumbled in his pocket for a
bunch Of keys, with exasperating Slow
ness selecting one for q drawer Of the
desk.
She stood consumed with Impotence the
while, ana finally asked: AREN'T you go
ing?"
..Well, in the first place" ne said, Il
think there is some mistake; but If that
is not the case a little intimidation al the
start might change their m nds. Kirby
and Chaplin and some more of the handy
chaps viii be around somewhere, and will
take a hand in any fracas mat should oc-
cur. And beside, there are several thou
sands of dollars in the safe, and if would
not lock well for me to
"But for my sake" he said impulsve-
ly. you th nix on y OF the conf y, John,
for my sake"
4r,ko -fE Of h.at-
pleading, she had put a little hand upon
his arm. e covered it with his own big
palm and gazed into Ter en- Teaing eyes.
For your sake, Bob" he muttered alb
seuty. Then he nched her fingers and
gave vent 20 1t e lar gh N which there
was 10 mirth, but an immense amount of
happint IS,
Don't he a,armed,' he said reassuring-
ly. Il hardly think our men have any
cause for such action, and anyway, Wen
take care of ourselN es-you and |, Bob.
You S here and IN go out and see what
they want"
He placed a chair in a corner and she
obedieuty seated herself in it without
word Somehow, now, she f. 1t a perfect
rust and confidence IN his ability to pro-
tect both himself and her. She watched
i'm absel tmindedly VII he he took from
drawer p, fslcr with a b g blued revo yer
IN ii and deposited it in his pocket. Then,
as a guest of wind brought the clamor
distinctly to his ears, he turn d 10 her and
said, Don't be afraid; it viii amount to
nothing" and hufr ed out. He God In
the ha shadow b tween door and W ndoW,
and awaited the approach Of the men.
Now that he hea d the m ngled curses,
shouts and laughter at that short dis
lance he felt the least bit of anxiety, it
must be acknow O. g d. He remembe ed,
as did every one else along the right OF
Al
order that 81 m times accom- anied pay
night drunk. Only list month Lake and
Stafford had paid the penalty of shotgun
methods in handling tt cir men, when
VIII sky had given he employees courage.
But Imrie felt no fear or un ertainty as to
the final Outcome, for years Of authority
had gwen him confidence in his own ca
pacity for making his commands obeyed,
now as well as on the work.
They were coming st aight to the office
without doubt. As they turned the cor
neT of clus er of dump aVs and sight d
the office their uproar died down to a low
munmur and he heard ominous hoarse
whispering. His ear caught, coming from
half a dozen tongues of various nationali-
ties, the sound of there he is" and
that's him." which did not tend to reas-
sure him. The rustic of a macintosh in
his rear disturb him, and he felt his
hand asped by the fing RS Of two trem-
bling, fain-wet little hands, 1T is so done
some in there softly Id a voice at his
shoulder. He laughed again.
Emerging from the shadow into the duh
light from open door and curtainless win
dows, was a crowd of half hundred men,
almost all showing evidences of a too Wig
orous attack on the black bott e. In
stead of beginning a debauch of destruc
ton they halted in front of the Office and
looked respectfully at Imrie. No en-
spoke for minute, and they seemed to be
waiting expectantly for something, shut
fling nervously from one foot 10 the other.
Finally Stewart Brough elbowed his way
TO the front, and taking off his hat. bowed
with awkwardly exaggerated Difference to
the two wondering people stan ing be-
fore him. He took from his bFeast pock-
ct a folded paper, much crumble and
bearing the marks of dirty thumbs and
handed it to Imrie.
Mr. Imrie' he began solemnly, we're
a. men of no great amount Of learning and
edjewcation. but for a that we have got
the souls and feelings of men. SO we,
employees of Donar Mcdonald and Compa-
nee, do"
Louder" said a voice in the crowd.
'Do-do-er, in meeting assembled, 20
hereby present you wi a few resolutions
which set forth in a few words he TEEN
ia which We are held by the said employees
of Donar Mcdonald and Companee." The
assistant superintendent nonplussed at
the unexpected turn of affairs, fumblngy
opened the paper and made pre- ense of
reading the scrawl that began with, RE
solved" with a huge and Enthusiastically de-
signed r. and ended with The Gem
nlittee" 1t was bordered by ruling Of
red ink, the line thicker in places, where
clumsy fingers had failed to control the
flow Of ink under the ruler. Yea mind,
Ah'm no clark" continued Stewart, "an l
a trowel fits bechune the j'ints of me hand
better than a pen, so ven excuse the writ
ing. But the idea is there. We wish to
saw. Mr.. Imrie, that we consider ye man
and a gentleman though, of course We
have yer shortcomings as the best of us
have, and we're a extremely sorry ye're
going to leave the job. We have no sus-
peecion of why ye're going, but If there
Is any leetle thing we can do to make We