The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1901-03-02

quaintance sake; to going in on the
train.
''These dim lights said Walter look
ing up, edo not afford sufficient pro-
lection against robbers at this most
convenient spot for such deeds of
crime" - M 4 -
NO" tersely said Ira.
As if his answer had been proph-
ecy, five men suddenly confronted
them, having emerged from the
darkness behind box car, and with
bold threats demanded their money.
Il have none, answered Ira, search
and see,'' and he obediently held up
his hands. Walter collared the fore
most, and with a sturdy blow of his
fist felled him. Just then some dull
instrument fell ON his head and laid
him insensible upon the ground. When
he recovered consciousness, no one
was to be seen. Even the false Ira
had deserted, him to his fate. The
robbers had rifed his pockets, in
I which for reasons Of prudence he
rarely carried more than two dollars
at time, and so they got little. He
! never carried any valuables, such as
watch or pin, to the stoclyards, for
II good reasons. He did not see Ira af-
forwards, a fact that he did not under
stand. But, in truth, he gave it but
i little thought.
II The heavy instrument had produced
), a fearful cut on the back of Walters
!; head and there was a painful concus-
sion of the brain. 1t was with ex-
IRENE difficulty that he at last reach
ed the hotel. After the surgeon had
dressed his wound, he explained how
he had received it. In order to spare
Mamie, he would not telegraph word
concerning the matter; he knew, too
that it would bring his father to the
5 city to look after his injured son. In
RI Walters mind, the injury was not OF
I. sufficient magnitude to Justify all this
| commotion.
The next day, by superlative effort
] he appeared short time at the stock
} yards, but the intense suffering oblig
\ ed him to return to his hotel. How
- ever he succeeded in persuading
S himself that Orchard was himselt
:, again." and disposed of his stock te
good advantage: Without delay h,
3 returned home. The bandage abou'
:, his head surprised many honest in.
}, quiries from his friends.
d. On the day following the event O
L private telegram from Cincinnati
y signed by one of whom she had neve
" heard before. It read: !. a..
e 'Walter Crook, young stock deale
Il from Montgomery, was roughly hand
e led by the police for being drunk ant
Il disorderly. Ed. Mclaughlin, ,reporte
IS for the Enquirer
This was shocking news. She coul'
IS not believe it. She knew that Waite
o did not drink, and she would wait an
n hear his side of the odious story.
: Speculate as she would she coul
% not satisfy herself as to how &c
is Mclaughlin, reporter for the Enqui1
1t er, came to know her name and ad
1t dress, or the interest he had in send
E. ing her the telegram, instead of Wa
1t ter's parents, the proper ones to re
y, 'ceive~it. Referring back over the wiz
II she found it o. X. sent rs
Il 1875: A. NJ. IA
t. - .s. T T z.E@..s XZ IS 800 s.
g and was genuine.
II She waited-sensible girl Sll
- would not disgrace his parents by T.,
T. vealing to them what she had learned
IF When Walter came back, he relate
SIS to her the whole truth, and there wa
II not an unsatisfied doubt. in her hear
IL His parents and friends believed hin
IS for he was never known in all his lii
re to falsify a thing or. to conceal h
as acts. His public life corresponds
IN with his private character. 4 s,,ss
IL ':Walter, believe you," she said Ill
IS etfusively, but with a sincerity tn;
re was unmistakable.
IL 'That telegram" he said, placing h
~ palm on it on her. telegraph tab1
lie ''has something behind it-somebod
y who is there in the city"
IT, Her Intelligent eyes opened lare
s, and wide, as the wife of Jim the PEI
III man.: when she discovered her hu
e band making money. She raise
E. them to his, but said nothing. Bot
We seemed to understand, but not to cor
H. prehend why. The mystery RENAME
n unsolved.
20 more serious than Walter conceived ;
first. 1t brought on a fever that pro
III trated him for more than a mont
y and when he emerged, he was so was
Il ed and thin that his intimate fricnt
I'll noted that lie was but the shade
a of his former self. He was in trut
III IL brought nigh to deaths door. It w;
III a terrible ordeal to Mamie. and hi
Us contidante now was Gerty McCarth
d. Gertie said that Ira had written h.
Ut that some robbers had waylaid hi
1g and Walter one night and beat hi
or and seriously injured Walter. b
at since that time Ira had not "droppt
u off" at Montgomery. He had write
10 Gertie that he was "too everlasting
~ busy to stop.' Gertie, honest gil
er truly believed him. .:,-.~ Fl. ..
ne Now, Walter, set out on a long i
IL, definite trip to the west and els
I'll where to the mountains for his healt
III 1t he did not recover, he might tai
sea voyage before returning. b.
W he promised to write to Mamie as re-
~ ularly as he possibly could, and al:
II, nc told her that each letter would te
n her here to reach him with an a
Is swer. The last fond words were sa
;" between them, and he was gone.
90 Was it forever? A distressing TO
nj boding stole into her troubled hear
y and she made no effort to explain
u: away, or remove it. 1t was there, q