The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-09-20

young volunteers, flushed and pant
ing, were surveying the police and by
ISLANDERS engaged in dragging out
from under the tables and propping1
up some wrecks of humanity, while
the head devil of the whole business,
the bprly civilian IN the loud checked
suit, pitched headlong out of q rear
window, was stanching tke blood
from his broken nose at the hydrant
of neighboring stable.
The volunteers were escorted to
the landing with all honors, and their
antagonists, barring the ringleader.
to the police station. The affair was
over SO quickly that few had seen
anything of it, and only one man had
pitched in to the support of the sol
diers-a civilian who came over on
the Vanguard by the authority OF
Gen. Vinton, the ex-brakeman of the
Southern Pacific. While the Colorado
men had little to say beyond the
tonly insulted if not actually assailed
by a gang of strangers, the railway
man was ablaze with excitement and
wrath over the escape of the leader
of the vanquished party.
1--WE seen that cur dog face of his
somewhere BEFORE" said he, land the
quicker you find and nab him the
better. That mans wanted in more
than one place or I'm a duffer."
And so the police spent hours that
night in search of the stranger, but
to no purpose. He kept in hiding
somewhere, and their efforts were
vain. Search of his luggage at. the
lodging house revealed the fact that
he had a lot of new shirts, under
wear, etc., but not a paper or mark
that revealed his identity. The pro-
prietor said the man had given the
name of Spence, but he heard two of
the sailors call him Sackett.
The following evening the general
and his staff dined at the beautiful
home of one of the old and wealthy
residents, and towards nine o'clock
Mr.. Stuyvesant asked his generals
permission to withdraw, as he had
| two calls to make before returning
| aboard ship. They were to sail at
| dawn.
Bidding good night and good-by to
his charming hostess and declining
the hospitable offer of post-pran-
dial "peg" from her genial lord, the
young officer stepped blithely away
down the moonlit avenue.
1t was a beautiful summer night.
The skies were cloudless, the air soft
and still. Somewhere, either at the
park or in the grounds of the Royal
Hawaiian, the famous band of Homo
lulu was giving a concert. and strains
of glorious music, rich and full, came
floating on the gentle breeze. Here
and there the electric lights were
cleaning in the dense tropical foliage
| and sounds of merry chat and mu-
steal laughter fell softly on the ear.
The broad thoroughfare of Bere-
tania street was well-nigh deserted
though once in awhile the lights of a
cab on noiseless wheel flashed by, and
at rare intervals Stuyvesant met OF
| overlook some blissful pair whisper
| ing in the deep shadows of the over
hanging trees.
It was quite walk to the consul
generals, his first objective point
but he enjoyed it and the brief visit
that followed. Naturally the affair
of the previous evening came up for
discussion, and there was some con
lecture and speculation as to the
identity of the leader of the attack
on the Denver boys. Stuyvesant re-
peated what his friend the brakeman
said, that somewhere he had seen the
fellows face before, but he had only
a seconds glimpse of it. for the mo-
ment he launched in to the aid of the
volunteers the man in the check suit
caught sight of him-and stimuli
taneous crack on the nose that sent
him Keeling towards the open win
dow, through which he darted the
instant he could recover balance,
leaving the field equally divided, four
to four in point of numbers, but
otherwise with overwhelming advan-
tage on the side of the clear heads
and trained muscles of the soldiers.
| ITO Be Continued