Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1902-04-24

colors, curiously blent. or we're Wholly
blue or green, or 9 fne MephistoIean
red; they were, indeed, quite ''subdued
70 what they work ln"--dyed even b
the roots Of beard and eyebrows. Az
| looked, 1 wondered whether the con.
slant wearing Of this engrainsd war
paint were not Of itself enough 20 keep
ever alive In these men, peaceful "a
they looked, fierce passions, which In
other men usually slumbared. An
outbreak Of savage nature among them ia
the mephitic vapor inwhich they worked
might bo no very unusual thing: was Il
some such outbreak, ending In fearful
death Tor one Of them, OF which the dead
man lying IN that house, with the
white blinds drawn, had been terror
stricken witnesE2 Or had his comics.
sion been merely the raying of delirinm7
--delirinm, which seemed IN some
measure 10 have been communicated 10
me, tired ~ was with the excitement.
and with want Of sleep.
When reached my lodgings, vent
to bed, and slept for some hours. /
awoke more myself, disposed to take
clearer and soberer view OF things.
Over my late breakfast I resolved what
! would do. |. Tor my part, would say
nothing Of the confession heard In the
night, until ! could be sure II had some
foundation In fact. This would that
morning try 10 discover In the village.
! knew that any Of the shopkeepers
would be only too ready to welcome 4
gossip; for except at meal times, and
IN the evening, the village Is nearly
empty Of customers.
| found the draper. little middle
aged man, who bore the evidences Of
hard work In the mills from his earliest
youth. He was the very man ET
would have chosen for my purpose; he
had feminine fondnesa for gossip, and
he knew the affairs OF every one in the
village, and all that had happened for
a generation or two. had no Diff
Guilty in arriving quickly at the end / i
had in view. He already knew that |
had been called up in the night to visit
the dying victim Of applied chemistry,
and that Freeman and had been with |
him till he end.
Very delirious," said the draper,
II hear say he was--jabbered and ram. |
bled away about a kinds o. stuff. and
then slumered (slumbered) of again.
! supposeY Yea; that's the way they
do. Eh, deai! It's bad business for |
the wife and the family"
Are diseases like his," asked,
often got at the chemical works?'
Nay" said he, az think not; the
smells seem to agree WI most folk
pretty weel."
but the work IL very dangerous,
Is It not? Don't accidents often hap
pen?'
Yea; Il Is risky. When they work
over tho watts, and the retorta. and |
things, they nun tie up their mouths
and noses wi clout, and even VII
that they may sometimes get ehoked
and overcome dwalmlike all at wonst
vi tn smell, or sommat. and then
they're goner.''
Accidents often happen, them"
"Weel, mon, they do and they don't.
Mates, YOU see, are aye at hand. The
ads often get an eye burnt, but they
ion't reckon much to that. See
here's lad over there by tn beer
HOP door,"
looked and saw a sturdy fellow all
ed, with a white handkerchief tied
'ound his head under his cap.
He's been two or three times like
hat--wi' his eye burnt. Oh, yea; it's
isky; but we don't often ha' grit &C.
'ident. The worst remem Der was a
ad on tn night shift that fell In and
vas smothered; he was found in thing
lext morning. That was bad bust.
less; a'th' hair was off, an tn skin .
nd flesh was--but it mak's you feel !.
ueer; yea, can see IL do. 1t was a
'ad business"
Very horrible" said /, while my 9
leart thumped almost audibly. "Eow
ong was that ago?"
Let me see. It's matter, do be- !
ieve, o. 15 year ago."
II hope, said I, "a death of that
ort don't often occur"
"NaY; or our folk, quiet as they are d
iostlins, might pull the whole men. q
gerie down" I
! was surprised to see the vindictive
litter that passed from the little mans .
yes,
Has there realty" asked with 3
ome constraint, "been any other death
Ike that since the one you mentionP''
NAY; ] Gonna remember one" =