Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1902-01-08

Then be accosted Bruder
.Waffin' for Harris team. amt yer:"
BrUier looked at his wife. and she
said. Yes"
Coin ter work on the Job. amt
YER
Again Er9der locked ct his wife. and
again she said. YES"
well. I'm right glad ter see yer =
said the uneonscionaole diplomat eff
fusively II tell yer. we've been havin'
great COINS en- arotn' here.
Again Brusier locked II his wife. ana
again she said Yes" softly ana press
Ell a little closer under tie shelter of
his mighty shish-
Between yen and me-" continued
the willy Smith. these woedcaoppers-
l mean the Beaver Meadow fellers.-
he FASTENED TO explain as a slight con-
traction OF Bfuder'> forehead warned
him that any siur upon the craft would
not be weicome--don't kaow when
they're well off,
He paused. and Bruder looked at his
wife. but she remained silent
.Of course | amt got nothin' against
these men here. and ii may not sound
well comm from me. me bein' in the
employ of this corporation. as amt sup
posed ter show no partiality. but seems
ter me these men is II little unreason-
able Yer see'' he went on as neither
Bruder nor his wife spoke. times have
been pretty hard around here. with
crops failin' and a good deal of sick
ness in the neighborhood. and | thlni.
these men ought to been glad to get
steady employment OF course they re
really in the power of the company.
cos they amt got no money. and the
officers knows il, and so they cuts
down their wages. Now. some of 'em
finds out that the big fellers is maxim
dead loads of money. and so they
makes a big kick and goes on strike.
SO the company jest shuts down. and
heard the superintendent say as that
they was goin' to start a process Of
starvation. OF course / don't want
that 10 go no further"
did the company treat the men
fair:" asked Mrs. Bruder.
"Of course it did" said Smith quick
ly. Amt they got right to pay their
money out any way they likef Couldn't
these men pick up and leave if they
didn't Ike it ~
homes. hasn't they?' asked Mrs. Bru-
der.
Yes. they has" said Smith. ''but if
they keeps en- this way they won't
have no one left in their homes" Then
he added as he walked toward the Of
flee: "Ye'd better come in and sit
down. Harris team may not be here
for an hour yet. They generally comes
ter meet the down train. Big Four is
waitin' here fer it ter pass
He adroitly halted the couple in
front of the open door of the freight
room. and instantly the maternal eye
of Mrs. Rruder caught the little coffin.
Whose is that?" she asked.
That's Cy Selden's baby" said
Smith, lying heroicaIiy.
Mrs. BrEtler looked at her husband
then back 10 Smith. What allied it -
she asked. Cholera morbus:"
Smith drew closer and lowered his
voice bit That's what they give
out" he said. but between you and
me it didn't have enough ter eat"
Just then Smith found sudden bust
ness in the ticket Office. where he re-
manned until he heard the booming of
the down train. when he went out on
TO the platform to pass up the mails. |
He fingered for a moment and watch |
ed Big Four" pull out from the sid
ing: then he looked all around. There /
was no one in sight.
How'd yer do it. Bill?' asked Jack |
Lundy that night while a half dozen
strikers smoked and listened
Il didn't do nothiu'. and l don't
know nothin'." snapped Smith. ''They
.uina. and they've gone. amt they"
And then II modify the rebuke the good
'oul continued in Il tone that smacked
OF tenderness as he pulled
his pipe redectively in the darkness:
Strange: | used to know those folks
ears aso-didn't know it till terday-
hey was a good deal younger then
ust married, | guess-they were pref
Y poor-had q little baby that died.
cn't know. but folks aroun' there said
"a little thing died-cos it didn't
eat