Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-05-28
"Cracky!" exclaimed samp,on, lock,

"Cracky!" exclaimed sanpion, lock
ing hard at Guy. TIE printer s+asted
TO say something more, but bit his
words off short.
"What's the matter?" asked Guy,
wondering at the mystifed expression
of the youths face.
"Oh, nothing" replied Sampson,
backing away.
my dear Herbert!" cooed the famil-
lar voice of Col. Keever, as that gem
tleman rounded the corner of the hotel
and advanced upon Guy precipitately.
"You look well" added the Colonel, sig
nificantly, dropping a hand on the
young mans shoulder. Then he
stopped and whispered: "How did you
come out?"
Before Guy could answer the little
man in the ill-fitting coat plunged out
on the veranda and halted at the
Colonies side.
"Ha!" cried the little man, furiously.
II have come into the jackal's lair to
pay my respects to the jackal-in-chief.
Archibald Keever, you are an impudent
scoundrel, sir! You are an i,l-man-
nered blackguard, sir! You have not
the first instinct of gentleman. You
are coward, do you hear me? A cow
ard and knave! My hat in your teeth,
sir!'
The little man jerked off his SLOUGH
hat revealing two eyes, one Of which
cleaned classify at Guy while the other
Travelled up and down the full extent
of Col. Keever's anatomy; then the
blow fell across the Colonel's face.
It all came abodt with paralyzing
suddenness. The crowd of Concordians
stared and CAPPED as though under some
baneful spell. The little man was Col.
Dingle, of Harmony! The next instant
Guy had leaped to his feet.
A shudder of nightly passion con-
vulsed Col. Keever. His hand tight
ened convu,sively at the head Of his
cane.
"Sir," he shouted, "is it your inten>
ton to apply to me those hurting cpl.
thets?'
>,
was little use of the Colonies question;
but great minds often wish to be abso,
lutely certain of both horns of propo-
sition before tackling the conclusion.
The little man laughed mockingly.
II have coupled the word with
bowl" he cried. SIN order that you
may satisfy yourself I have made no
mistake, will strike again, so! The
Norther greets the Blizzard"
Again came that swishing blow with
the hat and CO.. Keever, dazed for the
moment, famed imaginary flies from
before his face.
cts Dingle!" gasped Col. Keever,
hoarsety. Hold me. somebody! Hold
me. or shall kill him!"
Mr.. Glimmer hurled himself into the
breach and caught Keever about the
waist, while Pedro Smith dashed out of
the hotel and threw himself upon Din
gle. Then, struggling inc ffectually to
free themselves, the two Colonies
glared at each other.
"You are a sneak, sir, and coward,
sir!" screamed the editor of the
Norther.
"Hold me tight. Glimmer," Kissed the
editor of the Blizzard through his
grinding teeth. 81 am not myself!
Righteous wrath is making demon Of
me! If were to swoop down on ths,t
misguided man nothing would be left
to tell the tale.''
LET him go!" cried Dingle, frantic
ally; II dare you to let him go!"
IA Harmony mani" howled the cit
liens, pushing angrily forward and
surrounding the diminutive person
with the glass eye.
"He must be spy!" roared a voice.
"string him up!" echoed another.
Lynch him! lynch him! lynch
him!" swelled the chorus.
"Stand back!" shouted Guy, shout
dering his way to Dingle's side.
"Get rope!" fumed the crowd,
''Next to Vlandingham he's the worss
enemy this town has got! Make an
example of him!'
Guy halted in front of Ding!e and
kept the crush back with his strong
arms.
eve must get him out of here,
Pedro," said Guy, breathlessly.- IF
we don't, some of these hot-heads
will get us all into trouble. Where
can we take him?''
'I've got a room upstairs that we
can lock him in," replied Pedro, and
the people, catching the last words.
voiced the fierce demand;
''Lock him up! Put him under lock-
and key until we decide what to do
with him!"
Il want to help you, Dingle," said
Guy, in the little mans ear. "Don't
be foolish, go with us and We'll do
what we can for you.''
Dingle was sullenly defiant, Tut he
yielded to Guy and Pedro and accom-
panied them into the hotel and up the
broad stairs leading to the second
floor, the crowd pushing and plung.
ing after them.
ITO Be Continued
Bandages and Red-Tape.
During the South African war Rud-
yard Kipling discovered, at Cape Town,
hospital without bandages, and in
desperate need of them. This, too,
was in a city where bandages were