The evening Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1902-1902, 1902-08-16
THE UPRIGHT
E0US REDEEMED.
BY LOUIS HONIG,

| p'loA5tli aiu HIS p1ly SlcNl courage
made him rough customer, DRUM
or sober, and when in the former
state his quarrelsome disposition
transformed the man into a frea
physical danger and menace tt
friend or foe.
The men had been Eaid off and ;
party Of them started to Johnstowr
to revel in the amusements and
pleasures which the town offered.
Jack Darrell, who despite his brutal
ity had streak of generosity in his
makeup, went through with his
weekly earnings in rather rapid
fashion. Hard liquor took most of
it. By the time he had changed
his last dollar bill he was in no
state for friendly companionship.
All that was needed to provoke his
violent disposition was a contralic-
ton from any one of the men who
had handed together to help swell
the Golfers of the saloonkeepers.
The contradiction came in due time.
The group of miners were standing
out ID front Of one OF the most popu
lar of the saloons, arguing on the rel
ative pugilistic merits ct Two OF the
young men in barrels shift. Darrell
had his own opinion and emphasized
1t by a loud declaration that it would
knock the head off Of the man who
dared say he was liar Not men,
Der of Darrell's party, but standing
close by on the. curb was a young,
clean staven boy, whose appearance
suggested the age Of twenty. lie
had a sneering expression on his face
while Darrell was INDUCING in this
round Of threats, but he did not enter
into the general, loud voiced discus
SIGN.
Darrell looking up caught quick
view of the sinister, mocking eyes Of
the going man and calculated, all
the time pointing his tinger mena-
clngly: Yes, you, too, Can / do any
thing for you. my pretty boy?"
i. The boy addressed said nothing, but
prepared hitnselt for the worst. The
reputation of Jack Darrell, had not
passed through every nook and corner
OF the mining town for nothing. The
name that bred terror TO so many
bad some little effect upon this young
man, who, while he did not hold him
self a'oof from his daily associates in
tic mines never was one OF them in
spirit or panionS!lip. His silence
was torcl--Lo barrels intIamab!e
temper and without another word the
bully of the camp began hostili.
ties.
A fight was too good a thing 10 be
stopped in It's very beginning, so the
men formed IL circle aud allowed the
man with saperhuman strength and
the wcl-made and courageous lad to
battle it out. barrels strength wal
pitted against a combination Of youth
skill and courage. Many q hard
knoc' did both the lad and his older
antas onIst receive before the fight
came to an end. A, the time 1t was
abruptly stopped Darrell was all but
tot'eriny on his legs aud ready to
to exhaustion and the loss
OF blood. Ills vanGuisher was much
cut up about the face and head, but
was still strong ard undaunted.
1t was a Young woman who put !
the check on ths pugi Istic VIOLENCE !
aud gave Darrell the chance to say
to his friends that the boy had no.,
beat him entirely. She was on her |
way home when She heard the noise
aud fury Of the fight and the frcnzied
OF the human ring sur.
rounding the lighters. 10 her great
terror she recognzrd in the blood.
stained face Of the young man her he
trothed, Jim BALDWIN. unmlntlful
IF place or danger she rushed in tc-
lween the men, and cinging 80 Jim
Baldwin she forced him to quit then
lnd there. The crowd became silent
md awed at the presence OF the girl
and allowed her to lead the Young
victor away without word.
~ course, the camp knew that
Darrell had beeu worstel, but no in
lividual miner would dare taunt
Inn with the fact. Darrei went about
among his friends with the same
buster and boastag. The light was
understood to be a thing not 10 he
mentioned in polite camp society.
For three days after it happend and
lts men had returned to the mines
Darrell was in II state OF bcstial in.
oxIcat'on. Always looking for
onb!e and usually finding It. The
HIN day he was eady to 20 back 10
lis work and notified the uoss Of his
n entiOnS
But Darrell never went back to his
Id place. While lettering about The
lice of the mine he saw a man rush
alto the man ayers room, and then
hree Or four men, their faces pate
nd their lips trembling as they
poke. rush out again In the dlrec
ion VI the mine entrance. "Fire-
amp" ''imprisoned miners" were
he words he heard, and they were
Ords the import Of which he well
new, for once in the old days when
e had care Of himself, he too was
npr soned and rescued at moment
II last supense.
1.-Two hundred of them; and they
I'll all die like rats in trap, l know,
. muttered. "GuessIll 20 over
'ere, anyway, and see what's dom. r.
When Darrell arrived at the
line entrance he found everything
turmoil and confusion. But one
ling he plainly noticed was that
'me of the men who were lucky
lough to be out of the mine at the
me were preparing for a decent
a rescuing party.
Say, boss" said Darrell, guess
Ill don't mind IL l 90 dn,rn with