Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1902-03-10

|coPyRIGur, 1896, BY coNGREGATIoNAL =
AND SUNDAY SCHOOL PUBLISHING SOCIETY.
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stuart was standing by the doctors
Itcr, waiting for him to return, when
mann touched him on the arm. lie
'rlcd, ana there stood Eric. lie had
'n nearly all the way from Champion,
tt Stuart did not know that.
flric. cried Stuart.
III got here just in time to be Of no
|e. - said Eric gloomily. Then he add
with more feeling, you are not
r."
8 'No. There has been no disturbance.
bu'yc heard that the strike is declared
n; How did you come over?"
NcS, l heard the news quick enough.
Eamc ou foot. | will never trust a
bWd again. | thought | knew these
IN. would have sworn nothing
bid prevent their pulling up the
Mnps tonight That shows how little
pave really known them"
We thank the doctor for the way
ngs have turned. You never heard
II a talk as he gave the men,"
no, and you never will again." said
doctor as he came up and began to
lie Ajax. 1T was my first and will
my last on the stage. | wouldn't
ne gone UP this time only | wanted
tell the good for nothing lot Of them
lat fools they are. | seldom have
II chance to say so to as large
mbcr Of them at once. Come on.
ing back to Champion with me,
lart:'
wait n minute, DOCTOR" cried Stuart.
drew Eric off one side. Eric, you
he over on purpose to share the
bger with me. | know what it
Inns" Eric did not answer. You
not feeling the injustice of the men
yard you. Don't let it make You
ter. The cause is the same" Still
C was silent won't you 80 back
II us? The doctor can make ROOM"
No: I'll stay over here with some
ends. III be back tomorrow" Eric
lied as if with an effort.
tuart laid a hand on his shoulder
'ic," he said simply, Il love you"
ric chOkod. In the darkness n tear
ed down over his cheek. He turned
my and walked into the street, and
art went back to Champion with
doctor.
Eric takes it hard; his loss of in
nee over the men," said Stuart, with
Oh.
rut not your trust in the mob" re-
'd the doctor shortly.
'hen they drove back into the
ARE at Champion, the lights in the
Walton Army hall were shining out
Welcome. TO Stuart it seemed as if
old weather beaten building was
rihed. Whatever the outcome of
nights action on the part of the
lers, he felt that he had place il
love of one person, who, believing
him and his desire to be true to his
Their, would share with him the bur
and responsibility and privjleg
awaited them under this new turf
affairs. Between this man AM
man had now sprung up n mutua
II each in the other which mad
sible for them much of the grea
FIX that lay before them. Rhen
ed from that night when her love
led his life, as they both thought
the call of duty, n new and sacre
pect and attachment for him.
he next few days in Champion an
Mott were full Of excitement. TIL
n hocked back to the mines an
hered about the little offices of til
G captains up on the hills by I'll
inc houses. The Cleveland owner
as yet made no movement to Ope
again. The captains on the L
t ranges were waiting every hot
orders. Stuart was Independent 5
as his own action was cOncerne
true to his promise made so lOr
he at once posted notices that |
Id give all the men yet on the pa
of the Champion mines 50 da
week he had more applicants tina
could employ. He at once toe