The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-09-26

thin quick. Kate an Dilsey is out
with lot of wimin, an they are run
MIN wild. Mr.. Aldrich went down
with the new shift. Pa told him he
better watch things on top, but he
thought pa needed help. Now they are
goin' to git hold of the shafthouse an
when Mr.. Aldrich comes up with the
new men either drop the cage or rock
'em."
The doctors face had grown white
as the boy talked.
"The shift will come up at 6?" she
asked.
The boy nodded
"Come into the house. You must be
dried and fed. I will telephone the
police, but Bess and l will get there
half an hour ahead of them. Heaven
knows what we will do. but we will
do something or de- she half whis
pered.
"Now, go, Bessw she cried as she
sprang into the buggy.
AS she approached the little town she
could hear a swelling din of discordant
voices. She dashed through an alley
and came out in the street in front of
the shafthouSe. The women were
sweeping around the corner just below
her, fifteen or twenty of them. Their
tossing arms and distorted faces held
her second fascinated. Then her
brown eyes frightened mischievously,
and she wheeled the horse and cart di-
rectly in front of the bowling crowd.
"Kate Mcclure" she called, pointing
an accusing whip at her. Their mo-
mentum carried them nearly to the
cart. Then, as they could not conven-
iently climb it and the "darlin' doc
thor" was a person to respect anyway,
they stopped.
"What do you mean" she demanded
sternly. yelling around in this cold
rain? What do you think it will do for
your neuralgia: You will be crazy with
it. Your cheek is all swelled up now,
and your eye looks as though you had
broken a blood vessel. l knew wom
an once"-her voice grew deeply i'm
pressive-"whose eye burst, and she
didn't expose herself the way you are
doing either And YOU too. Dilsey, just
nicely over the smallpoX-do you know
what you will have? You will have
relapse
She fairly hurled the word at her,
and Dilsey received it with moan of
terror.
Holy mother, docthorw she walled.
"Do it be fatal?"
Kate had shut her mouth and was
whining softly, cuddling her face in
her damp shawl. She turned reproach-
fully to the women behind her.
"The docthor's right. This do be
sorry night for poor wimin cratures to
be out in, an We ought TO be ashamed.
Me heads crazy already wild the pain"
She came close to the buggy.
"Docthor DEAR do be givin me some
thin'." she entreated.
How many of you have vaccina-
tons that you'll be taking cold in? And
you. Jerusha-I thought you told me
you couldn't speak loud word?"
NO more | cam" croaked Jerusha
hoarsely.
go home, every one of you." she
waved imperiously You ought to be
ashamed, running around like lot of
lunatics. I'll come around presently
and give you something for that neu-
ralgia, Kate, and you dose, too Dill
sey."
Five minutes later there wasn't
woman in sight save the doctor.
She drove the trembling horse into
one of the sheds.
Poor old girlw she said. loosening
up the harness. II nearly killed you,
didn't -
There was sound of hurrying feet
and Mr. Aldrich came in breathlessly.
"Are YOU safe:" he cried
She gave him one quick glance, her
white chin and red lips set with becom-
ing gravity.
Il think | am" she replied, with a
mild note of inquiry, do you feel dan.
gerous:"
He strobe up to her and looked down
into the provoking face
"a man who faints when he is vacci-
mated is fit subject to be saved from
a mob of women, isn't he?" he ques-
toned. Don't think don't realize how
serious it was. | know you probably
saved me from a very unpleasant
death, but l wish you hadn't"
He searched her face an instant,
then suddenly drew her to him and
kissed almost roughly the derisive dim
pie that was Haunting at him.
Il have been tempted a hundred
times" he said defantly.
"And you were too-too stupid to-er
-fallw
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