The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07
STURDY M'QUlNN

10 dim In the ears or sturdy NC
IL Quinn. Not that it had stopped,
4,o hnzzing In his ears made 1t
YES M far away.
.s,, 10 vonderful almost human type
! HI ling machine at which ne sat- was
!, II t,on]ess. awaiting the lightning
~ oh NJ his fingers. So Is the great
M olv" horn each day to live and die
:. ore the setting of the sun.
81 he clamor Of the newsboys outside
!, inf that 1t was almost IL. time for
a. first edition. They had finished
IN S,r crap game and were jabbering in
~ nv KEYS and tongues. A motley
8 XIV indeed, like none since the Tower
he Babel.
., sturdy heaved sigh of relief as he
II. ished the last word of a long col
, I'm for the click CT the keys made
8, In nervous, for the first time In the
q anv wears he had been sitting at the
me machine.
He had done his work faithfully, but
NJ tessly, for a week past. Yes, 1t was
st q week tonight. How long week
ay seem when you must watch each
~ avn.
The foreman noticed this change and
yondered. Sturdy had been his right
and man through many years Of
Serye-racking work, never missing q
lay, and always willing to share the
Il burden Of his overweight chief.
al There was something SO reasSuring
m about this big mans calm voice; the
i NJ echo Of a self-reliant and resource
VIII ful nature.
tIe No one dreamed of assoclating senti-
ri ment with the homely, quiet type
noi setter, but Sturdy was in love.
In love, as only man of his shy, re-
mai served temperament can be; with
sh served temperament can be; with a
ami sleeping lees of his heart.
oh A week had passed since that mis-
+" cradle night when Mary had told him
ert they must part She didn't love him,
mi and never would, so 1t wasn't right
or for them to see each other any more.
AMI They were sitting on a bench In the
es park. How well he remembered every
m detail. The purr of the summer breeze
thI in the trees the stray curl that brushed
his cheek; the dainty hat, and pretty
ck muslin dress, and Mary's voice, almost
ID a sOb as she laid her hand on his
III broad, strong shoulder, and asked him
ST to forgive her for making him SO I'M
happy.
re- Was there any one else, he had ask
st ed? No, 1t was only her duty to him,
d for whom she cared so much, but not
n quite enough. Sturdy had taken the
blow silently, as all brave men meet
ID tate, but Mary had to almost lead him
n home, for this crumbling of tenderly
q cherished hopes had made the trees
U dance and the walk evade him. They
said goodbye at the gate, just as they
4 mad done many times a week for two
years.
Not that night nor the next, did
sturdy realize it was to be for always,
and that the little house he had Sc
cretly picked out, dreamed about and
worked for would never be "home,"
LOT nome meant only place where
mary would be waiting for him when
the day was over.
he bore the first two days patiently,
WIN a sort Of numb resolution, but
could stand it no longer. The third
evening he stole up and hid in the
SHADOW of some trees opposite her
mousse feeling like a thief, but thief
VINO steals because he is hungry.
he mad not long to wait before Mary
crossed the street, almost at his elbow,
pu' uld not notice the silent figure un-
oer the shadow Of the trees.
one stopped a moment to say good
ove TO girl friend. then went in and
quietly closed the door. Just then a
man passed, looked keenly at the ST.
iellt watcher, as If Interested in his
study or the little house opposite.
me dull routine Of the days work
uiu little to tighten Sturdys burden.
me Duzzing In his head grew worse
ana the Whir of the machinery harder
10 Dear. His nerves were overwrought
1ioh lack of sleep. Another day, was
a. Utmost done, hard, trying day, and
At was relief to go home and be quiet
Inc air tubes belched forth their last
oatcn of matter" generally ads
wnich came in late, and appear under
Tue head of TOO Late to Classify"
BUSY looking little. boys ran In all
directions, handing each man a. few
SIriDDled sheets. Sturdy absent1y tool
nis snare and began to play the KEY.
before him. '
PERSONAL---VERY. young lady II
mnIte dress, black hat, who parted
T Tllh friend last evening about 8, a
r.lh and Chestnut-sts., be at same cor
"1t THIS evening at 81 Admirer.
~ was unusually deserted the nex
evening out by Elm and Chestnut-sts
TAcept Tor dapper young man stand
n lug on the corner, gazing up at hous,
@eloSs the way. Suddenly. ma !,
p'ung from the earth, man gtepnet
Hp ana dealt him singing blow be
o o"een the eyes. 1t was an uneve,
t tpnn from the first, and in less tim,
euan II takes to tell It the dopno