Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-07
Love That WasTrue
a Story OF the Big Strike In San
Francisco

line Market street that great
! types Which a a Ma tse Observer T
to the. mar who sat perchsd upon the
seat of heavy dray standing close to
servations. lacked Immediate interest. for
Were oceupyin neh hT mind nf int te n
one in the garb of a laboring man would
crowd and. Catching n sight ato OF the '1 occn e
pant of the dray seat. would scowl. and
eined would aoaDI surs abuse him 80 and
make dire threats. Howevsr- the indi-
gave no evidence. of the fact. but sat
n the time Of .fSe big n Strike. in fhe
fall of the year 1901 when factional strife
ience. even bioodshed. We're OF daily oc-
eurrenee, those whose calling brought
hardened to their peril.
To the man the dray seat these
thing that really mattered was that some
where away down beyond the southern
girl. with blue eyes and sunny hair. and
would bear to her the tidings that Mr..
rated from his worldly wealth. considered
that he could no. longer expect her to
blow had been so sudden. and the run.
of his fortunes SO complete that it had
stunned him. but when he realized fully
the aspect of his affairs he had lost no
time in releasing his fiancee from her en-
gagement. And this was the hardest blow
folly of even dreaming that this girl
raised in the lap of luxury, and above
ALL the daughter of Col. Marshall. with
all his wealth and power. could or would
consent to share his life as it now lay be-
fore him For however cordial the col
man of wealth. his attitude would no
doubt be greatly altered toward the same
gentleman pennies And SO Mr.. Weth-
ly known Dick }. who had been in
man PAGES d ana rissed many perils for
some ready cash. doing duty. along with
i many another young fellow 9. Of good fam.
detailed to guard the drivers and. the
stripe. Even as he sst there ar Reom ih
thinking. with the star of authority
shirt. Madeline Was OF no 'S DOUBT q rea aa
his letter, and probably thanking her
rather than later on
pied veranda of his country place, raised
his eyes from the morning paper which
daughter. who was coming slowly up
the walk; with her eyes intent upon a
ing gown of white with a wide sombrero
resting on her fair hair. Madeline justi-
the colonei's face AS She came slowly
UP, the steps. still intent on her letter. the
in int the &c city. he said I'm glad that
sa1e sSey Sone T ner s sna s6ne
made him regard her curiously. Come,
come" he said, sharply, ''one would think
you had personal interest in the affair."
Without a word she handed him the
letter at the same time taking a1dng up the
head. appeared the startling news of the
Special officers Set Upon by Mob of
Strikers and Compelled to Shoot in Self
eount Of how t1o Of the men had n been
set upon by a crowd of roughs as they
forced
fend themselves with their revolvers.
her breath came fast, and she nervously
clutched the paper, but when she came
the AFFAIR, She breathed a sigh of relief;
nowhere was the name of Wetheren
The colonel finished the letter and
looked up at his daughter with a twinkle Sl
what are you going to do about it,"
His daughter looked at him an * ,,E
oh. l must see him.
Her father stirred uneasily in lbs chair
Surely, Madeline" he said, you are not
She had sunk on her knees by his side,
chair, while her dimpled cnIn reposed
upon her clasped hands .Daddy.r she
pomattox didn mother come to your?
demonstrated Col. Marshall.
mo, not wounded, but in trouble, she
corrected softly, land he thinks L don't
She rose and placed her arms about her
fathers neck
DO take me to him. she begged
An hour later they boarded a train for
the city
Those passengers the in-bounded
Monterey express whose necessity or
choice induced them to board the Thlrd
street car on leaving the depot late that
afternoon We're treated to an experience
that few of them We're likely to forget
couple of drummers exchanged W1nks ana
glances of admiration at the sight of a
very pretty girl, clad in the most modish
of taiiormades, and instantly relinquished
their sea is on the forward dummy TO her,
and the MISUNDERSTANDING gentleman,
with snow,white imperial and mintary
car proceeded up the street 1T passed by
long procession of trucks, drays and wag-
posite direction to ma AXE their shipments
of freigh. at the railroad. Alert and
watchful each seat beside the driver
of the wagon reposed the ofncer, regular
or special, who guarded him. To the
regular police the passengers paid no at
tention, but many comments were made
they were a fine set of men The major
ity, young, fine appearing specimens of
American manhood bearing on each sun
burnt countenance the seal of strenuous
bearing something of the resolute char
acter that lay beneath the surface Tru-
ly their appearance gave the lie direct
to that scurrfous daily sheet which de
scribed then "a band of the worst
murderers. thugs clltthroats and thieves
west of the Mississippi
AS the car proceeded farther the line
of drays thinned out, till for almost two
blocks none had been passed Then in
the distance a wagon appeared. coming
slowly along. under heavy load of mer-
chandise- To avoid approaching
from behind the driver tried pull
across the tracks. when one of his horses.
to the ground The girl the car. peer
ing ahead through the glass front of the