The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-17
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4 void lukk1n man wild dllrlnk in is face
an on is breadth, but wild sober terror
|, in is eyes, come a rushin up, CALM
F'r Gods sake come quick. Tom Sulli-
vans murderin' tn tinsnint'
Down tn sthreet Rafferty, run, his
heart turnin' cowld insoide av his over
coat. In front 'av the tinimint door VIM
min was screamin,' and tn min fell
back afore tn blue av ris UNIFORM. He's
crazzy dhrunk wild a pistol they yelled
as Rafferty, leapt past, but tn bye didn't
hear him. He didn't even have his revol-
yer out. He was thinkin' av Name
Name Sullivan alone on tn top floor wild
a rum-crazed brother.
Up stairs he whit, three steps ut a
tonne, an" thur was just one long wom-
mans scream L guide i'm. ITS fearful
thing [ hear a womma1 scream in terror
fr her loife-a cry av bodily pain is
nuthin' [ ut. But uts death an suddin'
Insanity t hear thut scream firm tn
womman ye love The Sullivans' door
was open. He cud see thut firm below.
1T tn fourth landin' he tramped on
Names mother, whinin' and shiverin' in
haDe on tn first stair. TITS Tom she
moaned as he passed her. TITS Tom
an we've brokin' me ribs wild y'r heavy
heels. But Rafferty, cud not be mindin'
av her thin.
Thin a bullut cut tn wall besoide him.
An thur was more scream firm Name
Don't, Tommie dear. Don't Tommie
dear he cud hear her pleadin' An his
fate samed loike lead. Yet he was only
a bit av second in reachin' tn top. An
yen marry tn blue coat blayguard an
lave yer own kin FIR a sneakin' p.lice-
man" Ut was Toms voice, thick wild
drink an rage. III kill we first, be
God
Thin Name screamed no more. Raj
ferty remimered afteher how brave n
quiet her words come & i'm ut tn last
landin'. L love i'm. All, Tommie dear,
| love i'm she says loike she was talkin
{ hersilf. There's a dale of bravery hid
dun away in a woman's heart along wild
tn love av man. An Rafferty, was just
in tonne t catch her as she fell wild her
back t i'm. Toms bulIut h'd sthrlIck her
breast and knocked her over, wild tn
blood dyein' Rafferty's UNIFORM.
she knew i'm. Rafferty, said. FIR al
though her eyes was closin' she chung
toight t i'm an smiled loike. an whis-
purs, Be New Years dsrlin. Be New
Years. Thin she turned an made as if t
go t shape in is arrums. But just afore
she wint. she lukKed up at i'm an says,
Don't take Tom-be New Years darlin'.'
An dthin Rafferty, said, she was fast
aslape
''Tur they was-the girrul dead in is
arrums, wild Mrs. Sullivan whn'n' ut tn
bottum av tn stairs, an Tom cowld sober
now. wild his smokin' revolver in his hand
4 did ut says Tom. an>he throws the
pistol on tn floor an says in tn first
sober breath he'd drawn FIR wake, IN
go wild We quiet There tint no more
bulluts or I'd end ut here. Let thin put
me in tn chair quick. Name, Mamer
An he fell on is knees an kissed one av'
TIL lttul hands thut was hangin so still
But Rafferty, nivir notised him except t
say. 1 can't send We TO TIL chair Tom
Sullivan. She swore me afore she whit
She swore me, but Godll dale wild We as
We have dealt with her an me-
"Whin tn ambulance. dochtor come
thur was Rafferty, still standin wild Name
in his arruTa. and Mrs. Sullivan calm
firm below, ITS Tom. an we've brokin
me ribs wild yer heavy heels But Tom
was gone. She's dead says III docthor.
Quote dead. 1t must have been instan-
taneyous.
{" 'Ye lie,' says Rafferty, An wild that
he knocked tn docthor down tn stairs |
whur he fetched up wild a brokin leg !
4 n they TUX thin both to til hospital in
tn same ambulance, Rafferty, ravin' in a
strait jackut an shoutin'. BE New
Years, darlin'. Be New Years. The
dochtor was a rare bred wan. fr he set !
his own leg wild n shingle before tn am
bylance I'd got t Twinty-sixth Sthreet.
an whin they We're lusin' Rafferty, off t
tn insane pavilyun. he sings out to tn
Handle him aisy, byes, FIR he's !
had a dale av throuble this day Ut was
months afore Rafferty, come back firm
Wards Islam"
Carney stuffed his charred OIL. briar full /
from the pouch / handed him.
Thurs a bit t come" he said "Whin /
Rafferty, left tn hispital he whit back on
post agin, FIR man must wOrruk f'r mis- /
bread an butter. An he was much TIL /
same except fr a queer LUX av the eye 1
an lack av talkin thut was new [ i'm. /
Rafferty, was onct one av tn best av the 4
in tn stashun TIL min /
wud ave cheered him n bit. but ut was I
no use an they let him alone afther /
whole. An he come and wint, an his 1
record fr artists in TIN Kitchin was many /
an frequint. an tn captain Civ him a /
good worrud fr ut. Rafferty, lukked at /
i'm an whit back on post again wild not |
SO much as a Thank ye
Name was buried out at CalvsrysTh' /
stashun house had seen t ut whin Raffer- /
y was in TIL hospital. Mrs. Sullivan had /
nuthin' fr tn buryin'. She was teary |
1l soul and as helpless as a choild Wild /
Name gone. The naybors done FIR her fr
a whole. But she til dhrink i'm her
was whur ToE got ut-an' six (
wakes afther they laid Name away she
vas sint t Blachwell's firm Yorkvi!le
,oort, an thut was tn end av her.
Things went on till ut was most tonne
r another Christmas an aonther New
Years. An | was watchin' Rafferty, care
'ui thin days, fr whin remimberin' tonne.
,omes I lad ut is III hardest t get over
vid. Christmas Eve he was pathrolin Ut
h ind az is beat an VI was near / re-
iSNlh t'i4iit- AA' Vas SNaAiui'a 'ii N4 WI
Ter av tn sthreet-Mame' sthreet-wh.n
le seen a man slouch!n along In tn shad
,ws. IT was tn wretched ghost az Il
nan. an Re was senakin as if his life de-
,irded upon kapin' in tn dusk az tn
houses. Rafferty, thought maybe he was
sfther no good. 50 he followed.
Down tn sthreet tn man whit. Rarfer-
Y just benin an slippiH' quiet on IS cork
ioles in IN snow; past Galatians. whur
h 'longshorcman was dhrinkin' and sing
n. lis no pleasant hearin'-a longshcre-