Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-09-28

sent word by Louis that i'm
= n portant work in the mine de.
tanned him, and the girl was hurt by
the neglect. 1t was not cheerful 60
ing at best, for Mrs. Kelly was broken
hearted and frankly pessimistic.
You'll never come back" she said.
you'll forget the Kellys-you'll forget
you ever lived in & log hut and swept
foors"
why, Nora, I'm only going to Valley
Springs. Maybe Ill come back, and
soon."
"You say so, but you are going far.
| have two eyes, and can see You've
broken Rob's heart too. I know why
he isn't here this morning-he couldn't
bear to see you go, and no more can t.
The tears came to AIMS eyes. Never
had such sincerity, such directness of
affection, touched her. "I'll come back.
! promise you I'll come back unless
you come to the Springs to live"
"Come backw shouted Kelly, who
had entered the door. "Why, sure
thing! She can't keep away. Dye
think Louis is going to leave the peak
Not for long. He has just been telling
me when to expect him." Somehow
Kelly's tone helped Ann as well as
Nora.
II am not going back to New York
till spring." -
LET me tell you something" Kelly
resumed, with ponderous effort at be-
ing confidential. your Wall street
lawyer is all right. He's a man of
substance, but Rob is going to sluice
stream of gold out O. this hill that'll
make the lawyer chap look like worn
dime"
They reached the Springs without ac-
cldent, and were greeted as If they had
escaped from robbers cave. Mrs.
Barnett and her friends were all great
" excited over the events Of the high
country, which had been distorted,
magnifled by the shadows OF the
clouds, till they were of the most mon
strous proportions. Munro was already
a bogy-a sort of cowboy Napoleon
and Ann laughed at the questions hurl-
cd at her head by the Barnetts when
they found she had known and liked
the captain Of the patrol.
"Not at ALL" she replied. II found
him very amusing. No, he was not
drunk, and never saw any weapons
upon him. Mr.. Raymond considers
him a dangerous force because Of his
zeal to serve the miners Yes, it is
true that Mr.. Raymond is the leader Of
the free miners and that he and Mr.
Munro are friends. Yes, Kelly and
Raymond have made q strike. but they
are unable to get the men they need to
work their mine"
Barnett came home looking hard and
worn, quite unlike his jovial self, but
he greeted Ann warmly. 81 am glad
to see you here. l want to know all
about things up there. Where is Pea
body?"
Mrs. Barnett replied: Dressing for
dinner. Hurry, Don; you're late"
After he left them Ann remarked to
Mrs, Barnett, 'He looks worried"
A"He is worried to death, He insists
on trying to be the head and front Of
this citizens committee OF safety. He's
chairman Of it and is away all hours
of the day and night. Do you know
the whole city is patrolled?"
"Patrolled! What for?"
$50 that the miners cannot come
rushing down here some night and
burn us all up
This amused Ann. "How silly! Why
should they do that?"
Because we mine owners live here.
It is not laughing matter to US.
Word has come to us through reliable
sources that your nice friend Munro
has planned raid, and every young
man in the town has been enrolled in
the home guatd..''
Ann laughed outright at this. "Jean-
nette. you people have been eating too
much lobster salad and ice cream.
You're all suffering from nightmare.
There isn't word of truth in what
you've been saying"
When Don came down she continued
to mock, and all through dinner she
perversely defended Munro and listen
ed to Barnett's boastings of what they
were going to do to open their mines
with entire lack Of sympathy.
81 don't pretend to comprehend what
you men call business" she said, "but
1t seems to me that rather than waste
millions on useless war ! would al
low the miners q few more cents pay
Just as a matter of economy"
'But it's the principle of the thing.
We don't intend to be dictated to by
these red neckers' They must come
to our terms. I've been deceived in
Rob. He and Kelly are playing two
faced game with us"
II beg your pardon, they are not"
she hotly answered. 'They are doing
Just what you ought to do. They're
paying their men good wages and
treating them properly"
Peabody put in word. IF l might
venture, / don't know thing about 1t
except what Munro and Raymond told
me, but it seems to me Ann is right.
As understand it, these chaps are con-
tending that in making this change
from three shifts Of eight hours each
you shouldn't lay off lot Of men and
put the rest On two Shifts Of nine hours
each at eight hours pay, Isn't that it?'
"Well, yes; but, you see, it's really a
new system altogether"
"But in the change you don't intend
to accidentally pay 30 cents or 80 cents
or whatever it may be for that extra
hour?"
'The pay for days work will re.