The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-08-04

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OF fashion He looked something like
a sport. And this man was doing moth
ing more nor less than smiling m;o the
face OF a pretty woman, young and very
| attractive, who sat across the way,
Every time she met his glance she
slightly flushed, but the young man kept
on smiling.
7 his young man was Mr. ]. Warner
Trevelyan, but to Mr.. Andruss he was
unknown.
Andruss, in order to make no mistake,
watched his operations for few mo-
mcnts; the fellow was persistent he
waited until the young woman looked
once more in his direction, and then he
boldly winked at her The young woman.
aware that Alr Andruss and others in
the car were watching her, flushed TIP
again. Mr. Andruss moved step nearer
to the scene of operations. Then he
breathed sigh of relief. For in con-
spicuous place upon the woman's dress
was the beautiful button OF Promoters
Of Propriety. This meant that the young
woman resented the familiarity OF the
man across the way and that she was III
need OF help. And Mr.. Andruss was
ready 10 give it He stepped up to the
young man and regarded him sternly
The Young man did not seem to see him.
Instead, he kept his eyes fastened upon
the girl across the way.
Sir exclaimed Mr.. Andruss sternly,
you're a scoundrel!'
Mr.. J. Warner Trevelyan shifted the
air. Then he turned aside his head.
Such lot of drunks on the cars nova
| days" he murmured to the man next
to him. The man next to him, who did
not care to be mixed up in anything,
failed to make reply.
Mr.. Trevelyan threw back his over
coat somewhat carelessly. AS he did so
Mr.. Andruss gasped with astonishment,
For there, displayed upon the lapel Of
the young masher was another button
of the anti-mashers. Mr.. Andruss' I'M
patience then knew no bounds. For the
young gentleman, boldly displaying this
button to advantage and utterly ignoring
Mr.. Andruss, again winked upon the
young lady and slightly motioned with
his head.
"You-you-you hypocrite,' yelled Mr..
Andruss, advancing in a rage upon the
young man and tearing from his coat
the button; you ungodly scoundrel-
fiend in human shape Then and there
he set upon and beat the young man
about the head, and Immediately there
was a furore in the car Of the most ex-
citing kind.
The Young man, whose hat had been
knocked off but who otherwise had been
uninjured, Immediately jumped to re-
gain his headgear, and in that unguarded
moment Andruss was again upon him.
The young man was peaceably inclined,
but Andruss was not.
"You-you loafer!' he shouted to the
other.
If you weren't drunk replied the
young man calmly, I'D knock you
down" Andruss was not drunk, and the
passengers who knew him knew that he
was not Andruss therefore called upon
the citizens for aid The citizens, many
| of them members of the society, started
in to render it. But the young man was
| able to large extent to take care OF
himself. He parred blows and tripped
up men with wonderful impartiality. He
seemed to enjoy the thing. But they
were too much for him. Finally he had
to yield. They pushed him up into the
corner of the car, and half dozen men
seized him.
As they hustled him out Of the car he
shouted out to somebody in loud voice.
But the crowd never needed his cries.
They hauled him out and down the
steps, and the car went on.
As it went on. the young lady, who
had been in great state of excitement,
| now burst into tears and uttered lnco-
herent things.
As for Trevelyan, he was locked up
overnight, and every anti-masher and
promoter of propriety promised to be on
hand to prosecute him in the morning.
"You fellows will be sorry over this,
he said, as he was led downstairs.
The next morning Andruss and his
followers were all on hand. As this was
a very fragrant case, Andruss on his
way down had called upon the Rev
Jonathan Boggs, new clergyman in the
city, who was interested in the move
ment. Mr.. Boggs' sermons were always
up to date. and Mr.. Andruss knew he
would be glad of the opportunity to be