Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-24

| Faint as it was, the girl heard his cry
and hurried to his side.
Eyes, I'm here, laddie. What do you
want? How do you feelt'
'My head aches so. can't breathe
good He moaned. .Oh. dear, I'm so
hot" The voice of his anguish stung
Ann to the soul. With n sign to Nora.
commanding silence. she closed the
door in the hope that no sound from
the burning mine would penetrate to
the bedside.
Nora hurried back to her cabin, while
Braide dropped some helpful drug upon
the boys tongue When his patient had
grown quiet the young physician said:
IF YOU are not afraid. | will so down
Some one may be hurt and my help re-
qured"
go. I an not afraid" she com
manded. only remember your first
duty is here.
Il do not forget that" he answered.
But even as lie was collecting his outer
clothing ana his jnedicnes Raymond
fiung the door open and entered. His
hands were biackoned and bleeding,
his head Was bare, and OF his face was
a look that thrilled the girl Doctor.
three wounded men are coming up the
hill. They must he made comfortable.
= mn, you would better 50 back to kel-
ly's. These victims mist be sheltered
here, and they are not pleasant to see.'
Ann felt herself diminishing in pow
err and Importance as he spoke. His
voice came from the mans world
harsh, infexible-b she uttered pro-
test-"Lo,lis!'
His face softened and his hand went
to his brow. II forgot; you are right;
we must not endanger him. l will have
the men taken to the other cabin"
Are the men in the mine all dead?"
1--WE can't tell The engineer and
some of the men on the dump were
warned and ESCAPED. The rest are be-
low and out OF our reach. We are
working desperately to subdue the
flames. but we are almost helpless for
lack of water"
ut is horiible"'
LIS NOlSC Noo WY IhiSs 60 AAS ooA>st
Munro shall answer for this''
Ibid he do it,"
"He did not prevent it," He lifted
his eyes to the sky. ut will soon be
light, and then we can see to work"
He turned to leave without further
explanation, but Ann called to him,
"Send us word when you can, won't
your"
..As soon as we know the men are
alive 1 will come and tell you," he
promised.
AS she watched and waited the day
came lesurely, laggardly, over the
hills and swarms of excited men and
slattern women poured from their
shacks and tents and holes in the rocks
to acquire in detail the news of this
midnight assault on the leaders of the
independents. To do them justice, even
the most virulent unionists were for
the moment moved to sympathetic de-
unciation. The destruction of proper
ty was one thing, the murder of work
men quite another AS for the crews
of the nonpartisans, they were ready ut
the word of a leader to search out and
lynch those who laid the train and
fired the fuse, but to all Of these Ray
mond gave the same word of COM
mand. "Save the men below"
On the heels of this tumult, as if to
pile Pelion on Ossa, messengers came
shouting through the sunrise: "The
deputies have come! The sheriff's
army is camped on the park!'
Instantly the throng Of idle sight
seers swept back toward the town,
leaving not so much as a word of well
wishing to stand in their places. The
ruin of the Kelly mine became a small
thing to them, now that the real battle
was on.
'Where is Jack Munro?" timorous
people asked. where are the We
dettes?' No one seemed to know, and
the officers of the union We're in
panic.
The sheriff had, indeed, stolen