Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-07

| Star and allied companies was called,
! olutions We're passed. Mackay was in
| structed to press his demands to the
full, Barnett naturally opposed con
| ference with the miners. Either they
| come to our terms or we close down
| the Mines he said 1T Is our cue to
| be firm in this demand"
| The sheriff. who had been invited to
| be present aud tell his tale, put in Il
| warming word.
"Gentlemen." said he, you're deal
| ing with a lot of free miners and pros.
| pectors-mcn who won't be driven and
| can't be scared. If it had been just n
case of ignorant dagoes | would have
| brought 'em down, but they've got lead
ers that you can't monkey with. When
| Hob Smith, Denver Dan and that devil
| Jack Munro met me with their holsters
| tied down threw up my hands. You
are from the eslst. where things are
| different. About onc-tllrd of the men
on the peak arc old prospectors and
free miners, and if they stay by the
proposition you've got TO take sneak
or put up the fight of The age"
1--WE stand pat" said Barnett, land
we shall insist on your arresting tho
men who assaulted MIR. Mackay.'
The sheriff made an elaborate bow.
Right you are, Mr.. Barnett, but III
want hundred deputies to do 1t with. =
ho
could, the sheriff collected and swore
in some ninety men, the boldest and
hardest to be found in all the towns
of the valley. They We're not sedatc
and considerable citizens, but they wero
brave, or at least reckless, and without
exception experienced wearers of guns.
They protested themselves quite able
and willing to bring down anybody In
the hills. After being armed and pro-
visioned they were to be sent round
by way of n railroad which was build
ing toward the camp from the south.
Barnett was heedful Of his words at
home and made light of the probable
opposition of the miners, but Louis,
with boys ability to discern what
was going on, soon acquired pretty
clear idea Of the plan, and when Ann
asked him not to return to the heights
on Monday he was ominously calm,
but asserted his right to go where he
pleased.
"Rob wants me and needs me, and
I'm going. You can put me in Jail, but
that is the only way. If there is going
to be war, l am going to be in it, and
I'm going to be on the side Of the
miners"
Ann wrote swift and fervent note
to Raymond:
/ am trusting Louis to your care be-
cause he will not stay. You have won
his heart from us, and we are powerless
to prevent his return. Guard him. for the
sake Of his boyish sweetness, for my
sake.
She wrote no further, for as her
mind dwelt upon that camp Of ruttian
miners and their desire for battle bit
ter resolution swept over her. II will
test his love for me-" With cold inten-
sity she announced her purpose. III
you insist on going back to that camp
1 shall go too"
"You must not co. said Louis. cts
no place for you
at is no place for you.''
He asserted himself again. II can
take care Of myself"
'Mr. Raymond has asked me to keep
you here" She went to him and put
her arm about his neck. "Stay with
me, laddie. l am missing you these
days"
In the end she seemed to prevail, but
she took no pleasure in her victory, for
he went about the house like a young
eagle pinioned. Nothing save the news
of the camp interested him, and when
the time came for the sheriff to start on
his new raid he became greatly ex-
cited
There's going to be battle" he said
to Ann. "I'm going"
mo, nor she pleaded.
He turned upon her with a resentful