Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-02-28


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 While on his way to the bungalow the following afternoon he met Munro accompanying q stranger big, blond, handsome fellow in q gray trayeling suit and soft hat. His face was plump and his brown beard close clipped, ant, though he realized that he was more or less in durance, his eyes were smil- ing.
 Munro called out, Rob, do you know this chap:'
 II do not
 Munro turned to his prisoner q thought you were lying.'
 l'he stranger remained untroubled. ''1 didn't say 1 knew MT. Raymond. merely said that I wanted you to take me to him. Mr. Raymond, am Wayne Peabody. an old time friend of Miss Rupert. Will you please explain to this knight of tie hills that am in nowise interested in his strike?"
 Raymond looked at him keenly. Sc this was the eastern lover-this fat. fair man. T think l have heard of you he began slowly.
 
 Louis arrival relieved the awkward ness of the moment. aIIello, MT. Pea body, how did you get here?'
 Peabody caught at the boys hand. Well, well, Louis, I'm glad to see you. You saved my life. How is Ann?"
 'Fine! You ought to see her work. Shes brown as oak. Come on. I'll take you to her. Gee, she'll be glad to see you,'
 As Peabody excused himself and made off, Munro, with a world of meaning in his voice, softly swore. Well. if I'd known that, I would have killed him and laid him away under a little rock. She turned me down fiat the other day, and it hurt. It hurts worse now that I've seen the other man. l really hoped you were the win ner'
 "She's out of our world, Jack,' re- piled Raymond. and large part of his resentment of Munros impertinence vanished with the knowledge that he was fellow sufferer in despair.
 Munro went on gravely: ''She had me going, sure thing Why, I stopped drinking-just as I told you I would and 1 cut off Claire Say, boy, that was severe job. She raised dust for day or two. but when the queen of heaven gave me my jolt I said, Wat the good!' and slipped into my old ways. Think of Us struttng around the parade ground in front of the seats x.ic int <O old Grant, and here we are! I'm polio ing mining camp, and you're paving dirt like woodchuck. What a fall is there, my brother""
 Raymond did not enjoy Munro's tone and changed the subject. What are you going to do now?''
 Munro ceased to laugh. 'I am going to cinch this whole camp little tight CT from this on. I'm going to turn back every nonunion miner. All you fellows who are friendly can go on working just the same, but your men must put themselves on record
 Raymond's face settled into stern lines. Jack, don't want to be mixed up in another mans fight. We are on good terms with our hands-they're a lot of cantankerous American citizens anyway and can't be coerced. l warn you not to monkey with our plant"
 Munro laughed. "I'll fight shy, old man, so far as I'm concerned but these dagoes and Poles are getting watch eyed, and if they stampede they'll run over somebody. You don't believe in me and my cowboys, but the time may come when you'll see that I'm about the only commander in this camp"
 'I see that now, Jack. That's why Pm talking to you. But you've start ed on a line of action that means war with organized society. You had no call to join those jackasses who ran Mackay out of camp. It was none O your funeral-had nothing to do with the question of wages
 Munro grinned. "He was such an ape"
 "Yes, but it started you wrong. Now. I don't know who blew up the shaft house, but if you do your best plan is to cut those outlaws out and turn them back to the authorities"
 "I don't know a thing Of course the union had nothing to do with it. It was done by few hotheads full of peaches. These mine owners have got to give up their nine hour scheme. We've got 'em dead to rights, for can drive every nonunion man out of camp if necessary, and my advice to you is. have your men march up and sign our rolls double quick"
 ''rhey can do as they please about that. I will bring no pressure to bear on them, but I'd like to ask you as friend not to make it any harder than you can help for Kelly & Raymond. We've got all we can stagger under now, and the worst thing that can hap pen to us is delay. We've opened our vein, and we're going to buy in our mine inside of six weeks if nothing prevents"
 Raymond walked on to his cabin