Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1906-02-24
END OF THE STRIKE.

with all the foreign labor rotIn9 III Il
desperate strike Madeline Reynolds had
thought of them all, too. The greatest
was possible harm to her husband, which
took many awful forms.
In this great fear. her pretty womany
fears had sunk out OF sight. That was
Iprobably why She had neglected pulling
! the curtain low enough to shut out all
sight of the room in which she sat. Red
shades are cosy things, 50 are open fires.
and the rocking chair that Robert had
given her on Christmas was cosiest of all.
Bending forward she pulled basket to-
wards her, picking out a multitude of
small garments. She folded them slowly
| in piles. until she came to something par
TALLY finished Slipping on her thimble,
she threaded needle with dcft fingers,
and rocking placidly to and fro proceeded
to put the finishing stitches to Il baby's
dainty dress.
All the time between the curtain and
the window sill there lmked a horror i'll
human form. A beard that has grown un-
needed for weeks, especially if it be black
at midnight, will add an almost inhuman
ferocity to a mans face.
He watched because he had nothing else
to do while he waited. Two other half
starved human beings would Join in about
fifteen minutes. The volley that broke
forth in the east valley seemed to him to
be right on top of l1ector's biggest fac
tory. This only caused him to shift his
position TO ease his stificning knees and
to take a look towards the east to see if
lit meant a fire.
When he looked back the woman stood
somewhere in the middle of the room the
tiny white thing at her feet unheedcd
Suddenly she dropped on her knees by
the side of wellWorn arm chair, pulled
1.-THE smoking Jacket that had been folded
on its top downward towards her with
q wild, fierce gesture, buried her face in
it, and shook
It came TO the man who watched he-
tween rne curtain and the window sill,
that after all these people could feel But
Reynolds was lucky man, nothing ever
hurt him. The two or three attempts
that had been made directly against him
had been turned as il by direct interces-
sion OF an unseen power Didn't she
know that? He shrugged his shoulders
YEARLY. What did he care? Pretty soon
he would see two dark forms stealing
through the bushes and one would carry
Il bag from which strong oily smell
would strike on the nostrils
All that's the smell for them! She'll
feel then what it means to be homeless.
thrown out into the cold" The thought
that had given birth to many plan
seemed somehow dulled of its significance
i'll the light from the coscy room.
The woman hurried away suddenly.
al / ha 4,
She gone? 1t couldn't matter ANYHOW.
with another weary shrug of the shout
dcrs.
When the door opened She was not
alone. \ young girl with shawl of the
vivid stripes loved by his compatriots
followed her mo the room with certain
familiarity in her surroundings that
reused something OF wonder in the mans
lraIn.
Madeline pulled chair toward the Girl.
Il had TO rum she said when she had
caught her breath, They are wild to-
night and they lmk everywhere" But
neither glanced toward the raised curtain.
Il feared YOU would not come tonight.
Marie. the woman said is She leaned
against the mantel heavily. Every word
reached the man who watched. for the
window frames of old houses shrink with
! age and cold even as do human frames
| He knew the GIRL too He had .co,,lod
with the surprise of it when She turned
her face toward the window. Marie
hcre!"
But they we're talking again. Il have
the basket ready. Marie. il is the biggest
one ! put in everything except some
thing for Robert, sumner and oI,,, lrnal..
fast 1t ought to last for day or two"
Il viii see that it does. never fear. /
discover it to them by bits. The children
never think. and father She SHRUGGED
her shoulders SADLY. So This WA, vbore
little mother" got the food thar bad
reused only vague wonder in hi, brain.