Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-08-02

MIR. AndTuss would have called hend
in human shape. This fend was hand
some young man, dressed in the height
of fashion He looked something like
sport. And this man was doing moth
ing more nor less than smiling into 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.
This young man was Mr.. J. Warner
Trevelyan, but to Mr.. Andruss he was
unknown.
Andruss, in order to make no mistake,
watched his operations for a few mo-
ments; 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 Mr.. 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 a 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 in
need of help. And Mr.. Andruss was
ready to 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 scoundrel!"
Mr.. J. Warner Trevelyan shifted the
air. Then he turned aside his head.
"Such lot of DRINKS 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 establishment.
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 rage upon the
young man and tearing from his coat
the button; you ungodly scoundrel-
fiend in human SHAPED" Then and there
he set upon and beat the young man
about the head, and Immediately there
was 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 loaferP' 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 70 a large extent to take care of
himself. He parried blows and tripped
up men VIII wonderful impartiality. He
seemed to enjoy the thing. But they
were too much Tor 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 a great state of excitement,
now burst into tears and uttered inco-
herent things.
As for Trevelyan, he was locked up
overnight, and every anti-masher and
promoter of propriety promised to be IN
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
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