Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-06-11
A THOROUGH VICTORY.

| Inc ldHuloIus oppoSeu Hlnl do d WiCcheA
and robber. The politicians looked upon
him as an intruder and medder. lie
rather liked this opposition 1t devel
oped his fighting resources.
One day Laura Edwards passed an
angry man on the stairway. She knew
he was angry by his mutterings and his
heavy tread and his fiery face.
did you inst have GALLERY" she
asked Allan.
He laughed
yes. That was the great McCool"
'The boss!"
Eyes. He came here to have it out
with me He warned me to keep off
the grass. He even used threats
The girls face suddenly grew pale.
"You mustn't be rash," she said. Then
she hastily added, "The league can't
spare such a valuable official"
He laughed again.
THE great McCool is good deal of
a buffer" he said. Besides, l fancy /
have trimmed his fangs."
''How?"
"There is a certain man who feels in
debted to me. / have helped him at
times helped him when his need was
urgent In some way he has come into
possession of certain facts regarding the
great AcCool, facts which are not to
that eminent politicians credit. l used
a little of this material in my talk with
him, and he straightwav collapsed In
fact. | don't expect he will trouble us
again"
why that's splendid" Laura cried
''He was such stumbling block"
| Allan olowpd at this praise
And | have more good news for you"
he said. q am to have an interview on
Thursday morning with the dreadful
Crimmins 1t is the first time he has
consented to see me-"
BE careful" said Laura. HE is called
a revengeful man. May | come on
Thursday afternoon and hear the result
of the meetingf' :
| 'NIay you Gomez" echoed Allan. Il
shall feel much hurt if you fail to
Gomez
When Laura entered the office of the
league that Thursday afternoon, Allan
was sitting at his desk with bandage
about his head.
She gave little gasp.
! "Wh-what has happened?" she cried.
He turned about with a quick smile.
Nothing serious" he answered.
Merely bump with Mr. Crimmins'
compliments"
Tell me about it,"
"There is little to tell" Allan an
swered "After Mr. Crimmins presumed
upon our brief acquaintance by handing
me this souvenir, the discussion became
absorbing. 1t ended in my favor. Mr.
Crimmins seemed to accept his defeat
with a poor grace. This obliged me to
use an argument that | had hoped to
hold in reserve"
What was the argument?"
1t was based upon my ability and
willingness to hunt up Mr. Crimmins
at any time and beat him to a FRAGILE
if he persisted in annoying us"
Laura was a little Mortified and yet
could not help smiling.
And what was the result of this
heroic form of persuasion?"
"The wreckers will begin to demolish
the Crimmins tenements next Monday
morning"
splendid" cried the girl
Allan was a busy man, while the
dreadful old buildings gave up their
horde of dodgers There were homes to
be found, there We're hungry mouths to
be fed
ANA lllell OHC HiOillAllg Il man III a
blue uniform came to the Edwards
home
"Pm a sanitary officer, miss" he said
to Laura "and | bring you a message
i from Mr. Merling. He has been tal.iT q
care of a sick boy, miss, and we find it :
! smallpox. and they've both been sent to
the hospital for contagious cases" He
. saw that Iaura's face suddenly blanched.
= Everything viii be done for him, miss,
= that can be DONE He sent you his
biudest regards and asked YOU to visit
: the Office occasionally, if convenient,
miss If you wish it, miss, win let
you know how he is faring from tI,t.a
to time" He paused on the steps lie
is fine young man, miss. and has done
4 splendid work, and we all hope it viii
go light with him"
He saw that Laura was crying and
/ said no more.
I The weeks that followed were a,x.
ious ones for others beside the girl The
story OF Allan's labors. of the good he
had accomplished of the sacrifices he
had made, was told throughout the busy
city
So the weeks went by and then let
, ter came to Laura. Allan was no longer
in the hospital. He was at sanitarium
where they were trying to build him IN
so he could go away--to Colorado or
Arizona, the doctor wasn't sure which.
Il am coming to see you before | 90.
although il will hurt my pride" he
] wrote I'm not SCARED up so much.
but bony, painfully and unpleasant to
> look upon. But | want to see You. |
want to tell you what you have done
for me- | had a lot of time to think it
over there in the hospital If it hadn't
been for you l would have gone on in
the old prodigate way. You saw some
thing in me that nobody else knew I
possessed I didn't know it myself