The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-10-06

teeth flashed whenever he bestowed
his frequent smiles. The young men Of
the Glover Leaf club pinned not their
| faith to the graces of person as much
as they did to its prowess. its achieve
ments in hand to hand conflicts and its
preservation from the legal duress that
constantly menaced it. They viewed.
then, the genuflexions and alluring
poses of this visitor with their chins
at new angle.
"a friend of mine, Mr.. Terry O'Sul-
livan," was Maggie's formula of intro
duction. She led him around the room,
presenting him to each new arriving
Glover Leaf. Almost was she pretty
now, with the unique luminosity in
first sutton and kitten with its first
mouse.
maggie Toole's got fellow at last"
was the word that went around among
the paper box girls. Pipe Mays floor
walker!' Thus the Give and Takes
expressed their Indifferent contempt.
Usually at the weekly hops Maggie
kept a spot on the wall warm with her
back. She felt and showed so much
gratitude whenever a self sacrificing
partner invited her to a dance that
his pleasure was cheapened and d.
minished.
But tonight the pumpkin had turned
to coach and six. Terry O'Sullivan
was victorious Prince Charming, and
Maggie Toole winged her first butter
fly fight.
The girls besieged her for introduc-
lions to her fellow. The Glover Leaf
young men, after two years Of blind
ness, suddenly perceived charms in
Miss Toole. They fexed their COM
polling muscles before her and be-
spoke her for dance.
Thus she scored, but to Terry O'Sul-
Ivan the honors Of the evening fell
thick and fast. he shook his curls, he
smiled and went easily through the
seven motions for acquiring grace in
your own room before an open window
ten minutes each day. He danced like
a faun, he introduced manner and
style and atmosphere, his words came
trippingly upon his tongue, and-he
waltzed twice in succession with the
paper box girl that Dempsey Donovan
brought.
Dempsey was the leader of the as
ISOLATION. He wore dress suit and
could chin the bar twice with one
hand. He was one of big Mike"
O'Sullivan's lieutenants and was never
troubled by trouble. No cop dared to
arrest him. Whenever he broke a
pushcart mans head or shot a men,
Der of the Heinrich B. Sweeney Out
ing and Literary association in the
kneecap an officer would drop around
and say:
1.-The cap'n d like to see ye a few
minutes round to the Office whin ye
have time, Dempsey, me boy"
But there would be sundry gentle
men there with large gold fob chains
and black cigars, and somebody would
tell funny story, and then Dempsey
would go back and work half an hour
with the six pound dumbbells. So do
ing tight rope act on wire stretched
across Niagara was a safe terpsich-
orean performance compared with
waltzing twice with Dempsey Dono-
vans paper box girl. At 10 o'clock the
jolly round face Of big Mike" O'Sulli-
van shone at the door for five minutes
upon the scene. He always looked in
for i've minutes, smiled at the girls
and handed out perfectos to the boys.
Dempsey Donovan was at his elbow
instantly. talking rapidly. big Mike"
looked carefully at the dancers. smiled.
shook his head and departed.
The music stopped. The dancers scat
tered to the chairs along the walls
Terry O'Sullivan. with his enhancing
bow, relinquished pretty girl in blue
to her partner and started back to find
Maggie. Dempsey intercepted him in
the middle of the floor.
Some fine instinct that Rome must
have bequeathed to us caused nearly
every one to turn and look at them.
There was a subtle feeling that two
gladiators had met in the arena. Two
or three Give and Takes with tight
coat sleeves drew nearer.
zone moment, Mr.. O'Sullivan," said
Dempsey. 81 hope you're enjoying
yourself. Where did you say you
lived?"
The two gladiators were we'll match
ed. Dempsey had perhaps ten pounds
Of weight to give away. The O'Sulli-
van had breadth with quickness
Dempsey had glacial eye, dominat-
ing slit of a mouth, an indestructible
jaw, complexion like a bellies and
the GOODNESS of champion. The visitor
showed more fire in his contempt and
less control over his conspicuous sneer
They were enemies by the law written
when the rocks were molten. They
were each teo splendid, too mighty, too
Incompatible. to divide pre-eminence.
One only must survive
81 live on Grand" said O'Sullivan
insolently, s'and no trouble to find me
at home. Where do you live?"
Dempsey ignored the question.
"YOu say your names O'SuI1ivan