The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-11-26

her palm lay in his.
With trembling, gentle hatds she
pushed him from her.
When the black bulk OF Marth'S can
merry doomed ahead Of Emersot be left
the gravel beach and turned up among
the buildings, seeking to ret:ace his
former course. AS he turned: the cor
ner Of the first building he nearly ran
against man who was staining mo-
uonless against the wall. The fellow,
with sharp exclamation, vanished
into the gloom. Boyd lost no time In
gaining the plank runway that led to
the dock and, finding an angle in the
building, backed into it and waited.
From his momentary glimpse Of the
man as he made of he knew that he
was tall and active-just the sort of
person to prove dangerous III an en-
counter. But If his suspicious were
correct there must be others close by,
and Boyd wondered why he had heard
no signal. After GREATNESS wait of
a moment or. two he stole cautiously
out, and, selecting the darkest shad-
ows, slipped from one to another till
he was caught by the sound Of voices
Issuing from the yawning entrance Of
the main building on his right The
next moment his tension relaxed; one
of the speakers was a woman. Evi-
IDENTITY his alarm had been needless,
for these people, whoever they WERE
made no effort to conceal their pres
ence. On the contrary, the woman had
raised her tone to louder pitch, al
though her words were still undistin-
guishable.
Greatly relieved, Boyd was about to
60 on, when a sharp cry, like signal,
came in the woman's voice, a cry
which turned to genuine wall Of dis
tress. The listener heard q mans voice
cursing in answer, and then the sound
Of scufle, followed at length by a
choking cry, that brought him bound
ing into the building. He ran forward.
recklessly, but before he had covered
half the distance her collided violently
with piece Of machinery and went
sprawling to the floor. A glance up
ward revealed the dim outlines Of
topper" and showed him farther
down the building, silhouetted briefly
against the lesser darkness Of the win
dows, two struggling figures. As he
regained his footing, something rushed
past him-man or animal he could not
tell which, for its feet made no more
sound upon the floor than those Of
wolf dog. Then, as he bolted forward,
he heard a man cry out, and found
himself In the midst of turmoil. His
hands encountered human body, and
he seized it, only to be hurled aside as
If with giants strength. Again he
clinched with mans form, and bore
it to the floor, cursing at the darkness
and reaching for its throat. His an
tagonist raised his voice In wild
clamor, while Boyd braced himself for
another assault from those huge hands
he had met a moment before. {, But 1t
did not come. Instead he heard a cry
from the woman, an answer In deep
or voice and then swift, patterinE
footsteps growing fainter. Meanwhile
the man with whom he was locked
was fighting desperately, with hands
and feet and teeth, shouting hoarsely.
Other footsteps sounded now,. this
time approaching, then at the door Z
lantern fared. A Waterman came rum
ming down between the lines of ma
chinery, followed by other figures half
revealed.
Boyd had pinned his antagonist
against the cold sides Of a retort at
last and with fingers clutched about
his throat was beating his head vio-
lently against the iron when by the
lanterns CLEAN he caught one glimpse
Of the fat, purple face in front Of him
and loosed his hold with startled ex-
c1amaton. Released from the grip
that had nearly made an end Of him,
Willis Marsh staggered to his feet.
The man was wounded, badly
wounded, as he saw by the red stream
which gushed down over his breast.
Marsh leveled a trembling finger at
Boyd and cried Historically:
AAcIS AS ASs "Vus 10 uACu " AuA>
der me. lin hurt. IN have him
arrested"
The seriousness Of the accusation
struck the young man on the instant.
He turned upon the group.
II didn't do that I heard a fight
going on and ran in here''-
Hes l1ar," the wounded man in
terrupted shrilly. Hes stabbed me!
See?' He tried to strip the shirt from
his wounds, then fell to chatter1ng and
shaking. 20 God, I'm hurtv' He
staggered to a packing case and sank
upon it, weakly fumbling at his sod
den shoulder.
II didn't do that" repeated Boyd
II don't know who stabbed him.
didn't"
':Then who did?' some one de-
manded.
what are you doing in here7 You'd
a killed him In a minute" said the
man with the lantern.
Wen fix you for this" third voice
threatened.
Listen" Boyd said in a tone to
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