The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-04-08

Please consider this interview at an
end, Mr.. Forrest. l hope for your
mothers sake you will change"
And he gave his CONSENT" whis-
pered Miss Prue, who was waiting
In the hall for her lover to reappear
No, and he never will! He thinks
I'm a slugger and a loafer."
How dare he! How dare he."
"Oh, he dared. all right. He didn't
seem bit embarrassed over it. He
same as called me prize fighter"
And you so gentle that you wouldn't
hurt fly Well. we won't elope, and
we won't commit suicide You just
wait. That father of mine is going to
get talking to-"
Inc father got 1t, but 1t did not
change the situation. except he hoped
that Mr.. Forrest, for the sake of his
parents, would give up smuggling and
take to the law and become a credit to
the bench and bar. II he did this, and
after five or ten or fifteen years.
proved that he had recovered from
MS exuberance of spirits, why he might
come around and talk.
J. MISS Prue was not found dead at the
end OF rope In the garnet next morn
Ing. They don't do that way nova
days. They write a little note and
smuggle 1t out of the house and then
nave feeling that their angel grand
mother Is looking down from heaven
and VIII somehow bring things around
all right. In this instance Miss Prue's
angel grandmother was on the SPOT
and saw her way clear.
MT. Forrest did not call again. He
ala not propose an elopement nor plan
the death of the banker If he was
slugger he was an honorable one. Be-
sizes, he also had grandmother up
tnere. She was hustler and schemer
when alive. and he believed he could
depend upon her now.
Mr.. Wilson was interested in a mar.
bic quarry. and occasionally drove out
there to see how things were going
There had been a cut-down in the
wages OF the men. Too much money
was being sent back to Italy. Two
weeks after breaking Mr.. Forrest in
two he started to visit the quarry and
settle the trouble II he could and Miss
Prue accompanied him. At about the
same time the despairing lover started
out from somewhere in his auto for a
spin. His route passed the quarry.
The banker arrived to find seven or
eight hands hanging around and
grumbling, while dozen more had
packed up and departed. A strike had
been declared. He stood up In his auto
and GRATED. He showed that a cut in
wages always made the wage-earner
more economical. and was therefore a
good thing. and he was going on to
prove several other things when the
men made dash for him and hauled
MIN out of the machine. They had
Just begun to pound him up right
smart when another auto arrived on
the scene, and he had a dim remem.
prance of hearing his daughter cry
out;
oh, It's Harry-my Harry, Oh,
Harry, they are killing dad."
This was the situation that the two
angel grandmothers brought about
Couldn't be better. Mr.. Harrison For.
rest was out of his machine and slug.
cling away, one, two, three, inside of ten
seconds. The enemy went down. The
enemy dubbed and slashed at him.
The enemy was punched until 1t fed.
And Mr.. Wilson sat up in the road and
saw it all, and heard Miss Prue's words
OF commentator and exultation. And
when the enemy had been lambasted
the banker arose and extended his hand
to the young man and quietly OBJ
served:
Il thought you were to quit slug
ging,"
But this was special occasion, you
see!" was the reply
oh understand Well, you might
call this evening and make 1t another
special occasion, and shall expect you
70 take up law the very first thing in
the morning"
And Miss Prue reached out and
patted her father on the shoulder.
You are the best ever" she said.