Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-26

wildered recital, and to the fragment:
of talk. The throng grew. Some
said two companies of militia were
coming; that the hastily summoned
county deputies were hopelessly in
efficient, scared, "bluffed" out by
Lindstrom's merciless shooting ant
the number of the dead.
Nobody wants to tackle him." said
breathless clerk from the Hui
Clothing store. Some of the boys
thought they could sneak around in
the timber and get a shot at him
close, and he wounded three Of them
before they could lift a finger!"
And they could hear a woman cry
ing in the house. And a boy-must
be that little Dane kid, Peter!"
Old Michigan was fearsomely listen
ing. IF she comes" he breathed
Ito save Peter and the baby!"
They won't fire the house, Mich. u
They WILL Young Mr.. Van Hart
said they will He give 'em chance
to surrender-he's give 'em three
chances to surrender-and John won't
hear of It, And Mr.. Harlan said not
an hour ago. there'd be one more
chance! Then he'll charge the place
if fifty men are killed. The law, Mr.
Wiley-he says it'll be upheld at all
costs, no difference who Is hurt!"
Harlan" muttered Wiley, Il
wish I could see him. Beg him-ah,
Well" he stared at the depot crowd
He was thinking of the dogged and
invincible quality he had seen grow
in Harlan. He knew. He had felt
its power-under all else lay this
Viking ruthlessness. Yes, it lay
with Harlan, he would not hesitate.
The way Of peace with him was the
law vindicated.
But it was curious, in all the tur-
moil, that no one noticed him-the
obsession of the tragedy must have
obscured even the sensation of his
downfall. He tried to buy a paper
but none was to be had. Through
all the complaints and recriminations
denunciation of the county officers for
not doing something, he became
aware of his amaZement that no one
questioned him. He met Mowry, the
undertaken, in his long black coat
and string tie, and Mowry had no
thought except grievance Of his
own. The Widow Steger had passed
and-just his luck-passed in the hos
pital at Burlington where he son-in-
law had embalmed her. And here
Mowry had been buying his groceries
of Dickinson for nine years in ex-
pectation of getting the widow.
"Dog-gone it, Wiley, this is sore
head town! It's irritatin' when
folks won't patronize home indus
tries. I'm going out to Californy
where Hen and Ben are bottlin' min
eral water. They say there is a great
opening for an undertaken in theil
town-if they ever get their mineral
water to sellin'."
But nothing about Curran's with
drawal. From this riddle his tired
brain revolved to Aurelie's coming
How should he meet her-what WORD
say of his downfall? His soul was
CRYING to her out of the dawn OF
peace the night had given him. He
had accepted, he had renounced-bu'
he feared his self-control when she
would look in his eyes with her pref
ty fondness, her laughing trust. His
little girl, and his heart was big
with the new fatherhood! And with
it all came the old mutter to his dry
lips: "She must not know-she
must not know! That, too, dear God
l can accept"
There was another excited rumOr
The crowd swayed and buzzed-
another deputy was wounded out a
the quarry. And the officers were
fighting the unmanageable spectators
helpless without leadership. Var
Hart had knocked man down wher
he found him selling whisky to hi:
posse. He had ordered four more
jailed for disobediance in CROSSING
the dead-line. He was battling fol
order, for law-and he was not ever
yet in office. But the old dry bones
of county Officialdom were helpless
they had begged the judge to send hi
son out to the siege.
Above all the gossip Curran saw
Janet Vances serene face. She wa
in a touring car which Arne drove t'
the depot. Wiley stared at the legent
on it's side: "Curran for Congress
Vote today.i" The Vances did no
see him until he placed his hand OF
the car, his eyes fixed on the banner
Janet" His voice died. Take TIM
off. Don't you know?"
Her face lit with joy. wiley! Blu
this is terrible. The community new
er passed such a night. And neve
such a day. Arnc is swearing mad
there ism voter 1T tne DootH u
your prccinct-thc towns emptied 1t
self out here"
He followed her gesture to tn
mean-well, didn't you see the New
last night?"
Yes" she answered clearly-ant
smiled He stared wildly at her
And my meeting? wasn't there!
Neither was any one else! som
people gathered, and the cOmmitte
waited Then Purcell announced /
was off. He said you must be out IL
the crowd around Lindstrom's. Any
how, it didn't make any difference t
any one"
But, Janet! I-I-you know
You must know" And then he
hand closed over his on the seal
Hush" she whispered, Il know
And no one else!"
And while he stared again at hei
unable to make it out. Arne aros
from cranking the car. Get in there
Wiley, They want yOu-they have bee
asking for YOU, Where the devil di