The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-04-24

Fifteen minutes later every laborer
had thrown down his tools and was
cheering and whooping. They made
no other demonstration for some time,
but at length they formed In a solid
body, and armed with picks. shovels,
axes and stones moved down on the
Office and surrounded II Then the
major did a foolish thing. but one per.
fectly logical from the standpoint OF
man OF arms He threw open the
door and stood there and defied the
mob He was not armed but one
cant look for honor In such a crowd
After a long minute, In which III,
men hurled a hundred insults at him
the major was struck In the head by
a stone and fell back into the once
unconscious. Miss May dragged the
body back and closed and locked the
door. There was no rush OF the
strikers She went TO the telephone
and called up the house and the cook
and said:
Mary. the men out here have
/
Go down TO the road and tell the first
man that comes along that father II
badly hurt and I am locked In the
once"
u get you. and III send a dozen
mem" replied the cook as she hung
up the trumpet and made a scoot
Miss May was bathing her fathers
wound when the whooping recon-
menced and the rocks began to pelt.
II was only a temporary structure,
and the splinters soon began TO fly
Amidst the fusilade the leader Of the
mob was heard shouting:
Come out here-we want you! II
you don't come out wei try dyna-
mite"
And I'll try bullets!" said the girl
TO herself as a rock came through the
window and missed her head by an
inch
There were boots Of derision as the
soldiers daughter rested the barrel OF
her revolver on the sill OF the same
window and pulld the trigger. She
fred low. TO take her targets In the
legs. and out OF six bullets Ave drew
howls OF pain. The mob broke back
nj her shooting Juggling OF the wound.
ed and after an interval OF ten min
utes the leader approached under
cover OF flag Of truce and called
out.
open the door to Ne or we use dy-
Mantle and blow you all to -"
No answer was ventured. and In a
quarter OF an hour the mob was ready
10 carry out the threat. One side OF
making a safe approach. and a man
was creeping forward with q charge
that would have rent everything to
pieces when the painting and pale
faced girl heard the boots OF an auto
and next moment the popping OF re-
volvers The cook had obeyed orders
nobly. As u CHANGED. the first auto
to come along contained four men
and II needed but a word to send
them speeding away. In Ave minutes
after their arrival the mob was In
fight.
When four men get together, In m
auto or on the street corner, there Is
at least one young man among them
II asked to go to the rescue OF maid
and her father chain-lightning can
hardly keep pace with him.
II was the young lawyer, Phillip
Fayram. In this case lie was on his
way over to the county seat to try q
case, and the old gray heads with him
were witnesses. or course they
couldn't see any romance In the res
cue. and they even smiled In cynical
and superior way. but others saw
things through different eyes.
The strikers came back after two
or three days. and the majors con
tract was finished without furthel
trouble The wounded legs went Il
the hospital to be cured In time. and
In time the warrior father made repl,
TO question;
Yes. by George. take her"
And some time after peace had
been restored the leader OF the strik
ers was heard saying to the man wh'
was creeriig uD 10 place the dyna