The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-03-27

IS. I. n Z 8
ELAND. FLA. NAhtit ~, 1919.
Fifteen minutes later every isbors
had thrown down his tools and ~
cheering and whooping. They mad
no other demonstration for some time
but 1t length they formed In . colt
body. and armed with picks. shovela
axes and stones moved down On tn
once and surrounded Il Thsn tn
major did . foolish thing. but one ~
fsctly logical from the standpoint o
. man Of arms. He threw opsa IL
door and stood there and dsned tn
mob. He vas not armed. but On
can't look for honor IN such . crowd
Aftsr . long minute. IN which tn
men hurled . hundred Insults q hin
tho major was struck In the head b
. stone and fell hack into tho o1lc(
unconscious. Miss May dragged tn
body back and closed and locked thu
door. There was no rush Of thu
str1kefs. She went 70 tho telephonl
and called up The house and The cook
and said:
Mary. the men out here hsve
struck and are making awful thrsats
Go down to the road and tell the hrst
man that comes along that father b
badly hurt and ! an locked in the
ONCE"
Il get you. and III send . dozen
men," replied the cook - she huns
up the trumpet and made . scoot
Miss May was bathing her fathers
wound when the whooping recon.
menced and the rocks began to pelt.
1t 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 we'll try dyna.
mite"
And I'll try bullets" said the girl
to herself as . rock came through the
window and missed her head BY an
inch.
There were boots Of derision % the
soldiers daughter rested the barrel Of
her revolver on the sill Of the same
window and pulld the trigger. She
fired low. to take her targets in the
legs. and out Of six bullets i've drew
bowls Of pain. The mob broke back
1t her shooting. Juggling OF the wound.
ed. and after an interval Of ten min.
utes the leader approached under
cover Of . nag Of truce and called
put:
Open the door to 10 or We use dy.
Mantle and blow you oil to -"
M answer was ventured, and In Z
quarter Of an hour the mob was ready
70 carry out the threat. One side OF
he ONCE was without windows, thus
making q safe approach. and q man
was creeping forward with q charge
hat would have rent everything to
pieces when the painting and pale
'aced girl heard the boots Of an auto,
md next moment the popping Of re-
'olvers. The cook had obeyed orders
lobly. As 1t CHANGED. the first auto
o come along contained four men.
Ind It needed but a word to send
hem speeding away. In five minutes
lfter their arrival the mob was in
light.
When four men get together, In IN
uto or on the street corner. there Is
t least one young man among them.
I asked to go to the rescue Of maid
nd her father chain-lightning can
ardly keep pace with him.
It was the young lawyer. Phillip
'ayram. In this case He was on his
'ay over to the county seat to try a
ase. and the old gray heads with him
'ere witnesses. or course they
ouldn't see any romance in the res
ue. and they even smiled in q cynical
nd superior way. but others saw
Kings through different eyes.
The strikers came back after two
three days. and the majors con. /
act was finished without further
'ouble. The wounded legs went to
,e hospital to be cured In time, and
time the warrior.father made reply
} q question:
Yes. by George, take her!"
And some time after peace had
Zen restored the leader Of the strik.
. was heard saying to the man who
a. creeping up to place the dyna.
lite that day:
you fool fool--aIl fool but the
,ung laidee. She big heroine! She
mt yell and whoop-she shoot!"
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