Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-23
REX BEACH
ADVENTURE
S T o R / F S
Bitter Root Billings,
!. Arbiter
& y
cepyrtsht By xec,urs. phsu,ps Z Co
D. REX BEACH

Copyright By ksclurs,. Phillips 4 Co
look here. kind judge Gays i,
real winning ami geuteel. this man II
% good ut explaining things away, ask
him to talk or this bump over my ear.
strely didn't got buggy spoke and
Iamfnate myself,on the NUT
hatn do ssays the judge. MT.
Clerk. SO aDdy costs. Charge. drunk
and diApreeriy. Nexte
Hold on thers.' says I. ignorant Of
che invoAutions Of Justice. I guess rye
got the bulge on,you this time. They
beat you . Ds. Judge. ! amt got
cent. YoucAn 60 through me and DO
welcome toy half you find. I'll mail
you ten when I getshoms though. hon
est
AT that the audience sisgled. and
the Judge says:
Your humor doesn't appeal to me.
Mr.. Billings. OF course you have the
privilege Of wprknpit OUT Oh, glory,
the privi]eSer
~Heegan nodded at this, and real.
tied what WIS against.
ge6nements, science tells Us that z
perfect vacuum amt possible. but after
watching you I know better. and for
@cu. Mr.. workinKman's Friend, Us to
the Aoor.' and run at Heegan.
''Pshaw! never got started. nor
didn't r1Ehtfully come to till rested
IN the workhouse. which last ogger of
speech u . pure and beautiful para.
dox.
II amt dwelling with glee ON the
next twenty-stx days-$N and costs.
at four bits day-but I left there
saturated witt xuch hatred for Hee-
gan that my breath smelled Of 'em.
Il wandsrs down the river front,
hoping the fortunes Of war would
deliver him to me, dead or alive. when
the thought hit me that I'd need
money. It was bound to take An.
other ten and costs shortly after We
met. and probably more. II I paid for
what I got for I dgEered ON dis
tending myself with satisfaction and
his features with uppercuts. Then l
80 q sign, 'Nonmioa Mem Wanted
Big WagsA' In goes and strains
hngwidss through Q wire net at the
cashier.
:. i want them big waSsa.' says L
what can you dor
".Anything 10 get the money says
!. 'Wh1t does It take to dquidats an
assault On labor lsaderT
These was white haired man In
the cage who began to sit up and
take notice.
...whats your trouble. says be. ana
] tsSd him.
=. IL We had q few more Ike you
w6d bust the strike says he. kind
q siSing me up. I've got q notion to
~ It anyhow and he smiteS the
aesk. Collins. what dye say II We
tow tie Detroit QUIT Her crew has
stayed with % - far. and they'll
stick now If well say the word. The
unions are hungry and scrapping
smong themselves. and the men want
to 20 hack to work. It's Just that
devil of-a Heesan that holds 'em. II
they go we've got tug crew that'n
80 they'll arbitrate, and we'll kill the
strike
j, Eyes, STR says Collins. But
where's the tug crew, Mr.. Badrich?
- Right here! We three and Muir
phy. the bookkeeper. Blast this idle
mes! want fghtr
"sI'N take the same says !. when
ct the price,
:. That's all right. You've put the
( go tees nd TIL <hpospNh
Can you run an engine7 Good! III
take tn wheel. and the others II fire.
It's going to DO risky work. though.
You won't back out eh7
Freddy" interrupted Billings here
loudly with snort Of disgust while
~Bitter Root" ran his fingers through
his hair before continuing. Martin
was listening intently.
1.-THE old man arranged to have
4 squad Of cops on all the bridges, and
/ begin anticipating hilarities for next
day.
.The news got out, Of course.
through the secrecies Of police head
quarters. and when we ran up the river
for our tow It looked like every striker
west Of Pittsburg had bis family on
the docks to see the barbecue, accom-
panied by enough cebblestones and
scrap iron to ballast battleship. All
we rot going up was repartee. but !
1xRered we'd need armor getting back.
I'VE passed q hawser to the Detroit,
! ana I turned the gas into the tug.
blowing for tho Wells street bridge.
Then war began. Ileans out the door
4xst in time to see the mob charge the
brfdee. The cops dubbed 'em back,
while roar went up from tho docks
! ana roof tops that was like q bad
\ drsam: couldn't see her move none.
though, and old man Badrieh blowed
again. sxpurgating himself Of as mob
/: ~ line of cuss words - you'n mus
/ her outside the cattle belt.
= soak en- yells. Give 'em all the
arDifrafion you've got handy. II she
ooast open, we'll jump her, and lets
onf another notch, 20 that We went
naovtnt and boiling toward the draw.
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