The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-25
Copyright 1911, by Louis Joseph
STEEL RIBRONS,

Atlho III the private war or vengeance
which, through the agency. OF his
daughter Judith, q woman Of violent
passions Ike his own, he wageS
against Alan Law. son of the. man
(now dead) who was unintentionally
responsible for the accident which
rendered Trine a helpless cripple,
Alan is In love with and is in turn
loved by Rose, Judith's twin and
double, but in all else her opposite.
judith vows to compass Alan's death,
but under dramatic circumstances he
saves her life and SO, unwillingly wins
her love. Thereafter Judith is by turns
actuated by the old hatred, the new
love, and jealousy of her sister, Rose.
She earns her fatlier'r distrust ana Is
left behind by him when he Journeys
West, taking Rose with him. I'm order
to, lure Alan away from New York.
Alan pursues, judith accompanying
him against his wish, and succeeds
in; rescuing Rose from Trine's special
train. ,sf;s
LIGHT ENGINE. = -
Toward the close OF that summers
day it was the whini OF that arch
manger of theatricals whom men
call fate to stage an, anticlimax IN
the midst Of a vast and hily expan sc
of desolate middle western country
a rude and rugged disk of earth
which boasted no human tenancy
within the circle of it's far-reaching
horizon and was bicepted, not neat
ly, rather Irregular, by the flowing
double line of steel ribbons which
marked the rairoad' iffghtn of way
over the old Santa Fe trail.
SO much for the stage: the light
effects were provided exclusively by
the crimson and purple and gold of
a portentious sunset; the properties
employed were simply special train
and what is known as light engine.
It was the engineer of the light en-
gine who. started the trouble. After
bringing his monster to full pause,
he turned upon his passengers and
not without plausible excuse vio-
lently indicted Mr.. Alan Law for
abuse of his and his fireman's trust
fulness. THE the said fFsHAn (clim6>
ing forward over the tender) Wig
orously applauded.
They had been engaged, both gem
tlemei ASSERTED VII goro.ts.iy;,s for noths'
ing more, ,dangsrouR ,that1i O. quick run
across the pfairies. IN furtherance of
the unspeoinedZ piahs sof oMr.I Alaal
Law and his. companion, Miss, Judith
Trine. After starting out, they had
been wfciedly aits,sssra siciously brib,,
edfby the said Law to put sspBed
and catch UP with thssspec ciai;t ittr oEsi.
der that he miEat resEeE from atAe
latter g syospg lady: @$ brid ts
Isut--afig here zs the sgrleyanne
with pistols. and prsciseiy that =olitstt
rage had been put upon them during
and subsequent to the moment of ress
cue. .Y,t rs. S~i tFijI 10 sSEt H.
1t was unhappy Mr.. Barcus who
precipitate I, the. AFFAIR. This gentle
man WaG suffering from q severe
spFainr to HIS sense of decent pride
Inffhe service OF Miss Trine and her
betrothed. Mr.. Law, Barcus had black
ensd his face and hands to the hue
of3ebony and had garmented HIM
self in the garb Of a pullman porter,
surrendering himself to humiliating
service to those aboard the special.
suffering their insolezeo and scorn.
without murmuring, but with the tid-
es 5of wrath mounting ever higher
In fiis bosom.
And now, when ct length he had
won his freedom from that ignomin-
iouB servitude, Ii was only to be
az
niger, by railroad hands!
It vas the fireman Ito be jistl who
brought the row to focus by : q
sIighting reference to thhf ;etif ftless
and ndisbegotten dihge. s.
He fepenteds quite promptly. Mr..
Barcus jumped for his throat with
aibeltOw or rage. The fireman slip
ped on the cab platform, krod On
nothing, ard went s9ves i,ac.kwaress
taking Mr.. Bairus with him osthe bai-
last. IS y y q.
at almost the same moment Mr..
Law, attemp ling to RESTRAIN the eng
iaeer from going TO the assistance
OF his fellow-work ducked Ia under
aeyicsous swing for his chin; grap-
pied with his foe. tripped him ip and
went tn him to- the ground son the
OPPOSITE side OF the ,Scor1ufiye from
that occupied BY Mr.. Bareus and the
For fiieln next aeyelal seconds he was
( very Busy indeed lsseping hiA! face out
OF the ballast. The ngineers was O
heas5 mar. hut active and infHriatS
ed. He sfOug bit Ike q demon unclaimed.
It Was all I. very exciting. Mr Law
was even thinning 10 enjoy its when
i he heard q woman nhfiek. At the
same inafafif ravnlvara heRRn to non.
Mr.. Law released his foe almost
as quickly as he was released. Both
rose as one man, to find Judith T'fine
beside them. q little smile VI excite
ment playine Foiihd ltsr npht AS slle
Locked u. TIA track, and watched the
: special slow down 20 o Stc:sS ssyeTal
pArsnna on TIE hack Diatfnrin plying
tFigger-lingerB ali the while.
AS these last threw open the plat
form gates and dropped to the hal
last IsiiI peff0fatiEg the air with
many biiistB, mr. Law, Miss Judith
Trinn ana that late nellfgerent the