Meade County news., 1915-11-11
CHAPTER xxIv-contlnued.

HnOLneT OF tne CHdlrb lOT ulmSell'
dropping into it wearily.
II saw you at the gate," she said.
THE men are still holding out?"
1--WE are holding out. The plant is
we can get another force of work
men"
There will be lots of suffering" she
ventured.
"It's no use," he said, answering her
thought. There is nothing in me to
appeal to-"
There was yesterday, or the day be-
fore" she suggested
Perhaps. But yesterday was yes
terday, and today is today. AS l told
Raymer a little while ago. I've changed
my mind"
mo-" she denied. you only think
you have. But you didn't come here
to tell me that?"
mo; came to ask single ques-
ton. How is Mr.. Galbraith?"
"He Is very sick man"
"You mean that there is a chance
that he may not recover?"
More than a chance, I'm afraid"
After a moment of silence Griswold
said 81 did my best; you know l did
my best?"
Her answer puzzled him a little.
81 could almost find 1t in my heart
to hate you If you hadn't"
Silence again, broken only by the
whispering of the summer night
breeze rustling the leaves Of the lawn
oaks and the lappings of tiny waves
on the lake beach At the end of 1t,
Griswold got up and groped for his
Aat.
I'm going home," he said. 1T has
been pretty strenuous day, and there
Is another one coming. But before
go | want you to promise me one
thing. VIII you let me know imme-
diately, by phone or messenger, If Mr..
Galbraith takes turn for the better?"
Certainly" she said; and she let
him say goodnight and get as far as
the steps befo:e she called him back
There was another thing" she be-
gan. with the sober gravity that he
could never be sure was not one or
her many poses, and not the least al
Turing one. do you believe in God.
Kenneth?"
The query took him altogether by
surprise, but he made shift to answer
It with becoming seriousness.
81 suppose / do. Why?"
1T is time to pray to him." she
said softly; ito pray very earnestly
that Mr.. Galbraith's life may be
spared"
He could not let that stand.
why should concern myself, spe.
cially?" he asked, adding: "of course.
I'm sorry. and all that, but"
Never mind" she interposed, and
she left her chair to walk beside him
to the steps. I've had hard day.
too, Kenneth, boy, and IL guess 1t has
got on my nerves. But. all the same,
you ought to do 1t, you know"
He stopped and looked down into
the eyes whose depths he could never
wholly fathom.
"Why don't you do it," he demand.
ed.
II? oh, God doesn't know me; and,
besides, thought-oh, well. 1t doesn't
matter what thought. Goodnight" !"
And before he could return the
leave-taking word, she was gone.
Raymer's prediction that the real
trouble would begin when the attempt
should be made to start the plant with
imported workmen was amply fulfilled
during the militant week which fol-
lowed the opening of hostillties. Each
succeeding day saw the inevitable In
crease of lawlessness. From taunts
and abuse the insurrectionaries passed
easily to violence. Street fights, when
the trampish place-takers came In any
considerable numbers, were of daily
occurrence, and the tale of the wound.
ed grew like the returns from a bat.
tie. BY the middle of the week Ray.
mer and Griswold were asking for a
sheriff's posse to maintain peace in
the neighborhood Of the plant; and
we're getting their first definite hint
that someone higher up was playing
the game Of politics against them.
mo. gentlemen; I've done all the
law requires and a little more" was
the sheriff's response to the plea for
better protection
in other words, Mr.. Bradford
you've got your orders from the men
higher up, have your" rasped Girls
void, who was by this time lost tc
all sense OF expediency.
Il don't have to reply to any such
charge as that" said the chief peace of
ncer, turning back to his desk; and &c
the brittle little conference ended.
"All of which means that we shall
lose the plant guard Of deputies thai
Bradford has been maintaining" com
mented Raymer as they were de
scending the courthouse stairs; anc
again his prediction same true. Later
in the day the guard was withdrawn;
and Griswulo, ssvageR reluctant raj