The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15

vocate midnight rush upon the stockade ana
massacre of all who might be found within.
many eyes We're turned upon the silk-stockins
to see how he would take the suggestion
1--WE win put them." thundered Gunsdorf
s.where they shall never again no more hea,
the voices Of women and children lifted In Joy
-or in sorrow. We win show the world what
II 10 to tread upon the poor and the unfor
tunate. 30 that little children die of hunger
What do we claim? Only fair share of what
belongs to us. What do We get! Crumbs and
onal chucked to NJ from the rich mans
kitchen door,
There was, howl Of rage. that must have
been heard In the stockade and caused some
Of It's defenders to tremble. When this had
rumbled away and died to nothing like a peal
Of thunder, Gunsdorf rolled his little eyes upon
Tommie.
Let US hear from the new brother" he said
srnacking his lips "Come up on the platform
brother Barclay. ana let the brothers and sis.
tiers see you"
One Of the sisters eyed Tommy very closely
rs he slowly ascsnded the platform She was
Mrs Gunsdorf, a young. dark heavy woman
with smouldering eyes. and scarlet mouth
When he turned and she had . good look at his
handsome, brown. clean-cut face, her deeD
bosom began to nss and fall rapidly.
Tommy was in awkward position In
full sympathy with his audience. he was not
der. His education told him that though an
attack upon the stockads might prove success
ful its ultimate effect upon the attackers would
be retribution in an extreme degree.
1T seems to me-" he began quietly. that
what We want Is 1ustice-not vengeance Have
We
loud chorus Of mockery drowned his voica
But Carson shouted At the top OF his lungs
Give him air" and when he had secured
sort Of silence he went ON: Brother Barclay
co.
AZ We do. only he don't think It the
way! Give him air!''
Carson got laugh, and Tommy was given
air And seeing that ho was being given ali.
he smiled very winning smile ct happened ia
light nrst upon Mrs. Gunslorf) and began "a
speak once more-this time with confidence. be-
cause by good luck he had happened upon some
thing to say, that seemed 10 him worth saying.
brothers" he said. your backs all
turned to the door Of this hall Mine isn't"
5 He had succeeded In exciting their curiosity.
Many turned and had . look at the door. and
then looked back at the speaker. One or two
smiled and nodded ~ II they knew what was
coming. which they didn't. Tommy continued,
while you were loudly applauding my
opening remarks daughter and nudgings) that
door opened and that door closed"
Once more heads turned toward the door.
And" said Tommy. raising his voice fol
the FIRST time. - man went out
He went out in a hurry. He went out for
two reasons. First, because his business here
was finished, and second, because he knew that
1 recognized him In spite of his false moustache
Well. you could have caught him IL you hadn't
been SO busy making noises at me. He was
Pinkerton man."
= Tommy checked an outburst Of rage with .
commanding gesture.
'.His business was to ind out II we are going
to- attack the stockade or not. He thinks we
are. But we are noti"
1.-THE hell we're not! Why aren't we? who
told yous' etc. etc.
cts for you to decide" cried Tommy "bu'
/ wish you'd let me tell you what saw on the
platform at the freight station"
Again by exciting curiosity he had secured
attention.
IT saw" said Tommy. "a large wooden box
On the box was printed Rotary Afr Pump. But
on the box under these words had once oeeh
printed the name Goss and GossN That con-
veys no meaning to you? Goss and Goss Is
a firm which does business on Broadway.
deals in uniforms rifles, ammunition and can
non. Brothers, the Rotary Air Pump which !
saw on the platform at the freight station
a machine gum"
There wa. a long and oninous silence.
Have you ever continued Tommy cheer
fully, watched watering his front
lawn with a hose? It's easy for the man with
the hose to hit every blade OF grass on ms
front lawn It's just as easy as II Is iof uis
man with the machine gun to hit every man
in a crowd.
Attack that stockade? That's just what oiu
man Kehr wants you to do. He will NOV you
down like grass. and the public Will say IT,
your own fault
Not only did the large crate contain a ma
chine gun, but smaller cases which Tommy hau
not observed, marked picks and Shovels' cor
tanning high-power rifles and ammunition. @
for that night, at least old man Kenrs oeau.
for giving the strikers "hat ~
well-deserved and salutary ieSS0A
were in vain.
Dawn broke. .on
They're not coming" said the Pihseie
man. "They must have listened to MI.
clay after all i. But 1t looked, SO help me-
Il they were going to tear him to pieces
and try to rush us afterward."
'.Any man with brains" said kenl' "a.
menace when he's on the wrong side OF ~ -.
ton We must get rid of Mr.. Thomas
clay. Give me that code book and teies
blank" -, az the
After some labor and grim smile a. a. ths
finished produce, old man kehr oispsA'
following cypher to Gordon Barclay. .r.
Suckers won't bite. Your mutterihs
,uretor Tommy has tickled Aphrodite.
pound his whiskers quick" .n
Nov them" he said to MI. Pinkefeoa
rush that ~ ----l-a
TIA be enntinuAAA