Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-05
ELEVENTH EPISODE
The Saving of Dan 0'Mara


 in mind She had become suspicious of her own father. On more than one occasion of late that debt-harried toiler from the Applewaithe works had been visited by Q stranger who i'm pressed the sophisticated young Peggy as anything but attractive And an honest man, Peggy argued with her self, finds no need for stealing up to house at night and closeting himself with its owner behind the locked door of a cellar workroom. So the spindle legged daughter of Dan O'Mara, watch ing for her chance, decided to investi- gate
 Bst the girls chances for 1nvesti- gation were limited, for Peggy was hard-driven young housekeeper, with bedridden mother to look after as best she could. Late one night, however, when Dan O'Mara had led his myste rious visitor into his cellar workroom and locked the door behind him, the girl slipped off her broken-toed shoes and stole silently down to that under ground chamber of mystery.
 
 she overheard enough to confirm her darkest suspicious. She waited until the mysterious visitor had stolen out through the house, with parcel under his arm, and then once more made her way down to her fathers workroom. The door. this time, was unlocked. So she entered noiselessly and crept over to where Dan O'Mara sat staring at the wall with unseeing eyes.
 Pop, what're you thinkin' about?" suddenly asked a tremulous voice close to his shoulder.
 He swung about like shot
 What should 1 be thinkin' about?' he demanded.
 You're thinlSin about that man who was down here ten minutes ago." was the girls answer.
 What msn?" equivocated the cul prit.
 Chinatown Charlie"
 And how'd you know he's called Chinatown Charlie?" demanded rebel lious-eyed Dan OMara.
 q know more'n that, pop said the girl. with a gulp. ''I know that city crooks ropin you in for work never thought you'd dol"
 Work? What work?"
 There's a bunch of opium snug glers got wise to the fact that the dye works is bringin' in tons of that Kai- SOW wood from China And certain O them blocks is goin to come in hol- low with secret marks. and you're goin' to dig the opium out O them and hide it here until that hop runner for Chinatown Charlie comes and carries it away in laundry bag
 "Aint your mother got to have med icine?" demanded her father. "Ain't we behind in our rent? And ain't the company docked me ten month since that one-arned man had me machine work taken away from me?''
 But you'll have more'n your ma chine taken away from you, pop. You'll be queered with the company, for tamperin' with stock, and then the bulls Il get wise and send you up the river for smugglin'!"
 I've thought that out, me gerll. I've  no love for goin' against the law, at me time O life, put I guess we've got to take chances. We've got to. or go under for good and ali! For I'm think in your poor mothe; was right when she said there was no crime so black as the crime O bein' poor" 'But they'd promised to raise your pay over to the dye works!" she re- minded him. Instead O which they took of me machine and gave 1t to that one-armed snitch who claimed I'd been workin against the company by tryin' to in vent Q chemical color thatd soon be sendin their old logwood plant t tho scrap heap!
 Silent as Peggy OMara remained on the subject of her discovery, she broodcd long and dsrkiy on this heav- fer cloud that nuna over her nome and her tGthcr'o sood name It haunted her thoughts as she worked. It filled her 1llac yoUEF heart with e spirit of revol t converted her into a di- mi2ative yet l2;Tor!nE-Drcwed Ishnsel