The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-12-23

!gr cloud that hung over her home ana
her fathers good name. II haunted
her THOUGHTS as she worked Il filed
her blind young heart with a spirit of
revolt IL converted her into a di-
miuutiyo vet lowering trowrl !shmael-
itc. Sh" hated the owner of the works.
/ she told herself as she carried her ia
theirs dinner pail 20 tho factory IN"
/ next day. and sh" hated tho hard
. voiced foreman OF the shaft room. She
turned 20 stare bcliig.r"utly towards
A'.nu AIrl"waithc. the immaculate
son Of IN" factory owner himself as
h" u~Apret into the room of whlrrlug
shafts and flying belts a small group
OF visitors.
Yet the lshmaol-lkC Young face soft
"nei a little ass she looked al one mem
her OF that approaching group. For
one fair haired girl of about twenty.
. dressed in black. whom Young Apple
waith" p.iotnd abou, amid the roaring
and Gathering machinery and repeat
cdly addressed as Miss Golden" was
/ beautiful enough TO bring hayward
Ia@G az envy 10 the breast OF Peggy
ONara. rs she watched her eyes sud
denly Wilvu.i in alarm For Nlrg"ry
Golden. i'm staring about the room. had
UucousciOuslv moved closer to one Oc
the pondcruus machines. There the
loose end Of her mOtor-capc was
snapped ct by a spinning cog wheel. as
a hound snaps at a bone The next
moment the whirling teeth had fas-
tened themselves in the fabric of the
garment edge CARRYING il back be
tween the jaws Of the twin cogs that
quickly closed on the cloth and
seemed TO reach ont for more
At the same moment that MarCery
Golden turned about 10 determine the
meaning of this sudden tug AT her
clothing. the alert eyed Peggy OMara
made an apparently mauiacal spring
for that astOunded vouu1 woman's
throat. For Peggy had long since
learned the meaning Of guard rails and
the menace OF high-powered ma
chinery.
With a quick Jerk Of her thin Young
fingers Peggy tore the cape free whore
it was already straining against the
white COLUMN of its wearer's throat
And with n movement eouaIIv ouick
she dragged the woman in black away
from the whirIfng wheels even before
Young Arson AppIewaithe with he
lated shout of warning snranp for tho
control lever of the machine itsoIf
1t was not until Narqarv GoIdan (
saw the iron tooth of tho COG uboors
swallowing nm the last of bor rorisb
ing cane that any milling of bor dom
ger came home TO her And even tban
she could not quite understand the
horror on Young ApnIewaitbo,s face
BY love that was Iuckvr" gaenod
that Young man as no throw tho shot,
belt off the nuIIav apd br,ucb, ,bo
machine to a stop.
And tban Marrow, roo,;,oa ,.bo, :.
all meant An unkeunt factorv girl
had saved hor from doatb
Narcorv Colon e+ornad hal. M,
leaned agaipet = g,,ord ali IT,, af,
or Iool,irg e,rJiorsI,, =, ,bo .,a,.o.,,
and sIigbtIv obosbod errro 90 boz 40
liverar she onanad bor nocLo,hool,
and from II tool, out two mr. tbroo MOO,
" folded bark notoe Tboso' sb, boId
smiIingIv ont IN rho GIRL Win m,
brokor.toad eboes
Rut a ouic, fash enro,d ovor ,bo
usuaIIv coIorIoss cbool,s or Mice De-.
O'Nara as she hacked detormipod1,,
away from tho hills
Don't Won care IN take tbop, 30 |
asked the somewhat astonisbad vour,
woman in black
IN ua,amr" uos tho ,,irr.s o,r,,a.
euIIop rotort "T oi,,t oorrod -,
"Rut | rather think Won have" nov
sisted the other. still smiling
You see. YOU saved my Iirn And
surely YOU wont embarrass mo b,.
arguing that it's NOT worth ,b,,
much"
Il don't want vour mopov" m
nounced the sulIcn-eved girl nuttirc
her hands behind her. Rut already
young Applewaithe was discrec,Iv do.
ing his best to pilot his visitors away
from the scene.
Money does them no good Won
know" explained that afluent voung
man. And think you'll be Interested
in seeing our macerating vats,"
Peggy O'Mara stared after the de-
parting group. So intently did she
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