Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-01-06

street. In tlH utiiN1A ~'.IA''hN >ii'th-
forward and seized him hoy the arm.
Graham, half-h.ulrd by terror,
ierked his arm free and was starting
ON again. when hr saw II WAS Edna
Carr who had sought 20 stay him.
"What-what are YOU doing here
he bahblcd in terror
Il couldn't stay away She Sobhod
Il heard that Mr.. Pellz had used his
influence with the governor 10 get the
militia regiment called out. And |
was afraid Tom might be injured. So
l came here too plead with you,
Mr.. Graham
A crash of glass from behind them
attested to the surenesS of some Win
dow-SmaSher's aim.
They're breaking in howlcd era
ham, his knees knocking together.
It's l they're after. They hate me.
They'll tear me limb from limb w
He wrenched himself free from
Edna's OBTAINING grasp and ran dazed-
" for the nearest door, finging it
open.
In the street. before him, the strik-
! ers had halted. and were lined up.
resolutely but hopelessly, all looking
straight ahead at Il body of reinforce
ments that were appearing from
around the corner ahead, to replace
! the scattered guards. Graham cried
aloud in shaky relief. The newcOm-
ers were several platOOnS of police
reserves.
| To reach the police, Graham must
/ pass in front of the strikers, and per
ilously close to them. He knew what
TO EXPECT from their rocks and pistols
and flung clubs. NE must run fear
full gantlet ere he could reach safety.
Then. in a trice, came to him an In
| SEPARATION born of craven terror, and
! with trembling haste he acted upon
it.
He flung one arm about Edna and
before she could guess his purpose
he was daShing toward the street
half-carrying, half-dragging her along
with him.
And ever. as he ran. he held the
. girls fragile body as shield between
himself and the strikers.
Ont from the thick-packed thrcni
sprang a man. 1t was Tom Clark. IL
a single bound he had gained Edna
side. Tearing Graham's arm loos'
: from her. Tom gently thrust her GU
of the path of the police.
Then he gripped the fleeing super
p intendent by the throat and, needles
' of consequences, proceeded TO throttl
5 him.
- From the moment of Graham's das
|. out of the doorway scarce ten second
+ had elapsed. The police officer i
+ charge. seeing the forward surge G
l. strikers, shouted an order to his mel
In answer to that sharp-barke
J. command a roar and belch Of fam
burst from the foremost rank OF III
T police reserves.
, The police had fired on the mob.
The graphing bodies of Tom Clar
d and Agnew Graham were riddled U
\ bullets. A dozen strikers fell hea'
: long under the same vOlley. The re-
IL of the mob scattered anu leu.
10 Edna Carr darted out from the SID
walk and threw herself upon h
q knees in the blOOd-Stained street
re- Tom Clark's side. She lifted the III
IS less mans head in her arms al
v weepingly kissed the dead lips.
'He was NINE" she moaned ny
" terically. zone of my people )"
O. "And these" unused the police oil
o. Ger. sadly looking at the slain, sea
a. tered about on the ground at his ZEE
O. these were my people, too. And
IS ordered them shot down like beasts
of And in the city hall sat ma
IS elected by the votes of the poop
who. when the report was made
a him, said: "They were my Peep
nd They elected me, but l might ha
RS done things differently. l ordered o
tn the reserves and now these men q
ed dead through my orders"
And the people; each one felt !
as .hare when the question was ask
"Who's Guilty.
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