The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-07-12

q window that overlooked the street
10 watch for Bill. Six passed. The
4alf-hour chime struck on the mantel
clock. Hazel grew impatient, petu-
tant, aggrieved. Dinner would be
(. served In twenty minutes. Still there
was no sign Of him. And for lack Of
ether occupation she went into the hall
and got the evening paper, which the
searrier had Just delivered.
A startling headline on the front
page stihened her to scandalized atten-
don. Straight across the tops Of two
columns It ran, q facetious caption: {:
WILLIAM wAasrAFF rs A BEAR
Under that the subhead:
Husky Mining Man Tumbles Prices and
Brokers. Whips -Four Men In Broad
Street Ofcce. GluRp Another ON
Change. His Mighty Fists Sub
due seofsty's Finest Finally
Lands I'm Jan.
The body Of the article Hazel read
sin what sob sister would describe
As state OF mingled emotions.
William wagsta0 IN q mining gentleman
2rosn the northern wilds Of British Colum-
Nhaa. He IL q big man. natural-born
6Shtsr. To prove this he Indicted q black
eye and q split Iip on Paul Lorfmer, q
broken nese and sundry bruises on James
4. Brooks. Also Alien r. Bray and Ed
ward Gurnsy Pariinson suffered certain
.SnSTed I'm the ofice 0f ths Free Gold Mn
tng Company. 1ksl Broad street. at $50
{tds afterncop. While hamnering the
-1roScora q police officer arrived on the
s$osuS ana Wagstan was duly escorted TO
ethA city hastiIe. Prior To tho general en-
sboanSs! "a the Broad street office was-
<Stax vsIxted into the Stock Exchange, and
,tssde eeafsmemts abnuts tho Bree Gold Min
ipg Company which see oil ths brokers by
che sReN. LDrImsr was ON the noor, and
~se0s1ssd hia dlscozOrsd Optic thsre.
A report6r was present vhsn WagstsR
HaEksd ON The Moor cf the Stock Ex-
shsngA re s,sode Up 70 the post where
Fl sUEve hCt1es On ron right now" he
-taxH lou6zy ana anyriIy. .that II you sell
snctsss 0oaIafV worth us Free cold stock.
IN put ysu put a. htsiness.s
Lor4mer appeared % lose his temper.
Same wesd ~ pssssa Which further In.
ssa ths "s sso|ssr = su'eas ' tSs f,sas. @ 's Wac
,seslrs puma wcu{d u credit 70 chani-
nIm uugIil1k. dom ths execution it
Wrought. Ae tuHnse0iAfaSy lsff tho 9tocx
1sxcheAgA ana 4es lene afssrward nrQad
,ftreet was sle2s3lesd sy so1nds Of combat
r. e AS wsss.s sss P Ssa ss s sa Z 'sns'1ss snS n
{hrss oppepsnts xsn IN hand when the
7Ssos a Tho man coneornsd would a.
Gum The n1atfAr From tho reuparks dfws
ppd hx y%sss9a hoysysrs 9 sppesf. thst
isss g ~ssss K Sss sss 3
ns that a 4 may. IN sorts Of rumors
Are n circulation. md Bfee Gold stock
Witch has heen go1A 6suin9 The past wesk
% hi4h e Soilar tcfty. FOUND few tak-
sAas bsen aron1adesAbls Ueculstive move
anaant a o. sfccks ana the specuIatore
,exo beGiunlng 70 wonder 4 there 10 .
.4xSw ioo4s - the comrany sUairs.
WaGyh8re case, Wi1i come up tomorrow
Her0no9n. = charge Or disturotng the
ssssS E s'sssa ssa ,ss'ns 3 e3 oa. r.i.sssS S ssxc
t1aa ~ honx4ng ccAn1~ Some Of the
oaSose - che sfn1y nax perchancs q.
G0y fhs Within he power Of the court
- flpoee = = mare oa4a&elle, compared
81 - aiatinctiea q sclsntiacal;y - man. IAN.
.est1rnSon. q oSa bystandsr remarked In
the c,lstic phfAssO,osy of the street:
ssWa&1tA1rw q beari's
The brokers concerned might consider
ehfsr 60 have Q double meaning.
Hazel dropped tine paper. mortified
ana wrathful. The city jail seemed
ne very Pit itself 20 her. And the
1urid publicity, the lifted eyebrows Of
her. friends, maddened her In prospect
&laln street brawling. such as one
might expect from d cabman or q taxi
1nahoUt not from a man like her hus-
1end She inSoluntarily assigned the
Shame 10 him. Not for the cause.-The
eauSe was Of no Importance whatever
- her-but for the act itself. Their
4est friendsi She could hardly realize
at Jimmie Brooks. jovial Jimmie, with
= broken nose and sundry bruisesi
Ara Paul Lorilner. distinguished Paul.
who had the c0urtly bearing which
was the despair Of his fellows, and the
snanner of'a dozen generations Of cul-
1nre wherewith to charm the women
~ biz acquaintance. He with Z black
eye and q split lipl So the paper
oente6. It was vulgar. Brutal The
AGt a Z cave man.
&ho wns on the verge Of tears.
"a 1uGt at ant moment the door
ned, end y walked Bill.
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