Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-03-25

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hell like this one at st. Boniface."
The lumbermen had begun to edge
in about them. Sentiment, while run.
ming strongly against the intruder,
was not angrily hostile. The men were
eager to see how Hilary would bear
himself against Simeon, and they
hoped for some fun. Hilary saw among
them the face of Simeon's brother
Louis, who looked like a small model
upon a lighter scale.
"My brother here. He speak for
himself, Meestair Askew. He not
afraid. You think, p'r'aps, because
you thrash Black Pierre, you boss in
Ste. Marie?"
"No, I don't. I wish I were," said
Hilary. eff l were, Simeon, I should
run you down to Quebec Jail right off
the reel. But I'm boss in st. Boniface,
and if Louis opens a liquor den there,
I'll break his head open and run him
in afterward."
Few of those present understood his
exact meaning, but an ominous growl
showed that this declaration was APP
preciated at more or less its correct
value. The mob began moving for
ward. For a few moments the situa-
ton looked menacing. Hilary took the
aggressive, as usual.
"Ah, Leblanc! !" he called out. "How
do you like your new job? I'm start
ing in to cut out that limit you
handed back to me. There's some
good timber there, Leblanc"
Leblanc snarled and started for
ward, shaking his fist and muttering.
However, he could not get through the
press, and it is not probable that he
tried very hard to do so.
swell, that's about all, Simeon"
Hilary called. II Just came in to look
at your place and give your brother a
friendly warning, because I never
when I'm ready to strike"
"My brother take care of himself.
He amt afraid Of you" said Simeon,
who kept as cool as Hilary. Hilary
intuitlvely summed him up as the most
dangerous of his opponents. "But I
guess you amt going like that, Mees-
tair Askew," continued the liquor
seller. II ask you to have a drink on
me an you say no. Now you going to
buy drinks all round, eh?"
Hilary laughed out loud. mot for
your crowd, Simeon" he answered.
Simeon planted his fat body heavily
before him. "What you say? You buy
drinks, eh?" he demanded truculently.
Hilary put his hands on Simeon's
shoulders and pushed him bodily back
ward. Simeon, who was planted
than stood, at first resisted as
tree might resist a gentle shove with
he hand; but he could not resist the
behind Hilary's shoulders,
and he began to sway and went top
bling backward, landing, still rigid,
lpon the floor.
Some of the girls shrieked, and the
umbermen came surging forward
:oward Hilary and LATE and began to
hustle them. Yet, knowing Hilary's
they hesitated a moment
,efore initiating hostilities; and that
moment brought an unexpected inter-
upton.
For a boy ran screaming in at the
loOr, and what he cried startled the
,ntire assemblage. Simeon, who had
'een struggling to his feet, was upon
hem In an instant. But before the
.rowd had recovered from its confu-
ion two officers in the uniform Of the
evenue department came running in.
They carried revolvers in their hands,
md they pounced upon Simeon and
lad him at their mercy in an instant.
At once the whole scene was dis
lolved. Men and girls ran this way
md that, a wildly flying, panicky mass.
t was n thing to drink and brawl In
,te. Marie. but quite another to defy
he tireless officials of the evenue de-
,artment, who patroled the river at
lrcertain intervals, whose arms were
'ery long.
Whether any n except Simeon was
In that particular place was
lever known, for it was all the officers
.ould do to hold on to him, while the
.rowd stampeded past them toward
he door, a cursing, struggling mass,
arrying LATE and Hilary along with it.
In the street they pulled themselves
tut Of the crush and took refuge in an
Hey. All Ste. Marie was in a turmoil.
News Of the raid had spread every
where with lightning swiftness. Lights
we're being extinguished, liquor hidden
way, lumbermen and girls YER run
ling In wild panic through the streets.
Suddenly they perceived Marie Du-
,ont among the crowd. Her eyes were
vide with fright, and she was strug-