The Leader., October 31, 1902, Image 3

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PINK SILK WAIST
HE first customer Miss Peterson , she's my size”
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waited on was a o p t io n , old (Illlam eou hPt h i l a n Z "
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Ip “ laughing
at .h«
the
lady with duplex e y e g la s s e s ,’ ...
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UirhlM at
Ingenuous excitement of Dorothy, but
who seemed tixed la the opinion that
She measured her quickly and wbto-
tlie bashful, gentle, little saleswoman
i T ’n lhlrty fuur’ honey. Don’ t look
meant to swindle her. She looked at w
so flabbergasted.”
„ dozen patterns o f ginghams before
He bought the waist all right waited
she found one that seemed to suit her. respectfully for his parcel and walk” !
¿t this she stared. Then she carried
out without further embarrassing the
It out to the door for closer Inspection, Kiri. When he appeared again next
Ungered it, folded it and Anally, glar- morning Dorothy’s heart failed her.
luiTat the embarrassed girl, snapped:
She had already exchanged two o f her
••po you mean to tell me, young sales of the day before, and she sus­
woman, that this Is a fast color?"
pected that the waist didn’t lit after
Miss Peterson was frightened. There
■111. The young man saluted her with
was a menacing challenge in the stout quiet courtesy and bought a belt, ii
customer’’’ raucous voice.
beautiful silken thing with sliver oraa
"Please, ma’am, I ’ll go and ask the uieuts, and a love of a pendant purse.
manager,” said the demure girl.
Aim thereafter for nearly two weeks
“Humph! There’s some doubt about liurdly a day passed that he did not
It then, Is there?” sneered the fut come to buy something for his mother.
woman; “ then w e’ll let It go. I thought Dorothy found herself harried with all
It looked ctieop.”
sorts of guesses about him. He was
And the Indignant customer flounced certainly very handsome. He must be
out of the store, leaving little Miss well off. What a good son he must
Peterson with tears In her eyes and a be—always getting pretty things for
trembling sense o f her own Ineffi­ Ids mother. "And good sous,” she
ciency.
thought, “ always make good----- ’’ She
“When they ask you things like that was blushing furiously when In he
tell 'em yes,” said Mrs. (1111am, the " ol^ed with his musical good-morning
star saleswoman o f Benton & Brown’ s and “ I’d like to buy some silk gloves
dry goods emporium; “ all these goods for-----”
are guaranteed. W e haven’t got any
"Your mother ” said Dorothy, won-
snide stuff In the store.”
lerlug at her own audacity.
But little Miss Peterson was getting
’’Yes. please, miss. I think your size
discouraged. She managed to run her will tit her exactly.’*
sales up to $8.1)5 the second day, but
She thought It a little odd that h«
when Saturday night cam e the man­
couldn’t usk his own mother what size
ager paid her off without a word or a of gloves she wore, but she got out her
smile, and she was painfully aware array of filmy hand covers and he
that he wasn’t satisfied.
bought generously. That was a red-
"Go after the men,“ advised Mrs
letter day for Dorothy. She sold her
Gillum one day, when she saw Dorothy biggest bill—nearly $75 worth—and the
bang back while another girl captured other girls and women began to envy
a spruce-looking male purchaser; “ the her this gallant prodigal young cus­
men are easy. They buy quick, and If tomer. To make matters more Inter“
you can help them out a bit they’ ll estlng, for the first time he now or­
never forget It Don’t he so haahful. dered his purchases “sen t” and for
f
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hours after he was gone Dorothy,
greutly excited and pleased, she knew
not why, kept repeating his name and
address—’ ’George H. Sherrlck, 207
Butte street"
“ Sherrlck? George H. Sherrlck?"
quoth Mrs. Glllam when Dorothy told
her the secret "why, he’s the foreman
up at the Golden Chicken mine. He
lives with his mother up In Butte
street—old lady's an Invalid, rheu­
matic or something. They eame out
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here from Boston about the same time
you started In at the store.”
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Butte street like most -of the envi­
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rons o f Red Cliff, was a narrow, gorge-
1
llke thoroughfare with few houses.
Dorothy, perhaps by the merest acci­
den t strolled out that way often when
the May Sunday afternoons grew hot­
ter, but one sultry evening while she
was a mile or so above the Sherrlck
cottage, watching the chipmunks scur­
rying among the rocks, a sudden storm
1 THINK A1IOI T YUUH SIZE.
broke like a cloudburst above the can­
Dorothy. The men nren't half as yon ami drove her down the road like
cranky as the women. They won t a scared rabbit The downpour caught
her before she reached his bouse, and
eat you, that’s sure.”
But It was along In May nearly tw o ns she was passing It, blinded by the
months after her nrrival In Bed Cliff rain and deafened by the thunder, she
that Miss Peterson began to suspect felt a strong band laid gently on her
that after all, she had some Intent arm and In her ear a well-remembered
ability for business. She was busy voice, saying:
with a fidgety old woman, who eon-1
Y'ou must come In, miss. If you
aumed precious minutes Inspecting the ! please, mother saw you running from
cheapest handkerchiefs, when a young the storm.”
man came In and stood by the counter.
Thus reassured and right glad of
'•Something to-day?” smiled Mrs. shelter, she permitted Sherrlck to lend
Glllam, bustling up to him.
her Into the cozy house.
"M y mother. Miss-----” he paused for
“ I’ll wait for this young lady,” he
her name.
said politely, Indicating Dorothy.
“ Dorothy—Dorothy Peterson,” said
Here was a little victor}'. Indeed!
To be preferred to Mrs. Glllam, whom the girl, uot looking up, nnd vaguely
everylmdy knew us the most agreeable mindful that Ills mother was “ Just her
and the best Informed employe In the size” she saw In the Invalid's chair a
store! Little Dorothy blushed crimson portly white-haired old lady, of at least
and her heart fluttered with scared 200 pounds. The kindly voice of the
delight, but she didn't look up. It mother, however, drove all speculation
seemed hours till the old woman final­ from the girl’s head and she took the
ly selected her dozen hemstitched cam­ little wicker chair by the tea table,
brics, but when Dorothy turned, the and began to dream of the old days
stranger was waiting. She remembered back East when her own mother was
quite well that he had bought some­ alive, as tender and almost ns ruddy as
thing before—yes. a parasol. It had this soft-voiced young man's.
Hnt afterward, when the storm had
been a quick sale, and, though she
couldn’ t think o f any good reason why ceased and he was taking her home,
he should Insist on her services, she they bad walked nearly a block In hap­
felt glad somehow.
py silence before he said:
“ You’ ve found me out. haven’t you.
“I'd like to look at silk waists,” he
••Id. drumming nervously on the Miss Peterson?”
“ H ow do you mean?” she said, hang­
counter.
“I don’t think we have any men’s ing her head till her yellow curls hid
waists, at least not In silk. She was her face.
"M y
mother, you know,” he an­
•fraid to look at him.
"Oh, I went a lady’s waist, pi case.” swered trying to laugh easily. "I sup­
he laughed softly, but without any hint pose, at least I’ m afraid, you remem­
of Impertinence, "It’ s for my—moth­ ber the waists and things I bought?”
er.”
••Yes." Her voice was very low.
"W e ll I might as well tell you the
"W hat size, please?”
A moment's
silence. When be did not answer she truth. I didn't buy them for ber not
looked suddenly Into his handsome for anyone In particular. I—I’m a verj
bashful man. Miss Dorothy, and I Just
face and repeated, “ size, please?”
"I —er—that Is, I’ m not certain, but I wanted to get acquainted with you. 1
didn't know bow to go about It. don’t
~ "r think about your size."
Poor Dorothy was so flustered by you see? So I kept going into your
this unexpected reply that she didn't store, buying things—anything you
I>enr the rest. She ran round to where recommended for—for-----’
"F o r your mother?” She looked up
Mrs. Glllam was slipping new boards
Into some dress goods and said: "Meas- shyly and laughed and—but wbat’a the
ore me. measure me. Mrs. Glllam! uae o f going into details. Dorothy has
There's a man ’round there wanta a lost a cuatomer. but Benton & Brown
•Hk waist for his mother, and he says were glad to exchange little Mias Pe-
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services
her patronage,
W ILL K E E P UP FIOHT.
ami the last time was In the store
Mrs. (»Ulani told ■r that Iter pink
Members of Engineers' Union to be Asked
waist lit her “ llkt tape measure."—
Not to handle Anthracite Coal.
I Chicago Kecord-II Id.
Chicago, Oct. 25.— Pieeident Morton, Lone Highwayman Robs North­
of the International Stationary Engin­
g o t WHAT 7-Y w a n t e d .
ern Pacific in Montana.
eers and Firemen, stated that all mem­
W o r t h i e s « M e n ti,x v e r t h e C o r p s e o f
bers of the association all over the
a W o r t ! i . M an.
SMOOTS ENGINEER IN COLD BLOOD
The people of certain town In country would be ordered to refuse to
Malue were uuaul us In the opinion handle any anthracite coal until eveiv
that If Abner Ha w had a gift for member affected by the anthracite B. milt Says He la the Man W ho Held Up
Southern Pacific Train In Oregon
anything it was
taking charge of strike is reinstated on the basis on
funerals. He hat b e time, and be
Last Fall—Secured Little.
which the miners returned to work.
was willing to spt it, too, as he had
no particular bus ss of his own. The brotherhood has a membership of
Butte, Mont. Oct. 27.— One of the
Moreover, his natl wit and his inti- 14,000, and has local unions in 114
most daring train robberies in the his­
towns
and
cities.
mate acquaintance 1th Ills townspeo­
tory of the Northern I’acitic railroad
ple made him a di Imiuatlng adviser
President Morton declared his organ­
at the ticklish mot it when a strange ization was in a position to shnt out occurred early Saturday morning at a
minister tried to a sermon to the
lonely spot known as Mulkey canyon,
hard coal in all cities where it had
life of the depart
But the Lewis­
three miles and a half nest of Drum­
local
unions,
aud
said
such
action
ton Journal chroi ites one occasion
mond, Mont. So far as known, but one
when even Abner uld offer little as- would be taken if necessary for the
man was engaged in the attempt to
sistunce.
protection of the members who had
That one man
A rather dlsrepi (ble cltizen had lost their positions on account of the rifle the express safe.
seemed to be a host in himself, when
died, aud Abner wi requested to hitch
anthracite strike.
This is President
up his old horse ui drive to the next
he killed the engineer, cooped up a
town to ask the (ulster to conduct Morton’ s view of the situation:
whole train crew and an entire train­
According to all reports from East­
the service. This e minister agreed
load of passengers, and kept three men
to do, but before allowed Abner to ern mines, our men are getting the
Engineer
depart be tried to it a little material worst of it, and, while the miners are at work obeying orders.
Daniel O’ Neill was shot in the abdomen
for his address.
being reinstated, they are left out in
“ What sort of of nan was he?” he
and killed when he grappied with the
the cold.
Our organization does not
asked.
desperado, who bail covered him with
“ W ell about the ame as no man at propose allowing its members to be two revolvers. The train was known
victimized, and as we cannot call a
all,” replied Abner frankly.
"I suppose his lo i will be felt more strike at the mines, nonunion men as the North Coast Limited.
It is believed that the robber boarded
or less In the con lunlty,” suggested seeming to be in possession of the jobs,
the minister.
we will attempt to secure the rein the train at a water tank, which ii
‘They’re all bea ng up well under statement of our members by shutting located about 300 feet west of Bear-
11” said Abner, di ly.
out anthracite coal wherever we can.
mouth, where a stop was made for
"W as he a good an at heart?” ask­
“ While negotiations looking toward water.
Just after the train passed
ed the minister.
a settlement were on we did not wish
“ If he’d been ac, lsed of It the ver­ to interfere in any way, although we through Bearmoutb station, where no
dict would have b an not guilty, and feared our men would get the worst of stop is made, the fireman started to
the Jury wouldi 1 have left their the bargain. We believe the action of put in a fire. He was startled to hear
the firemen and engineers in quitting a yell and turning round found a man
scuta,” returned Al ler.
“ Did he attend cl ireh at all?” asked work helped the miners to win their standing on the coal pointing two big
fight.
the minister.
"Although it is true that a majority revolvers at his head.
"I never heard of tils doing It,” said
“ Throw up your hands!” shouted the
of the firemen are members of the
Abner.
"H ow did he dfe?” continued the Miners’ union, they have retained their man, elevating his voice to overcome
membership in our union, and have al­ the roar of the train. “ Throw up and
minister.
"Just the same is he lived—sort o’ ready asked for our assistance. We obey my orders, and you won’ t get
propose to give it to them, and I am hurt.”
naturally," said Aliier.
The man slid down the coal ODto the
“ I don’t see how I’ m to preach much going to call a meeting of the executive
board, when action will be taken look­ engine deck, and forced tbe fireman
of a sermon under such circum­
ing to that end. I will advocate that against the left seat of the cab. He
stances,” said the minister.
onr members be ordered to refuse to covered Engineer O’ Neill with fine re­
"The neighbors all said they didn’t
handle anthracite coal, as, to my mind, volver and ordered him to throw up
think they wanted much of a sermon,
thie is the only method thst will bring his hands.
and so they sent me over to see you," the operators to time.
I believe the
"Y o u mind what I say,” said he to
said Abner.
board will accept my suggeition.’ ’
the engineer. “ If you don 't I ’ ll blow
The minister pocketed his discomfit­
your head off.”
ure and a flve-dollar bill, and after the
Nearly All Engineers Turned Down.
Just then the steam was shot off and
service Abner met him ajaiu.
Wilkesbarre, Oct. 25. — It looks as the brakes applied and the train came
“ W ell” said he, “ w e sot Just what though tbs union engineers were going to a stop in Mulkey canyon. Engineer
we wanted.”
to have aome difficulty getting back O ’ Neil, it seems, stepped from hie seat,
their old places. At nearly every mine aud in doing so overturned his lantern
G O O D I N T E N T IO N S .
where the striking engineers made ap­ which was set below him.
Immedi­
H o w t h e L a tt ic e R a is e d M o n e y f o r t h e plication lor work they were told that ately he grappled with tho robber and
th e re w ere no vacancies.
A large tried to overpower him.
M in i* * » “ '«
1 1 .,,,.
The man
“ Our minister did not take any vaca­ number of carpenters are also out. released himself, and placing the big
President
Mitchell
haB
advised
the
men
tion this summer,” said Brown, with a
revolve! almost against the engineer's
smile, as he began a conversation to wait a lew days and see if employ­ abdomen, fired. Engineer O’ Neil gave
ment
would
not
be
offered
them.
He
a groan and fell to the ground outside.
which the Detroit Free Press reports.
The robber then went from the engine
“ Why not?” asked the other man. "Cir­ believes that when general resumption
takes
place
there
will
be
lew
mine
em­
to the express car. He pounded on the
cumstances over which he had no con­
ployes idle.
The firemen are being door and demanded that it be opened.
trol forced him to stay at home,” re­
taken back in larger numbers than any The two men inside opened the door to
plied Brown.
of the steam men, because they take find themselves facing two big guns.
"H e Intended to go away and had
places of men who are not so capable. Both were oi dared out of the car.
made bis arrangements, when several
He then tried to blow dpen the big
enthusiastic members o f his congre­
NEW LIFE-SAVINO DEVICE.
safe with a light charge of dynamite.
gation—my wife wus among them, and
This failed and 15 sticks of dynamite
the others were all women, too—took
Aluminum Globe Thoroughly Tested and were placed in the next charge.
The
the matter out o f his bonds and told
Proves Complete Success.
outer door of the safe was blown open,
his w ife ‘confidentially not to pinch
New York, Oct. 25.—A demonstra­ and another chaige of 15 sticks of dy­
and save for his outing, because the
namite was used in an attempt to fotce
members of the church had hit upon tion of the efficiency of a novel life
the inner door. This charge blew the
the happy Idea o f raising a sum espe­ saving invention has taken place in the
express car to pieces.
The roof was
cially for his vacation.’
English channel, cables the London blown off and one end of the car was
’As the minister has a large family
correspondent of tbe Herald.
About practically demolished.
and his wife finds It hard to make
The robber then went to the mail
both ends meet, she was only too glad four miles off Folkestone, a tug sighted car. The clerk refused to open the
to spend the vacation money In other a strange object in the water. Upon door until threatened with dynamite.
ways.
coming nearer it was found to l>e a Once in the mail cat, he went to work
’Well, the women held several ‘af­ large globe. From a manhole on the on the regiatered mail pouches. The
fairs,’ and managed to get something top a man’ s head projected.
The tug packages were handed to him, and with
over $50 together. Then they decided went alongside and two men emerged the utmost coolness the fellow took a
to make the presentation a gala event, from the globe. They proved to be the seat and opened the first package, and
and give all the members of tbe church inventor and his assistant, both Nor­ then another, using his gun to break
a chance to speed the parson on his wegians.
According to their story, them.
the gioba, which is composed of alum­
way with good wishes.
During all tho time he was with hia
It occurred to them that a little inum, was put overboard from a steam­ prisoners, he kept up a running talk
music would add to the occasion, and er off Havre. The inventor claims that and joked with the crew over hia poor
so they engaged some musicians. One it satisfied all requirements and expec­ success in getting valuable plunder.
member of tbe committee thought that tations and demonstrated its service­ Two or three times he expressed regret
at having been forced to kill the en­
If there was music, light refreshments ability for saving lives at sea.
The globe is about eight feet in di­ gineer, whom he characterized as fool­
would l>e In urijor, and she took It upon
Tbe robber
herself to see that they were provided. ameter. An air shaft is provided and ish for tryiDg to tesist.
A third hit on the plan o f having the it is also fitted with a water pump, sail declared:
“ If anybody wants to know who I
church decorated for the occasion, and and rudder. Its capacity is claimed to
be sufficient for 16 persons, together am, tell ’ em I ’ m the same fellow who
hired a man to do the work.
"E arly In the evening when they met with 850 pounds of food and 1,100 held up the Honthern Pacific out at
Portland last fall.”
to compare notes they discovered that pounda of water.
Bloodhounda from the state peniten­
tlielr expenses had not only eaten up
Coal Trains Have Right of Way.
tiary have been put on\the trail. The
the amount that they had raised for
Reading, Pa., Oct. 25.— The Reading Northern Pacific has posted notices of
the minister, but left them a matter of
railway company officials do not be­ rewaids of $5,000 for the capture of
two or three dollars In deb t
the robber or robbers, dead or alive.
"Oh. yes. the evening was a pleasant lieve that anthracite coal will be mov­
Officers believe that the outlaws are
one to some, but there wasn’t any pre­ ing in any quantity before early next headed north and that capture wi 1 he
About 100,000 tons is looked
sentation. On the way home I asked week.
soon effected.
Old settlers, however,
my w ife who was going to square the for the first of the week, against a who know the country, and Its rough­
normal weekly average of 240,000 tons.
debt
_ h— . I All coal trim s are to be given prefer- ness say there is little likelihood of the
1 ’ Why, Joseph,’ she said,
ence. -*
There
be no delay in in the
the men belDg captured in the mountain»,
-------- will
*-------------delay
question! The minister, o f course. It I unloading of the coal into the yards of »« ‘ his section is a veritable bole-in-
was all done In his Interest’ ”
the cities and towns, and every facility the-wall, and wild and thickly tim-
for speedy work is being provided for bered.
s h o e * t h a t M e r e No« M ate« .
Clerk— So you want to exchange these train crews and shifters. Daring last
New Warships for England.
night, 3,000 tons came down the rood.
shoes because they aren’t mates?
London, Oct. 27. — The British ad­
Mrs. Hogan— Ol do.
Flrsht OI put
Mexican Railroads Consolidate.
miralty has given ont contracts for the
wan on me left foot an' twor made fer
Mexico City, Oct. 26.— It is l«ported construction of three warships, de­
the rolght; an’ tliln OI pat wan on me
that very shortly the Mexian Central scribed as “ scouts.” They will have a
rolght foot, an' ’twor made fer the le ft
railroad company will take over the speed of 2 5 knots when in fighting
—Philadelphia Ledger.
Mexico, Cnernava A Pacific railway, trim, their engines will be of 17,000
What has become of the old-fashion­ which haa a line from this city passing horsepower and their seagoing qnalitiea
ed dog that was “ sicked” on the hogs, through the states of Moral«« and Guer­ will he superior to «hose of the torpedo
boat destroyers.
rero to the Balsas river.
and chewed their cars off)
TRAIN HELD UP