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""^Ers* Kelly, Tve brought yon a
^wax?ec,>* began the vedette.
<5j?& caught sight of a boy at the ta
^^?e-?izid gave a cry of joy. "Oh, Louis,
X?5?h a whoop the boy rushed from
icaJvfci and flung his arms around
. ^3fcs Ann, but I'm glad to see you!
"Sasses is Cousin Don? Which way did
come? Rob has gone down to
-^feas?e to meet you."
J?m turned to thank her guide, who
^v^s looking at her with undisguised
^^airaticn.
""f?t was a great pleasure." he re
^Sad, with an assumption of grand
5na2i2ier. "Introduce me, please," he
-3fc?i to Mrs. Kelly.
. *f? aius^ introduce myself first" said
?fe? "little woman. "I am Mrs. Kelly,
-"?ss? Son. guard is Mr. Jack Munro."
Asan gave him her hand. "1 thank
3*S5TL Munro, but I think he should have
rJ??ywed Mr. Barnett to come into shel
>5KE?. it seemed cruel to send him back
"sat "chat long, cold drive."
3?anro remained unmoved. "Oh, he'll
^Say at Clayson's overnight"
?&s. K?Uy put in a word. "I think
'r&a&. :t>e$ter >come into shelter. You
:S8K?t %e cold and hungry. Won't you
r*SfcS?>?"ihside, Mr. Munro?"
'thank you.- It is-a great tempta
V;5?B?a,'but "Tve work to do."
v?Ln?^SA chilled and hungry, Ann en
^??ti?TBe pleasant home of the Kellys,
-"3????76ie "ierror of the dark ride became
^st?psrt of the outer world, shut away
the strong, rude door.
""Bob has gone down to the stage of
jm?g explained Mrs. Kelly. "We
^??gh't you'd come that way."
^s. "Kelly put Ann down to some tea
"^Ca?>eo*l? meat and while she was still
"Ait ??he stable and in the midst of her
^??ssr^y "Raymond flung open the door.
""Here she isl" he called to some one
<>i?ifid him, and his white face and
jawing eyes testified to his great anx
?&?n rose to meet him with a rush of
T^S?S1: and confidence that filled her
. tSst&at and rendered her wordless, but
^^fe-'held her hand toward him.
.^Ste seized it. "I was greatly alarmed
>5?&*?i -I heard that you were coming
"S&s&e. How did you come? How did
"SS?SL find the way?"
-?ztn then said, "Your friend Munro
SD^- us, turned Don back and piloted
- -^:up the hill."
^^taymond turned to a big man who
^^feod waiting. "Miss Rupert, this is
3?&tihew Kelly, my mining partner."
?SikT?i gave her hand into Kelly's enor
; palm with a look of admiration,
^..am glad to know you, Mr. Kelly. I
&3&e -heard Louis speak of you very
?he presence of these men Ann lost
cU*i ^ense of fear and weakness. They
. "t&ST? possessed of something which
* SSfi^ioSra* -as he was, lacked.
i^xaymond*s eyes hardly left her face, \
TZBit she no longer resented Lis interest
O?* the contrary, she studied him close- j
There was a subtle change in him. !
Sfe seemed older, gentler, but more
"aaat??Vy and handsomer than before.
~%i is a rude place for you to live, j
Rupert." he said, "but there is no
<&*?iger. The strike has not involved
We are as peaceful t.s a farm .
"ivie- smiled back into his eyes with
swaro of liking than she 1 d ever ex
gjss?ssed.
xxa not afraid," she replied, "i
;"i25 ,ig:?'.ng to find the camp interesting.
^? any rate, so long as Louis is settled
x?&is determination to be a miner, I
? keep him in sight."
* is a great pleasure to have him
'"*3ss35i me, and I am glad to be of use to
fc?Ka, for his own sake as well as for
"flSfcKt you have come to mean to me."
-V^n's lashes fell before the glow of
-admiring eyes, and with this sign
-is^-akness a flush of resentment
$?jsjm passed over her. "He must not
at me in that way," she complain
-^e herself.
'^SC&en Raymond left the house to
^ft-fc -back to his own cabin he resent
?:or the first time the presence of
^Wiis. He dished to be alone with the
' "attesterions emotion which had swept
' ~4S3K?k upon him at sight of Ann. He
.3sei3? the night out of which every
?S&re-d of -vapor had vanished, and the
Qi?R-M^ck vault, blazing with innu
BBKrable jetting globes of light, invited
.*6te2sjgh -thoughts, to serious imaginings.
%3Bs ?duty plainly was to lay hands
?3y*<i. the <ad and hustle him back to
~ "itv>,.y -Springs and so put both brother
.?: out of his life: but this was
v.r.sy. Mo argued that she was in
3Sfe? V- ?.::er and that the change of air
d&Zxer good. "She will be inter
**?fe J ? the mines," he went on in
?B^iess debate with himself. "The
^?XXJS^XT is magnificent: and then, of
?'*^?Qsr9ev she can go down at any time
think wise."
CHAPTER XIII.
HE little room to which Mrs.
Kelly conducted Ann was hard?
ey larger than a steamer state?
room and was very primitive
Sttl^regards its furnishings.
"*5ff-s a small place and a rough place
?H? SGcb. as you, but it's the best we
said Mr3. Kelly.
<8w?c responded to the humility which
*?s^d the hearty voice of her hostess,
"?s^ ^ough she shivered in the chill
?.""?iteh,-?fis*?ered cheerily: "i'm sure this
3$:*^ joice.. The bed is temntimr."
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j Hesitatingly, "with roany 'misgivings,
j Mrs. Kelly withdrew, and Ann hurried
j ly disrobed and leaped into the bed,
j which was white as snow and almost
I as cold. It was like a plunge into che
? breakejrs at Magnolia; it fairly took her
j breath away, and there was no escape
! from this icy contact, for the air was
1 as bitter as the sheets,
j But the joy of the meeting with Louis j
I and the unexpected glow of confidence j
j and pleasure with which she met Ray- ?
! mend's anxious, piercing eyes came !
back to warm her heart.
How changed Raymond was* How I
deeply brown! He looked as vigorous j
?as she saw him first at the ranch, and? j
yet different-years older; and with his: i
strength, his resolution, something new; j
was mingled-something graver and"!
j sweeter. He was handsomer in th?s j
I miner's heavy boots than in the ccw
[ boy's spurs and kerchief,
j Her mind took up again the singular- i
j ity of her position, lying there in a j
I frosty bed. in a miner's cabin. She
i laughed. "Am I to meet my death by !
j freezing?" But at last a glow of com- j
i fort began to steal over her, a delicious j
! languor, and then-she was awakened j
I by a grinding sound and by the shout
! ing bf cheerful children, and a few
minutes later the gentle voice of Mrs.
Kelly sounded at the door.
"Are you awake?" Ann threw back
the coverlet to find the room full of
sunshine. "May I come in?" asked
Mrs. Kelly.
"Certainly," said Ann, and the pale
and pretty little housewife entered
with a pitcher of warm water.
"Good morning. How did yon sleep
the night?"
"I don't know. I haven't the slight?
est idea where the night went to."
After her hostess left her Ann lay
staring at the rough walls and the still
more primitive ceiling in wonder. "It
must be real," she thought "for I
couldn't possibly dream it" With a
realization of her own sloth, she sprang
out upon the cold floor and began to
dress with a vigor and celerity she
did not know she possessed.
During breakfast she studied Mrs.
Kelly and began to understand at last
that the little mother had not merely
washed and dressed che boys and
cooked the breakfast, but had served
as waitress and maid of all work, and
nov.-, calm and sweet and self con?
tained, was presiding over the table.
If any dish needed replenishing, she
sprang up to get it. and this put the
robust daughter of wealth to shame.
"Don't you feel tired some mornings
and lie abed?" she asked.
Mrs. Kelly smiled. "Indeed I do, but
I can't afford io lie abed. When Matt
makes his next strike, sure I'm going
to hire a girl and sleep till I'm weary
of it, if it takes a week."
"You must let me do something while ?
I am here." said Ann. "Let me pro- j
vide a maid for you."
"Oh. no; I was only jokin'. Sure,
you couldn't hire a girl on the hill to do j
housework. Besides, the best of them j
are not fit company for you, and in a
small hut like this you're cheek by
jowl with your help."
Ann had not thought of them as com?
pany, but she gravely replied: "I might
bring a maid from my cousin's house.
At any rate, you must let me- help this
morning. I can sweep and dust-in?
deed I can."
"Mighty little dusting the shack needs
in this air," said Mrs. Kelly. "Good
luck to me, it's tiny."
"I must help or I will not stay," in?
sisted Ann. "At least I can amuse the
children."
"Louis shot through the door like a
stone from a sling. His eyes were
dr.ncing. "Good morning, everybody"'
he shouted. "Haven't you breakfasted
yet? Why, we've been done ten min- j
utes. Isn't this bully -this life np
here? How do you feel this morning?"
Ann laughed to see him so elate, so j
vigorous. -What a child you aref she 1
exclaimed in wonder.
Raymond followed at a little dis- j
tance. "Good morning. Miss Rupert, i
Good morning. Nora. Hello, younkers," '
and he gathered a boy under each arm.
He looked very capable and entirely
self contained as he put the lads down i
and addressed himself to Ann. "I sup- I
pose your baggage went to Bozle, but :
we will get that today. And. Mrs. Kel- ;
ly, if you r.eed anything to make Miss 1
Rupert comfortable let us know. To ?
the limit of our resources command :
i
Ann. v. i:> unaccountable lightness of ;
spirit, <.-. \i\y protested. "Now, please
don't ii. . company of me. i am go?
ing to <.my living by helping Mrs.
Kelly .:' :t the house. My bed was
very coi; rubie and my breakfast de?
licious. .Vinn else do I require? One
needn't ; :?; how yon aro. Von look to
bef perfectly wei! again."
Louis stared at his sister and was
about to make some revealing remark !
when Raymond intervened. "We are
very "glad to have you in camp, but you
must not suffer inconveniences."
"T'<"> been thinking perhaps it would
d . good to suffer hardship," she an
* ered, with a reflective glance.
He considered a moment before chang?
ing the subject "Everything seems
quiet np street this morning, so our
trouble may blow over. I am going
up by and by and will report on what
is brewing in the saloons. They are the
storm centers. I'm sorry Don started
to come in, and T 1 ^pe he will go quiet?
ly back and forget the whole incident"
raw "?? . ' - - iiii?! Min .Bi IM rm
'.Tell t the camp. Wh;
the trouble ali about? I can't ur
stand." s'uo said.
"It's quite simple.'' replied Ravin
"The county is about equally div
now between the miners of the i
and the citizens of the plain,
peak's interests are not those of
Springs, and it has resented for a :
the domination of the Springs.'
owners of the mines are either i
denis of the plain or of thc? east
violently opposed to the politics of
camp. Barnett's man. Mackay,
tempted to reorganize the worl
hom's of the camp and failed,
know of the mishandling he receive)
"What aro they going to do nov.-?1
"I don't know. As the case stai
the camp is hot against any lavas
by the sheriff and 'a mob of hirelin
as they call his deputies, and his
tempt to overawe the camp only cn
ed more furious resistance. I will
able to tell better what the outee
will be when I learn what the un
has decided to do. Thus far it has b
a game of bluff on the part of a do
men who are not strictly miners at
and the question of wages has had
tie attention. I am going up now
see what is going on."
As Raymond entered the street
peace and beauty of the Kelly ho
and the vision of the two women b<
peacefully above their sewing ste
away in radiant contrast a. hove ;
reeking saloons, the reckless CTOV?
and the rows of drink inflamed ir
lounging along each bar.
The lover's senses, sharpened
Ann's presence in the camp, detect
a more sinister change in the temi
of the men. Up to this'time all tl
had taken place had been jocular,
least on the surface, hut the sherif
threatened invasion with a hundr
hired thugs stirred the red fires
wrath in men like Hanley, Brock a:
Collingwood, who had hitherto be
but onlookers, and. they were now t
inciting centers of men talking loud
and with undisguisel fury.
Hanley, perceiving Raymond at t
door, approached to say: "One of Mu
ro's vedettes intercepted that kid
yours last night and got word that D<
Barnett was on his wayup here. Y<
better warn him off."
Raymond resented his tone, but col
ly replied: "The boy was mistake
Barnett turned back at Grand View
Some one plucked him by the* an
and, following his guide, Raymond e:
tered the room used as the office of tl
union, where he found Carter, tl
president, and Lamed, the organize
in the midst of a hot argument wit
Munro, Smith and a group of others (
their sort. Lamed was shaking wit
excitement and rage, and Carter, th
little president, looked white an
scared.
Munro, with a grin, said: "Come ii
Rob. This is a council of war."
Raymond entered calmly, his head
little bent, his keen eyes studying e^
cry face. "What's it all about?"
Lamed explained, his hands quivei
lng, the veins on his forehead bulging
his eyes restless and fevered. "If the,
do it" be said. "I leave-I get out.
will not countenance lawlessness o
this sort I'm not a fool. I know wha
the effect will be. If they tum bael
mis posse the state militia will bi
called out. I came to organize a unioi
to meet the coming question of labo
and capital. I did not come here t<
form mobs. I refuse to sanction it. '.
will not have a thing to do with it. I:
you make this raid I leave the camp."
Raymond spoke. "I'm not involvet
in the present disagreement, so thai
my advice is disinterested, but as
you've ridden up and asked me I give
it as my opinion that Lamed is right
You can stand off a sheriff once ci
twice, and you might even stand off a
regiment of militia, but you can't stand
off the United States army, and that's
what you'll run up against in the end.
.Tack, you ought to have sense enough
to keep out of this."
Munro smiled. Tm only the mili?
tary arm of government. I'm not mak?
ing taws; I execute them."
"Why not call a meeting and put it
to a vote?" asked Smith.
"I know why." replied Brock. "Lar
ncd is afraid it will carry."
Lamed leaped to his feet. "I admit
it.' I don't want the word to go out
that this raid has been voted on by the
union, "With the camp boiling with ex?
citement it might carry. Outsiders
must be taught the difference between
the action of the mob and the will of
the organization."
Smith was brutally plain. "It isn't
your say. You're only an outsider
yourself. It's Carter's place to call the
meeting and discuss what we are to do.
A half dozen of us have laid ourselves
liable by doing duty for the union.
Now, the question is whether the union
is going to stand by us or sneak and
leave us to eat dirt in a valley jail."
"You had no sanction from the un?
ion."
"I know we didn't-no official sanc?
tion-but rou know perfectly well that
the men were with us then, and they
are with us now. every one of thom."
. A rap on the door startled thom all.
It was like the tap of the finger of
fate. Munro opened the door, and Do
lan, ilie reporter, entered. "Hello, lads,"
he called easily. "What's doin'V"
Tliey all shouted, "Hello. Jim!" and
Lamed; starting forward, exclaimed:
"Any ue\i I?"
"Weil, racier. The sherill, with a
hundred men and a special train, is at
Trinchera, ile means business this
time, lads."
The roomful of men now gathered
into groups to discuss the certainty of
war. Dolan, gay with excitement, drew
round him Carter, Lamed and Colling?
wood. Smith and Denver Dan were
the center of another squad, while Ray?
mond took Muuro aside and earnestly
pleaded: "See here, old man, you must
keep out of this. It isn't your funeral,
but it will be if you don't vamoose the
ranch."
"I can't go back on the boys now,
Rob. They need my military training,
and, besides, I am in it. I won't sit
ri?HL
B?ck aha see the district (lone Tip oy
these thugs who never earned an hon?
est collar in their lives. And your
friend Barnett-what good is he on
earth? Just a bloodsucker on the bare
1 back ?f labor. Tm with the boys, and
if my experience can do 'om any good
I'm ready."
4T know how you feel. Jack, but this
is desperate business. A tight with tbi;
sheriff will set the whole country
! against the miners."
j Munro smiled contemptuously. "He
-won't fight A round of shots in the
air will send him hotfooting it back
to the Springs. It's all a farce."
'.Be careful. The farce may turn
into tragedy at a moment's notice.
These miners are idle and full of liq?
uor. Men like Kelly who have women
to protect"
Munro caught at this. "By the way,
who was the 'femme?' My word, she's
; a peach."
Raymond's tone was coldly indiffer?
ent. "Miss Rupert is from Xew York
city, Barnett's cousin. She is here to \
look after her brother Louis. I was !
not thinking of her so much as of Mrs. j
Kelly and other women who can't get j
away.
j Lamed's voice, rising high and cut- j
ting above the others, interposed. "Then j
I leave. You are crazy. You can't hold j
this hill with a million Gatling guns.
The national committee will not stand :
for it. Goodby!" Clapping his hat on :
his head, he walked out of the room, ;
his white face set in a furious frown.
Brock roared out: '"Call a meeting,
Carter, and we'll carry it our way! To
blazes with the national committee!"
Carter, however, was scared blue by
Lamed's despairing retreat and re- I
fused. "We've got to go slow. We
can't win without help. I won't make
the call." ,
San Juan Smith, with flaming face,
shouted furiously: "Then weil do it
without your sanction. The executive
board will act."
Raymond, on the doorstep, made a
last appeal to Munro. "Jack, you can't
afford to go into this thing with Smith.
Keep out of it It's bad business all
around. It's one thing to strike and
another thing to resist authority. See i
this street!"
In some way word had already passed
along the ridge that the sheriff was ac?
tually on the road and that he would ,
reach the end of the railway in mid
afternoon, and a great throng was
packed round a man on horseback who
was good naturedly trying to force his
way toward headquarters.
"That's one of my scouts," said Mun?
ro, "with news of the invaders." And
he pushed off into the crowd, while
Raymond, with serious face and slow j
step, went down the path toward his
mine.
"They're going to fight," he said to !
Kelly. :
"Fight? Of course they'll fight j
They'll go down and drive the sheriffs
men like sheep. But what then? The j
crazy jacks!*'
"Do you think we ought to tell the j
women? Are they in danger?"
Kelly was reflective. ' "Not now. The
sheriff, will hardly reach the hill this
time. Heil go back. The authorities
and the newspapers will chew the rag
for a couple of weeks, and then-weil
be up against it!" j :
"All the same. Matt, I wear my guns
from this on. and one of us must stand . '
guard at night The camp is filling I
with dangerous men."
At Kelly's invitation. Raymond and . '
Louis took noonday dinner with him. j
It was a most delicious meal to Ray- i
mond and a pleasantly exciting one to i .'
Ann. for she confessed to having cook- j !
ed the eggs and potatoes. All reference ?
to the trouble on the hill was jocular, j '
? ? ? i t
u._ , !|
-?-1 j
"ii isn't your funeral, bat Lt will bc." ? ?
The roaring savagery of the Golden j
Hom saloon seemed of another world, j
having no possible connection with the
peace and sunshine and homely joy of j
the Kelly cabin.
The old mountaineer seemed to take !
it lightly. "They must flghi their own j 1
hallies. I had nothing to do with '
bringing on the strike, and iii have
nothing to do with staving it off."
"Is it a regular strike?" asked Ann. j
"It is, and it is not. The big mines ! 1
are all shut down. So far, it is a lock?
out. But tlie men refuse to work shifts
of nine hours for eight hours' pay. To
that extent lt is a strike."
"Tile trouble all springs from a small
group of reckless desperadoes," said '
Raymond. "The main body of the men 1
are ready to submit to law. but men *
Tike Smith and "Denver "Dan and Brock I
must either fight or flee, and they pre- l
fer to fight But what they do doesn't I
concern us. We are going right along <
in our small way. Our men are all *
ATitsidp ihe union.*' *
Mrs. Kelly spoke in praise of Ann to
Raymond ('she had divined his love).
"You should 'a' seen her-working ev?
ery blessed minute this forenoon, Rob?
ert"
"You must not compliment me too
much," interrupted Ann. "Maids are
sometimes spoiled by too much kind?
ness. Are there shops near? We need
a few things to make us comfortable
and my valises, when can I get them?"
Raymond replied: "I will take you
down tc? Bozic tomorrow, if you care
to go. The shops are better there and
the streets less turbulent."
"Fd like to go cory much," said Ann,
on a sudden impulse. "I'd like to go
this afternoon. Can we drive? How
far is it?"
"We will ride, if you are not afraid
of our bronchos and steep trails. It
will be more com form ble than a wag?
on. After you've rested an hour or two
I'll bring round the horses."
"Gocd morrow, friends!" A clear
voice made them all turn. Jack Munro,
booted and spurred, stood in the door.
"And how is the lady of the silken
voice?''
Kelly greeted him coldly. "Hello,
Jack. Come in and eat" \
"Much obliged, me lord, but I've al?
ready eat. I came round io see how
the lady stood her ride with me up the
hill."
Ann rose and faced him. "Are you
the horseman who met us?"
"The very same, lady. I don't often
hear voices like yours, and I wanted to
see if the face and voice were of like
quality. They are," he added, with a
glance of unabashed admiration. "In?
troduce me, Rob."
Raymond reluctantly complied. "Miss
Rupert, this is Mr. Jack Munro."
Munro stepped forward and held out
a very handsome hand, and Ann could
not refuse to take it. He was smaller
than Raymond and seemed hardly out
of his. teens, as he stoodjfthere smiling
brightly, his bared head lightly poised
on shapely shoulders, and some magic
in his smile made Raymond and Kelly
seem for the moment cold and reserv?
ed. His assurance, his frankness,
amused her.
"I came to tell the lady that no harm
befell Colonel Barnett, her escort He
was driven back to Grand View early
this morning and is at home ere this."
"Thank you for your good cheer,"
said Ann. "I was not so sure of your
kindly intentions last nigLt.:'
He smiled again, and his white teeth
shone. "I must have seemed a bandit.
I'm very glad ; I went to meet Barnett j
Brock might have made you more trou?
ble, E.nd I would have mis'sed the pleas?
ure of being y?ir guide and protector."
Kelly growled out, "Kape your mur
derin' scalawags as far from this cabin
as ye can."
"I will see that you are not dis?
turb^."
"You speak as one having authority,"
remarked Ann.
"I am captain of the vedettes," he re- j
plied. i
"What are they?"
"A company of mounted police which
I have organized to keep order here in
the camp. The lockout leaves many
men idle, and the local authorities need
help to maintain peace and quiet. My
Coree represents the union and its de- |
sire to prevent violence in the camp.
You are quite safe here under our pro?
tection."
"You are very kind." replied Ann.
"But aren't you one of those for whom
the sheriff comes?"
Munro laughed a silent, boyish laugh.
"I believe I am included in his list of
notables, but I assure you the honor is
quite undeserved."
" 'Tis true he kicked Mackay down
the hill and put the mouth of his gun
to his ear," said Kelly, "but that's a
trifie not worth mentioning."
Munro winked. "A mere practical
joke."
Tv itt the punctilious grace of a dane- ;
ing master he bowed himself out i
swung to his saddle and galloped away.
"When shail we start on our trip?"
asked Ann, turning to Raymond.
"1 will bring the horses round very
soon." As they stepped outside he '
turu ed to Kelly and asked in a low !
voice, "Do you see any objection to 1
this trip to Bozle?" i
"Divil a bit. The sheriff will find <
Tack and his men waitin' for him on ,
the road. He'll get no farther than .
Sage Hen fiat this night. I'm goin' to
ride down the hill meself just to know !
nrhat's goin' on. Go ahead, lad; only
Jon't loiter." The big fellow smiled. J
'Get back before sunset whatever ye <
io." ?
Raymond resented Munro's call and ,
forced introduction to Ann more deep
ly than he cared to admit even to
Kelly. It hurt him to think that Ann's
hand had iain within the clasp of a 1
man to whom women had ever been
nerely a lower order of life, to be used t
is playthings. r
"And yet I cannot say anything to c
1er." Raymond said to himself. "I t
?an't tell her what his life is. I dare
lot even hint at it. But I can stop his
?ming" - and his lin* straightened ]
grimly-"and that I will do!"
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
Drxnlsrerv.
Tlie everyday carts and duties which {
men call drudgery arc the weights and J
?O'mterpo?ses of the flock of time, giv
r.g ks pendulum a true vibration and
its hands a regular motion, and when
:hcy cease to hang upon its wheels the j
pendulum no longer swings, the hands
JO longer move, the clock stands Still.
-Longfellow.
Stale Brains.
Of course there is no future for stale
trains or Tor a man who stands still
md ceases to grow. Ile is old who
hunks he is old and useless who thinks
ie is usel? ?s. When a man has ceased
:o grow he begins to die, and many
)eople are half dead at fifty, not be?
cause of their age, but because of their
nental attitude, because of the way
hev face life.-Success Magazine.
COUNCIL PIIOCCEPrXGS.
A special meeting of the City Coun
cil was held at 6:00 o'clock p. m.
Wednesday
Present-Mayor W. E. Boyle, Al?
derman J. H. Chandler. P. P. Finn,
IL. F. Haynsworth, E. H. Rhame and
K. X. Wilder.
Absent-Alderman H. D. Barnett,
W. A. Bowman and H. C. Hayns?
worth.
Mr. H. D. Moise requested the
adoption of an ordinance granting to
him and his associates and assigns,
permission1 to construct and operate
Gas Works and to buy and sell gas
pipes, stoves, fixtures, etc. The or?
dinance was read and discussed
Mr. W. K. Ingraham presented and
requested the adoption of an ordi?
nance ;gran;ing to him. his associates
and assigns, a street railway and
eltetrc light franchise. The ordinance
was read and discussed.
Mr. R. D. Lee. representing the
Sumter Telephone Manufacturing
Company, applied for permission to
instal and operate an exchange un?
der ,he General Telephone Ordi?
nance. Mr. Lee explained that his
company has no desire to compete
with the company now operating an
exchange. But fhey may find it
necessary to do so in order to pie- ,
vent their competitors, The Southern
Beil Company from gaining a foot?
hold in Sumter.
Mr. I. C. Strauss and Major Marion
Moise, for the . Sumter Telephon?
Company protested against the grant
of a second telephone exchange, as it
would be of no advanatge to the pub?
lic and would be disastrous to one
or the other of the competing com?
panies. Mr. Strauss then requested
council to grant the request of his
company to advance their rates for
servce as agreed to by their sub?
scribers. He further stated as an
evidence of good faith of his company
not to sell thir stock without consent
of council, to contract to give the
city an option to purchase their stock
either for che cty or its assigns, at
any time for such price as may be
offeres? by any person, firm or corpo?
ration. And to give a bond of 10,000
to 30,000. ?or the faithful compliance
with the option contract. On motion
of Mr. Haynsworth, action was de?
ferred on all telephone questions un
tl the first regular meeting in Septem?
ber, at which time a report is to be
made by the committee in charge of^
these matttrs.
Oh request of Mr. Bartcw Walsh,
an exemption from taxes and licenses
was granted to the Mutual Ice Com?
pany for a period of five years.
The Opera House committee was
authorized to award the contract for
necessary painting and repair of the
building to the lowest responsible
bidder.
Before further consideration of
requests for franchises, on motion of
Mr. Chancier, the following resolution
tvas unanimously adopted: '"Resolved
that the council will grant no fran?
chise for the construction and opera?
tion, or construction or operation >of
any public utility, such as steel rail\
ways, gas works, electric light or
power plants, unless the person, firm
rn- corporation applying for such
franchise shall enter into bond in
such reasonable sum as the council
rnay determine, to be forfeited at a J
; ... rain stipulated time, in case there
is no movement in good faith ~n
lyards such construction or operation
ts aforesaid."
Council further considered th? ap
lien lion of Mr. H. D. Moise for a gas
franchise and his request was granted
m the terms of a si miar right here
:orore granted in favor of Mr. X. G.
)steen. Jr. Provided Mr. Moise
riv*- the required bond in the sum of
;w<- hundred and fifty dollars, and
;ay cost of publication.
The ordinance requested by Mr. W.
?. Ingram was referred to an attorney
.n whose approval Councl voted to
rranit the franchise. Provided he
rives in the sum of $500 as required
mder 'the above resolution, and pay
attorney's fee- and cost # of publica
ion.
On motion of Mr. Finn the commit
ee of public works was authorized to
save signs made and posted at the^
.rr.etery, warning persons against
respass?ng.
Mr. Haynsworth reported that the
dice committee had ordered the en
:rgemtnt of the police telephone
i:- **h at a cost of $15, which was ap?
iri; ved.
A vacation of ten days was grant
. to Superintendent of Streets L. E.
? ?.
' juncil then adjourned.
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