Show L THE KET STRIKE 1 E AT SKELTON 0 SCHOOL by y F DEANS DEAM copyright by joawph P ivar clr hince mangle mcclure bod had cu te is ed as a it trembling bashful primary the skelton school had been ruled by bye a jady judy principal while she be hei I 1 la in her hand a scepter she so skillfully con I 1 coaled it wita feminine art arts and charm charms that not one of her objects di earned dreamed 40 e was anything t free i and independent republic it had bad happened that the powers that bo be had decreed thit that this dearly beloved wIe whlor jId of 0 tho the scepter abound be did placed by a common man who had bad yet to leam team that thu art urt of concealing lili his scepter was of more value with these email small to t than many hish high sound inic ln tillet now wits wb round airl 1110 rosy TOBY of 0 face with curls t that ha t knew not the curling iron miss mullins also had bad an extremely copt popular 11 a vay way of making one eo oo happy that forgot ones skill in corking spit balls nhep the news vas as spread abroad atiat ellsa mullins 11 had at been dh placed by a common man evor ever citizen unit within reach of the batanis ix of 0 tier merry eleos felt it it i grievance and waa was drafted an imposing to be submitted to tho th principal threatening 1 dire but mine somewhat what indefinite things the ol 01 leadership wa weighing upon INT aggles youthful der ders for it waa wast maggie maggle v vl 1 r had bad laboriously 11 drafted the document ol 01 r pro teat test with frequent trips to dictionary ind and it wan was maggie aa who hid insisted on r un an organization of the grieved ones mil ind had hall made them solemnly promise pro to do p cicat reat deeds out of loyalty to miss ml gullium consequently am a matter of 0 course it was ala adale ala who had been elected elec ted tin n the leider le idar of 0 the new union one rooming morning when principal elefter mounted the to tho school building a crowd of 0 konug bitters met hirn him they stood at the en ft tinco of yard and doors self conati buted pickets pic kete labe leil in 4 tudy bettera et terA school coye boya and nd girls arle union we ve 6 demand the ret debiro iru of the most popular miss ml mullins in the skelton school 4 ae As the principal put bla his foot on the top step und pull aeJ UVell 1110 hi giafes to 1 I a s COWAn Sl big eyes a stalwart tal wart rod red cheeked joames in iden with a diminutive scotch laddie laddle elin glug to her skirts cf cio led cd all ready hide gh ing th signal with a i dramatic wae aie of her tier arm ai As with one arice the crowd responded down with all ill t lr anta from fi oin to bletter we demind our righta ule lve un or give us u 0 death Wis what siVa the tho matter iatter is with All raula h Al Mul llna queried the Ifa dere vilce wilce ashes all right fume curme the answer ir high keyed cherun and whale the mutter matter alth allster 16 ferdinand Ref hefter ter gain inquired their leader la in hysterical accents lie ilee js all bronet was the answer bulk back from the childish throats atis in a erol of disapproval when the bell beal rw ten tell minutes later the crowd outside dissolved into individuals who too toon possession of each weal winded pupil that en evi deuced a bestre to u enter tae lass ro boobie olits At bith verbal anti physical re resorted 49 and eo so thor oah wasa the work dou do that when the jaw bt j faxed lea less than 22 A pupils were et at clr demits while out olit vide ld e A victorious jubilant mob of one J 4 euzra were singing songs of irl trl in arrie a rrie d rank ranks they fl wed I 1 lag agte mcclure at choir he how i over he her bol dr r flouted floated the fier cymbol of un all il archy wade w ade from a piece of 0 her fj if ther flA nr 1 l shirt adorned with let berini to behold tut cut from front 1 oo ora 00 bite apron nud and lax jak the libert jabert 1 mi I 1 i it 9 wae was ata 11 t tafv akl A V 41 1 in we person or of her lier small brother brot heri roderick chit whose short fat legs lin unfitted fitted for the military stride con tindall doubled under him as is he be vainly endeavored to keep step to the inight eft left right left and without warning the life dieu dietl tout mit of their song and anti turn ing hr head to discover the baus 11 i ie aw av 1 i I squad el 01 poll onet 1 by the lial ii ans toward thein na as if it on lin aness heat beut Looi loosening ening her holit hold upon little Ito rodericks dericks hand tin all I 1 ilic 11 ic c around a thit she migal naj let 1 ft ahn called coward will ye desert your causo cause because of s tow few blue cata remember the brave deda dedi ol 01 your forefathers and stand fast forward m now vow double quick to yonder shelters where we will prepare to meet tho the enemy and abe she pointed tragically toward a large barn at the rea a of the schoolhouse school house linuse under the sti stimulus mulu mulas of the words of their 1 leader atler the forces rallied euf aut to reach the roof root of nt byrn widow flaherty who lived in he tho upper story ol 01 the barn WAS IL devout admirer of the departed misa miss mullans and maggie knew would be pe a valuable alu able addition to tn hr her forces ahrn the policemen prill cemen made their yay way to the temporary fortress for trean with many ely sly joh jokie and laugh laughs it tit he ghe eay eatty task before them thern the mot met ft ith locked gloora below und t vigorous vigo resi kinse onse from the upper window and dont ye dare abet et it foot on me pre nilse not it a one of ye and it ny my voke voice t ant male it plain to ye ive eoln ethin that will talk so yell under etan stun 1 I nl 10 ehe she held to their view a ketta in ing hot water tb th antia of the proved tina itin e in all I 1 the policemen departed the altory Il tory ws wis won but alua alas for or the way of great leivere le idere la in the corner ot of mrs Ma Flah herlya erlys barn an a the noi arnber darkened into bat the victorious leader of the hundred her ue burled in her apron beeping wan at woy of not to be whitt what cared she that tonight her mairle wo id be upon the tongue of ever every boy sa kt virl in the ward that even now the th newsboys in tho streets atre her as a the ellef attraction of the evening paper iheke vet bic ae as nothing for awful roderick dhu the idol of her heart was loaf lost in that tearful fearful moment auen lien the of the eu ebur seemed ee nin aa in endanger lier tier lauso 1 ahe he h id tit dro drop the baad of the infant Roi Rot lerch unit in tit the contu alou 1 which follo followed ired he lie had hail strayed away it gr graw w still darker something must be done for roderick dhu feared the dark shadowy 04 the night and it was drawing near 1 tu that delicious hour when he waa was wont to lay hia his little tl h had 1 upon Nj aggles devoted shout I 1 der aai 1 abart on hie his journey to slum berl berwind ind As she hv hurried harried past 1 the deserter deser teJ schoolhouse school house houff she bethought henelt herself that she he hail forgotten tio search tint ati tit it a light lit alt tha the end of the ault Pro lubly the janitor jan llor at till at work Til rough the geals door doork lf cicil she drew bad back in ill disma slip she bad quite Jori brotten or otten that thie this wag the of the lc iheI principal how the hot blood taix il pump up from front her ablaut as she beheld behold the hatel 11 I 1 tyrant sitting in bie his chair reading lonii by his hi elile side what warf wad that magles la ggles heart pumping for very ery fur for juggled cluce close in the tyrants arnic ax as comfortably tort fort ably ae as he ever for v in tit magglen 4 I 1 own was the recreant looking j up into the tyrant h face with the smite night baby ways that aimed and the ty ran the hated tyrant la ggles ayes eyes I 1 j swallowed up her face they t grow so 0 o large from looking thia this same i tyrant waa was doeu into lain the baby I 1 eyes 2 he boffl of mooned a lullaby the voice oan t win 11 glit and thu th wor ald look tr ici it aaa upon tho face of the Is 1 n apal that In oming return returned ef the intuition of her sex ex stimulated by a somewhat troubled ed conscience told that the worried look was one for which she was responsible as s it fearful that she might bo be laj to change her mind she bolted into the room planted herself in tit front of the astonished principal and explain explained some wint it incoherently herent ly oh sir air it as roe me that did it all I 1 stirred r d em ein up I 1 did never one ot of em ern dated do to it without th said so lym and when the cap came everyone 0 em backed out but I 1 cast 41 em cow us as and it was then I 1 loaf lost the baby und and I 1 wished id never been born barn tiu ore I 1 ever heard of it strike or a union sir and then you found him hint und and cuddled him up tip for the night just as he likes to bi cuddled und unit im go sorry I 1 made all the trouble nd ou dont need to bony any auire about tho the old tor tar ill leclare tie clare it all on off tomorrow to morrow morning and thi klu that dares darell to stay away ill ill and find although haggled Magg led fervent olce and earnest eyet eyen spoke vol volumes time the were interrupted by it choking in her throat it the reporter reporters have bookel into thid skelton shelton school just then they wait would have found abundant mat material arial for a scoop for the er ers chile lender lelder of the strike an ag the pent up emotions of the day found ent in a veritable niagara of tears fell felt herdell drawn lose to the tyrant tyrants alle slie her heid renting upon hie his oat coat sleeve an as he h ton tenderly dorly wiped away the tear tears when the day its to the of the novel strike the principal tit ambled i quiet smut and buld sald yes the strike I 1 settled und and I 1 in no further trouble and the nied dudum larn you yot ask well and the principal thoughtfully braked hai hi mustache ou an tell the public thit it was accomplished through tho the me alum of a board of arbitration a very small board weighing inZ in the aggregate not over CD go potin pounds ds when pressed for details by the curious newspaper men he pleaded business enragement engagement steam and electricity are tg and humanizing agents which count in the world worlds H ach advancement an |