THE INTERRUPTED VIGIL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1936, 19 December 1913, Page 8

THE INTERRUPTED VIGIL.

WHAT THE WATCHERS SAW

Many of the big city establishments thought it advisable during the titiio •that the strifes was at its height to select special njghtwatehnifiu from their staffs to remain on guard durajg the night. Some of these guards have now heeii dispensed with, though ill others of the larger establishments one or two still watch through the weary hours of tho night, but not even the advent of a healthy burglar has bee.il known to aistitrb tlieir vigil. ■' . A few nights ago, however, two young men on watch at one. of the city .■estiib* lislimeiats had their blood set a*tmgl<s by hearing -the peaceful s^iilne'ss - or .the early morn disturbed hv,strange ,sou : ndfl in die lower storey. There were, sounds of comhat—sernids as of' Wot™ tang struck. The duo grasped .imt revolvers and batmls. and oauuoiis... crops downstairs. The noise below waxed louder and'louder; Whet- was tlis trouble? Maybe; they • thoßKht, a traeodv was goiflfi: mb f maybij* '»< premises were being attackediyn mob o . strikers, for tbo noise pave f.erio',is trouhifl below. They gamed, fhfl lower' story, ami at lart- the mystery was revealed.. A strange sifilrt -]Wb their oves. Prom owt of n ma.?,e a flap> pint; skirl nn.l whirltnu bromns they decerned two sturdy women whli eves ablazo engages! in- ee-rotat. two charwomen who had got- to a. or J* and then to blows, and were now settime their disputo with the aid of lirnoms The' combatants were par.od S »<-aee resto-ed. ,Tho won,en went ..bout their work, tho murh-relieyed iiic.iitwatohincn. went. ceutniue then interrupted.vigil, «fd silence once again reigned supreme.