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hard wiped the soot and perspiration
from their faces and gave three rousing
cheers, for the mill had been saved and

the strike was over!

The boys of Cottonville had their fire-
works on the Fourth after all. When Mr.
Kelsey learned of the envy that had kept
Grant Murray morose and silent for so
long he resolved that every boy in town
should have all the fireworks that heart
could wish. He sent for such a supply as
Cottonville had never seen before; and
at nightfall had old and young assem-
‘ble on the village common to witness the
spectacle. All the strikers were there ex-
cepting Luke Slater, who would never see
again. Mr. Kelsey had met the men and
thanked them for their work in saving
the mill, and they had come to a satis-
factory agreement concerning their wages.