The aged dame beheld the flame and smoke issuing from the revolver, and heard the reports; then, thinking that she was certainly hit, if not killed, she toppled over backward to the floor and straightened out in a dead faint. McKenna at once dragged her insensible form out of harm’s way, and then joined those who were trying their utmost to quell the disturbance. The pistol shots, and the loud voices of McKenna and Mrs. Krozenski—the latter having quit the fray to attend to her relative—soon caused the belligerents to hesitate. In a few moments their fury evaporated, and comparative quiet was restored. Shortly thereafter those who were able limped away to their homes. “Faith, an’ I’ve had enough an’ to spare of all _such_ weddin’s!” said Fergus, examining with care an extra curve that he wore in his turned-up nose, and wiping the gore from his face with the sleeve of his coat. “When you catch _me_ goin’ to a Polish war again, I give ye good lave to put me in me coffin first!” Monaghan had two eyes in preparation for mourning which he was sure they would assume by another day. McNulty was the only lucky one, having escaped personal injury—and found a silver watch, as he explained, “rolling along on the floor, widout any kaper or owner bein’ around!” He intended merely to retain the timepiece until the loser should call for it. But McKenna never heard that anybody ever saw the value of that watch, through having retrieved it from the thief. The Polish husband and wife, with O’Neill and his spouse, and a number of the originators of the riot, were taken to jail by the officers, who returned with increased numbers for the purpose. These scenes read like romance, but they are simply the truth. Nothing here related is intended to reflect upon the Poles, as a portion of the inhabitants of the coal regions of Pennsylvania. They are, as miners, industrious and frugal, and, though slow workers, very reliable and trustworthy. The men are large, robust, muscular, and capable of great endurance. The women are also far from sylph-like, but many of them beautiful in form, face, and figure; with dusky olive complexions, dark eyes and hair. They are excellent wives and mothers. Let us now return to the Mollie Maguires. The next meeting of the midnight clan was held on Sunday, the tenth of May, and his own room being too small, the Bodymaster notified the members to convene on the mountain-side near the house. All were present excepting Fergus, who was not fairly recovered from the blows received at the Polish wedding. Several of his teeth had disappeared, his nose was badly bruised, and his beauty—of which he had little to part with—entirely destroyed. He thought it advisable to remain within for a few days, having, as he remarked, a great respect for the children of his acquaintances and not wishing to be the means of frightening any of them to death by his untimely appearance in their midst.