On a certain Saturday in June, year of our Lord 1880, between the hours of sunrise and sunset, the town of W&mdash;&mdash;, in a State which shall be nameless, received two shocks.<br />Small affairs, concerning small people, could never have thrown W&mdash;&mdash; into such a state of excitement, for she was a large and wealthy town, and understood what was due to herself.<br />She possessed many factories, and sometimes a man came to his death among the ponderous machinery. Not long since one &quot;hand&quot; had stabbed another, fatally; and, still later, a factory girl had committed suicide.