§»orcru£ -mM mt.'.eihii & i-.i# 'd- «” wrfldjUrf. m c# the &at»)%M-do’*r pey- * 4 Oi tiw i-rrs/yh-r-id Ju.ed U ctM-.. !W*ingr orr the %»r ^loue* ray cook aril , m.a soroerhlne i» «*•: «e'H » ir. wWi if., trawnwirta i If the car Is dlut.«i >u> ‘ * fo. dsraaye*. «*ll fil» a cto*» : i-Mei acwmaoiJatPtfE, »fow f oihI ■***& p« yoei 5«tle atf tonacy. Tta basf*’ * ■/. S. %. W. atrtlw^-OT « t wires —wifnr Into fcTJ'T r-r^mpt'j on e of tipoo. iiqjl * train from . arriving late la U.e ahea^

j, brofcht Ripiey.

i rondltioo'K all .along the line most rerutwiuonry.” an* itlpy ewntslng-np of t|je tdbiafWgi, rai'y ^Hraitlng the public In not ho rrspooslU#^ ^pt, thotigh * Uien- iffe croakers who are t that It is eniliMy a railroad

lag for Uiera.'' fn.-. fts-,- . raanit and a ipltrat* later ttw gra-v-r ' i offlce alxnit tlhee tonVflM 'f' 1

s

the- raw aoot-^ tfcpi in.W c There was a hunch of train and anginta wntd from the abepa, and a “*£*** »»e frora tl»e yaiB*. Ai*c. the rfear nad luroi-d uut a gang -of Ur mien ;ind half a dosea operat^ra. ' “ v ' r c«. own.-let s hove it.” Mid Mr. Nor< -osa, not too Uarply. "Mj -'ia-

nerU get tins co!d.~

i Wall not ha kvepin’ yon oho* the hollow brif of tn'nute. Mister Norcross." saHV the big. bearded freig' . cOtWerf^r’ •vho’JtMcd sfi>icr»maa.'i ■ ibont this C. S. ft V. strike that ‘ «renj iojlny: »e nloj gpt no tick cornin' with you. n't irlth the com pair. Wslflr'Koramts, hot it koks like t:'s up to us tc do somithl.. . ami we didn't went ta do It without hlttif square out from Ui* fhoaltter There ala-T noiK-Jj- knows jr\ what's goin' > be uonc. hut whatever It Is. we d r y«m u> know that >t aint daoe tn« you tTr thfe railroad company." The boss had handled wage earners ■ oc loag nw to Be able to susjiect

what we* in the r

'Toti men d-Wt went td let yoor sympctbte^ carry yoo too farf he rautlo&etl. "VVIien you take- up another fellow s quarrel yu wuni to he- pretty sure that you’re not teolng to Wt your friends In the scrap." Jju^Uu crinned underdaodlngly. 9nd I gui-vs the boss was a little pturi d by the nods and wink* that went aro’ind among tlw silent members of ihe delegation; ut least, 1 know 1 was. rrhar* all right," Tioskius said. “Bein’ the big faits, you're gi-t to ta^t ' ttmt way;’ But what I war alinin' to gay la that there'll he a tralc-loeu T tWof a&ifce-breaKerji a-eaicerin' ■lo-’y lierc In e day ’r as and we alnt flg,xn*a- we let itn' Vtk. get past I’orU!

City. If that far.”

^Tliat's up to yon.” said Mr. Norcross brusquely. "If you. scyt any-

thing In the way of a riot-

good oK.praJor tVougJjtfully I - lib dfisr In ,tt*‘«iu'. emoku.g

with a strike dug

e r

! eays tiw potok oenUinait o the aW> e< the C- ^ rbe boss pat to. r 4 -m; There te hot t to he extended to <r »«ndted by the I hope there won’t * to Introduce strike In the pi '-sent Mate of at-

t would

bloody murder "

I Wanted to rtout those Ob you sSli

can made them hold?

tfatch breaks tb* coot'ii loo’ir» him 4hc light of to* lUe,'.'

confident urejoinder.

iat wilt mean .. iuc,’, contest

Ti’-e hcvre.ur coufg to a

ted,thfc

tcultipSi your

thvusauds.

isn't the worst of it. Hatch hold on us than ibt toiy* _ to *h!s »h rd member of Mr. Karcruke. UHd .the Stacy

ia3 Ikirayed the railroad menaent was a little lisi s p-of' nn. perhaps, hat

9 hopffut.

i Cord'" he ejaculated.. .“So f what' n»f<i "has r*d up his l dlkri know Imw. you'feel bat I tAesId say that .1} la t 'he Bhowlag. if the Dpn\id beep oeilberstely try-

«ty i

t*qr wq.. had la

I'ortal City was In the w ireeoSnc and ihe ba'-kdw^ktog .juc ot f^mriDr. a thuuKaod ralh * of tTilinywf far r sudd< v tie-up was In full swing Mr. Pet kin*, as division •aperinti ndrat. was p *t>u«i with the loral labor leaders. Persuading jnd tpstoting by turns. Mr. J'orcroe* fought net the’ necessary .cunpromifca 'rt' - the onions. All ordinnry tralhc would be suspended At thWolglit, haf i«*9e.4er trains en route were to U fud tbfWEgfc to our cra^fictJr- line >erak:al# east asd west, fin. »«oek traimi w«V to I* ;ald cut only Vttre tt««w were iceding corrals, and pcrltoable fre!t‘>! was

to U? taken to 't:, destination wker wu* tlmt mig. r be. .• The afrlkrrs agreed to allow the

fttot goto' to! 0,811 tmlns to . m wlthont totemjpd, nnd ao company psop- ,lwi - '* iTk ««to l-romiae that thay vrauld

jl up. Mr- 'ho. Britt, he -« 00t l»»wo«*er*. Hoskins nnd

rl*,. lu, th.. M M iLlr.- to *-« *

Can Cmstgcn. % biy ewo

fistcu frelgl.t engineer rtnndte dlrect-

him m

dl

I TVci-iaWy

| : 'c<pai«ra’ by ow’j

y abort l{

US.dia WOJ te iOuCOtJ

® at bu: rve lod a tb*o.-e £h •• II—as you haven't. Tae Bgh-iiJPBjt ca^'t he apiteu la *te>- way

>cf Urn; Imut. : huvu the p t the eleven men who were Batch wus toting enough ’o

gnm tthm; to' me. IMdicg the -ffitklvt:a %rtlch they were foJt«h ' OOdgti t* gtegi- him. Hotch ren-ynette them

*'» *cything he jdew^s. But if

W. ,

hut get down when tuey were shewn ihat they .maid not afford .o risk a

l, Ho^lm m .h,r „ nrtn | rt “V ' rt “ <5«»ma«,i. Tl.l. «■ •mir.J ft. Wllm. >•»,«. «>

a .-natter of course. IX the mall trains were to be run. sorae. of the telegraph npenttors woul i I is re to ”"ni«;n on duty, at least to tU.* e_:«.t of ban

dllng train orders.

With these generaIHIes out of the way. wc got down to details “KliooUrtt." wire* were sent to the rerloc.v cities and towns on the lines asking for Immediate information regarding food and fhel supplies, and the Mrike i idecs were notified that, for sheer hunianlty'a sake, they would have to permit the *K-ndling of provliior. trains to case* where they wore ah-

sdutely needtKL

By elf, n o'clock tl«- tangle wi s ge*titiE Itself pretty welt strelgtitened ot>t. Sonic of the trains had already been abandoned, and the ott ers were moving along to the agreed-upon destination*! Klrgan bad taken holt’ tn the Portal City yard, and by putting on extra crews was getting the needful •'sifting nnd car sorting Into (thape, and the Portal Ohy employees, a-ting upon their own initiative, were picket tog the yard and com, any hatidtogv to protect them *.rom looters or fire-set-ters. Mr. Van Britt's special, so the wires toll tut, wav a t Lesterburg, sud It wa* Itkei) to stay there; and Mr. Van Britt, himsdf. couldn't be reached.

tt Ualfyw t eleven that we

go! :he i .-st .eal yeto from somebody who was getting pluched. it came to the shape of a wire from the Stiath-

nlgiit operator, a party of mer -

“mine owners” the operator calleu them—hs*’ .tost beard of the 'mpepdtog rallroc d tie-up. Tney had been Kenning to ctunt to on the regular night train, but that bed been abandoned. So now -bey were offering all kinds of money for a special to bring them to Porta' City. It was represw,'ed ttmt there were millions nt *,iak.* Couldn't we dc smoethlngt M.-. N treross had kept Hoskins and a few of the other local stiRe lead e.* where he could get hold of them,

and he put the request up to them a ma ter that was now out bind*. Mould they allow him

a <u*-rttr special from the g ild ramp to Poiol City after midnight" n was

for them to say.

Hoskins and hi* accomplices went

off to talk u over with some cf tiw other men. When tier big freight cooihKlor came b« k ne was a'.ove and

watt griiihtog good-naiuredir. ”M> ain't aimin' to make -he .mu

patiy low- *oy good.tnamy 'but .-otm-s a-rulllng down the h."! at it ilister Norerous." he aahS. “Cio.i. ti.**,- t.cre Strati cona hurry-hoys ft .iL* ,ai; get out o' them iad If you ii ie.jd *;• the loan e; the wire?, wfc'Si peas »j, e *-orU to let the specia! c(«« on

wm&

Ot course, I read the message; I kww there was nothing prirete ab.,ut It-no far as I wo* concern*,, nine

“To C S-orrtur. r IT .

•‘Tonal CSty.

JfJ&kt •dptlnlMretlon >ui* b- .n p CABWCuotis CttlRtre from the beginning. Coicpiomlje With employees on - -Tepadjand pnrent strike - Ihardoiie. you are hereby dire, i-d to wire your reH l> 'untion *" “Te effect one week from today . . .“8». Junior- 1’rest dent." ®tl hit us at hts.; not a decent It, mind you. but a blunt, brutal M. The turn w-as fired. No wort ted eotne frotn Mr. Cfcadotek. and ther, could fcr hat one reason lor Wr i^etice. In Vine way. perhaps 'Utme!' tlie late boqsilng of the stock. » -*** Tort era »« d :iquecxed him tt- M e uTB Shor deuil in the t reaches. 1 did. i nudtratand how the phlef 'Vtuto ytae it ao qukll.v. unli .v it was be ha^ T>een hammered so id so hard that tuwlitog mat- - more. Anyhow, he was Just there, talking seberiv to Don.'htt*. « ben WK,: tarte the Struthco^a hrtfcCk vmmie* began ;o click fnrlsuipptoc out the headquarters rut lu and we all heard ima maxi's new bleat. The toUJ It. it seemed that one ___ _ of tlie parly that had etiar-terg-J the. speelel tin come !o Portal X-Ity uari got left, and this man was mow to the Strathcona wire office, biddtoff high for an engine to chase t:<* tratn and put him aboard. At fir* the bom .. Id, "No." short off. ->«'t like that; ntidlng that M wohUto t be. keeping faith with the strikt i ommlttee. Hut at that moment Hnsklin. blew in again, and when he wqg told what tvai. on the cards, be tO-b a llXtle responsibility of his own. "<$f. to It, Mister Norcrosa. If there'* any pure money In It fr tb- railroad ” h< tdtu the' bess. Til stand Tr It with

suddenly thi. * Hoskins’ sentence ended In a gasping thncMe. When the garroting arm wai witlidrawn'tlie condnetor looked around sort of foolishly and said; Tm thin! tog that'* aiiootall we e-anfed to suy, ain't It boys?" and fhe d-potatlon Al«d out as soleuinly

aa'lt h..a come In.

\ guess Mr. Norcrues wau’t left abolly in the dart when the tramp Ipf footfalls of tlie committee ik-d aw»/ tn the JOrrfdbr. That unlntaotionel mention o' Mr. Van Britt’* name W I' niigi'.i open up wine more poaslblllties. though what thay were I couldn't liuagtoe. and I don't believe the general manage*- coutd, Aftor that, things rocked along prefresv until after uinacr. Instead of WohW rikht hart lo the Ate from the club. Mr. Somrac drifted into the smoking-room and filled a pipe. I* the coarse of a few minutes. Major Kendrick dropped In and pulled op a chair. I dual know what they talked about, fctr after a Hitle while, wl.ro tba hoe? got up to go. I heard him raff 1 so me tiling Ihat gave the key to the most ot what 'i d goat before. 1

goeaa.

“Have you seen or heart anyth tog Vf OoUingwood since yenertayr The good old major shook hia heal. •■They’re telUu' the that he’s dreh Is bla rooms et the B tiiard. drinkin’ himself to death, if be yv»«j’t altojceKeh pe”t r.-demptiou. sub. he aoald bav« had the decency to get out of turn bofo' he turned loose all holts that way; he would, far.a /act. (Ira urn.'' Ar that. Mr. Norcroas e_plaii>ed In Just ■ few words why CoDInywuod hadn't gooe—why he ciA.ldo't gu tVhercupew. the old Ketitockhm looked graver than ever. -“That spehs treobto. Oruhim Hatch H siini'iT t to' the unde Howie twit war -rail . se ta rtataBy-4r-| . bc » sobe'i."

"We ondit to get him sway from here," wtv the tows' declakm. “Bo U ao added nteoa.e white he stays." I didn’t hear wnat the major said to thar. because Brtle Bags, Mr. Pep. Mbs' office boy. had Jest come to with a note which he was .i king roe to glv, to Mr. Norm**. T ffid it; and after the octe had beer, glanced at. the chief said, kind ot Mtteriy. to the

malt-*:

“tc-j can neve.- fail as far that you cant fill s little farther: have yoo ever retccii.ed that, major?” And then he went on to erpieto: " Perk tax, our Oescrt r*ivl*ion supcriui-ndent. ra*3 that th- 'locals' of the varuins -,«llroed labor unions have ju*t oo-tfied h *n ot the nnan iropus pvwge of a strike vote-’he strike to go into «*’ make every mother s 1 ftet at midnlgb*."

hern con^e "cross wi'h the trli j -a strike’-on the rallroadt Why,

:«ff *he bribe. P*to of on j Graham, wa. you don't mean it r which the dirtiest p-htlciau The mei- seem to merji It—which

%ta» couldn’t afford to face. I in mum more to the purpose They

Hatch could:, t j are striking in *ynjpaihy utih the

tte tawm jfKtn* a aecvud time.' j C & A. W. empleyec?. 1 Cancy that

wing nor d

Fr«t fd*} came itioa Ih«.- p?y

n .

the boys." And then to Don (dim

‘ WhOtl be rannln' tt

giner'

‘It'll be Jehu Hogan a..d the Fou.Sixteen." said Doncl.ue. There's nw body .-Isc at Ihat end of the branch." The arrangement, such as It was, was fixed up qu'ckly. The man who was p.-ttln-; up the money seemed *o have plenty of it. He was offering five hundred dollar- for the engine, and a thousand If it should overtake the spedii! that shk- of Bauxite Junction. ! guess the blent unraveled Itself pretty clearly for all of us; or at toast. It aetroed plain enough. A mining deal of some kind was on. and this Dion who was left behind was going to lie left in another sense of the woid If be couldn't butt to soon enough to break whatever combination the cl he. s were stacking up against

was uow out of his mu,

In Just a few minutes we got the word from the Stra’heona operator that the money was paid and the cluiMT engine was oct and gon*- .virgsn hnd come in to say that our goodnatured (Strikers tuu! thrown a guard : >o tb* shops and were petroling the yurd. when Fred May showed up, tuakitig sig-isls to me I tieard him when he edged up to the bos* and salt: •Thews a lady In the offire, wanting

to see yoo. t Mr. Norcr*«&."

"Holy Smoke’' said I to -njwelf. i knew it couldn't be any tody be- Mr*. S-.ella, at that tiro of night, and I ,-jw- sev-1teen dlllereot kiud* of bloody

looming up again when

good-r_;ured tou*»aintog beck and

forth; hut there was cottor ild. and I carried the worn Parkins, directing him tc beret a*.nts m* * for the running ot car special fro a. Strathcctui

hurry foits.

r ’(‘« ihat, thtogh rocked ator ♦he bant* of the big standu

chxk to

itch and a hunch of bte Bed Tower

~~ BW tu Btrathc-.

dntog deal.rand Ito^-sVrtad io -Jri** to: the gold camp i.; ao guu» to g«-t his

mao. ’ ‘

Befcre leaving Portal. City he b* written a letter to Mrs. Pheiia. telling her hat he was going to do. and I hat when be got tjirongb with It. she would be free. The Irtleg, which had been left -at Che hotel, had .ieen delayed to delivery—had. Ir fa«-t. Just been sent out to the major's bouse by the night clerk trim had found It. Long before the War, could gat tt self fully told, the different gaps to It were tHiing themselves up tor me— and for Mr. Nor cross, os well. I goecs. When Mrs, .Sheila came to the uutodrive part of it, the boss wblriet# and

shot .,o order ot me.

’ Jimmie, chase Into the dispatcher's office and find out the name of the tUBTi who chartered that toliourtog englut T" he suupjied; and I went on the nm. retne jiberiug that In the strike excitement and hustle it hadn't oc--urre“ *o anybody to nsk the nmn'r name or that of the purtfeatar “mine owner" who had chartered the special

train. •

Dorfolme got the Strathco. tor In >«« Ginn half a mtau’e after I fired my order at Mto. and the answer came almost without a break: "Charter of special train was So B. Hntch. ot Portal City, and of engine dlfi to man named ColUngwood.” Gosh! but this did rattle It! I didn’t run back to the office with the I flew. Jt was like firing a gun amongst the three who were waiting, but it had • he done. Tlie major grbahed and ' aid. “Oh. good God I" and Mrs. SheiJe. sat down and put her face to her hand*.- The bo*? was the onlyone who knew what to do and he did It: vanished like a Shot In the direction of fte dispatcher's office. In about fifteen of the longest mto otes 1 over Used be came hack, -baking hi* lead, j anew what h- iad oeen doing, or trying tv do. There was one nipt- lelegr. p' stiulon on the branch—a * nd linn-camp luilf•vay down th* grade on Slide Mountain—and he In 1 been trying to get —ord there to flop the wild engine. “He has either bribed or bullied bis engine crew," be told the major. •T wired and had a sti-p signal act for them at the Antonio trioc. but Huy overran It. going at full speed

down the hill."

It was plain enough now what ColHngwood was trying to do. The murder mania had go: n firm hold of Its weapon. Colllngwood knew that Hatch was on the special, and he was g .og to chase that one-car train until t made a stop somewhere and thee smash Into It for blood. After Mr. N'orcross had talked hurriedly for a minute or two with the major he went back to the dispatcher's room and

I went with . im.

The boss g abbed up an official time-card and began to study it hurriedly and to jot down figure". I wondered If he wasn't tempted—Just the least little bit to the world, you know. Here was a thing Itself up—a thing for which he wasn't to the least responsible—and If it should work out Jo the catastrophe that nobody seemed to be able to prevent, the chief of the grafters, and probably a number of hi* nearest barters, would be wiped off the books; and Colllngwoods death, which, ta all human probability, was equally certain, would set Mr*. Sheila

free.

He must be thlnki ig of It. I argued; tie couldn't be a human man and not be thinking of IL But lie never stopped his hasty figuring for a single Instant until be br.*e off to hark out at Klrgan. who was standing by: "Quick. Mart: t want a light engine. and somebody to run It'. Jump

for It. roan!”

Klrgan. big and slow-motioned at most times, was off like a shot. Then the boss hurried hack down tlie hall to his own office.*, and again T tagged him. Tlie oM major ww standing at a window with his hands behind him. nod Mrs. SlielU. was Witting Just as we bad left her. with the Mg terror Will ta her eyes and her face as white

as a sheet.

“We can't Wop h'm without throwing a switch In front of him. and that won Id mean deuth to him and b'~ two etiglnemen." said the bo*.«. talking straight at the major, and as If he were trying to Ignore Mr*. Shelia. Tm going to take a long chance and run down the line to mec; them. There'* a hare pocsdhllity that I can contrive to get between the train and

the engine, and if I can ”

Mrs. Sheila iva* on her feet and *he had her hand* cia«r>cd as If she were going to make a prayer to the bos*.

And ft waw pretty nearly that.

•Take iter she begged; “oh. picas*

take me. It's ray right to go!”

I saw that the chief was going to turn Mrs. Sheila down—which was. of course, exactly the igh: thing to do. Ru! just then :bo major shoved In. "Sbrita know* what she's talking about. Graham,” he raid quietly, j •' .Vhen joii-hI! find Howie, you'll have j Jr. mudtnnn on vow hands 4;;d -he'sI

right, both way* T ;be only one who can control him at

^HMrtHher: Take u>

Watforto with the major and Mr* Td«mr lie toi 11,b Mjiif u'.n BBt »te teara *aG the- evach and

.thare'H be t teitirtlflte \

lou have si* ^ time to that point, if you run like the devil p- And then, ns he was climb-tog-to 1 hr cab. '.c ripped out at toad "Jimmie, you go back and. stay wUh them to the ear. ' Hurry nr ytiull be

•eftl”

CHAPTER XIX

■ . > —C ' '. . ii, ■ Under the Wide and Starry Sky I «ur< had to be qu'rt a. out obeying that ••get-11 board order ,f *fr. Nor crops'. Kir»«i> had Jerked tha throi.le open, t.ic minute the word war given. I tr.lased the forward end of the car, and whatf the -other end oaroa along my grab at - the hand-rod alamtoed me head over heels rp the, step*. Klrgan was holding hia whistle vale* open -nd the - guarding striker* in the yard gave o* room and a clear track: ■ By the time we had pnsmd tto. “limit" switches wa, were going Ilka a blue etreak. and I could hardly keen my balance on the back platform of

the day-conch.

Too can guess that 1 didn't eta* on: there very long. The night was cler.e as a bell and pretty coollsh. with Tfin stars earning like white dln'-tond* .n the black Inverted bowl of the sky It was mighty pretty scenery, but just the same, after Klrgan had frirty struck ms g*!’. on the lone w e .torn tangent. I rtswcl my way Tnsld,. f. was a,lot too hlustco- a»d uusii'e 00 that back plktfbnn.' Tlie major and Mrs Sheila w«« W ring together, ut*? the middle of the car. I staggered dp. atfd ‘tobk dtt* \siaf' Just njjemi o. tbets. an;i' fie i asked me If Mf. Norcroipya* a engine, 1 told hint.be was. aaf ended it What. wltli :he rattto ai ( « bung of the co-..ch. the, ho;, ling qt fhx ’. speid-tuadi- wtad ,ln the, vea*"-* 4 — and the shrill scream of ihe 9 wheel*, there wt*p't auj h> talk during the whole of that'b taking race to the old T* ti

beyond Bantu.

Knowing, from what Mr. Norcrara had said, tlie point at which we were goto,- to side track and wait 'or tha special and the wild engine, I grew sort of nervous and worked-up after , we had crashed tlircagb Uie Banla yard and the day-coach began to sway and lurch around the hUi curves. What If the. special bar byep making better tli than the boss h.-< counted upon?! in da" case, we'»pty -ably hit' her In a bcvd-cs.der somewhere on on*, of thaw very curve*. And or! to th* time *e were making, and the .time she'd tie making, there wouldi't he enough left for either train tff ha.' worth plrtlng up. 1 ■ •i -cc* A mile or so short of the T” siding I 'went up ahead and handed myself out to the forward ptattorm-to j IfT couhte't get a -sqrtul para-the storming engine. • I 1 got It -Bow and ‘ then. or. the raring of the curves, but there was nothing in sight- Jua» the - same it was mighty scary, and I took a relief breath so deep that It nearly made me sick at my stomach wbed 1 finally realized that Kir-an had shut off and was slowing lor the stop at UT* 1 farther switch of the old T.” ; • ~ What was done at the switch Vaa ’ t»-lftlf. as men jvgrl. wb» they' have the fear of death gripping at them. If the special should come u» while we were making the back-iu. the result-would be Just about the aame asit would have been if we had met it

1 the carve*.

With our own engine altem. I could hear n faint sound like the far-away fluttering- of a safety-valve We were not ten seconds toe soon. Tlie special

a« oomtag.

Mr. Norcros*. who was still In the engine cab. shot an order at -Klrgaft"FHng ygnr coot over the headlight, and then be ready to snatch It and' get eff!" be shouted if they aee It as they come up. It may stop them*" Then, catching a gilm|i*e of tne im th*' ground: "Break the coupling ua the coechi Jimmie—quirt!” As I jumped to obey 1 md«rstood what was to'be done. The fireman at the switch was to let the spatial g* by, and then the bate—jus: the bogs ' alone 00 the engine-—was tn h» let out on the maid track to put htmtetf ’ between the chasor snd the chased, it was a hair-raising propoUf tioo. but parhaps—Jmjt perhapi—not qu|fe ao std- * cl da I os it looked- With skilful ha*-.' dllng the Intcrpoac euglne might.ptte slhly be kept oat of the v.ay by bartIng, a:id its warning headlight abta., Ing full Into ihe eyes ot the inen in tte IIS’s cab would »ur*iy he eaough to step them—if arythta* would. . 1 had just finished uncoupUag tb* day-coach and the boas was easing a«r engine ahead a bit to make sure that

opened behind me and the major aad Mr*. Sheila earn* out to the front I vestibule. It was Mrs. who j spoke to me. and her voice had bo* j rowed »<»nie of the Mg terror -thot *

to her-eyes 1

, sgg-d along after the b-«v

the funniest Write 2 | !r ip down the t*!! to our offi

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«f the private office was so thick with j I «u;>jK»e Mr. Norcros*. thought there on> be COKTtWKk > tragedy that It mad-' :he very e!ec- j wasn't any rime to stand there argu- j — tries look d'tn end ghostly. Mrg. 1 in* tbof If. j Found at Church, shell, duw't hr.-e a Wt of color .n j “As you wili. he aDapped *: the | the ntiaein-ntlnded profemwtr w '»r Sire and tei i-re* h.»d a L'g hor- | major: and thee to me: ''Break it. ! to church and returned tumc to Itn tor ID theft rhi-t was enough to mafia t .'iiumh*. aed toll Klrgan to cet a ca-— I triumplmuUy 'luring an u.ubndla

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I won't att*mp< to toll *U that was j 1 i.rate, and .-nme pretty near break- ■ «i'«S. parti? by the good old major «nd I Ing my Wess*-. neck (urabltag dorm I t Mrily by Mrs. -Shelu. But the got of th* stairs K.r.-nti lad found hi* en - t wts thU: Culitagw-md had •.■on- 1 gine and bad plrtrt up a yard man toued his haase fight in h>* roanx *t ; to-flre It. t told him whet wassranud : h« Buttort unt.l he h.iit worked him- ! and ta less than no tiiuc he had |s*l.«.i d .ch up tc flic erasy murder ptirii. I out ar emnry d: .-each fron. the . ..-t I, Ehen U- had gone at the warpath. * tag Vtrt. Wt. ie ce vra* Barf ing ia I *

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