The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-12
ARMsTRoNG's REVENGE

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one orsght June ',oss's.k
years ago, ~ bag. utigaainiy tarni ~eSNasis'
holding ny " halter q Iarge ILL.," liz. -
a hatterxai wooslpu building, the surrsNind-
;,.~ ~ ~,h;.h AT once. ,,rocIaimcsl il tai Is. "a
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
or cheery hammer rang !" p'o~ "
sstonished To see the place shnta ~ aIs hc'ir
sd long after that at which the blacksmith
usually started work, retired IA pace. or two
and nx..I nm nj the chimney and uol sss.-
.-. S.... ,~..., 80 s,,,,Lc ;ss,,i,,y
~ 81 N ."., ,-,Ln.I -, h;,n
tiei'te, ne thri''s ahu .ooN''' $50, 80
".mn p1i .,nnrs 81" I'M. other sil. of
the road, noticing the farm servant ts-
wiiderrncnt, approached, and. after the
usu;sl mornings s;ilutatioi, prossssiai To
explain what had become of ths. black
ninth We will give that explanation in
cur own words: !.
the blacksmith i'm question. His work.
shop was situated close to a waXsid'. sta.
ton Ola ths. main line al one oi the, grs.:st
Scotch railways. hat AT "a considerable dis
lance from amy town ar village. ISeitig.
however. kept pretty busy AT work Tor the
neigitporif'E FARMERS, anu neinR couss-
qIcntly wcll-toNio, ana having, moreover,
as his nearest female htigi''or "a yer!
pretty girl. the uia'igiitcr 81 the porter AT
in the world that he should wish To make
her his wife. unfortunately inns wias
Inors, easily dctcrnliiied on Than done. Tor
of "a good=-triin whicl, was almost daily
sh'i,nttsi into the s'diiig near S.'rsih : iin,i~''
To allow of a passenger EXPRESS rn,ssiig,
larry respite To cint WIN the porter
whether ~ was because i' Was
!. far-away birsi that his feathers seemed
faircr than Armstrong; ~ Si.riiis sigit:
or whether h'' was lntrins',,lIi! man OF
more worth. the gossip, Tor there w'frt.
Rossips even in those solitudcs- were mot
sRTNN4I. blKItIN or wTtDllRlN, upWsNe'r,
Sirah gave MN the Prsiere.ice.
having made. up has mind Ia ask sarah
finding AN opportunity for doing 80.
Though he knew h. ihin "a rival in. Was
hardly prepared to near from Sars,n tnat
the cnginc-irivcr, But Armstrong was
not going To yield without making "a
special effort I" WI, h.'r. ne iiea.lssl ipi,R
promise. to his rival. whom ne WAS per
.'iadtst she hat only asssl,tesi because hs'
n.ad n.sil 'I,.' mrs, To ASK heT. tni. Sarisn
was quite si,r.'rs'' il,iity isII,g really tue
man OF her ci'oiss'' ana Ariiis'f"fiH rhs'aussi
IN vain.
For the next week or two the black
work. I'm the day on which Sariifs mar
riage WAS To take place. he l'.it ti,.. siliitiiy
the country. returning late at night. Ncxt
morning he went away again, now walk
ing with unsteady step along the quiet
country lanes ANA now sittifiH ut1ct'ttsily
by tire roiasi~idc, muttering Ia hilise.if.
The ~neixhbors sasSrn cams. tai hear at his
strange behavior. and II WAS whispered
that hc must have gone ont of his ss.ilss.s,
ss am uncle OF his had done under "a similar
affection.
THAT was yesterday" the stoncbrcakcr
wound up, land he's away along thu. road
10y the railway this morning. they should
look after him. or he'll br lying down in
front of some train. or jumping down into
the deep rock-'utting and breaking his
II Hamilton Armstrong had not gone
mad as the people supposed, lac certainly
acted like "a maslunan. StnnX Ia thu. quick
by his rejection, he had no heart for his
work. He. shut tp h,S smithy. and went
out to try tai walk of the fever that n irnCd
within finn. Proceeding along IN ,sath
hy tbt. side of tln. railway. his heart filled
with bitter hatred, the idea of taking a
terrible revenge. ,mou Duffy uradua
shared itself in his mind. Al first, he
tried to shut hi. car, "a, the s,uyucstiors of
the teunutcr: lint IittI.. by litti,. he grew
familiarized will. ,i,.. i.ic,. until he got 80
dcmoralize.d that h.. hs.ua,, to think i'm "A
spss.Iiati, !. way how h.. s.o,,lu lsst ,ycI,v.
h;,ns.ff ,,noI IN. ,nvin,-jr;yrr Duiry's
train always passed the station. going
east ..Iso,It ; :pj i'm the evening. shortly
ts.fov,. IN ,.an,.. tbs. 80, p,ss..ny..r train.
The ,lcyic.. ~ placing an ohstrr,ctioII on
the line s,,vr.rted itself, only To- hs. inn
,u.slintely 50, aside. Al this ipiut I'M his
,us4litatiou th.. sound of "a signal going
down suggested To him the i.Ira of tuIn,s.r-
inn Will tI,.. Signals.