Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-01-10

CRIME OF tunnel work And your gang
Of swarthy Italians are bound to have q
demoniac aspect under ground"
It was moro carelessly than intention
ally that Gerald thus provoked Raveli.
There had been, dislike between them,
growing out Of friction between their
respective duties - civil engineer and
sub-contractor, for the former was neces-
sarily = critic Of the latter's work. But
they had never quarreled. and Gerald
saw nothing on this occasion, ~ Ravelh
seemed to, for any outbreak Of temper.
"Bettare be civ-vl witha your tongue"
Ravelh sneered. % sfF
"Well. think %. too. - We arc with
Lady"
. "Zat ees whya insssst you treata me
- one gentleman.
So It seemed that he was especially re-
gardful Of how hs figured in the presence
Of Mary Warmer.
Like ono gentleman Oh, win treat
you like two gentlemen-so politely" "
and Gerald began to again nonchalantly
whittle the birchen pole. Il was going
to tell how, when 1t last We broke
through the rock at this end Of the tun.
mel. l happened to be right there. A
blast tore out IN aperture several feet
wide. We saw daylight through the
smoke. We rushed pell-mell over the
broken stone. and struggled with one
another to get through first II was
why, It was you, Ravslh. wasn't it,
whom tuaslsd with. Yes, We gotinte
the breach together. You tried to push
mo back You couldnt-of course you
couldn't. aud the narrntor's reference
to his own superior strength was exAs-
perstingly accompanied by glance not
tree from contempt
"Eet was-a all cen fun." Ravelli
smilingly explained to Mary. and then
his eyes turned darkly upon Gerald
"Eef cot had-s been one earnest fight
The different result was vaguely indi-
Gated by . hard clinch Of fists and .
vicious crunch Of teeth.
It was beyond . doubt that Ravelli
could not bear to b. belittled to Mary.
but she and Gerald were alike inatten-
tive to his exhibition Of wrath.
mo prisoner was ever more exultant
to escape" Heath went on. ethan I was
to get out Of that dark. noisome hole into
clear sunlight ran to this very spot.
snd-well, the landscape was ON view,
Just - II u now. Il was like getting
from gloom ont into glory
The young mans sxubsrant words were
not spoken with much enthusiasm, and
yet they had sufficient earnestness to
prove their sincerity. He had stopped
whittling, and bis knife lay on the desk
- he turned his back against the sapling
and rested both elbows ON IT.
$50 I've been writing to the president
Of the company. urging him to dedect the
route . trihe 70 that passengers might
como out Of the tunnel to ~ . landscape
worth thousand miles Of special travel,
and to be had by going less than ~ many
feet This 10 the very latest day for
changing the survey. Tomorrow viii
BE- too late. That il why I'm telegraph
ing 90 urgently
Click. click. cEch Mary went to tho
telegraphic instrument She delivered
the message by word Of mouth, instead
Of taking Il down In the usual manner
with pan.
Gerald Heath, Overlook. " she trans
lated from the metallic language Of the
instrument; '.yoar idea Il foolish. We
cannot entertain Il Henry Deckerman.
president
Gerald looked Hks . man receiving .
jury's verdict involving great pecuniary
loa6, II not one of psFsonal condemnation.
- he listened 10 the telegram.
"Zat ees whata I theenk. remarked
Raveli. with insolsnt elation; @you
are one-a fool, - - president he say.
Gerald was already angered BY the
Dispatch The tsunting epithet was
timed to excite him to fury. which he
impulively spent upon the moro imne-
diate provoker. He ssised Ravelh by
the throat, but without choking him,
and almost instantly let him 60. -
though ashamed Of having assailed =
man Of not much moro than half his own
strength and nearly twics his ags. With
italian quickness Rsvelli grabbed Ger
AIDS knife from the desk. against which
hs was dung. He would have used II.
too. II self-defense had been necessary
but hs saw that he was not to be further
molssted. and 20 be concealed the weapon
under his arm. while Gerald strobe
away, unaware Of his escape from . stab
He Il one beeg bully. said Ravelh
With forced colnposura "Eef . lady
had-a not been here"-
You tormented him" the girl inter-
rupted. II once saw the best nstured
masei6 In the world loss his temper and
turn ON a. She stopped before say
ing ''cur." and added instead: III he was
foolish you wsre not very wiss to tease
him."
He is-a what TO you. xat you take-a
hees partY'
She bit her lips In resentment but
made no reply.
"Pare-haps he is ons-a lover oof your
Still she would not reply TO his imper-
tinenca That angered him moro than
the sevsrsst rejoinder would have done.
"Oh. am sure-a mt he ees one suitor.
She gave way at length to his provoca-