The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-07-12


make trouble here; il woula-,, ,,L
more than twenty-five or thirty 4
In il"
Ph9be biz the end Of her pcnholde,
and thrust out her chin in a way tina
made her look very nuch like resolu,.
John Artley- Il know one thing ,he,
won't do" she said. with defiant lin.
nod They won't make pa pull e0l
unless he has orders. like they did
Mike McGaffey last spring.
The afternoon wore away w;,hop,
Incident, and there was nothing 10 NJ
port until seven o'clock. when the two
sections Of eoi came in fairly alive with
ramps. Twenty minutes later the
time freight from Denver arrived.
bringing another contingent The
contractors reported that there had
been no violence. bat that WAS L.
cause the train crews had been % FAR
outnumbvrea Is 10 pu, resistance out
Of the question.
Norman wired full report Of the
situation 10 the dispatcher. and while
he was waiting for instructions the
tramps began 10 straggle into The wait
ing-rooIn by twos and fhrees. In the
absence OF orders TO the contrary
train No. oOl had been made m
and pulled out on the main line ready
TO 60 east. Norman knew this. ana as
neither Artley nor the conductor had
come IN Tor orders, lie began To get IN
easy.
~. y. l.. = 4
fh@he. and stay with Mrs Hannah. 4"
he said This is no place for you to-
night"
Please let me stay pleaded Phophe.
They won't hurt me. and | should 30
crazy over there by myself. and not
knowing what was happening TO vou
and pa Besides. III he good Geal
safer here with vou.-
Norman was going 10 insist. but the
Wire called him. He answered and
took the message rapidly:
Hold -ol for orders Tee all means
TO prevent tramps from seizinr train 4
or engine Special with sherifr's pos. Z
VIII reach you about eighi-thiriy \
p. M
Ph9be heard the message as i,
clicked through the sounder. and
looked at he station clock. Ii was
now nearly eighth the men would
only keep quiet for half an hour.
II was a vain hope Two minutes
Ia'er there was scuffie on the platform.
and Artley and the conductor were
ragged into the waiting-room. One
u The tramps-a big. burly fellow
With red whisiA RS and flaming ewes
acted "a spokesman.
lou shct up" the spokesman was
aging To her father. You hahn. got
ioihin' 10 say about il. Wen you II.
riders you'll pull that train. r well
huck We into yer own tire-box. Seee-
Phoebe heard the threat in uild-.ved
lorror.
Norman for FIVE minutes ratified
way al the key. writing an endless
tring Of unmeaning dots and dashcs.
? I'LL up time. Then the red bearded
lan interrupted him.
Gimme that tiine-ta bie.- he said.
ointing 20 the shee; hanging over the
perator's desk
Norman hes.tated. obcving finally
the point ~ a pistol. The man ran
= grimy finger up and down the col
inns OF figures until he found what he
anted
Its all right. boys: we don't need no
'ders- Fnst meetin-p points Effv !
ile> down the road. Mister lighfnin'-
niger you come out from behind
Iere-weT take you long. an then
~ won't be gittin' a switch turned v
: IN Us Al the fust side track
Norman held hack and tried to cain =
ore time by arguing the case. bu. the
stol came into play again. and he =
"a % 20. without 80 much as a word ~
fh@be- who was pale with indigna-
N and fright. =
y hen Norman surrendered. the man n
oke again: Now then. git a more "a
that inginc-drivcr, an well 90 ru
Phrhe's first impulse was to rush on;
ter theSl 10 plead for her fathers 81
e; then she suddenly rctnern- "a
red that the special train was rs
ming from the east Supposin- her -
ner yielded; or. what was more
ely surprising they put him on the 81
CINE and made him responsible for :
life and theirs. while one II their -
mber ran il? Phub, threw herself &c
.vn al the table and began 10 call ma
! first station east Of orival with -
ntic eagcrncss. IL She could ONLY ~
81 the operator at Little Butte in ~
le To have them warn the sheritfs =
cial IN
gain and again She wrote ..iu- ~
!, signing ~oj- at every fourth rep -,
lion. but there was no answering
ak. and the angry voices on the ~.
tform grew louder and more threat tei
ng- At last, knowing that death Ia
ssages take precedence Of all Others.
wrote ''Leth" ''dcih- -de.h' BE- 20
zen the signatures. and then the ou- ne
tor al Little Butte broke in and an
red. Phnbe began to tremble yer
vously through her message. but he ina
ke in again. 70
West bound special passed here five can
futes ago" was what came clicking Ms
k. and then she knew that il aOl sen
orival there would he collision. cha
he mere thought Of il made her sick l'o.
faint. aud the lights in the Office ma
ned to BE- going out Then She I'm
2ed and came to herself with lit TT
ERIK when the crowd began to move maj
n the platform. and she heard the -
cr say: ~All right my c0yey. well sne
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