The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-05

steered at will. Any freight or passenger
THAT little Cusack told me. and
ran down here TO tell YOU
"Alone?" he asked. in amaZement-
Yes, hurry
Alone, across the toughest haif-nil'
of country in the state of Illinois? Yol
you did this for me?'' he cried. ending
in almost a shout of exultation. an(
looking down into the depths of he
eyes, which for a second, at his words
lost their feared look and became sur
fused with a soft light of newly real
lied affection. He forgot completely the
exigency of the moment.
20. dear, can't you hurry she SAID
Don't stand here while every minute
! puts you in greater danger.
Instead of acquieScing he prolonged
the moment of sweet triumph, unit
she yelled her eyes from his steady
gaze. Then he leisurely went to Nc
Keon's desk and pulled down the top
shut the safe door and locked it, and
fumbled in his pocket for bunch OF
| keys. with exasperating slowness Sc
1 Letting one for the drawer of the desk
She stood consumed with impatience
the while, and finally asked: Aren't
you going?"
NO: i guess not" he replied. calmly.
/ w
stay here another minute. Why don
7 you go?"
We'll. in the first place he said. Il
think there is some mistake: but If that
is not the case a little intimidation at
the start might change their minds:
Kirby and Chaplin and some more OF
the handy chaps will be around some
where. and viii take hand in any
fracas that should occur. And besides.
there are several thousands of dollars
in the safe, and it would not look well
I for me to-
But for my sake" she said. impul-
siveiy You think only of the COM
pany. John, for my sake"
Unconsciously in the intensity. of her
! pleading, she had put a little hand
upon his arm. He covered it with his
own big palm and gazed into her en-
treating eyes. For your sake. Bob, he
muttered absently. Then he pinched
her fingers and gave vent to little
laugh in which there was no mirth, but
an immense amount of happiness
Don't be alarmed he said reassur-
ingly. Il hardly think our men nave
any cause for such action. and anyway,
we'll take care of Ourselves-you and /.
Bob. You sit here and I'll go out and
see what they want
He placed a chair in corner and she
a word. Somehow, now, she felt per-
feet trust and confidence in his ability
to protect both himself and her. She
watched him absent mindedly while he
took from a drawer holster with a
big blued revolver in it and deposited 1t
in his pocket. Then, as a gust of wind
brought the clamor distinctly to his
ears. he turned to her and said. Don't
be afraid it will amount to nothing.
n 1rrr.r e,.ln ont q
shadow between door and window, and
awaited the approach of the men.
Now that he heard the mingled curses,
shouts and laughter at that short dis
lance, he felt the least bit of anxiety.
it must be acknowledged. He remem-
bered, as did every one else along. the
right of way of the canal. the lawless-
ness and disorder that sometimes ac-
companied a pay-night drunk Only
last month Lake and Stafford had paid
the penalty of shotgun methods in
handling their men, when whisky had
given the employees courage. But lmrie
felt no fear or uncertainty as to the
final outcome, for years of authority
had given him confidence in his own
capacity for making his commands
obeyed now as well as on the work.
They were coming straight to the Of
flee without doubt AS they turned the
corner of a cluster of dumb ears and
sighted the office their uproar died down
to a low murmur. and he heard ominous
hoarse whispering. His ear caught. COM
ing from half a dozen tongues of various
nationalities. the sound of There he is.
and That's him." which did not ten1 10
reassure him. The rustic of a mackin-
tosh in his rear disturbed him, and he
felt his hand clasped by the fingers of
two trembling. rain-wet little hands. IT
is so lonesome in there" softly said
voice at his shoulder. He laughed again:
Emerging from the shadow into the duh
light from open door and curtainless win
dOws. was Il crowd of half a hundred
men. almost all showing evidences of
too vigorous attack on the black bottle
Instead of beginning a debaucn of de-
struction. they halted in front of the Of
flee and looked respectfully at Imrie. No
ore spoke for minute. and they seemed
TO be waiting expectantly for something.
shuffiing nervously from one foot TO the
other. Finally. Stewart Brough elbowed
his way TO the front and taking of his
hat. bowed with awkward exaggerated
Difference to the two wondering people
standing before him. He took from his
breast pocket a folded paper. much crum-
pied and bearing the marks of dirty
thumbs and handed it to Imrie.
MI Imrie.' he began ,ase , solemnl y;
learning and edjewcstion, buS for a that.
we have got the souls and feelings of
men. So we. employees of Donal Melon
aid and ComDanee. Do
Louder said voice in the crowd.
''Do--do-er. in meeting assembled. do
hereby. present you wi a few res buttons
which set forth in a few word; the es-
employees of Donai Mcdonald and Com
panee." The assistant superintendent.
nonplussed at the unexpected turn of AFT
fairs fumbiingly opened the paper and
made a pretense of reading the scrawl
that began with. Resolved. with a
huge and Enthusiastically designed r." and
bordered by ruling of red ink. the line
thicker in places where clumsy fingers
had failed to control the flow of ink under
the ruler yen mind. Aim no clark.
continued Stewart. and trowel fits be-
chune the j'ints of me hand better than
a pen. 50 yen excuse the writing. But
the idea is there. We wish to say. Mr..
Imrie. that we consider We a man and Il
gentleman. though. of course. We have yer
shortcomings as the best of us have. and
were a extremely sorry ye're going 10
leave the job. We have no sUspeecion of
why we're going. but II there is any leetle
thing we can do 10 make we char.-e yer
mind-and we know vera weel the vari-
ETY. of our capabilities-wen do it and
welcome. III yere set on going. weel we
can only say good luck and success in a
Yer undertakings. and may We get an
ither sistant super like ye- Am All
right?' he turned fiercely on the men aEl
hurled the last sentence at them. A
mighty answering roar could leave no
doubt in the young mans mind of the
unanimfty OF the sentiment. Stewart
shook his head emphasizingly and then
henmed and hawed and scuirmed while
trying to remember the balance of his re-
hearsed speech. Finally he said abrupt
ly: wi these few remarks Anil close"
Imrie. completely taken aback stood
namely holding the paper in his hands
with d .pardonable sensation of elation
filing him. while Barbara looked on in !
wonder. He took step forward and
said Men. this is very pleasant and
the more so because it comes
I'm CAD / have merited
this good opinion of those who have
worked with me. and thank you sin