The Irish standard., 1906-10-20
rlous activity over there? It's more
than Incredible"

i'oAiA thoe sAo AelI 10 WaLcn1ng the
activity and the orderly purpose of It,
A length of steel, with men clustering
like bees upon it, would slide from its
place on the hand-car to fall with a
frosty clang on the cross ties. In
stantly the hammermen would pounce
upon It, One would fall upon hands
and knees to sight" 1t into place: two
others would slide the squeaking track
gauge along its inner edge; a quar-
tette, working like the component
parts OF a faultless mechanism, would
tap the fixing spikes into the wood:
and then at signal dozen of the
heavy pointed hammers swung a1oft
and a rhythmic volley of resoundinr
blows clamped the rail into perma-
nence on its wooden bed.
Ahead of the steel layers vera +he
Italians placing the cross ties. in nos,.
ton to receive the track and here tina
forman's badge Of Office and scepter
was pick handle. Above all tho
clamor and the shoutlngs Virginia
could hear the bull-bellow of this fora
man roaring out his commanda-,n
terms happily not understandable ia
her; and once she drew back with a
little cry of womanly shrinking when
the pick handle thwacked upon tia
shoulders OF one who Jagged.
1t was this bit of brutality which
enabled her to single out winton IN
the throng Of workers. He heard the
blow, and the oath that went with II
and she saw him run forward IN
wrench the bludgeon from the bullv,s
hands and fling 1t afar. What word.
emphasized the act she could not hear
but the little deed of swift 1ust,ce
thrilled her curiously. and her heart
warmed to him as 1t had when h. had
thrown of his coat to fall to work on
the derailed engine Of the "Limited ~
That was flne!" she said to herself
Most men in his place wouldn't care
80 long as the work was done. and
done quickly. wonder if-oh. vou
startled mel"
1t was Mr. Somerville Darrah again.
clothed upon and in his right mind:
otherwise the mind Of master of men
who will brook neither defeat at the
hands OF an antagonist nor disobe-
dience on the part Of his following.
He was scowling fiercely across at thu
Utah activities when she spoke, but at
her exclamation the frown softened
into n smile for his favorite niece.
Startled you, eh? Pahdon me. nv
deah Virginia. But as I am about ia
startle someone else. perhaps YOU
would better go in to your aunt"
/
please let me stay out here. Uncle
Somerville." she said. "Ill be good
and not get In the way"
Ho shook his head, rather in depre-
cation than refusal.
IAN officer will be here right soon
now to MAKE an arrest. There may
be fight, or at least trouble of a sort
you Wouldn't care to see, my deah."
lis it's 1t Mr.. Winton?" she asked.
He nodded.
What has he been doing-besides
being The Enemy?'" -!
The Rajahs smile was ferocious. !
Just now he Is trespassing, and DE-
recting others to trespass, upon pri!
vate property. DO you see that dump
/
that looks like a mouth with long
gray beard hanging below it? That Is
a mine. and It's claim runs down across
the track where Misteh Winton is just
now spiking his rails I.
But the right of way: don't un4
derstand," she began; then she stopped
short and chung to the strong arm. A
man in wde-napped hat and cow
boy chapparajoes. with a revolver on
either hip. was crossing the stream on
the ice bridge to scramble up the ems
bankment Of the new line
| The of1cer?" she asked, In an awed
! whisper. =
. The Rajah made sign OF assent.
J Then. identifying Wlnton in the throna
OF workers. he forgot Virginias press
! ence. "Confound hint" he fumedl
I'D give thousand dollars II he'd
faveh me by showing fight, SO wa
could lock him up on criminal
COUNT" !,
! Why, Uncle Somerville!" she CRIED
/ But there was no time for reproach.
es. The leatherbreeched person mas
querading as the Argentine town MARI
shall had climbed the embankment1
and singing out his man was readina
his warrant. =,
Contrary to Mr.. Darrah's expressed
hope, Winton submitted quietly. With
word to his men-a word that
stopped the strenuous labor-battle al
suddenly as it had begun-he turned,
! to pick his way down the rough hills
side at the heels of the marshal.
For some reason that she could never
! have set out in words Virginia was
distinctly disappointed. 1t was nd
part of her desire to see the oonfliot
blaze up in violence, but 1t nettled heH
to see Winton give up SO easily. soma
such thought as this had possession of
! her while the marshal and his prisoner
were picking their way across the iceF
and she was hoping that Winton would
! give her chance to reQuite him, ID
only with look
4 But it was Town Marshal Peter Big
| gin, affectiOnately known to his COM