The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-12-08
lang the shale!" was the impa-
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Hang the shale!" was the impa-
.tient rejoinder. I'm no galley slave"
Adams slow smile came and went
In cynical ripplings.
at is pretty difficult to say precise.
ily what you are Just now. But can
iprophesy what you are going to be
;if you don't wake up and come alive =
" Having no reply to this. Adams
went back to the matter of night
shifts.
IS. "1f you will authorize it. I'll put a
might gang on and boss 1t myself.
- What do you say"
-. II say you are no end Of good
fellow. Morty. And that's the plain
fact. I'll do as much for you some
time"
~ ''1'fl be smashed if you will-you'll
y, mover get the chance. When let a
pretty girl make fool of me-"
! But the door of the dinkey slammed
behind the outgoing one, and the
prophet Of evil was left to organize
his night assault on the shaleslide
and to command it as best he could.
So. as we say, the days of stubborn
toll with the enthusiasm taken out,
islipped away unfruitful. OF the en-
tire Utah force Adams alone held him
i self up to the mark. and being only
second in command, he was unable to
keep the bad example Of the chief
from working like a leaven of inert
mess among the men. Branagan
voiced the situation in rich brogue
one evening when Adams had ex-
hausted his limited vocabulary Of
labuse on the force for its apathy.
"'Tis no use, ava. Misther Adams. II
you was the boss himself 'twould be
you az would put thu comether on
thin too quick But It's like masther,
like mon.' The b'ys all know that
iMisther Winton don't care damn;
and they'll not be hurtin' Themselves
wid the wurrk."
And the Rajah? Between his times
of smoking high-priced cigars with
;Winton in the lounging-room Of the
Rosemary, he was swearing Jubilates
IN the privacy of his working-den
etateroom, having tri-daily weather
reports wired to him by way Of Car
donate and Argentine station, and
!busying himself in the intervals with
Mending and receiving sundry mysteri-
Gus kilograms in cipher.
Thus Mr.. Somerville Darrah, all
q going we'll for him until one fateful
morning when he made the mistake
Of congratulating his ally. Then
but we picture the scene: Mr.. Oar
1. H. late to his breakfast. being Just
{ In from an early morning reconnais-
sance of the enemy's advancings; Vir-
ginia sitting opposite to pour his COT
fee. All the others vanished to some
limbo of their own.
Ths Rajah rubbed his hands de-
Iightedly.
I'VE are coming on famously. IA
mously, my deah Virginia Two
weeks gone, heavy SHOWS predicted
for the mountain region, and nothing,
practically nothing at all. accom-
splished on the otheh side Of the can
von. When you marry, my deah, you
shall have block of c. & G.. r. pre-
eerred stock to keep you in pin
money
i, "1?" she queried. But, Uncle Som
erville, I don't understand"
y, The Rajah laughed.
THAT was very pretty blush, my
adeah. Bless your innocent soul, if
.1were young Misteh Winton, I'm not
sure but ! should consider the game
well lost
M She was gazing at him wide-eyed
now and the blush had left pallor
behind 1t.
n you mean that THAT T.
II mean that you are helpeh worth
having, Miss Carteret. Another time
sMisteh Winton won't pay cou't to a
snha'ming young girl and try to build
q railroad at one and the same mo-
s1nent, fancy. Hah!"
The startled eyes yelled themselves
swiftly. and virginias voice sank to
sats softest cadence.
T. = Have I been an accomplish in this
this despicable thing, Uncle Somer-
saville?"
Z, Mr. Darrah began little to see his
mistake.
! "Ah-an accomplice? Oh. no, my
sASeoH WI SAAin, uoI 4ultc Iudl. Il ITO
a.word smacks too much of the police
sscou'ts. Let us say that Misteh Win.
ton has found your company mo- at.
svtractive than that of his laborehs. and
commend his good taste in the mat.
Itch"
A So much he said by way Of damp.
sing down the fire he had so rashly
lighted. Then Jastrow came in with
spne Of the interminable cipher tele-
grams and Virginia was left alone.
For time she sat at the deserted
breakfast table, dry-eyed. hot-hearted.
thinking such thoughts as would come
crowding thickly upon the heels Of
such revelation. Winton would fail !;
u man with honor, good repute, his
sentire career at stake, as he himself
had admitted. would go down to mis-.
sserable oblivion and defeat lacking
some friendly hand to smite him alive
TO sense Of his danger. And. in her
IL ok{ ~ ri.