Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-13
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CHAPTER Ix.-Continued.
Copyright, 1906, by J. Z. Lippincott Coz

But in the days that followed, days
fn which the sun rose and set in
CIOudless winter splendor and the
heavy SHOWS still held aloof, Adams
prediction wrought itself out into
sober fact After the single appeal to
force, Mr.. Darrah seemed TO have
given up the fight None the less, the
departure of the Rosemary was de-
Iayed, and it's hospitable door was al
ways open to the Utah chief of con-
struction and his assistant.
Winton took his welcome broadly,
rs what lover would not; and within
a week was spending most OF his
evenings in the Rosemary-this at a
time when every waking moment OF
the day and night was deeply mort
saged TO the chance of success. For
nov that the Rajah had withdrawn
his opposition. nature and the per-
Versity of inanimate things had taken
n hand. and for a fortnight the work
of track-laying paused fairly within
sight of the station at Arge milne.
First it was a carload of steel ac-
-cidentally derailed and dumped into
Quartz creek at precisely the worst
possible point in the lower canyon, a
Jagged, rock-ribbed, Outbound gorge
where each separate piece of metal
had to be hoisted out singly by der
rick erected for the purpose-a process
which effectually blocked the track
ToT three entire days. Next it was an
other landslide (unhelped by dyna-
mite this) just above the station, a
crawling cataract of loose, sliding
shale which. painstai;ingly dug out
and damned with plank bulkhead dur
ing the day, would pour down and
'bnry bulkhead, buttresses, and the
very right of way in the, night.
In his right mind-the mind Of an
ambitious young captain of industry
Nh0 sees defeat with dishonor staring
him in the face-Winton would have
fOughJ all the more desperately for
these hindrances. But. unfortunate
~ he was no longer an industry cap
tain with an eye single to success.
lie was become that anomaly despised
OF the working world-a man in love
IT'S no use shutting our eyes to
Che fact. Jack" said Adams one even
ing when his chief was making ready
for his regular descent upon the Rose
EBary 1--WE shall have to put night
shifts at work on that shale-slide if
we hope ever TO get past it with the
rails"
Hang the shale," was the impa-
Jient rejoinder. I'm no galley slave"
Adams slow smile came and went
in cynical ripplings.
1t is pretty difficult to say precise
~ what YOU are just now. But | can
lrOphesy 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.
> C. YOU will authorize it, I'll put
night gang on and boss It myself |
What dc you say?"
Il say you are no end of a good |
fellow. Morty. And that's the plain
fact. I'll do as much for you some
time"
I'll be smashed if you will-you'll |
never get the chance. When | let !
pretty girl make a 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 shale-slide, |
ana to command it as best he could.
So, as we say, the days of stubborn |
toll with the enthusiasm taken out, |
slipped away unfruitful. OF the en-
tire Utah force Adams alone held him
self up to the mark, and being only
second in command, he was unable to
fSeep the bad example of the chief
from working like a leayen of inert |
ness among the men Branagan
voiced the situation in rich brogue
one evening when Adams had ex-
hausted his limited vocabulary of
abuse on the force for its apathy
- Ills no use, ava, Msther Adams. If
you was the boss himself 'twould be
Won as would put the comether on
Thin too quick. But it's like masther,
like mon The bys all know that
Misther Winton don't care damn
and they'll not he hurtin' themselves
wild the wurrk.'
And the Rajah? Between his times
OF smoking high-priccd cigars with
Winton in the lounging-room of the
Rosemary, he was swearing Jubilates
i'm the privacy of his worlSing-den
atateroom. having tri-daily weather
reports wired to him by way of Car
Donate and Argentine station, and
busying himself in the intervals with
sending and receiving sundry mysteri
Gus kilograms in cipher
Thus Mr.. Somerville Darrah, all
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
rsh late to his breakfast, being JUS
IN from an early morning reconnais.
sance of the enemy's advancings; Vir-
ginia sitting opposite to pour his cot
Zee All the others vanished to some
limbo Of their own.
The Rajah rubbed his hands de.
iightedly.