The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-09-06

ing her share of the militant quality
which made her uncle what he is, she
stood her ground.
Aren't you afraid you will take cold,
Uncle Somerville?" she asked, archly;
and the Rajah came suddenly to
sense of his incompleteness and went
IN to finish his additions against the
opening of the battle actual.
AT first Virginia thought she would
follow him. When Mercury Jastrow
should return with the officer of the
law there would be trouble of some
sort and the woman in her shrank
from the Witnessing of it. But at the
same instant the blood of the fighting
Carterets asserted itself and she re-
solved to stay.
Il wonder what uncle hopes to be
able to do?" she mused will a little
town constable with a bit of signed
paper from some justice of the peace
be mighty enough to stop all that FIJI
rlous activity over there? It's mora
than Incredible"
FROM that she fell to watching the
activity and the orderly purpose OF If.
= length of steel, with men clusterin g.
like bees upon it, would slide from its
place on the hand-car to fall with =
't"9'y ci"hS on the cross ties. In
StthtIy the hammermen would bounce
upon II. one would fall upon hands
"t" NhpeS 10 sight it into place; two
"1HeFS would slide the sGueaking track
gauge along its inner edge. a c,,r
t'lIe' "oFhlhg like the component
parts of faultless mechanism. would
zap the hiking spikes into the wood.
and then at a signal a dozen of n q
pointed a M
ana rhythmic volley Of resonndinr
blows clamped the rail into no,.,,,l
hence on its wooden bed
Ahead of the steel LAYERS u,aro ~.
Italians placing the cross ties in nosi0
Ioh 10 receive the track, and bera -,
iofmans badge of office and sce,+or
was pick handle. Above all tho
ciaihor and the shoutings vfrrinio
'ouId near the bull-beIlow of this f,r,
man roaring out his cornmands-in
terms happily not Understandable ~
neI' ana once she drew back with T.,
NE cry or womanly shrinking whon
ne DICK handle thwacked uDon 49,
shoulders OF one who Jagged
- was this bit of brutality wb;o,,
S1'"ptto her to single out Winto,, =;
me thrNng of workers. He bea-a ~
dow and the oath that went with -
and she saw him run fo,,.,, ~
wrench the budGeon from the b,,,,-,o
hanGs and fling it afar. What .
thihh2sized the act she could not -
Dut ihe little deed Of swift irs4i,o
thrilled her curiously. md bo- -
warmed 10 him as it had wbe, h. -
thrown off his coat to fall 70 ,vor,-
the derailed engine of 4na "ri,,,1 W.
That was fine," she said n ho,.s.o3s
Most men in his place wo,,1,7r,,+ l.
so long as the work was do-,o al =
done quickly. I wonder if-ot, a.iN
startled me-" you
1t was Mr.. Somerville Darrab ,ro,n
clothed upon and in his right 49,.
otherwise the mind of a Doas+e, Of -
who VIII brook neither defeat ~ ~
hahds OF an antagonist nor dfsoho
dleace on the part of his fo1ra-I.iL,s-
ne was scowlinG fierce1y across at -
Utah activities when she smoke h,,+ '.lt
her exclamation the frown sof+ar,
INTO a smile for his favorite niece
startled You. eh? Pahdon mo
deah Virginia But as l am .Io,,. ~
startie someone else. ,er-lar,- -, ~
would better go in to your aunt "
She put her hand on his -
Please let me stay out here ~ ~
Sonervilie." she said. 'tru be 800
and not get in the way"