Crittenden record=press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1907-1909, 1907-03-21

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hat and as Fitz reached for his looked
at him
Every one in the shop caught their
breathS.
lis your name Fitzpatrick"
| Eyes, sir"
"Mine is Clark"
Fitzpatrick put on his hat
You're running the 3l3. believer"
continued Siclone.
Yes. sir"
That's my engine"
Il thought It belonged to the com
pany"
Maybe Il does. hut I've agreed TO
Kill the man that takes her out before
this trouble is settled" said Siclone
amiaby.
Fitzpatrick met him steadily. "If
youll let me know whom il takes place,
| I'll try and be there"
Il don't jump on any man without
/ fair warning Any Of the boys will
tel! you that" continued Siclone
maybe you didn't know my word was
out?"
Fitzpatrick hesitated. I'm not look
Ing for trouble with any man." he re
piled guardedly. but since you're dis
/ posed 10 be fair about notice it's only
fair to you to say that did know your
word was out"
| "Still you took herg'
1T was my orders"
my word is out The boys know II
is good don't jump any man with.
ont fair warning know you now.
/ Fitzpatrick. and the next time see
/ YOU look out" And without more ado
/ Siclone walked out Of the shop. great
/ ly 10 the relief OF the barber II not OF
/ Fitz.
/ Fitzpatrick may have wiped a little
sweat from his face. but he said moth.
| Ing. only walked down 70 the round.
/ house AMI took out the 3l3 as usual
/ for his run.
| \ week passed before the two men
met again. one night Siclone. with
crowd Of the strikers. ran into half a
dozen Of the new men. Fitzpatrick
among them. and there was a riot II
was Siclone's time 20 carry out his in.
| tention for Fitzpatrick would have
Scornei TO try 10 get away. No tree
ever breasted a tornado more sturdily
/ than the Irish engineer withstood 81.
clone but when Ia Ranks got there
with his wrccSing crew aud straight.
encd things ont Fitzpatrick was picked
up for dead. That night Siclone dis.
appeared.
Warrants were got ont and search.
erS put after him. yet nobody could or
would apprehend him. II was general
/ ~ understood that the sudden disap-
/ pearance was one Of Siclones freaks
II the ex-cowboy had so determined
| he would not have hidden To keep out
u anybody's way I have sometimes
l pOndered whether shame hadn't some
thing 10 do with A. His tremendous
physical strength was M for 50 much
/ better things than beating other men
/ that maybe he himself sort OF realized
IL after the storm had passed.
Down east OF the depot grounds az
McCloud stands or stood a great barn
Ike hotel. built In boom days and long
a favorite resting place Tor inyalds
and travellers on route 10 California by
easy stages II was nlcknamed the bar
racks Many railroad men boarded
there. and the new engineers liked IL
because IL was close 10 the round
house and away from the strikers.
Fitzpatrick, without a whine or a
complaint. was put 10 bed In the bar
racks. and Holmes Kay. one 81 the
..H,s Of In
case. \ trained nurse was provided
besides Nobody thought the injured
man would live But after every care
was given him we turned our atten-
ton 20 the troublesome task Of operat
ing the road.
The sl3. whether 10 happened SO or
whether Neichbor thought ii well TO
drop the disputed machine temporarily,
was not taken out again for three
weeks. She was looked on as a hoo
doc. and nobody wanted her Foley re-
fused point plank one day to take her
claiming that he had troubles Of his
own. Then ore day something hap
pencd 10 McTerZa's engine. We were
stranded for locomotive and the 3l3
was brought ont for McTerza. He
didn't like II a bit.
Meantime nothing had been seen or
heard OF SiclOne That. in fact, was
the reason Neighbor urged for using
his engine, but it seemed as If every
! time the 313 went out II brought out
/ Slclone. not 10 speak OF worse things.
That morning about 3 o'clock the IN
| lucky engine was coupled on to the
| White Filler. The night boy az the bar
racks always got uD a hot lunch for the
| Incoming and outgoing crews on the
mail run. and that morning when he
was through he forgot to turn of the
lamp under his coffee tank. II over
heated the counter, and In few min
utes the woodwork was ablaze. II the
frightened boy had cmptied the coffee
on the counter he could have put the
FIRE out, but instead he ran out to give