The newspaper., 1907-03-15

to this time, Misther Adams. Shall !
call up the b'ys wild their guns?"
Not yet. Let's wait and see what
happens"
What happened was a peaceful
sortie. Two men, each with kit of
some kind borne in sack, dropped
from the car, crossed the creek and
struggled up the hill through the un-
bridged gap. Adams waited until they
were fairly on the right of way. then
he called down to them.
Halt, therei you two. This is cor
poration property"
Not much 1t amt! retorted one of
the trespassers, grufHy. Its the
drain-way from our placer up yonder."
What are you going to do up there
at this time of night?"
None O. your blame business!" was
the explosive counter-shot.
Perhaps 1t isn't" said Adams, mild
ly. "Just the same, I'm thirsting to
know Call 1t vulgar curiosity il you
like"
"All right, you can know, and be
cussed to you. We're goin' to work
our claim. Got anything to say
against it,"
"Oh, no." rejoined Adams; and when
the twain had disappeared in the up
per darkness he went down the grade
with Branagan and took his place on
the man-loaded fats for the run to
the construction camp, thinking more
of the lately arrived car with its COM
plement of armed men than of the
two miners who had calmly announced
their intention of working a placer
claim on a high mountain, without
water and in the dead of winter, BY
which 1t will be seen that Mr.. Morton
p. Adams, C. E. Inst. Tech. Boston,
had something yet to learn in the
matter of practical field work.
BY the time Ah Foo had served him
his solitary supper in the dinkey he
had quite forgotten the incident of the
mysterious placer miners Worse
than that 1t had never occurred to
him to connect their movements with
the Rajah's plan of campaign. On the
other hand. he was thinking altogeth-
er of the carload o. armed men. and
trying 10 devise some means OF finding
Jut how they were to be employed in
| furthering the Rajah's designs.
| The means suggested themselves
/ after supper and he went alone over
/ to Argentine to spend a half-hour IN
/ the bar of the dance hall listening to
/ the gossip of the place. When he had
/ learned what he wanted to know, he
( forthfared to meet Winton at the in
/ coming train.
We are in for it now" he said,
when they had crossed the creek to
/ the dinkey and the Chinaman was
bringing Winton's belated sunpr
The Rajah has imported a carload
/ of armed merceuaries. and he is going
to clean us all out tomorrow; arrest
/ everybody from the gang foreman up"
Winton's eyebrows lifted. 80? that
is pretty large contract. Has he
men enough to do it?''
Not so many men. But they are
sworn-in deputies with the sheriff of
Ute county in commando posse, in
fact So he has the law on his side
Which is more than he had when
he set thug on me this afternoon at
Carbonate. said Winton. sourly: and
be told Adams about the misunder-
standing in the lobby of the Buckins-
ham.
he ieSHuoioRidu W nlSlleu under hlS
breath. by Jovei that's pretty rough
Do you suppose the Rajah dictated
any such Lucretia Borgia thing as
I that"
Winton took time to think about it
and admitted doubt, as he had not
before. Believing Mr.. Somerville Dar-
rah fit for treasons, stratagems. and
spoils in his official capacity of vice
president OF fighting corporation, he
was mono the less disposed to tnd e1-
cuses for Miss Virginia Carteret's
uncle.
Il did think 30 at first, but l guess
1t was only the misguided zeal of some
understrapper. OF course, word has
gone out all along the c. & G. r. line
that we are to be delayed by every
possible eXpedient"
But now Adams had also taken time
to think, and he shook his head
For common humanity's sake
wish I could agree with you, Jack.
But can't. Mr.. Darrah dictated that
move in his own proper person"
How do you know that?"
Adams answer took the form OF a
leading question. You had mes
sage from me this afternoon?"
II did,