Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-04-16

was unanswered because Miss Hamil-
ton had impressed Alfred's eyes and
fingers to her service.
Dear me, Mr.. Vincent! One Of my
shoe buttons is unfastened. Will you
lend me your button-hook? oh, per
haps you'll She put out her pretty
foot. a55.
Alfred was on his knee, back to
Stella, when she closed the door. All
the way upstairs she thought of the
little scene below. Wide, as was the
guh that separated Sally 3. from her
self she knew the type Miss Hamilton
represented was farther removed.
The coaches arrived and they drove
j, eastward on the stage road till they
came opposite the selected spot, when
they alighted and climbed to the high
or railroad grade.
Miss Hamilton took the center Of
>he stage quite naturally. She wished
10 learn, took it for granted that Al
fred would be willing teacher.
Where in the world did you find
enough men? Now many have you,
Mr.. Vincent? A million?" She looked
up bewitch1ngly; and Alfred was not
impervious to the subtle flattery that
for the moment invested him with the
dignity of the owners and captains
of the road.
He smiled. I'VE have just one two
hundred-and-fiftieth of that million,
Miss Hamilton. We wish we had
more. We're going to have more, if
We have to steal them"
Miss Hamilton admired the con-
tidence in his words
We've more than 1000 horses and
carts; and a $4,000 order has just
been placed for more stock and tools. "
Are men so hard to get?"
White men are. Cinnamon less
hard"
why don't you use more China
men, them" she asked, glancing down
from rock that jutted into the path.
They're afraid of drill and powder, -
Alfred replied to the question.
They were on the grade now creep
ing around the shoulder of Cape Horn.
Hundreds of feet above lowered
straight granite walls. Thousands OF
feet below, sheer and jagged, the
walls met the foot of the opposite
mountain; and In the narrow, crooked
crack at the bottom the American
river seethed and tumbled it's tortu-
Gus way to the ocean.
AS they came to a point where the
stupendous scene opened fully before
them, Miss Hamilton's gay chatter
ceased. Men hushed their talk of
stocks and bonds, purchase and sale.
Stella, too, forgot the blood and fame
in her attire, forgot even Alfred and
his bright companion.
This must be Ossa piled upon
Pelion," Miss Hamilton said softly,
breaking the long silence. She looked
up, and below, trying to measure the
dizzying depths.
How ever did they get here first
And how did they dare insult that rock
monarch with POWDER" Miss Ham.
ilton's gaze crept UP. and up, to the
sky-robed summit
with ropes. They let men down
from the top, who pi.ked out standing
room; and from tina: they worked a
narrow path around 10 the grade"
Got plenty OF engines, Crocker?'
one of the visitors asked.
"Six engines and over 100 cars,
MIR. Croker replied proudly, "and as
many more ordered
THAT isn't beginning to enough
You'll be dropping al engine or a car
| over into that gulch avery day."
Miss Hamilton closed her eyes and
shivered. "Oh, how !errifying!"
"Mr. Croker forgtx to mention our
| powder car" Alfred added.
Powder carr" she repested. "Sure
ly Pluto and ProserEna will arrive to
gether when powde, rattles over this
hot, rocky spot. Do you think it is
so very far to-to-Ta.tarus?" She
said.
"But you never beard of a powder
car like ours; it Is i,On-doored and rub
ber-tired," Alfred explained "AnG
we're surely deceivilg their majesties
of hades, since tha work at Summit
tunnel goes on ceas>less,y, eating oul
right of way six feet day and night
through the heart Ct the Sierras."
"Oh, yes! Uncle Charley's very
jubilant about that tuanel-indeed
about the splendio way all the worl
goes on" 49,.
IF we only had iron, iron! That:
what binders u.s. There isn't hal
enough to be had IN the whole coun
try"
| "V'hy don't you buy abroad"
"Car franchise forbids that; anl
American foundriex can't make it fas
enough. What We do buy is SO Ions
getting here! TweAty thousand miles
That's sail FOR you And the gales
and wrecks! BY George! l wish i
was quicker and safer"
Al they naared the camps theil
conversation changed from railroad tt
other subjects-tEe latest book; thu
newest dance; tie poem or picture
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