Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-05-14

Alfred declined cigars, but the Judge
smoked sereneIy, quite Indifferent to
the nearing dinner hour
Tell me, how's the iron horse race
coming on out there in the sage-brush!
Croker and Gregory getting in on the
last heat?'
YES, sir; they're making fair time,
Alfred replied They expected to be
at Salt Lake City in the spring, but
they've had to change the route, you
know, to the north end of the lake
Yes; on account of the great
swamps, they said. Was that neces-
sary? It cuts out pile Of good ter
ritor!."
They decided it was necessary. The
detour would carry the road far out OF
line, and take too long Our company
has already Tapped the Union Pacific
grade; still, it is uphill work; they
can't build as fast as they ought
The refusal of the government to
accept that 100 miles of Union Pacific
road viii delay them; I'm glad OF
that
But it hasn't. Those people are
rushing right along, regardless OF
Uncle Sans disapproval-7
Our folks surprised those q. P.
chaps some, l expect, when we caught
up with their west section of grade
What possessed the Union Pacific PEG
pie to begin grading as far west as
Humboldt Wells? They're poor cal
cuIators."
There's a secret about that, sir
Did Mr.. Croker never tell you OF MI
Gregory's understudy?'
"Understudy? What of him."
Last autumn, when our people were
pegging along near Winnemucca, a
stranger came to Gregory wishing to
study railroading at its latest and
best: said he was contemplating an
Oregon enterprise; completely fooled
the old man"
Fooled Gregory" The judges laugh
shook him as craft tossed by high
wind.
Yes, sir. The fellow was q. p
SPY. He went back by way of San
Francisco and the Isthmus, and told
his people we couldn't get to Salt
Lake before II. You should have
heard Gregory's remarks. Good for
Indigestion
But how came the spy to be so out
of reckoning?" asked the judge, grin
ming appreciatively.
BASED his calculations On the Pal
isade tunnel. That would have taken
a good year"
And our folks changed their minds
and walked around it. Bully. What
does Gregory say now?'
| 1Oh, that's history to him He's
! busy driving his white men and
| Chinese like a modern Pharaoh"
BY hockey, 1t was lucky for us, thai
brag Durrant made"
| ''Durrant?" Alfred questioned alb
sently. His mind was wandering witt
| Stella in the past, her memory WILDLY
| aroused by Mrs Harmon's description
of her protegee.
Yes Didn't you hear of it? Vice
President Durrant of the Union Pacific
telegaphed Stanford this: If We la.
any track on your grading We'll pa.
you for your grading. If you lay an!
On ours We won't charge you cent
Well get them on that DEAL
Yes, sir; and it's lucky for US tina
ownership terminates where the irol
meets instead of where the grade
meet"
Iron, That's the keynote. I wis]
we could act on Gregory's wish an,
get iron out across the Isrhmus-"
1T would be like sp1king down silve
track" Alfred said wonderingIy.
i You bet. But we're making raj
road for 1000 years. Every mile "
build now will in time pay for Isthmus
packed iron-yes, for silver track"
Alfred nodded, but was silent.
Toy, velyet-footed, and exquisite i
his walters garb, came to the doc
. "Nissee Harmon hkee see jud8,
Mistee Vincen' in pa1ah," he sal
softly.
i The Judge rose slowly and hippe
{ the cigar ashes from his coat Goo
bye, comfort Come on, boy. She's Il
} | general, you know"
d In the parior Alfred was barely i
troduced to the other guests whe
t through the hall archway Miss A
] thony appeared He stopped in Il
: middle of a speech and stared ope
q mouthed. 1t was Stella!
y He took quick step forward, b
o halted. This was not his Stella. 81
dwelt only in memory, in the far, II
Vi grant mountains His long, huitle
!: search for her flashed upon him, b
months, years of longing. Surely 81
e had not wished to be found. He look
d again at the stately woman before hi
t No, no; this was not his Stella
IL Esther's entrance had immediate
;. focused attention Alfred was 81;
a that his perturbation had thus go
,. unnotieed. He took shelter behind
oI pillar and covertly followed her mo,
FL ments.
III She was taller than before,
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