Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

Ge6dinCs. scowling wrathfully at the
rabblc that surged just below them Ike
a dirty surf. roaring sullenly. creeping
ever nearer.
Riley gave an expressive gesture in
dlcatng his handful OF men opposed
to the hundreds of halfmad rioters
"a broom against the ocean. Mr. Gsd-
dlngs. dozen to 5G0."
You are armed. aren't you?" Ged-
dngs rctorted with rising anger.
Riley nodded unwlll!ngly. Our or
ders ain't to shoot We're here to pro-
tect property and life ii need Debut
How are you going TO do 1t wlthou;
shooting if those Idiots take it into the
heads TO rush you2 They've crow-bars
against your clubs and could wreck the
whole plant before you would come TO.
But they're always towards and one
volley over their heads would send
them scurrying. Get blackburn you."
this to the front rank of strikers who
with savage yells had begun to press
forward.
The shake OF his fist and the curse
were plain language even TO Greek and
Slav, and added fuel to the smolderine
fire. A chorus of the worst ''swcars'
known to the foreigners answered Ged-
dngs. and suddenly from somewhere
In the crowd a Jagged piece Of Stag
from the dump was hurled and caughs
the millionaire just above the ear. He
staggered under the impact and when
he recovered a streak of red showed
below his hat brim
Fire, tell youl' he yelled at the
knot of deputies about him. Fire. or
will"
moment he waited while the sher-
If hesitated. And while he wavered
the smeltermen with a mighty roar
pressed forward and up the rising
ground topped by the plant Then as
only clubs were Forthcoming at his cry,
Geddngs pulled his own weapon from
his pocket and began firing rapidly
High he aimed, and wildly, only caring
to frlghten these foreign devils away
from his own person. Five quick shots
over lodging heads rang out. then his
saggIng arm sent sixth bullet crash
ing into the thick OF the crowd. a sud-
The rush was quelled, the mob half
doubled on itself, and then seemed to
pack In solid mass about the wound
ed man. A few quick foreign COM
mands and the ranks thinned to allow
room for the lifting of the inert body.
But at sight of blood another angry
roar went up and this time the rush
ba hon taI lat
An empty revolver and a half dozen
frightened deputies offered slight pro-
lection to Geddings. who alone seemed
the object of his mems hate-he must
run for 1t now. He ducked another
missile. sprang through the little Of
fice gate, across the yard, along the
narrow gage track and reached the
dump 1t descended steep as a noun
tain cliff. black, jagged, in places still
hot and smoking from the molten Stag,
but he dared not tarry. He ran, leap
ed and slid down the side his great
bulk making the impact of the sharp
Stag torture to his tender nesh-and at
last, breathleSs and hatless, reached
his automobile.
cranking he grudged, cursing tho chut-
ter of the engine that announced his
whereabouts to the angry mob. He
cranked wildly, once, twice. the engine
died on him" but the third time the
machine answered the wheel and leap
cd forward.
Back of Geddings lay the town where
were home, protection and an army of
henchmen who could help fight this
insensate mob. But back of him, too.
lay the crowd of strikers. No help for
II, lead where it may he must take the
road ahead.
Stragglers on the outskirts of the
crowd caught sight OF him first and
passed the word. But tho game of
"follow-m leader had already so en-
crossed the most OF them that they
continued to hurl themselves forward
not Knowing why nor whittier only
that the man in front was doing the
same. BY the time they sensed the fact
that their quarry had backed on them
and was fleeing by another route, Ged-
d1ngs had time for a good start and
only a cloud of sooty dust told where
no sped. But after that cloud of dust
the pack was soon in full cry.
Farther and farther he left them
until no sign of pursuer dotted tho
road: then and only then did Geddings
slack up and take note of his sur
roundings.
Back OF him the smelter lay snuggled
against the mountain. Its huge stacks
belching black smoke against the bar.
rem cliffs Alongside 1t tho concen-
TRAITOR, utilizing the natural terraces.
sprawled down the steep hillside On
the fiat lay bunk-houses. the company
store, saloons and poolrooms Radiat-
Ing from the Nat like the Spokes of a
wheel were gullies, along whose tiny
streams were strung the shacks of the
married workmen. Ten miles to the
cast lay the big town with its hand
some homes built from the proceeds
Of this and similar camps
Ged6ings's one chance for safety WAS
to be within the boundaries of that
same town. Instead he found himself
headed up one OF the gullies on a VIII
lainous road, whose. grade. now he had
once left the fiat. was impossible for
any machine TO negotiate. Besides the
early dusk of mdwinter was swiftly
falling, making progress more difficult
more dangerous at every turn while
with the ley breath that swept down
the gulch came few feathery flakes Of
snow.
Geddngs climbed numbly from his
car. turned his fur collar up about
his tinsling ears. and set out reluctant
" on foot Mingled with his fear of
his pursuers and rage at their pursuit.
was fierce resentment that Providence
could so cruelty desert a favorite of
fortune and cast him adrlft on Christ
mas eve. when by all that was decent
and fitting he should have been safe
within the sacred portals of his own
mansion. warm, well fed we'll served