The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-26

= short distance beyond the STREAM
fronting cliffs. lies the landmark hil
| known as Little Butte. and at the sta
ton OF the same name is the brldg,
across the Timanyoni
| On the engineering maps OF the RED
Butte Western the outline Of Littl,
Butte appears as n roughly described
/ triangle with five mile sides. the three
| angles of the figure marked respec
| lively By Silver Switch. Little Butte
| station and bridge and the Wire Sill
Yer mine.
Between Silver Switch and the
bridge station The main line of the
railroad follows the base of the TRAN
gle. with the PERCEPTIONS bluffs OF the
big hill on the left and the torrenting
Hood OF the Tlmanyoni on the right.
Along the eastern side of the triangle
and leaving the main track at Silver
Switch ran the spur which had for
merly served the Wire Silver when
the working opening OF the mine had
been on the eastern slope of the ridge
like hill. For some years previous TO
the summer of overturnings this spur
had been disused, though its track.
ending among a group of the old mine
buildings five miles away. was still in
commission.
Along the western side Of the TRAN
gle. with Little Butte station for its
point of divergence from the main
line. ran the new spur, built to accom-
modate Flemister after he had dug
through the hill and ousted the right
| full owner of the true Wire Silver
vein and had transferred his labor
hamlet and his plant. or the major
part of both, 10 the western slope Of
the butte, at this point no more than
narrow ridge separating the eastern
and western gulches.
Train 205, with ex-Engineer Judson
apparently sound asleep in one of the
rearward seats of the day coach, was
on time when it reached Little Butte.
moment later Judson had let him |
self silently into the rear vestibule of |
the day coach and was as silently |
opening the folding doors of the vesti-
bule itself.
Hanging Off by the handrails, he |
saw the engines headlight pick up
the switch stand of the old spur. The
train was Enthusiastically slowing now.
ana lie made ready to jump If the
need should arise, picking his place ut
the track side as the train lights show
cd him the ground. AS the speed was
checked Judson saw what he was ex-
pecting TO see. Precisely at the in
slant of the switch passing a man
dropped from the forward step of the
smoker and walked swiftly away ND
the disused track of the old spur Jud-
sons turn came a moment later, and
when his end Of the day coach nicked
past the switch stand he. too. dropped
TO the ground and, waiting only until
he could follow without being detect
ed, set out after the tall figure, which
was by that time scarcely more than I
III ndistinct and retreating blur in 1
he moonlight. G
The chase led directly up the old
pur. but it cid not continue quite 70 :
he five mile distant end of it. A few 4
hundred yards short of the stociade I
ncioslng the old buildings the shad- /
wy figure took to the forest and be- c
an to climb the ridge. going straight I
y, as nearly ms Judson could deter n
line. The ex-engineer followed, still T.
eeplnS his distance. From the first I,
ench above the valley level he looked q
eek and down into the stockade in !,
losure. All of the old buildings were h
ark, but one of the two new and un- 81
ainted ones was brilliantly lighted. "
nd there were sounds familiar 81
nough to Judson to mark it as the 81
'ire Silver power house. Notwith. rc
nuding his interest in the chase. .,
1dson was curious enough to stand ~
moment listening to the sharply de- =,
hed exhausts Of the high speed steam a.
lgine driving the generators. -,
say" he circulated under his -
'eath, "if that engine amt q dead - -.
atch for the old PIG pullin a grade a.
uoht want n cent! Double cylinder -,
t on the quarter and choo-chooip' like o.
ought to have pair o. steel rails
lder 1t. If | had time I'd 90 down =
'nder and break winder I'm that III
'wer shack, blamed If l wouldn'tw IN
e' "i'apPhy there was no time to :
are. AS 1t was. he had fingered too wv
ne. and when he came out upon the IA
est OF tho narrow ridge and attained RAJ
point OF view from which he could OF
DIX down upon the buildings cluster WI
ut the foot OF the western slope DO
had lost the scent. The tall man ed
q disappeared as completely and list
ddenly as if the earth had opened I'M
swallowed him. gut
This, in Judson's prefguring. was n the
AL matter. The tall man, whom pro
eX-engineer had Enthusiastically rec tw'
nizcd Mt the moment of train for Gre
sing as Rankin Hallock. was doubt he
on his way to Flemister's head doc
nrters Mt the foot of the western had
pc. For some reason of his own flee
liock did not wish to be seen going 9th
'nly to the Wire Silver headouor. 1t =,
8; hence the drop from the train nj pre-
yer Switch and the long tramp ND tryi
gulch and over the ridge. But
orecasting 1t thus, Judson lost no trai
e on the summit of mysterious dis. sion
,earances. Choosing the shortest cav,
n he could find which promised IN Ju