Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-12-21


the Il. II, w Youll see ;he point
mcnt circular The next day after that
tmdaudy ovet in the Crows Nest
gclS moved en'n the map"
well. I'm Some afearcd Bart Ruf.
ford's likely e move him." drawlcd
Cay, the siN foot kcutuCkiau, who
WAS films be laa'S braSSeS nj the
bench Which the same | aiu't re-
joigin' about neither, That little cuSS
is shore mighty good railroad man,
And when yen amt ruhtin' his FUR
the wrong WY he treats YOU white"
For Instance" snapped Hodges, n
freight engineer who had been thrice
ION the carpet" in lidgcrwood'S office
Tor 0vervunuinE his orders.
oh, they amt SO blame hard t.
find" clay retortcd Last week
when We was out ON the Navajo
wreck me and the boy didn't have NO
dinner buckets bradford was ruuum'
the Supcr's car and when Andy just
sort of happened to mention the famine
up along, the little man made that Jap
cook . hiS'u get us up dinner thatd
made your hair friEZlc He shore did,
II was Williams inning, aud what
he said WAS cautiouary.
"nry up, YOU fellows, Here comes
Grldlcy."
The master mechanic was walking
down the plankcd track from the back
shop carrying his years, which showed
only in the CRAVING mustachc and chin
beard and his $50 pounds ot we'll set
up bone aud muscle launtily,
Like many another man, Henry Grid,
ley lived double life. or perhaps II
would be nearer the truth to say that
there were two llcnry Gridlcys. Lid
gerwood, the pawSons, the little world
of Angels at large, knew the virilc, ac-
compltshed mechanical engineer and
master Of men, which was his normal
personality. What time the other per
sonahty, the elemental barbarian,
yawned stretched itself and came
awake, the unspeakablc dCns or the
Copah lower quarter cngulfcd him I'M
til the neither man had gorgcd himself
ON degradation
TO his men Gridley was a tyrant,
exacting, but Just, ruling them as the
men of the desert could only he ruled,
with the mailed fist Generous rough
ncSses were recorded of him, ana if
the attitude Of the men was somewhat
tempered by wholesome fear II was
none the less loyal.
Hence when he entered the round
house Industrious silence supplanted
the discussion OF the superintendent
case. CHANGING at the group of engine
mon. he beckoned to Judson. When
the discharged engineer had followed
him across the turntablc he faced
about and said, not too crisply; $50
your sins have found you out one more
time. have they. John? What Is IT
this time-thirty days"
Judson shook his head gloomi'y'
NO; I'm down and out"
"Lidgerwood made 1t final, ala heF
Well, you can't blame him."
"You hain't heard me saying any
thing, have your" was the surly re
jonder.
mo but 1t isn't In human nature to
forget these little things" Then sud
denly, "Where We're you day before
yesterday between noon and o'clock
about the time you should have been
taking your train outT
hudson had n needle-like mind when
the alcohol was out of It, and the sud
den query made him dissemble.
about 10 o'clock | was playing pool
in Rafferty's place with the butt end Of
the cue. After that things got kind of
hazy"
"Well. | want you TO buckle down
and think hard. Don't you remember
going over to Cat Biggs' about noon
and sitting down mt one of the empty
card tables to drink yourself stiffT
Judson could not have told under
the thumbscrews why he was prompt
ed to tell Gridlcy plain lie. But he
did It,
II can't remember" he denied. Then
the needle pointed brain got In its
work. and he added. "WhyT
Il saw you there when was going
up to dinner. You called me In to tell
me what you were going to do to
Lidgerwood If he slated you for getting
drunk. Don't you remember IL
Jndson was looking the master me
chanic fairly In the eyes when he said
NO; | don't remember thing about
that"
Try again" said Grldey, and now
the shrewd gray eyes under the brim
of the soft rolled felt hat held the en-
gineer helpless.
II guess do-remember it~now,"
said Judson slowly. trying, still incf-
fcctually, to break Gridley's mnsterful
eye hold upon him.
Il thought you would" said the
master mechanic without releasing
him And you probably remember
also that | took you ont into the street
and started you home"
YES" said Judson. this time with.
out hesitation.
"WelI keen rpmpmb herring II