The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-17

/ lock, Mac, as you VIII see when you
cool down little" he said.
81 know it doesn't" wrathfully
Nothing proves anything any more. l
suppose I've got to say II again-I'm
all In, down and out" And he went
away. growing to his hat brim.
Late in the evening of the same day
Benson returned from the west. He
sought out Lidgerwood at once and
made his report of the days doings.
IL have and haven't" he said, be-
ginning in the midst OF things, as his
habit was. .sYou were right about
the track connection at Silver Switch.
II is In. Flemister put it in himself
month ago, when he had carload of
coal taken up TO, the back door Of his
nine" a;giD.sf
did you 80 up. over the spurT'
Eyes, md Ihttd my trouble for my
pains. Before / go any further. Lid
gerwood, I'd like to ask you one cues
tion-can we afford TO quarrel with
Mr.. Pennington Flemister?"
Benson, we shan't hesitate a sim
gle moment to quarrel with the big
gest mine owner or freight shipper this
side of the Crosswater hills If we have
the right on our side. Spread it out.
What did you flnd?"
Benson sank little lower I'm hts
chair. "The first thing found was
a couple of armed guards. a pair of
tough looking citizens. with guns sag
ging at their hips, lounging around the
wire Silver back door. There is quite
little nest of buildings at the old en-
trance to the Wire Silver, and a stock
ade has been built to inclose them.
The Old spur runs through a gate I'm
the stockade, and the gate was open.
but the two toughs wouldn't let me 20
inside. l wrangled with them first
and tried to bride them afterward, but
1t was no go. Then started to walk
around the outside of the stockade,
which is Only u high board fence, and
they objected to that Thereupon /
told them to go straight to blazes and
walked away down the spur, but when
1 got out of sight around the first
curve took to the timber on the butte
slope and climbed to point from
which l could look over into Flemis-
ter's carefully built inclosure."
well. what did you seeT'
Much or little. Just as you happen
10 look at 1t. There are half a dozen
buildings In the yard, and two of
them are new and implanted. Sizing
myself that the lumber in them hadn't
been very long out of the mill. One
d them Is evidently the power house.
IL mas an iron chimney set in the roof,
ma the power plant was running"
You say two of the buildings are
new. Did you make any inquiries
lDout recent lumber shipments to the
Wire Silverr
i did" said the young engineer So
,eriy. so far as our station records
now, Flemister has had no material
ave coal shipped in over either the
astern or the western spur for sew
raj months"
Then you believe that he took your
ridge timbers and sawed them up
nto lumber?"
Il do rs firmly as I believe that the
un VIII rise tomorrow. And that
'nt all Of 1t, Lidgerwood. He is the
nan who has your switch engine. AS
nave said, the power plant was run
ing while j was up there today. The
over is steam engine. and IL you'd
land Off and listen to 1t you'd swear
was locomotive pulling a light
ain up an easy grade. OF course
IN only guessing at that. but I think
on VIII agree with me that the bur.
EN- OF proof lies upon Flcmister"
lhdgerwood was nodding slowly.
YES on Flemister and some others
no are the others. Bensonr'
have no more guesses coming.
nj ! am too tired To invent any.
oppose we drop II until tomorrow.
III afraid II means fight or
neral and ] am not quite equal to
Their tonight"