The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-28

platform with sudden glow OF arti
fetal radiance. The chorus OF protest
was immediate and reproachful.
"Oh. Mr.. Lidgcrwood. don't spoil the
perfect moonlight that way! cried
Miss Doty, and the others echoed the
beseeching.
you'll get used 10 IL I'm a minute,
asserted Lidgerwood in good natured
sarcasm. at is so dark here In the
canyon that I'm afraid some Of you
might fall overheard or get hit by the
rocks or something"
"You can do the meanest things In
the name of solicitude. Howard" Ele'
amor began. but before she could fin
fish he had reached up and turned the
gas Off with snap. saying. "All right;
anything to please the children" after
| which. however. he spoke authorita-
lively to Van Lew and Jefferis. Don't
let your responsibilities lean out over
the railing. you two. There are places
below here where the rocks barely
give the train room TO pass"
I'm not leaning out" said Miss
Brewster. as If she resented his care
taking. then for his ear alone, But
| shall II want to-"
Not while l am here to prevent
you"
"How?"
The special was rushing through the
darkest of the high walled clefts in
the lower part of the canyon. This
way" he said, his love suddenly break
ing bounds, and he took her in his
arms.
She freed herself quickly. breathless
and Indignantly reproachful.
Il am ashamed for your she painted.
And then, with carefully calculated
malice, what IL Herbert had been
loOlingY
81 shouldn't care If all the world had
been looking" was the stubborn re-
jolnder, then passionately, Tell me
one thing before we go any further,
Eleanor-have you given him the right
to call me out?"
"How can you doubt itr' she said,
but now she was laughing at him
again.
There was safety only In fight, and
he flcd-back to his desk and the work
thereon. The train came to a stand ut
rimanyOni. the first telegraph station
in the shut in valley between the
mountain ranges. A minute or two
later the wheels began to revolve again
and Bradford came In.
More maverick railroading." he
said disgustedly. "rimanyoni had his
red light out, and when / asked for
orders he said he hadn't any-thought
maybe we'd want TO ask for 'em our
selves, being as we was running wild"
$50 he thoughtfully stopped us to
give us the chance" snapped Lidger-
wood In wrathful scorn. what did
you do?"
"Oh, as long as he had done Il had
him call up the Angels dispatcher to
find out where we were Mt. We're on
20i's time. you know-ought to have
met her here"
"Why didn't WEI" asked the super
intendent, taking the time card from
Its pigeonhole and glancing at train
20fs schedule.
"She was late out of Red Butte;
broke something and had to stop and |
tie it up; lost half hour maxim her |
getaway"
"Then we reach Little Butte before |
204 gets there. Is that it?"
That's about the way the night dis
patcher has It ciphered out. He gave
the Timanyoni plug operator hot stuff
for holdin' us up"
Lidgerwood shook his head. The
nrtless simplicity of Red Butte West
ern methods, or unmethods, was dying
hard-inexcusably hard.
docs the night dispatcher happen
to know just where 204 is at this pres
ent momentT' he inquired, with gentle
irony.
Bradford laughed.
'Id be willing to be- piebald pinto
against no account yaller dog that
ne don't. But l reckon he won't be
likely to let her get past Little Butte,
,omin' this way, when he has let us
get by Timanyoni goin' tother way"
THAT'S all right, Andy, but you'd
better feel your way-pretty carefully
100. From Point of Rocks you can
see well down toward Little Butte.
Fell Williams to watch for 20i's head.
light and IL he sees it to take the sid.
ng ut Silver Switch. the old Wire Sill
yer spur"
Bradford nodded and when I.idger-
wood reimmersed himself in his IA.
,ers went forward to share Williams
watch I'm the cab Of the 2G0.
Twenty minutes farther on the train |
lowed again, made n momentary stop
ma began to screech and grind heav.
ly around sharp curve. Lidgerwood
ooked out of the window at his right.
The moon had gone behind n huge
I'LL. lantern was pricking a point I'm s
he shadows some little distance from !
he track, and the tumultuous river
vas no longer sweeping parallel with I
he embankment He shut his desk [
ma went to the rear platform, project. (
ng himself into the group of sight. {
eers Just as the train stopped for the '
econd time. !
where are we now?" asked Miss q
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