Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-01-05

ed monotonously, with rowing eyes bent
on finding his cap with the loss of The
fewest possible seconds" and shall
say all manner of evil against you
falsely, for my sake'-and that's all
And he was off like shot.
Mind, now. Thomas Jefferson; You
are not to so near that railroad" his
mother called to him as he raced down
the path to the gate
Oh. no; he would not go near the
railroad He would only run up the
pike and cut across through the Dab
ney pasture to see il the train were
really there.
1t was there, as he could tell by the
noise of kissing steam when the cross
cut was reached. But the parked
wooding OF the pasture still screened
II. How near could he go without be-
ing near in the transgressing sense
of the word? There was only one way
OF finding QUITO keep on going until
his conscience pricked sharply enough
to stop him. II was a great convent
ence, Thomas Jefferson's conscience.
AS long as ii kept quiet he could be
reasonably sure there was no sin i'm
sight Yet he had to confess that il
was not always above playing mean
tricks; as that of sleeping like a log
TIL after the fact, and then rising up
TO stab him till the blood ran.
lie was halfway across the pasture
when the crash of falling tree stop
PED MIN IN mid-rush. And in the vista
opened by the felled tree he saw
slght TO make him turn and race home
ward faster than he had come. The
invaders, hundreds strong, had torn
down The boundary wall and the earth
Tor the advancing embankment was
nylng from uncounted shovels.
Caleb Gordon was at work in the
blacksmith shop. Sunday repairing
while the furnace was cool when
Thomas Jefferson came flying with his
news The iron master dropped his
hammer and cast aside the leather
apron.
You hear that. Buck?" he said
frowning across the anvil at his helper,
a white man and the foreman of the
pouring floor.
The helder nodded. being a mai of
as few words as the master.
We'll, j reckon we-all hain't got any
call to stand by and see them highfv-
ers ride IL roughshod over Major Dab
ney thataway," said Gordon, briefly.
GO down to the shanties and hustle
out the day shift Get Turk and Hard
away and every white man Won can Law
hands on, and all the guns Won can
find. And send one O. the black bovs
up the hill TO tell the Major. Like as
not, he amt up yet"
Helgerson FASTENED away 10 ol.ev
his orders, and Caleb Gordon went ont
TO the foundry scrap yard. Ia the
heap OF broken metal lay an Old cast
iron held-piece. a relic OF the battle
which had one day ragged hotlv on fhe
hillside across the creek. A hundred
times the ironmaster had been on the
point Of breaking A. W Tor remelting
and AZ often the old artillsryman IN
him had stayed his hand.
NOW A. WAS quickly hoisted Al Nh.
crane shaci<le Thomas Jenerson
sweating manfully al the crab cranL-
clAmpeo On he axle OF pair on was-
on wheels, cleaned, sRabbed. loaded |
wan quarry blasting powder and pieces
Of broken iron ~ serve Tor Crane. ana
lIunaieo out on the pike AT he heels
" the ore team
~ thls time Helserson had come W
wv n'e furnace men, motley crew
AZ ~ Stages or sunday morning dls-
'ieffiiNenh and sfmea only ~ mol
may "ftn user AZ moments notice
'.'''sp. ~ feieian, looked no squad
49, niN q 20" smile eafDerng fhe
N,i,Hi'f ni ne corners of ne eyes.
f'p NpfaN have NJ make W lu
'''i '''i'sf what's you're lachnf ln
.o'pi'i looks" hf observed. mildly
'''., ~ SAVE ~ WORD of command