Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-03-11

| the round or the guarded gates.
Ludlow was as good as his word. On
the night following the day of sus
pense an attempt was made to wreck
the inclined railwag running from the
mines on Lebanon to the coke yard
1t was happily frustrated but when
Tom and his handful of guards got
back to the foot of the hill they found
a fire started In pile OF wooden TASKS
heaped against the end of the foundry
building
The fire was easily extinguishable
by willing hand or two, but Tom
tried an experiment Steam had been
kept UP in a single battery of boilers
against emergencies, and he directed
Helgerson to throw open the great
gates while he ran to the boiler room
and sent the firecall of the huge siren
whistle shrieking out on the night. The
experiment was only meagerly success
full. Less than a score of the strikers
answered the call. but these worked
with q will, and the fire was quickly
put out NIU
Tom was under the arc-light at the
gates when the volunteers struggled
out. He had a word for each mana
word OF appreciation and a plea for
suspended judgment. Most of the men
few OF them promised to stand on the
side OF law and order. Tom took the
names OF the few, and went back to his
guard duty with the burden a little
nghtened. But the succeeding night
there were more attempts at violence,
three of them so determined as TO
} leave no doubt that the crisis was 1T
hand. This was Toms discouraged
admission when his father came to re-
lieve him in the morning.
Were about at the end OF the rope"
! he said, YEARLY, when Caleb had closed
r the door Of the Lighthouse yard office
behind him. The two Helgersons are
= played out, and neither of us can stand
this strain for another twenty four
= hours. I'm just about dead on my
q feet for sleep, and I know you are. 1
know what I'm going to do. l had a
b phone wire from Bradley. the sheriff.
b last night after you went home. He
funked like a boy; said he couldn't
raise a posse in South Tredegar that
i would serve against striking workmen.
e Then wired the governor. and his an
/. swer came an hour ago. We can have
y the soldiers II we make a formal de-
/. mand for them"
t. But, Tom, son; you wouldn't do
h thatl" protested Caleb. TREMENDOUSLY.
d Let's try to hold out little spell lon
l. ger, Buddy. TIN be like fire to tow;
s theren be men killed-men that I've
n known since they were boys: men
: killed. and women made widders. Tom
o I've seen enough Of war to last me-"
. Il know" said Tom. None the less
he found a telegraph blank and began
o to write the message. There had beer
shots fired in the night, in a sally or
he 70 M -
had scored his arm. II the rioters
Is needed the strong hand to curb them
they should have 1t.
Tom signed the call for help, read 4
10 over methodically, and placed It be.
= tween dampened sheets In the letter.
10 press. He had pushed the electric but
IT ton which summoned Stub Helgerson
is when the door opened silently and JET
10 Ludlow's boy thrust face and han,
I through the aperture.
lg We'll; what is it3' demanded Tom
1 more sharply than he meant to. TIL
" strain was beginning to tell on hi
nerves.
?; Hits letter for you-all from MI
Stamford at the deepo." said the boy
At He allowed maybe you'alld gimme 4
10 nickel for brlngin' hit"
ar The coin was found and passed. an
ed the small boy was whooping and yell
/" ing for Helgerson to come and let hir
ir through the gates when Tom tore tn
ps envelope across and read the Telegram
II was from the Indiana city, and
was signed by the chairman of tn
Board OF Public Works.
er Proposals for water-pipe have bee
reopened. and your bid is accepted
or Wire how soon you can begin to shi
at eighteen-inch mains" was what IL sal,
ke Tom handed It to his father and steu
per quickly to the telephone Thor
Id was little delay in getting the ear {
"a tho president OF the Iron City Nation
In al at South Tredegar, and the bound
ing, pulsing blood OF impatience mad
s. Il seem interminable.
I'd rs that you. Mr.. Henniker7 This
81 Gordon at the Chiawassee plant. Cor
donia. We have secured that Indian
n contract I was telling you about an
he I'll be In to see you on the 10 o'cloc
m. train. VIII you save five minutes e
he met Thank you. Good-by."
Tom hung the ear-plece on its hoo
rs and turned to face his father
> Have you surrounded it7" he laugh
a ed. with a little quaver OF excitemeI
w. In his voice. which he had been caref
nd to master In the announcement to II
to bank president we live. pappy; "
st: live and winl Get word to the men
the come up here at 3 O'clock for their pa
py. Tell them we blow In again to-mo
Pm row. and they can all come back
do work and no questions asked"
t a In gladstone easing OF the strain we
csc the wheels OF Chiawassee Consolida
90 ed oiled to their new WRITINGS on Il
till road to fortune II Caleb Gordon r.
s'rs membered how the miracle had be,
wrought he said no word to clench h
tina cisapproval; and as for Tom-ah. wei
pa IT. was not the first time in the bisto
Of the race that the end has served
I'd justify the means-to make the
lses clean and white and spotless, II me-
and were.
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ave CHAPTER XVII
How Tom Gordon had informed hin
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