Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-11-23

How can you say that to me
A1irlam2' he returned, almost grufI1y
LAY aud night | am paying. paying
and the debt never grows. less. If I
wasn't for my mother and Faith But
! must go on paying. l killed your
1 brother
No. she denied. ssThat was an &c
| cldent for which you were no more to
blame than he was, but you are kill
Ing me-
| Lidgerwood stood by. manlike. be-
/ cause be did not know enough to van
1sh But Miss Brewster suddenly
| swept down the compartment to drag
nm out of the way of those who did
| not need him.
You'd spoil It all If you could.
wouldn't you?" she whispered in a
hne feminine rage And after I've
moved heaven and earth to get Mira N
GO come out here for this one special
blessed moment! Go and drive the
others into corner and keep them
there"
Lidgerwood obeyed quite meekly.
ana when he looked again Dawson
had gone and Miss Ho1combe was sob
ping comfortably in Eleanor's arms, E.
hudson boarded the service car when
It was pulled up to the switch, and
after LfdgerWood had disposed Of his
passengers for the run back to Angels
ne listened to the ex-engineer's report,
sitting quietly while Judson told him
or the plot and Of the p1otters At the
close he said gravely, you are sure
It was Hallock who got off the night
train at Silver Switch and went up the
old spurY'
It was a test question, and the engt-
neer did not answer it offhand
I'd say yes in holy minute if there
wasn't SO blamed much else tied on to
1t, Mr.. LidgerWoodo
Yet you are convinced in your own
mind?"
4 ann !
''But the third man, Judson, the man
you saw beating his fists on the bulk !;
head air lock-who was he?" persisted
LidgeIwood
''Now you've got me guessin' again !.
II ] hadn't been dead certain that n
saw Hallock go on ahead with Flemis- !,
ter No" reading the question in the !.
eye, not a drop, Mr. !.
Lfdgerwood; amt touched not, tasted
not mr. handled MOTT leastwise, not ]
to drink any" and here he told the
bottle episode which had ended in the |
smashing Of Flemister's sideboard sup j
ply I
Lidgerwood nodded approvingly /
when the modest narrative reached the.
bottle smashing point. !.
'sThat was fine, john he said, us
Ing the ex-engineer's Christian name
FOR the first time in the long inter !
view "If you've got it in you to do
such thing as that at such time
here is good hope for you. Let's
settle this question once for all. All I
lsk is that you prove I'D on your good
Intentions. Show me that you have
Iult, not for a day or week, but for
II time, and shall be only too glad to
ee you pulling passenger trains again.
But. to get back to this crime Of to-
light, when you left Flemister's office.
fter telephoning Goodloe, you walked
own to Little Butte station7''
yes; walked and run. There was
obody there but the bridge watch
IAN. Goodloe had come on up the
rack TO find out what had happened
"And you didn't Sc. Flemister or
Lallock again?"
mo"
'Flemister told us he got the news
phone, and when he said it the
7reck was no more than an hour old.
-e couldn't have walked down from
ne mine in that time Where could
e have got the message and from
,hom?"
Judson was shaking his head /.
He didn't need any message, and S
didn't get any. I'd put it up this
ay-after that rail joint was sprung
zen they'd 60 back up the old spur
the handcar, wouldn't they? And
the way they'd be pretty sure to
Ear Crawford when he whistled for
title Butte. That'd let EN- know
hat was due to happen right then
Id there. After that it'd be easy
cough. All FIemister had to do was =
rout out his miners over his own
lephones, jump on to the handcar
rain and come back in time to show
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Continued next week.