Arizona republican., 1911-09-17

neat Dy tu6 hQOWleOSe OI HIS own lIn- | potence,S = for Macdonald, as he we'll
 knew. was safely entrenched behind
 locked doors Just one minute, an
 I'll make your face look like it had
 never been born. I will that" | "Haggerty," said Macdonald in an
 injured tone. as the window closed.
 you are disgruntled."
 But Haggerty was to be still more disgruntled, for the next morning, true
 to MacDonald's words, he found him. self assigned to Inspection Special Number Eighty-hine. Haggerty was
 not happy, but he boarded the forward car. as they pulled out for the noun tains, with the mental resolution that he would keep out of the super's way. Resolutions, however, like many other things. are sometimes rudely up- set in the face of conditions that are not taken into account in the reckon ing They had been running at forty mile clip, and were about into the yard at Coyote Bend, when Haggerty nearly went to the floor as the lair" came on with sudden rush. and the train came jerking to halt like bucking bronco. The whistle was going like mad for the block ahead. Haggerty grabbed his red flag, dropped to the ground, and ran back past the super's car to take his distance.
 Up ahead, he could see the tail end of a freight disappearing around the bend, crawling into safety on the sid ing. Nothing very interesting about that; somebody would get Tokio for laying out the Special, he supposed. Maybe the freight had had a break down, and was off schedule making the Bend. Personally, Haggerty did not care. It made very little difference to him. He picked up a handful of stones, and began to plug them at the nearest telegraph pole. Suddenly he changed the direction of his shots, and let fly with all his might at a gopher he had spotted squatting in front of his hole.
 Holy Mac." he calculated in un- bounded astonishment "I believe I hit the cuss!"-and he went back to see.
 Just as he got down the embank- ment, the Special began to whistle for her flag, one-two-three-four, and Haggerty, scrambling to the track again, began 10 run. But fast as he ran, he had only covered about half the distance when the train began to move. It was, therefore, a very breath less and panting Haggerty who just managed to grab the rail of the rear car-the super's car!
 There was nothing for it but to pass through, and Haggerty, with his ac- quired swagger, started. The super was alone in the rear compartment, seated at a table, mass of papers be- fore him. Haggerty was industriously rolling up his flag as he passed along.
 'Haggerty."
 Haggerty stopped and swung around at the sound of his name.
 Hale reached his hand into box of cigars that lay open on the table, se- lected one carefully. lighted 1t, and leaned back in his chair. 'I would like to offer you one. Haggerty." he said quietly, but I am afraid you would misunderstood"
 Haggerty shifted a little before the super's look. Somehow, there wasn't any squint at all; instead. behind the glasses, the gray eyes were remarkably bright and clear, and their steadiness was discomposing-to Haggerty.
 "It seems" said Hale. a little smile playing around the corners of his mouth, "that they don't measure men by the same standard out West here that they did when we were back on the Penn together, eh?"
 Haggerty reddened His only relief would have been in buster; but, curi. ously enough. there was something about this little man, he couldn't tell just what, that made buster impos- sible. Therefore, Haggerty held hls peace, and his fingers played nervously with the flag. twirling 1t around and around awkwardly.
 Don't make any mistake. flag Eerty," the super continued pleasantly I'm not trying to rub it in. l want you to know that I've heard the story. want you to know that I didn't nose it out heard it at the lunch-counter that day after you went out, and be- fore the men there knew who l was. want to start straight with you, flag gerty."
 Haggerty, was puzzled and fustered at this opening. Well. sir" he blurted | out, "of course you know 1t was all a lie. l only did it for josh"
 "Yes, understand" Hale answered. | "In itself it didn't amount to any | thing. but the consequences are little more than you reckoned on. aren't | they? It's acted like a boomerang, and you're pretty sore, Haggerty, aren't you?"
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