Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-11-30

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siee the strikers gave us. I've scat
1efed these men Of ours east and wesi
on the day trains to the points where
.ne trouble will hit us at IL o'clock
tonight
..Goodr said Lidgerwood briefly
low Will you handle it?"
H will handle itself, barring toe
many broken heads At midnight in
every important Office where striker
throws down his pen and grounds bis
Wire one Of our men viii walk in and
keep the ball rolling, and on every
eFain In transit at that time manned
" men We're not sure of there will
| oe q relief crew Of some sort dead
| neao1ng over the road and ready to
iaIl 10 line and keep It coming when
the other fellows fall out
AGAIN the superintendent nodded his
approval The trainmaster was show
ing himself at his loyal best.
mat brings US down to Angels and
me present. Mac How do we stand
here?"
That's what I'd give all my old
snoes 20 know said McCloskey, his
homely face emphasizing his perplex-
lty They say the shopmen. are
against us, and il that's SO we're out
numbered here six to one. / can't find
out anything for certain. .Gridley is
sui away, and Dawson hasn't got
back. and nobody else knows anything
about the shop force.''
You say Dawson isn't in? He did
not have more than five or six hours
work on that wreck. What is the mat
ter?'
He had bit OF bad luck. lie got
the main line cleared early this morn
ng, but in shifting his train and the
,cflpples on the abandoned spur
culVert broke and let the big crane
off He has been ali day getting it on
again, but he'll be in before dark-so
Goodloe says
And how about Benson?" queried
Lidgerwood.
He's on. 203- caught him on the
other side Of Crosswater and took the
liberty Of signing your name to
wire calling him in."
That was right. With this private
car party on our hands we may need
every man we can depend upon. !
wish Gridley were here. He. could han
ole the shop outfit I'm rather surpris
ed that he should be away. He must
nave known that the volcano was
about ready to spout
AGridley's a law to himself" said the
trainmaster. Sometimes [ think he's
all right. and at other times / catch
myself wondering if he wouldn't tread
on me like was a cockroach if / hap
pened to be in his way
Having had exactly the same feel
ing and quite without reason, Lidger-
wood generously defended the absent
master mechanic
This is prejudice, Mae, and you
mustn't give ii room Gridley's all
light We mustn't forget. that his de-
1artmenf this far Is the only one that |
1asn't given us trouble and doesn't |
seem likely. to give us trouble. I wish I
could say as much for the force
lere in the Crows Nest
"Htth a single exception, you can
oday," said MeCloskey quickly. 1--WE
leaned house. There is only one man
lnder this roof at this minute who |
Won't fight for you at the drop OF the
lat.'
"And that one tsp
The trainmaster jerked his head to-
yard the outer Office. Its the man
ut there, or who was out there when
came through-the one you and
Iayen't been agreeing on"
"Hallock? Is he here?''
"sure! He's been here since early
his morning"
But how Lidgerwood's thoughts
vent swiftly backward over the events
t the preceding night Judson's story
ad left Hallock somewhere in the
icinity OF the Wire Silver mine and
he wreck at some time about mid
light or little past, and there had
cen no train In from that time on
ntil the regular passenger. reaching
lngels at noon. 1t was McC1oskey
rho relieved the strain Of bewilder
tent.
" How did he get hereg you were
DING to say. You brought him from
down the road on your /
peeial. He rode on the engine with
LidgerWood pushed his chair back
nd got up. It was high time for a
Of some sort with the chief
Jerk.
rs there anything else, Macg ne
sked. closing his desk
YES. one more thing. The grfev-
nee committee is IN session up at the
CELESTIAL. Tryon. who is heading it,
ant word down a little while ago
1at the men would wreck every dol
lrss worth Of company property IN
ngels Il you didn't countermam
our wire Of this morning to Superill-
.ndent Leckhard .
Il haven't wired Leckhard :,
They say you did. and when ask