Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1911-09-07

natured. making no complaints. not
even when the repair work made nee
essary by the innumerable wrecks
grew mountain high, and always coun-
selling frmness and more discipline.
Don't give in an inch. Show these
muckers that you mean business, ana
msan it all the time, and you'll win
out all right said he
In the small headquarters staff Hal
lock was the only noncombatant.
From the beginning of hostilities he
seemed to have made a pact with him
self not TO let it be known by any act
or word Of his that he was aware OF
the suddenly precipitated conflict The
routine duties Of a chief clerks desk
are never light HaIlock's became SO
exacting that be rarely left his office
Or the pen-lille contriYance III which
| he intrenched himself and did his
work.
| When the fight began Lidgerwood
observed Halloek closely. trying to
discover il there were any. secret signs
/ Of the satisfaction which the revolt OF
| the rank and file might be supposed
to awaken in an unsuccessful candi-
date for the official headship Of the
Red Butte Western. There were none.
4 MeC1oskey. being Of Scottish blood
and desert seasoned. was q cool in
fighter who could take punishment
/ Tyf TQ7y4 at
the end OF the first fortnight Of the
new time card he cornered his chief in
the private office and freed his mind.
.sIt's no use, Mr.. Lidgerwood; we
can't make these reforms stick with
the outfit we've got" he asserted, in
sharp discoura cement. ''The next
thing on the docket will be a strike
and you know what that will mean in
a country where the whisky is bad
and nine men out of every ten go
fixed FOR trouble"
II know Nevertheless the reforms
have got to stick" returned Lidger-
wood defnitively. "We are going to
run this railroad as it should be run
or hang it up III the air. Did you dis
charge that operator at Grow Canyon
the fellow who let train rs get by
him without orders night before last? 2
dick Rufford? Oh, yes; ] fired him,
and he came in on .202 today, Juggling
a piece of artillery and shooting off
his mouth about what he was going
to 10 to me-and to you. | suppose
you know that his brother Bart, the
killer they call him, is the look
out at Redlight sammy's faro game
and the meanest devil this side Of the
Timanyonis? r
81 didn't know It, but that cuts nc
figure" Lidgerwood forced himsel1
to say it, though his lips were curious
~ dry. Eve are going to have disci
pine on this railroad while we stay
here, Mac; there are no two IS
about that
McCloskey tilted his hat to thu
bridge Of his nose, his characteristic
gesture of displeasure.
q promised myself that / Wouldn'
join the gun toters when I came on
here" he said, half musingly, blu
I've weakened on that. Yesterda.
when / was calling Jeff Cumming
down for dropping that new shiftin
engine out Of an open switch in broa'
daylight he pulled on me out of hi
cab window. What I had to tax
while be had me hands up is NOR
than I'll take from any living ma
again"
Il wouldn't get down to the deser
level If / we're you, Mae said tn
superintendent.
tT,m down there right now, in sci
defense" was the sober re1oindel
"And if you'll take a hint from ~
you'll heel yourself. too, Mr.. Lidgel
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