The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-07-26

his fob. partly because Il belongs TO
me. but chiefly because IL don't get
Il bunch Of us VIII wind up break
ing stone for the state. But haven't
anything against the man himself.
He trusts me; he has defended me-
when others have tried TO put him
wise; he has been white TO me, Flem-
lister"
us that ALP queried the mine own
er IN the tone offthe prosecuting at
torney who gives the criminal his full
length of the rope with which 10 hang
himself
mo. Hdgerwood is Ford's man.
IF no throws up his Job Of his own ac-
cord may be able 10 swing Ford into
line TO name me as his successor. On
the other hand, IL Ldgerwood Is
snuffed out and there is the faintest
suspicion OF foul play-Flemister, I'm
telling you right here and now that
that man Ford will neither eat nor
sleep until he has set the dogs on us"
"You say it Is unnecessary, that
Lidgerwood viii be pushed out by the
labor fight" said Blemister. my an
swer 10 that is that you don't know
him quite as well as you think you
do. II he's allowed 10 live he'll stay.
unless somebody takes him unawares
and scares him off, as / meant to do
tonight when I wired you. II he con-
times TO live and stay you know
what will happen sooner or later.
He'll find you out for the double faced
cur that you are, and after that tho
fireworks"
At this the other voice took its turn
at the savage sneering.
"You can't put It all over me that
way, Flemister; you can't. and you
shan't. You're in the hole just as deep
as am, foot for foot"
"Oh. no. my friend" said the cooler
voice. II haven't been stealing I'm
carload lots from the company that
hires me. have merely been buying
a little disused scrap from you. You
may say that / have planned a few OF
the adverse happenings which have
been running the loss and damage ac-
count Of the road up into the pictures
during the past few weeks. Possibly
have. but you are the man who has
been carrying out the plans. and you
are the man the courts will recognize.
But we're wasting time sitting here
jawing at each other like pair Of old
women. It's up to us 20 obliterate
Lidgerwood, after which II will be up
TO you TO get his Job and cover up
your tracks as you can II he lives
he'll dig. and If he digs he'll turn up
things that neither of us can stand
for. See how he hangs on to that
building and loan ghost He'll tree
somebody on that before he's through,
you mark my words, and Il runs In my
mind that the somebody will be you"
"But khis trap scheme OF yours"
protested the other man. tits a frost.
/ tell you. You say the night pas
senger from Red Butte is late. I
know it's,late now. But Cranford's
running It. and It is all downhil
from Red Butte to the bridge. Gran
ford will make up his thirty minutes,
and that viii put his train right here
in the thick of things. Call 1t Off for
tonight. Flemister. Meet Lidgerwood
when he comes and tell him an easy
lie about your not being able TO hold
Grofleld for the right of way talk"
Judson heard the creak and snap of
a swing chair suddenly righted, and
the floor dust Jared through the
cracks upon him when the mine own
er sprang to his feet.
"Call it off and let you drop out OF
Il? Not by a thousand miles, my eau
tious friend. I'm about ready to freeze
you anyway for the second time
mark that, will you?-for the second
time. No; keep your hands where
can see 'em or I'll knife you right
where you sit. You can bully and
browbeat a lot OF railroad buckles
when you're playing the boss act. but
I know you. You come with me or
I'll give the whole snap away to Vice
President Ford. I'll tell him how you
built n street of houses in Red Butte
out OF company material and with
company labor. I'll prove to him that
you've strapped first one thing and
then another-condemned them so you
might sell them for your own pocket
Tll"-
"Shut upp' shouted the other man
hoarsely. Get your tools and coma
on. Well see who's got the yellows
before we're through with this"