The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-25

Haggerty. his rage famed to white
heat by the knowledge Of his own i'm
potence, 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 will that!'
"Haggerty.n 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-nine. 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 air came on
! with sudden rush, and the train came
| jerking to halt like buclsing 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 freight disappearing around the
bend, crawling into safety on the sid
ing. Nothing very interesting about
/ that; somebody would get Toxic for
laying out the Special. he supposed.
Maybe the freight had had break
down, and was OF schedule making
the Bend. Personally, Haggerty did
not care. 1t made very little difference
to him. He picked up q 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 gopher
he had spotted squatting in front Of
his hole
Holy Mac!" he calculated In I'M.
bounded establishment. II believe
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, cne-two-three- and
i Haggerty, scrambling to the track
again, began to run. But fast as he
ran, he had only covered about half
the distance when the train began to
move. 1t was, therefore, a very breath
less and painting Haggerty who just
managed to grab the rail of the rear
car-the super's car!
There was nothing for 1t but to pass
through, and Haggerty, with his ac-
quired swagger. started. The super
was alone in the rear compartment,
seated at 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, Sc
lected one carefully, lighted 1t. and
leaned back in his chair. II would
like to offer you one, Haggerty," he
said quietly, "but am afraid you
ryo,,1d y,,ieuDdorcfand
Haggerty shifted little before the
super's look Somehow. there wasn't
any squirt at all; instead, behind the
glasses, the gray eyes were remarkably
bright and clear, and their steadiness
was discomposing- Haggerty.
1t 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 or
the Penn together, eh?
Haggerty Redeemed. His only reliel
would have been In bluster;; but, curl
ously enough, there was something
about this little man, he couldn't tel
Just what, that made buster impos
sible Therefore. Haggerty held hi.
peace and his fingers played nervousl,
with the flag, twirling 1t around anc
around awkwardly.
Don't make any mistake, Hag
gerty," the super continued pleasantly
I'm not trying to rub it in. wan
you to know that I've heard the story
/ want you to know that didn't nos
1t out heard it at the lunch-counte
that day after you went out, and be
fore the men there knew who was
/ want to start straight with you, Hag
gerty.'
Haggerty was puzzled and fustere,
!. at this opening. well. sir he blurte,
out, "of course you know 1t was all
lie. only did it for JOSH"
Yes, understand" Hale answered
! SIN itself it didn't amount to an,
I thing, but the consequences are litti
more than you reckoned on, aren'
they? Its acted like boomeranJ
I and you're pretty sore, Haggerty, aren'
n