The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-26

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Hale nodded Now, l want you tc
see The other side Of it, Haggersy
ny side Nc division Of any railroad
o. anything else for that matter. can
do Itself Justice unless everyone con
nrcsed with 1t Is pulling together for it
! want rrers man OFT here with ne
and first Of al I want ron. There Is
nCthiag destroys respect so much as
ridicuie The Division, much after the
fashion that al epidemic Of measles
springs NJ amongst children. took il
into their heads TO dislike the successor
q MI MacKay. 10 matter who be
night be Now. unfortunately. in
ssssad Of having checked the spread, he
germs are being fostered because, back
a their fun with you. = description
q contempt for ne is constantly kept
c.sre- So want yoa 10 cooperate with
nc Heggerty. and show them that.
after all whether In holy terror or
rot whether I'm . T1nt OF giant, no
mailer xhG1- I'm entitled TO fair deal
oEt here in the West There. Hag-
gs-sr, that's 3 pretty long sermon for
ne N not much Al preaching Just
tun what I've said over in your mind,
that's all think l can safely offer
yo1 cigar nov. VIII you have ones''
Eagger1s accepted the cigar with a
1Este-eo humble Of thanks. and as he
ve1t forward 10 the other coach he
csewed the end psasivsiy.
Well how-s the little fellow Hope
tie ride amt maxim him car-sick, =
sneeTed Slasely. the conductor.
Eaggersy srode up 10 the other, and
showed his hst savagsiy within an inch
Of Slskely's nose.
iii have rou know. the super's all
tight. vou double-hlanked, Eail-eyed
ccyote. ron, I'm tel1in' ycu he's a
rlcr. Do hear anr remarks to The
contrary
Say" gasped slakely blankly, re-
treating down the aisle, what's the
matter with you. anyEay7-
That's what's the matter."-Hag-
se-ty's explanation was more forclble
than explicit. though the meaning of
bis olenched fist which he shook at
The other was pointed enough in its
inference. That's what's the matter,
NJ bueSo." he repeated ferceiy, IAN
ccn'r you forget it. I'm giyin' it to
.cl straight. an I'll take none of your
II about it neither. Seer
Eaggerty had raised the standard.
Nct. perhaps. as the super had ex-
pected: but according to his own
IDEAS. or rather to his fiery temper
which led him TO act blindiy on the
spur of the moment as his impulse
directed.
They were to lay out there for the
morning. and Haggerty started in to
employ the two or three hours Of ieis-
ure this gave him by looking over the
work It wasn't much OF a bridge as
bridges 90. for the Stony wasn't much
Of river. but the approaches were
enough to pull the heart out of the
stoutest bridge crew that ever toiled
and sweated and shaved. Just rock,
solid. gray, massive; and TO it was
blast. blast. blast, hour after hour all
through the day. day after day. One
span. resting on the shore abutments,
vas To bridge the canon that yawned
six hundred feet below, where the
Stony swirled and eddied, a foaming,
angry chatteTing little stream
On the eastern side, where Haggerty
stood. the anchorage was pretty well
under way, but over across on the
western shore they were still pitting
their blasting powder against the stub
born rock Of the mountain side. Hag
gerty crossed over on the old bridge
to take look ar this Just as be
reached the other side. little station.
a-y engine blew shriIly for a blast,
AID tie men began to run for cover
Haggerty pulled HIS watch and marked
the tine-one minute and fifteen sec.
onas. Then the blast Numbered,
echoed, reschoed, and died away
through the mountains. He Joined
the men as they went back TO their
work
@Holy Mac he exclaimed to the
foreman. as be peered over the edge
OF the excavation and looked down
some fifteen or twenty feet to the
ledge where the men were already busy
again Holy Mae You've got to
look sharp. Ell
on. ] Dunno replied the foreman
We give en- plenty OF time. When
tie whistle bfoZ< rns --sn h.,rn-, II