The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-04-13

His only move was to turn the misfor-
tune to account for an ultorior pur.
pose, and he congratulated the boy, af
fecting that he had stayed away to let
them see what stuff the young fellow
was made Of. This put him in a posi-.
tion to negotiate n small loan from bis
protcge-a position Of which he never
neglected the possibilities. 1t was out
of the question to he mad Tcry long at
Johnnie, though one might be very
often.
After Aloysius got to wiping, he OK.
pected very soon to be firing. But he
wiped many months, and there came no
promotion. The trouble was. there were
no new crews added to the engine serv-
ice. Nobody got killed: nobody quit
nobody died, One, two, and three years
without n break, and little Aloysius
had become bigger AIoysius and was
still wiping; he became also discour-
aged
"'Neyer y mind, never - mind,
Cooney' old Johnnie would say. HIt II
come all right. You III get y'r ingin
yet. Lind me n couple till pay,a day,
Coouoy. will you7 IN wahranf y y'r
ingiD' yet. Cooney,'' Which little as.
suranco always cost AIoysius two dol
lars till payday, and no end of trouble
getting it back; for when he ATTEMPTED
collection, Johnnie took a very dark
view of tho lad s. future. alludinc
vaguely to people who were hard heart
cd and ungrateful to their best friends.
And though Aloysius paid slight atten-
tion to the old sweeper's vaporings, he
really was in the end the means Of the
boys getting his engine.
After three years Of panic and hard
times on the mountain division, the
mines began to reopen. new spurs were
laid out, new construction crews were
put on, and a new activity was every.
where apparent. But to fill the cup OF
Aloyslus s voc, the new crews were all
sent up from McCloud. That they were
older men in the order Of promotion was
cold comfort-Alosyius felt crowded
out. He went very blue. and the next
time Johnnie applied for loan till the
usual day, Aloysius rebuffed him un-
feelIngly: this is turn depressed John.
Never mind. never mind. Cooney.
| II not be speakiu t. Neighbor agin &
set y up. If v like wiping, stick to
ut. III not be troubln' Neighbor
agin. Johnnie profcssed great pull
with the master mechanic,
That Aloysius might feel still more
the sting of his coIduess, Johnnie for
NOHlD udSS ndlN NlucU court To- the new
fIremen and engine runners. Nothing
about tho house was TOO good for them
aud as the crafty sweeper never over
looked an opportunity. he was in debt
to most of the brotherhood before the
end Of tho week,
But the memorable morning for Alov.
sius came shortly thereafter. 1t was one
Of those keen October mornings that
bite so in the Hills. The construction
train. extra No. 240 west, had started
about 5 clock down from the head Of
the pass with load Of steel for the
tracklayers. and stopped for bite Of
breakfast at Wind River, Above the
roundhouse there is switchback. When
the train pulled in the crew got off for
some hot coffee. Johnnie Horigan was
around playing good fellow, and he
climbed into the cab to run the train
through the switcbback while tho crews
were at the eating house. II was 'ir.
regular 10 leave the engine. but thoy
did. and as for Johnnie Horigau, he was
regularly irregular. There were sixteen
cars Of steel in the string, besides
ca booscful of laborers. The backing up
the leg Of the nipper was easy. After
the switch was newly set. Johnny pulled
down the lower leg: and that was too
easv. considering the whiskcrs.
When he pulled by the eating house