Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-11-20

er mines are on a little coal road
which connects with the main branch
at Shacktown.
AS 1key tore into the office the
bill clerk was making memorandum
bill for the dynamite car
What kind of tub-headed idiots
have you got In the offices Of this
road, anyhow" he beloved. 81 hauled
this internal bottled volcano up here
yesterday, and now you're sending 1t
back again for fun"
The agent stepped out Of his prf
vate office and handed Ikey mes
sage. 1t read:
January 7, 1907.
Shacktown, T. p. X. Slowtown. s. c.
X. 6673 TO you yesterday in error. return
via train "a today for Stringer Mines
G. H.
lkey crumpled the message and
tossed it into the waste basket.
I'll report that pig-headed Dutch
man to headquarters at once," he
screamed.
On the return trip, Ikey, when duty
did not require him to be on the alert,
was meditating deeply. He was turn.
Ing a question over and over in his
mind, and as the train emerged from
tunnel No. 6, half mile west OF
Shacktown, he came to conclusion.
He would lick Hazenfritz. He would
do 1t well, too, II 1t cost him his job.
The desk at which Hazenfritz sat
was near the door, and faced into
the office. There was a screen be-
hind him to protect him from the
drafts Of the door.
lkey would sneak up behind this
and land him one that would lay him
out Then he would pound him un
til he was tired, or some one inter
fered.
He would teach him not to send out
dynamite cars on his train. Possibly
the darned thing didn't contain dyna
mite.
Perhaps 1t was an empty car thai
Hazenfritz had sealed and sent ou
for a joke, knowing that he was
afraid OF dynamite, and out OF re
venge, because he had refused to le
him have his. daughter.
II that was the trick, he would SCI
that they didn't have the laugh oil
him.
The innocent looking shack up a
Slowtown, he was In 1t, too, or VIII.
did he smile SO queerly when the dy
Mantle car came in? And wha
was in that message he held ava
from sight? Well, he would Ak him
too; might as well while he was at II
AS the train pulled into the statio
lkey leaped off and crept up the ofIlc
steps. His lantern swung from hi
right hand. His left fist was doubled
Cautiously he peeped over the screer
He could just see the outline OF
! head on the other side.
, The lantern described a vicious eli
Gle in the air nd-crash-caught
gaspipe, while fragments of the glob
4 fell around.
Six feet Of lusty manhood rose wit
catlike spring and caught Ikey
A the throat with one hand, then reache
around and caught him by the back {
!. the collar with the other. Letting &
OF his throat, but still retaining a hol
/. on his collar he shot him out at arm
h length. drew him back, shot him OF
n again until his bones creaked.
r You deserted old copper.fact
, Mussulman"-jerk-"I knew you wei
,. contemplate old sneak"-jerk aga
a you have been all your days.
Jerk once more-"but didn't thir
, you'd try to assassinate a mana
;, other jerk-'you didn't get the rig
h man, either" Jerk again.
, Then he stopped for a moment
o a terrible din. caused by the slmult
> neous blowing OF three locomoti'
!. whistles and cheers from "a throa
was heard outside.
q There, go take your medicine!"
beloved as he shot lkey out OF Il
n door. You lost the game. you CO.
A ardly old shack. you"
Ikey, under the impetus given hi
4 by the foot OF the muscular cashi
. OF Shacktown. went clear across Il
platform. at the end OF the freig
, house. He brought up on the edge
group which opened and admit,
him to its center.
y Right In front OF him was the d
u Mantle car, and on the crossing at Il
. end OF the freight house. There WI
- a step ladder. dressed In bunting.
y front OF the door OF the car. The ca
y also, had a strip OF bunting from el
TO end. A man was assisting a wo,
T. an In bridal costume to alight fro
'e the car. At the sight OF her face Tx
ot wilted.
y II was his daughter and Hazenfri
y They had taken their wedding jot
pr ney on his own train In the "dynami
n car"