The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-08-21
previously Continued)
CHAPTER XIII.


There are two things. according to
the aaying. which cannot be recalled
the sped arrow and the spoken word.
Whether spoken In anger or in Jest.
our winged thoughts viii not como
back to us and. where there is no balm
for the wound we have caused, there
is nothing to do but let 1t heal.
Bud Hooker was O man of few
words, and slow to speak Ill of anyone.
but some unfamiliar devil had loosened
his tongue and he had told the worst
about Phil. Certainly II q man we're
the bravest OF the brave. certainly II
he loved his girl more than life itself
--he would not bo content to hide
above tho line and pour out his eouI
,on noto.paper. But to tell it to tho
.girl-tllat was an objectionable sin!
Still. - ..lo dumnse was done,
there %ll ~ use OF vain repining, and
after tcurslng himself holehcartcdly
Bud turned In for the night. Other
days wore coming; there were favors
he might do; and perhaps. as the. yes
terdays went by. Gracia would forgive
him for HIS plain speaking. Even to-
morrow, If the rebels came buck for
more, ho might square himself In &C.
tion and prove that he was not COW.
ard. A coward!
3 It had benn ionC time since any.
one had used that wCrd to him. but
after the way he had knifed "dear
PHIL he had to admit 40 was it. But
"dear. Phil" 1t was- that which had
set him of.
II she knew hov many other girls
but Bud put a sudden quietus on that
particular line of thought. AS long as
the world stood and Gracin was in his
sight he swore never to speak I'll of
De Laucey again, and then he went to
Aieep.
The men who guarded the casa
grande slept uneasily on the porch,
lying down like dogs on empty sugar.
eackB that the women might not lnck
bedding inside. Even at that they were
better of, for the house was closo and
,feveriah.. with the crying of babies
and the babbling Of dreamera. and
mothers moving to and fro.
) II WIS q hectic. night, but Bud slept
1T. out, aEd at dawn, after the custom
or his kind, he arose and stamped on
hts boots. The moist coolness Of the
morning brought the odor of wet
.sEessswood and iropic blossoms to his
noBtrils as he stepped out to speak
Rithrthe guards, and as he stood there
waiting for the full daylight the mas.
ter mechanic Joined him. ,
He was q full-blooded, round.headel
little man with determined Views on
HE; and he began the day, as usual.
with his private opinion Of Mexicaus.
They were the same uncomplimeutar
remarks to which he had given voice
ron the day before. for tha rebels Ind
captured one OF his engines ana he
'Ensw It would come to some harm.
s'f"Al fine bunch OF hoinbres. yes" he
lended. eand may the devil fly away
With themi Z They took No, 8 at the
!aantmit yesterday ant7e1Ve been lis
tening sves since. Her pans are all
burned out and we've BEEN feeding
Aer bran like cowsto keep her from
Hsaking steam. IL some ignorant Mex
gets hold OF her you'll hear a big noise
.tthat1l be- the last of S.No. 9-her
boiler will burst like q wet bag.
~ alf waB running this road there'd
b9 no more bran--not since what saw
over at Aguascalientee on the Cen.
-ttrai, One OF those bum, renegade en-.
eine drivers had burned out No. 743,
but the rebels had ditched four OF our
best and we had to send her out- Day
'after day the boys had been feeding
,her bran until she smelled like dis.
'tillery. The mash was oozing out Of
her aas Ben Tyrrell pulled up to the
station, and a friend Of his that had
come down from the north took one
lHniR and swung up into the cab.
Ben came down Mt the word he
,whisperedwfor they'd two Of 'em
ihlawfd up in the north--and they sent
out another man. Hadn't got up the
hill when the engine exploded and
bl6w che poor devil to helli asked
TyTrell what his friend had told hfHSt.
'Sa,t he kept it to himself until he could
get his time. It'e the, fumes. boy
they blow up like nrahdy land old No.
SliB a6nris I s' ~, ~, ~ 81 .'liss s..
s sHhsnf likely blow up. too. But how
Can9 We AK her with these Ignorant
Mexican mechanics I Youahouid have
sheans over MT Aguas the day. they flred
ithe.Amerfcans.i ffssi!f: lat5 Il .5if 81
y Nd MORE Amerseanna,; says Ma.
sdetO. let 'em all out and hire Mexi.
canal The snationai railroA Ads or Mex-
;ic9s : must not: he in the hands OF for.
o. thsy fired I. as iii ia: Ia 4 day ana
ptits Mexican WOO apasder np: III tho
cab OF old Mo- 313!. !, HIS stnrtesi to pun
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