The Arvada enterprise., 1914-12-31

nostrils a. he stepped out to speak
with the guards, and as he stood there
waiting for the full daylight the mas
ter mechanic Joined him.
He was full-blooded. round-headed
little man with determined Views on
life, and he began the day. ~ usual.
with his private opinion Of MeIicans,
They were the same uncomplimentary
remarks to which he had given voice
ON the day before, for the rebels had
captured one of his engines and he
knew It would como to some harm.
"A fne bunch OF hombres. yes" he
ended. and may the devil ny away
with them! They took No. 9 at the
summit yesterday and I've been lis
tening ever since. Her pans arc all
burned out and we've been feeding
her bran like q COW to keep her from
leaking steam. II soma ignorant Mex
gets hold of her you'll hear big noise
-thatll be tho last Of No. 9-her
boiler will burst like a wet bag.
III I was running this road there'd
be no moro bran-not since what l saw
over at Aguascalientes on the Cen
trail. One of those bum. renegade en-.
gine 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 as Ben Tyrrell pulled up to the
station, and friend Of his that had
come down from the north took one
sniff and swung up into the cab.
"Ben came down at the word he
whispered-for they'd two Of EN-
bowed up In the north-and they sent
out another man. Hadn't got up the
hill when the engine exploded and
blew the poor devil to hell! I asked
Tyrrell what his friend had told him,
but he kept 1t to himself until he could
get his time. It's the fumes. boy
they blow up like brandy-and old No,
3 IL sour!
She'll likely blow up. too. But how
can We fix her with these ignorant
Mexican mechanics! You should have
been over at AguRs the day they fired
the Americans.
mo more Americanos,' says Ma.
deio. let EN- all out and hire Mexi
cunsl The national railroads OF Mex
leo must not be In the hands OF for
eigners.'
so they fred US all in . day and
put a Mexican odpasser up In the
cal of old No. 313. He started to pull
a string of empties down tho track
threw on the air by mistake. and
stopped her on 4 dead-center. Pulled
out the throttle and she wouldn't 60
SO no gave II up and quit.
Called In the master mechanic thsr
"A Mexican. He tinkered with heI
for an hour. right there on the track
until she went dead on their hands
Then they ran down = switch engine
and took back the cars and called OF
the roadmaster-a Mex. He cracked
the nut-built . shoo-fy around No
3l3 and they left her right there OF
the main track. Two days later ~
American hobo camo by and set dow
and laughed at EN-. Then he throw
of the brakes. gives No. Sl3 = boos
past the center with q crowbar. AM
runs her to the roundhouse by gravity
When we left AGuas on handcar tina
hobo was running the road.
"Ignorantest hombres In the world
these Mexicans. Shooting = gun o
running an engine. its all the same
they've got nothing above the eye
brows."
That's right" agreed Bud. who ha'
been craning his neck: but what
that noise up the trackf"
Tho master mechanic listened. an
when his ears. dulled by the clanEor o
the shops. caught the distant roar b.
turned and ran for the house.
cit up. Ed" he called to tho road
master. they're sending = wild ca
down the canyon-and she may b
loaded with dynamite!"
Dynamite or not" mumbled tn
grizzled roxdmaster. a. he reused VI
from his couch. there's . derailer
put In up at kilometar seventy the mrs
thing yesterday morning Thatll sen,
her into the ditch!"
Nevertheless he listened intsntly
cooking his head to guess BY tn
sound when II came to kilomsts
seventy.
tTo BE CONTINUED,