The evening world., 1915-03-04
CHAPTER VI.
} Ehs TspsPeving Of the Gun
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rcs: ~, ~ CHAPTER vi.
.mg The TssPeving Of the Gun.
H. no. my dear. I have Just
al received . telegram from
:, him. telling me that b. was
!, coming. but I'm afraid he
will be at least four hours
late. There u trouble on the main
~ 1ans west Of Pittsburgh. and probably
he can't reach here before half-past
sSsieht." = co."
"And them he must 20 right back to
Bagelr' ...
ssw RI An afraid 10. my dear. Tele.
grams from Washington have been
a. sepins In for him all afternoon"
II don't carei" exclaimed the girl
-. dsnantly. III he comes now. they
can't take him away. no matter what
a. they say. before midnight There's
'$o 10 train west till then"
VA psfss. my dear. And. in spite Of be-
sdi Ing four hours late. he will still be
i5f-Asss In, time to see his gun from the
before hs must leave"
"Oh. yes-the guni How has It
gone 90 Ear. fatherr'
"very well. myself stayed to soc
u put Into the furnace at the proper
Temperature. II stays there now for
A. then nothing 10 required TO be done
y but to keep the heat even. Marsh will
4 stay all the time and watch that
Z Etherington, too. has promised to
a stay: and they have sent for Smith.
- ov Arssk foreman, to take charge OF
thing is going excellently. so shall
f-rSvese TN tram time"
Thank you, father" She
iuf' Oumpossd herself. But four hours
later she gave her father scarcely
.:s,atans Z, To finish his dinner .S before she
rl-sh when they arrived at the station
81 thay. found that the train had lost q
lss nliffle moro time. 20 Frances. leaving
.,xehsg father In the car. paced the plat
{ at tenn beside It restlessly.. The Lister
.s.e0eYieus reports from the Philippines.
-rrH Ono of tn once boys from the
as WWlA came up with q last telegram
~ ~ Lieut. Sommers. which Ethsrihg-
-trlfSA Pinckney had forwarded.
srfs Ictsaaess took the yellow envelope
II fram, The boy. Presently she felt .
upop her arm. She turned to
'. discover, bareheaded and In rough
-y.-cotton dress, Lucy Smith, the daugh-
sc. ter of the foreman whom Mr.. Durant
W. had usentioned ~ in charge OF tho
.Why. Lucy SMITH" cried Frances,
q little alarmed by the Others man.
ner. what are you doing here at
80 -<hts time-and aloner"
"Oh. Miss Durant. went to your
s house nrst!s the kirl explained
y breathiessly. P'But they told me you
and Mr.. purant had Just gone here. I
g III the NAV nftar yOu!"
but why, Lucyl What is the mat
ter? 10 any one ill--or hurtf"
Ma. soh. 10. Miss Frances! But father
,rs -,<MN Ptnckney sent for him this AZ.
~orAerneoni" The girl checked herself
been put over the gang for the Som.
= .mers gun, That means he had to
"a, work Tonight, too; 30 went to take
~, him his ainnsr. little after o'clock"
II FOUND him mad drunk. and st,ll
,drinl<ing. Miss Frances! And-and !
f1 Wouldn't have run after you to tell
you, bct-but he hadn't had drop
y; when he left home. They must have
s'ii Efvcn II to him at the works!"
70, %, "diysn him drink at the j.. works, us
Lucy? What can you mean! asseS .xeS
~ the car, twenty feet away. where her
.s Sather was sitting; but changed her
mind and came back to the girl
~ SSNhy didn't you tell Mr.. Pinckney
w ofthis, Lucy. instead OF coming 20 teh
father or mef Wasn't he therey
"Oh, yes! Mr.. Pinckney was there,
fsN,ss FRANCES; but-but-"
hnI ."I5ut what. Lucyf" ,
elgo'"'But Jim-i. mean o'Lsary, Miss
,crFfances-"
who II her"
N9ry Hes my man. Miss Frances my
.a.spromised man; and he's In fathers
. Sang. He's the ono told me TO run
rss and take this straight to Mr.. Durant
rt or-or you, Miss Frances: because he
~ says there's some crooked work soins
fsSThen why didn't he tell Mr.. Pinck-
a y sBecaus. he said Mr.. Pincknsy
81 wouldn't stop It, Miss Frances!"
- "What made him think thatf
Quick, Lucy. tell mel"
r., S"Raca use he said Mr.. Pinckney was
~ the one giving father the drink-whis-
irfetars. of the gang"
"And a. soon as Mr.. Durant had
;,,sseeu the gun into the furnace ana
ns oona Sway. Mr.. Pinckney and MT:
= 1arsh, and father sent on Jim and
every other furnace man who knows
=, thinS. And Jim says they're going
70 spon the sommsrs gun somshow;
!, 20 You'd better got your fAther. or
Lieut. eommers. II he's here. or some
one else TO come at once and
tT WIN, Lucy-I will! And thank
sa1{eS veg much! But ,rt,n hsTs-hsrs rs- IA. !.
sss~SiS ran sxcitediy TO the motor car
a. the. foreman's daughter went on.
ysl&FRsr0fQ this .trainI Remember he can
yiAnt lsivy tn - O'clock Tonight. any
.svSf 70 Hsass don't give him those
SnNdS1rfme first And don't take him
fin0S 6hS house first sitheri Take him
ucNn>6t't1 IL once to the works! Please
-salSat - WY Only please tahs us
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