The Carlisle independent., 1917-01-25

Climbed Into the Cab and openea
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 stack, the engine with Rhinelander'a movable hotel in front of it, bore down on Cassidy's house. Cassidy, himself, stunning on pile of Seagrue's ties, with his pipe in his mouth and his two cheeks in his pocket, little sus. peeted what was coming But Rhine. lander's men saw and understood it all. A mighty yell rose from the de. lighted gang as the engine and car sped on. Storm. bareheaded, his black hair streaming in the sun-clinging with one hand for safety as he swung from the end of the foot-board and stretched his left arm far out as a emaphore-signaled the cab.
 The engineer checked heavily. A stream of fire ground from the driving wheels; the engine jumped in the grip of the brakes and the outfit car, re. leased, headed like a catapult straight at Cassidy's house. Men jumped back as it hurled past. The next instant,
 
 completely through Cassidy's house. 4 great cloud of dust and timbers rose as from an explosion and the next moment what had been a house lay torn into a thousand pieces along the right of way.
 Like a spent cannon ball the outfit car drove on; men, amazed, watching it's wild flight. It struck the end of the rails, hung for moment poised, trenbled and toppled headlong from the embankment into borrow pit.
 Storm sprang from the foot-board oi the engine, and before the dust of the crash had settled, called his men for ward. Rhinelander's gang responded with fresh hope and energy. Seagrue saw with wrath how completely he had beSn outplayed. He called his men toSether to rush the Copper Range forces for possession of the Cassidy yard. They ran forward with picks an1 shoyels, and it looked to Storm as if blood might be shed in spite of everything, when the long, shrill whistle of Soda Water Sal was heard down the line, and within a few moments Helen brought the old engine to stop at the end of tho steel.
 The deputies. followed by Rhine lander and his attorney, poured out of the gangway Storm met his boss. Just what view Amos would take of +1a c,,r,, n, O r1, -,,,,o c,1ror Io bod o5o0+ ed to clear their right of way the young man felt now a little uncertain about. Rhinelander looked ahead for the familiar landmark which he had just acquired at the rather extrava. gant price of ten thousand dollars and asked where the Cassidy house was. ''Ahl gahn t hell" interposed Cassidy (who stood listeningl, pathetically.
 Storm pointed to- the wreckage llt> tering the right Of way and told the story of what had been done by Sees grue and how his play had been de- feated. Rhinelander's face lighted with enthusiasm and Helen's eyes danced with sheer joy. Seagrue, dis. gruntled and beaten, had seated hiR- self on Lis own right of way on the pile Of ties vacated in excitement b5 Cassidy In another hour Rhineland, ers men had made their title to the disputed property good.
 Cassidy, bewildered by she extrsor dinary turn things had taken. started to walk back to where Seagr1e was. but on reflection, he changed his mind ana, lighting his pipe. sat quietly down on part of the roof that had for many years given him peaceful shelter, to view the vengeance SC swiftly taken on his former abode. He had less than Seagrue had to worry about With both checks in his peck. ct. he felt sure he must realize on af least one. and he sat ou the scene long after the men had quit work thoughtfully smoking his pipe and rs fecting on the queer things tbnt ma happen in a real railroad war
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