Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-10-29


mognl after the log train has been
hauled out on the main liner" Bryce
demanded pointedly.
Pennington, however, was not
trapped "My dear fellow" he replied
patronizingIy, "quite impossible, / as
sure you. That old trestle across the
creek, my boy-it hasn't been looked
at for years. While I'd send the light
switch-engine over it and have no
fears"
Il happen to know. Colonel. that the
big mogu kicked those flats in to load
the rails!''
Il know 1t. And what happened?
why, that old trestle squeaked and
shook and gave every evidence of be-
ing about to buckle in the center. My
engineer threatened to quit If sent
him in again."
VERY well. I suppose I'll have TO
wait until the switch-engine comes
out of the shop" Bryce replied re-
signedly, and hung up He turned a
troubled face To Ogilvy. Check
mated!" he announced. whipped to
a FRAGILE. The colonel Is lying, Buck,
and I've caught him at 1t. AS a mat
ter of fact, the mogul didn't kick those
flats In at ALL The switch-engne did
and / know it, Now I'm going TO
send man over to snoop around Pen
nington's roundhouse and verify his
report about the swltch-engine being
in the shop"
He did st. Half an hour later the
messenger returned with the informal
tiOn that not only was the switch-en-
CINE not in the shop but her fire
box had been overhauled the week be-
fore and was reported to be I'm ex-
cellent condition.
THAT settles t." Buck Ogilvy
mourned. "The Colonel is as suspicious
as rhinO. He doesn't know anything.
but he smells danger Just the same"
Exactly. Buck. SO he is delaying
the game until he can learn something
definite" He drummed idly on his
desk for several minutes. Then:
"Buck, can you run a locomotives"
"With one hand old man"
Zine business! Well, guess we'll
nut in that crossing tomorrow night.
The Switch-engine will be in the round
house at PenningtOn's mill tomorrow
night, so we can't steal that: but we
can steal the mogul. I'll just send
word up to my woods boss not 10
Il l. t,o T. l. ~
comes up late tomorrow afternoon to
haul it down to our log landing. OF
course the engine crew won't bother
to run down TO Sequoia for the night
that is, they won't run the mogul
down. They'll Just leave her at our
log landing all night and put up for
the night at our camp"
"But how do you know they will put
up at your camp all night. Bryce?'
"My men will make them comfort
able, and II means they can lie ahed
until seven o'clock instead of having
to roll out at five o'clock, which would
be the case If they spent the night AT
this end of the line. There is slight
grade at our log landing. I know
that. because the air leaked out of
the brakes on log train was on a
short time ago. and the train ran
away with me. Now. the engine crew
win set the airbrakes on the mogul
and leave her with steam up to throb
all night: they'll not blow her down,
for that would mean work firing her
in the morning. Our task, Buck. will
he to throw off the airbrakes and let
her glide silently out Of our log land
ing. About a mile down the road
wen stop, get up steam. run down TO
the junction with the main line, back
in IN the Laurel Creek spur. cGnple
onto those fat cars and breeze mer-
,iIv down TO Sequoia with them.
THEY'LL he loaded waiting for us: our
men win be congregated in our dry
ward inst Off Water street near ",
waiting for Us TO arrive with the rails
and hinge we go to it. After we
dron thc IN 5. wen run the engine
hoci, RI the goods. leave II where We
found il. return a-fying. You can get
hack In ample tine TO superintend the
c,,ttinr Of the GRO 'sing"
oSpoken like rlan'" quoth Buck
Oe,lyy you're the one man tn this
,rorld for whom I'd steal locomo-
five 'Ata-hoy"
Had either Of the ccuspirators
tnown of Pennington's plans TO enter
tain MAYOR Poundstone at dinner on
Tbursdav night. it is probable they
wonld not have cheered until those
ao4 oars were out Of he woods
Afavor PounGstone and bis wife or
,,ved Mt the Pennington home In Red
cod boulevard at six forty-fve Thurs
Soy evening. II was with q profound
goo,,,,p of relief that his honor lift
~ The lady from their modest little
..e,vverr Tor orce inside the Fennlng-
con house. lie felt, he would be free
rom peculiarly devilish brand OF
nsrsecution inaugTrated by his wife
uf faE