The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-09-30


into II. Ogilvy remained merely long
enough to give orders to the foreman
to gather up the tools, store them In
the machlneshop Of CardIgnn's mill,
and dismiss his gang; then he, too, en-
tered the automobile, and at word
from Bryce, the car slid nolselessly
AWAY into the darkness. The track
cutting crew departed few minutes
later, and when Shirley found herself
alone with her uncle the tumult In
her heart gave way to the tears she
could no longer repress. Pennington
stood by, watching her curiously
coldly.
Presently Shirley mastered her
emotion and glanced toward him.
swell, my dear?" he queried
IL think had better go home"
she said without spirit.
81 think so. too" he answered. Get
into the mayors fllvver, my dear. and
I'll drive you. And perhaps the least
said about this affair the better, Shir-
ley. There ore many things that you
do not understand and which cannot
be calculated by discussion"
81 can understand an attempt at as
sassinatiOn. Uncle Seth"
"That blackguard Minorca should
have known better than to putehim on
such a job. told him to hun and
threaten; Cardigan, l knew. would
realize the grudgc the Black Minorcn
has against him. and for that reason
I figured the greaser was the only man
who could blum him. While | gave
him orders to shoot. told him dis
tinctly not TO hit anybody. Good Lord.
Shirley, surely you do not think
would wink mt murderv
II do" she answered passionately.
"With Bryce Cardigan out OF the way
you would have a clear field before
YOU"
"Oh. my dear, my dearl Surely you
do not realize what you are saying.
You are beside yourself, Shirley.
Please-please do not wound me So
so horribly. am surrounded by enc
mies-the most implacable enemies.
They force me to fight the devil with
fire-and here you are, giving them aid
and comfort"
81 want you to defeat Bryce Cardl-
gan. II you can do II fairly"
al another time and In a calmer
mood we viii discuss that villain" he
said authoritatlvely. Get into the car,
and we will go home. There Is moth
ing more to be done tonight"
"Your sophlstry does not alter my
opinion" she replied firmly. "How-
ever, as you say, this is neither the
time nor the place TO discuss It."
They drove home In silence. Shirley
went at once 90 her room. For the
Colonel. however, the nights work had
scarcely begun. The'lnstant he heard
the door TO his nieces room shut, he
went TO the telephone and called up
the Laguna Grande roundhouse. Sex
ton, his manager, answered.
"Have you sent the switch engine TO
the woods for Rondeau and his menl'
"Just left"
Good Now. then. Sexton, listen to
me: As you know. this raid OF Carii-
guns has developed so suddenly | am
more or less taken by surprise and
have had no time 10 prepare the kind
OF counter-attack that will be most ef-
fective. However with the crossing
blocked, gain time In which to organ
ize--only there must be no weak point
In the organization. In order TO insure
that, ] am proceeding TO San Fran
cisco tonight by motor, via the coast
road. I will arrive late tomorrow
night, and early Saturday morning |
will appear In the United States dis
trict court with our attorneys and file
complaint and petition for an order
temporarily restraining the n. g. O.
from cutting our tracks.
81 viii have TO make nm affidavit 10
support the complaint, so | had better
be Johnny-On-the-spO to do II. rather
than risk the delay OF making the nfll-
davlt tomorrow morning here and for
wardlng II by mail TO our attorneys.
THE Judge Will sign restraining
order. returnable In from ten TO thirty
days-rll try for thirty. because that
will knock out the N. G. O.'s temporary
franchlse--and after | have obtained
NV AfNAAhiAAhh Vihfif WIZ ihNN All'
United States marshal telegraph II TO
Ogilvy and Cardigan !"
"Bully" cried Sexton heartily.
THAT will fix their clock"
"ln the meantime" Pennington CON
tlnued, "logs will be Cutting our land
ings. We need that locomotive for its
legitimate purposes. Take all that dis
'arded machinery and the old boiler
we removed from the mill last fall.
dump II on the tracks at the crossing
and get the locomotive back on its run.
Understands The other side. having
no means of removing these heavy OBJ
structions, will be blocked until re-
turn; by that time the matter will be
In the district court. Cardigan will be
hung up until his temporary franchise
explres-and the city council will not
renew II. Get meI'
Eyes, SIR"
"I'll be back Sunday forenoon. Good
by"