Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-06

with triumph. lighted the dark eyes
OF the French Canadian. II tor M'sieur
Sexton she cannot fght M'sieur car
dlgan and win." he said simply
Now meobe he believe that Jules
Rordeau know somethins."
shut up" Sexton roared petulant-
~. Rondeau shrugged contempuous-
". turned. and with a sweep OF MS
great arm indicated to his men 'ha'
they were to go: then, without
backward glance TO see that they
followed. the woods boss strode
away in the direction OF the Laguna
Grande mill. Arrived at the mill Of
fee, he entered, took down the teie-
phone, and called up Shirley sum-
ner.
"Mademoisslle." he said, Jules
Rondeau speaks TO you. have for you
zee good news. Bryce CARDIGAN. she
nuts in the crossing today. One man
of the law she comes from san Fran
cisco with papers. and M'sieur Sex
ton saw 10 me: "Rondeau, We are
whip. Deesmess your men, So have
deesmess doze men. and now ! dees-
InCf(S myself. htNb'NO h4iaNfN
TO work for Msieur Cardigan. For
Mademoiselle have no weesh 10
make trouble to FIRE me. | queet
will not fight dose dirty fight some
more. Au reyoir, mademoiselle. !
CO."
And without further ado he hung
up.
What's this, what's this" Sexton
demanded. You're going to quit?
Nonsense. Rondeau. nonsense"
Il will have my time, Msieur.
said Jules Rondeau. 81 go to work
for a man. Mebbeso am not woods
boss for heem, butt work"
You'll have to wait until the
Colonel returns. Rondeau."
Il will have my time" said Jules
Rondeau patiently.
Then you'll wait till pay day for
il. Rondeau. You know our rules.
Any man who quits without notice
waits until the regular pay day for
his money"
Jules advanced until he lowered
directly over the manager. II tot
M'sieur l would have my time" he
repeated once more. is Msieur
deaf in re ears?'' He raised his right
hand. much as a bear raises its paw:
his h!unt tinssrs worked little and
there was smoldering fire in his
dark eyes.
Without further protest Sexton
opened the safe. counted out the
wages due, and took Rondeau's re-
ceipt.
Thank you M'sieur," the woods
boss growled as he swept the coin
into his pocket Now | work for
M'sieur Cardigan: SO, M'sieur, | will
have zee switch engine weeth two
fat cars and zee wrecking car. Doze
dam trash on zee crossing-M' sieur
Cardigan doe not like. and by gar, /
take them away. You understand,
M'sieur? l am Jules Rondeau, and |
work for M'sieur Cardigan. La Ia,
M'sieur." The. great hand closed
over Sections collar. Not zee pis-
tol-no, not for jules Rondeau."
Quite as easily as. a woman dresses
a baby. he gagged Sexton with Sex
toms own handkerchief, laid him
gently on the floor and departed
locking the door behind him and TAX
ing the key. At the corner of the
building, where the telephone line
entered the office, he paused. jerked
once at the wire, and passed on,
leaving the broken ends on the
ground.
In the roundhouse he found the
switch engine crew on duty. waiting
for steam in the boiler The with
draWal Of both locomotives, brief as
had been their absence. had caused
glut OF logs at the Laguna Grande
landings. and Sexton was catching
up with the traffic by sending the
switch engine crew cut for one train
lead. even tho 1t was Sunday. The
crew had been used to receiving or
ders from Rondeau. and moreover
they were not aware of his recent
action: hence at his command they
ran the switch engine out of the
roundhouse, coupled UP the two flat
cars and the wrecking car and back
&c down to the crossing. Upon ar
rival. Jules ROndeau leaned out OF
me cab window and hailed Bryce.
"Msieur." he said. do not bozzer
to make zee derrick. have here zee
wrecking car-all you need: pretty
soon we lift him off zee crossing. l
tell you. eh. M'sieur Cardigan"
Bryce stepped over to the switch
engine and looked Up AT his late en-
envy BY whose orders Is this train
herey' he queried.
Mine" Rondeau quickly answered.
~ sieur Sexton l have tie like one
leetle pig and lock her in her office.
work now for Msieur."
And ne did. He waited not for a
confirmation from his new master
! but proceeded to direct operations
Ike the born driver and leader OF
men that he was. With his late en-
ployers gear he fastened to the old
castings and the boiler, lifted them
with the derrick on the wrecking car,
and swung them up and around onto
the flat cars. BY the middle of the
afternoon the crossing was once more
clear. Then the Cardigan crew fell
upon 1t while Jules Rondeau ran the
train back to the Laguna Grande
yards, dismissed his crew. returned
10 the mill office. and released the
manager.
"Youll pay thru the nose for, for
| this. you scoundrel.,,' sexton. wnlm-
pered. I'll fix you, you traitor"
"You feex nothing. M'sieur Sexton
| Rondeau replied imperturbably.
who In witness Jules Rondeau tie
you up? Somebody see you. no?
guess YOU dom feex me. Sacre.
| guess you dom try"
(To be continued.)
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