The Jones County news., 1920-10-14

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"why not spitch back with The
mogul after tho log trnin has heen
hauled ont 0n the main liner Bryce
demanded pointe1ly.
Pennington. however, was not
trppped. my dear fellow he replied
pntroniEinSIy. 'quite impossible, as
sure ron. That old tre~tle across the
creek. my boy-it hasn't been looked
at for years White ia send the light
switch-englne over II and have no
fears"
II happen 10 know, Colonel that the
hlg mogul klched those Oats in to load
tho rsilsl"
Il know It. And what happened7
why. that old trrstle sqneabed and
shook and rnYe every eyidepce Of bes
ing about TO buckle In the cestor. My
engineer threatened 70 quit Il ! sent
him IN agalr.1 1Am ncgss a adl
VERY we'll / suppose III have 20
wait unil the switchengine comes
ont of The Shop Bryce replied te-
signcdly, and hung up. He turned a.
troubled face 10 oFilvy. "Check
mated r. he announced. whipped to
frazzlc. The colonel Is lying, Buck,
aud I've caught him az II. AS a mat
ter Of fact ihc mogul didn't kick those
Oats IN ~ Al. J.he swItch-englne did
and know It. Now I'm going to
send y man over to snoop around Pen
nington's roundhouse and verify his
report about the switch-engine being
in ihe shop"
He did SC Half an hour later the
messenger returned with the Informa-
ton that not only was the switch-en-
gine not IN tho shop but her fire.
box had been overhauled the week be-
fore and was reported to be In ex-
cellent condition.
That settles IT," Buck ogilvy
niourned. ~Ine Colonel Is MS suspicious
Ms a rhino. He doesn't know anything,
but he smells danger lust the same"
snxnctay. Buck. so he is delaying
the game until he ean learn something
| definite He drummed Idly on his
desk Cor several minutes Then:
@BuclS. can you run a iocomotivey'
| WIN ono nhnui Oiu man.
"pine business Well, guess wen
| PUT IN that crossing tomorrow night
The switch-engine win be in the round
house nt PennIngton's mill tomorrew
night, so we can't steal that; but we
can steal the mogul. I'll Just send
word up 10 my woods boss not TO
have his train loaded when the moEul
comes up late Tomorrow afternoon TO
haul II down to our log landing. or
course, the engine crew won't bother
to run down 60 sequoia for the night
that is. they won't run the mogul
down. They'll Just leave her at our
log landing Sll night and put up for
the night at our camp"
"But how do you know they will put
up at your camp all night Brycer
"Afy men VIII make them comfort
able, and Il means they can lie ahed
until seven O'Clock instead OF having
to roll out at Ave o'clock, which would
be the case II they spent the night at
this end OF the line. There is a slight
grsde at our log landing. know
that. because the akr leaked out Of
the brakes on a log train was on
short time ago. and the train ran
away with me. Now. the engine crew
will 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
| be to throw OF the airbrakes and let
her glide silently out OF our log land
Ing. About a mile down the road
we'll stop, get up steam. run down to
the junction with the main line. back
IN oa the Laurel Creek spur, couple
onto those nat cars and breeze mer-
riiy down to Seouoia with then.
They'll he loaded waiting for ne; our
aen will be congregated in our dry
yard just OF Water street near r.,
waiting fer US TO arrive with the rails
--snd hlnge-we go to II. After we
drop the flats. we'li run the engine
back 20 the woods. leave 1t where we
found It. return a-nyins. You can get
back in ample tins to superintend the
cutting Of the crossingr
Spoken like a man !" su0th Buck
OEflvy. You're the enc mHn In this
world for whom ia steal iocsme.
tive. 'Ata-acy"
Had either ct ths esnspsratorr
knewn Of PennlnEtsa's plans to enter-
taia Mayer reundstene az 6tmner on
Thursday Risht, Il is pr'ebshie tAey
wsnid act have cheered until these
aaf cars were eat Of the weeds.
Mayer Psundstene and his wife ar.
rived at the Pennington home in Red
weed boulevard at six ferty-nve Thurs
day evening. II was with profound
feeling Of relief that his hessr lift
ed the lady from their modest little
OLIVER" for once inside the Pesning
ton house, he felt. he would be fro<
frem peculiarly devillsh brand Of
persecution inauEurated By his wifs
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