Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-11-12


or the headlight.
lie walked to his car and climbed
Into II. ogilvy remained merely .ong
enough to give orders to the foreman
TO gather up the tools store them in
the machine-shop of Cardigan's mill,
and dismiss his gang; then lie, too, en-
tered the automobile, and at a word
from Bryce, the car slid noiselessIy
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.
"Well, my dear?" he queried.
II think had better go home"
she said without spirit.
II think so, too" he answered. "Get
into the mayors flivver, 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 elucidated by discussion"
II can understand an attempt at as
sassination, Uncle Seth"
"That BLACKBOARD Minorca / should
have known better than to put him on
such a job. / told MIN to bluff and
threaten; Cardigan, / knew. would
realize the grudge the Black BIinorca
has against him, and for that reason
figured tAe greaser was the only man
who could bluff him. While | gave
him orders 70 shoot, told him dis
tinctly not to hit anybody. Good Lord,
Shirley, surely you do not think ]
would wink at murder"
81 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 implaeable 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 Cardi-
gan, if you can do it fairly"
"At another time and in a calmer
mood we viii discuss that villain" he
said authoritatively. Get into the car,
and we viii go home. There is moth
ing more to be done tonight"
''Your sophistry 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 to her room. For the
Colonel, however, the nights work had
scarcely begun. The instant 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 men?"
"Just left"
"Goodi Now, then, Sexton, listen to
me: AS you know, this raid Of Cardi-
gan's has developed so suddenly l am
more or less taken by surprise and
have had no time to prepare the kind
of counter-attack that will be most eff
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. / will arrive late tomorrow
night, and early Saturday morning l
will appear in the United States dis
trict court with our attorneys and file
a complaint and petition for an order
temporarily restraining the n. G. Q.
from cutting our tracks.
81 will have to make an affidavit to
support the complaint, so had better
be Johnny-on-the-spo to do it, rather
than risk the delay of making the afii-
davit tomorrow morning here and for
warding it by mail to our attorneys.
THE judge will sign a restraining
order, returnable in from ten to thirty
days-I1l try for thirty, because that
will knock out the n. g. O.'s temporary
franchise-and after I have obtained
the restraining order, l viii have the
United States marshal telegraph 1t to
OgiIvy and Cardigan"
"BulIyl" cried Sexton heartily.
THAT win fix their clock"
"In the meantime" Pennington con-
dnued, '1ogs VIII be Cutting our land-
ings. We need that locomotive for its
legitimate purposes. Take all that as
,arded machinery and the old oolier
We removed from the mill last faii'
dump it on the tracks at the crossing
and get the locomotive back on lts run
Understand? The other SIDE having
no means of removing these heavy oo-
structions. will be blocked until ! re-
turn; by that time the matter Will be
in the district court Cardigan VIII De
hung up until his temporary franchise