The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-03


 him .uneasily. and flushed as oa,,.,. Volnted him out to the marshal
 iheres your meat. marshaI. he announced. The marshal annroachaa and extended toward Sexton cony or the restraining order. The ,attor struck It aside and refused to scca,,, lt-whereupon the deputy marshal tan. pea him on the shoulder win ,t
 rag You're out of the game my irlend' he said pleasantly.
 AS the document fluttered to Sax tons feet the latter turned to 1,,,as nondeau. T can no longer take eharge here. Rondeau," he exnIainea
 am forbidden to interfere.
 Juies Rondeau can do ze joh" tha wooos-boss replied easily. aZe low she have not restrain mo o,,oas meooeso, you don take dose tbeencs away eh. M'sieur Cardigan Mvss,t l lak see" ' Ssii'
 The deputy marshal handed Po, ueau a paper. at the same time sbow Ing nls badge. You're out, too. nv friend" he laughed. Don't he fooi. lsh to try to buck the law. If you do l shall have to place nice little noir or handcuffs on you and throw von Tn Jaii-and if yon resist arrest. shall nave to shoot you. have one of these little restraining orders for every able-bodled man in tbe T,ao,,ro Grande Lumber company's emplov- thanks to Mir. Ogilvy's foresleh,. so It IS useless to try to heat this game on technicallty."
 Sexton, who still fingered made a gesture of surrender. 'pismfss vonr crew. Rondeou," he ordered. Were whipped to frazzle."
 A gleam of pleasure. not unmixed With triumph. lighted the dark eyes of the French-Canadian. "T tor Msieur Sexton she cannot fight Msleur CardI- gan and win" he said simply. Now mebbe he believe that Jules Rondeau know somethingi"
 "Shut up." Sexton roared petulant. ". Rondeau shrugged contemptuous. ". turned, and with sweep of his great arm indicated to his men that they were 10 go then, without a back ward glance to see that they followed. the woods boss strode away in the direction of the Laguna Grande mill Arrived at the mill office, he entered, took down the telephone, and called m Shirley Sumner.
 "Mademoiselle," he said. "Jules Roudeau speaks to you. I have for you zee good news Bryce Cardigan. she puts in the crossing today. one man of the law she comes from San Francisco with papers. and M'sieur Sexton say to me: 'Rondeau. We are whip. Deesmess your men. So have deesmess doze men, and now dees- mess myself Mebbeso bImeby go to work for M'sieur Cardigan. For Mademoiselle have no weesh to make trouble to fire me. I queet. I will not fight dose dirty fight some more Au revoir. mademoiselle. go."
 And without further ado he hung up.
 What's this. what's this?" Sexton demanded. You're going to quiti Nonsense. Rondeau. nonsensep
 "l will have my tune. M'sIeur. said Jules Rondeau. "I go 10 work for Il man. Mebbeso l am not woods boss for heem. butt work"
 "You1l have to wait until the Col onei returns. Rondeau."
 q will have my time" said Jules Rondeau patiently.
 ''Then you'll wait till pay day for 1t. 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 di- rectly ever the manager. "I toP Msieur would have my time," he repeated once more. "Is Msieur deaf in ze earsT He raised his right hand, much as a bear raises its paw: his blunt fingers worked a little and there was smoldering fire In bis dark eyes.
 Without further protest Sexton opened the safe. counted out the wages due. and took Rondeau's re- ceipt.
 Thank you. Msieur," the woods boss growled as he swept the coin into his pocket. Now I work for Msleur Cardigan; so. M'sIeur, will A...o .~u c..,t@oh er,ufna x~aafh fyyO lat cars and zee wrecking car Doze lam trash on zee crossing Msieur 'ardigan does not like, and hy gar ake heem away. You understand. Msieur? am Jules Rondeau. and l gork for M'sieur Cardigan. La la Missouri" The great hand closed ,ver Sexton's collar. Not zee pistol no. not for Jules Rondeau."
 Quite as easily as a woman dresses
 hahy. he gagged Sexton with sex on's own handkerchief. laid him gent ly on the floor and departed. locking the door behind him and taking the key. At the corner of the building where the telephone line entered the office. he paused. ierked once at the wire, and passed on. leaving the brok- en 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 a glut of logs at the Laguna Grande landings. and Sexton was catching up ,ygth the traffic hv sending the switch