The Adair County news., 1921-03-30

There's the devil to pay" he an
swered. "That fellow Cardigan Is back
of the N. @. o., after all, and he and
Ogilvy have a gang Of fifty men down
at the intersection Of Water and B
streets, cutting In jump crossing Of
our line"
He dashed into the living room, and
she heard him calling frantically into
the telephone.
"At last !" she murmured, and crept
down the stairs, pausing behind the
heavy portieres at the entrance to the
living room.
"That you, PoundstoneT she heard
him saying rapidly into the transmit
ter. Pennington speaking. Young
Bryce Cardigan is behind that N. O. o.
outfit, and It's logging road and not
intended to build through to Grants
Pass at all. Cardigan and Ogilvy are
at Water and B streets this very In
slant with gang Of fifty men cutting
In a jump-crossing Of my line, curse
theml They'll have 1t In by six o'clock
tomorrow morning If something isn't
done-and once they get 1t In, the fats
in the fire.
Telephone the chief Of police and
order him to take his entire force
down there, If necessary, and stop that
work. To blazes with that temporary
franchiseI You stop that work for
two hours, and I'll do the rest. Tell
the chief of police not to recognize
that temporary franchise. He can be
suspicious of it, can't he, and refuse to
let the work go on until he finds out?
And you can be hard to find for two
hours. can you not? Delay, delay, man !!
That's all / want. Yes, yes, |
understand. You get down about day
light and roast the chief Of police for
interfering, but in the meantime
Thank you, Poundstone, thank
you. Good-byp
He stood at the telephone, the re-
ceiver still held to his ear and his
right forefnger holding down the hook
while the line cleared. When he spoke
again, Shirley knew he was calling his
mill office. He got response immedi-
ately, notwithstanding the lateness Of
the hour.
Sexton? Pennington speaking. I've
sent over the Black Minorca with a
rifle and sixty rounds of ammunition.
What? You can hear him
shooting already? Bully boy with a
hn or
out and keep them from working until
the police arrive. You've telephoned
Rondeau, have you? Good |!
He'll have his men waiting at the leg
landing, and there'l be no delay. Sex
ton, we've got to block them. 1t means
a loss of millions tome if we faill"
Shirley was standing in the doorway
as he faced about from the telephone.
'Uncle Seth," she said quietly, ''use
any honorable method Of defeating
Bryce Cardigan, but call off the Black
Minorea. / shall hold you personally
/ responsible for Bryce Cardigan's life,
| and If you fail me. I shall never for
| give you"
"SiIly, silly grill" he soothed her.
'Don't you know / would not stoop to
bush-whacking? There's some shoot
ing going on, but its wild shooting, just
to frighten Cardigan and his men off
the job"
"You can't friohten him." she cried
passionately. "You know you can't.
He'll kill the Black Minorca, or the
Black Minorca will Kill him. Go in
stantly and stop it."
"All right. all right !" he said rather
humbly, and sprang down the front
steps into the waiting car. 'sPn play
the game fairly, Shirley, never fear"
She stood in the doorway and
watched the red tail-light. like a
maleyolent eye. disappear down the
street. And presently as she stood
there, down the boulevard huge gray
car came slipping noiselessly-so
noiselessly. in fact, that Shirley recog-
nized it by that very quality of silence.
It was Bryce Cardigan's Napier.
George - she called. ,"Come here"
The car slid over to the gate and
stopped at the sight of the slim white
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