Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-02-04

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He walked to his car and climbed
into 1t. Ogilvy remained merely long
enough to give orders to the foreman
to gather up the tools, store them in
the machlne-shop Of Cardigan's mill,
and dismiss his gang; then he, too, en-
tered the automobile, and at a word
from Bryce, the car slid noiselessly
away into the darkness. The track
cutting crew departed a 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,
coIdly.
Presently Shirley mastered her
emotion and glanced toward him
"Well, my dear?" he queried.
III think 1 had better go home"
she said without spirit.
at think so, too" he answered. Get
into the mayors fiivver, my dear, and
| I'll drive you. And perhaps the least
said about this affair the better. Shir-
ley. There are many things that you
do not understand and which cannot
be elucidated by discussion"
81 can understand an attempt at as
sassination, Uncle Seth"
"That blackguard Minorca I should
have known better than to put him on
such a job. 1 told him to bluff and
threaten; Cardigan, 1 knew, would
realize the grudge the Black MinOrca
has against him, and for that reason
figured the greaser was the only man
who could bluff him. While 1 gave
him orders to shoot, I told him dis
tinctly not to hit anybody. Good Lord,
Shirley, surely you do not think I
would wink at a murderw
II 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. I am surrounded by enc
mies-the most implacable 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 will discuss that villain" he
said authoritatively. "Get into the car,
and we will 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 niece's 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"
"Good Now, then. Sexton, listen to
me: AS you know. this raid of Cardi-
CAMS has developed so suddenly 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 l will arrive late tomorrow
night, and early Saturday morning /
will appear in the United States dis
trict court with our attorneys and file
4 complaint and petition for an order
restraining the n. c. o.
from cutting our tracks.
81 will have TO make an affidavit to
support the complaint, so l had better
,e JOhnny-On-the-spOt to do it, rather
han risk the delay of making the aft
lavit tomorrow morning here and for
yarding it by mail to our attorneys.
THE judge will sign a restraining
rider. returnable in from ten TO thirty ;
ays-I'H try for thirty, because that
will knock out the n. C. O.'s temporary .
after 1 have obtained
he restraining order. will have the T
United States marshal telegraph it to |
)gilvy and Cardigan % +
"Bullyl" cried Sexton heartily q
That will fix their clock" :
an the meantime" Pennington con- Il
nued. logs will be Cutting our land
lgs. We need that locomotive for its a
sgitimate purposes. Take all that dis 9
arded machinery and the old boiler d
-e removed from the mill last fall,
imp it on the tracks at the crossing. d
nd get the locomotive back on It's run h
The other side, having Ii
o means of removing these heavy OBJ il
-ructions, will be blocked until 1 re- "
i'm; by that time the matter will be
the district court. Cardigan will be 81
ing up until his temporary franchise OF