The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-05
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sThe whistles screamed. Up the
Erade.a four engines to a pillow, the
lets OF steam shHling upward,
scoughtng columns of smoke leap
Ing blac1y up the mountain side.
Earring crash that all but
threw the men OF the first crews
Ssfron their feet, and the Death
sTrai1 had been met. Then churn-
ling, snarling, roaring, the snow
Tying IN cloud-uke masses past
then, the first plow bit its way
ssdeep into the tremendous mass,
while sweating men, Barry Hous.
them, crammed coal
Into the open, angry fire boxes,
the sand streamed on greasy
the cavalcade went
son, #
HUNDRED yardsEthe beams
4knocktng down the snow above
ssand all bnt covering the engines
which forced their way through
ssh out. "a pull at the whistle,
sSscreeching forth its note Of. vic
the b1are of the Wh1s-
stiles was drowned in greater
sound, q road that rever berated
sssthrough# the hills like the below
aoff "a thousand thunders, the crack
ing and crashing Of trees, the
;8spIintering of the great rocks as
4 the SHOWS Of the granite spires
& above the Death Trail loosed at
last and crashed downward in an
rush OF destructi on.
Trees gave way before the con-
sstantIys gathering mass Of white
rand oinedBi in the downfall. Great
y bould ers, AUDITING rocks, Slides Of
b shalei On 1t went, laundering to-
ward the valley and cleaning lake,
b at last to crash there, to send the
HI ten-foot ficknesses of Ice spin
stering like broken glass: to pyra-
mid, Ito spray the whole neither
4wor1d with9ice and snow and scat
Steringsrock; then to settle, a JUMP
s8led conglomerate mass of destTuc-
it1yeness, robb bed Of its prey.
sYS And the men shouted, and
y screamed and beat at one another
Tin their frenzy Of happin ess, in
spite of the fact that the track had
ss3been%to torn away from behind them
.3as til ough it never had existed.
sand that they now were cut off
entirely from the rest OF the
world. Only one snowshed re-
manned with but a feeble bulwark
sot& drifts before 1t.
light faded. Dawn came and
sun! Clear and brilliant
with the promise of spring again
ssand@of melting SHOWS. The fight
swassover.
ne; NJ orning OF the second day
Aand again the sunshine.
was in the distance,
while men and women waded
EthroughSthe soggy SHOWS to be the
first to reach the train. Eagerly
Barry searched the thronging
crowd at last to catch sight Of a
zgigantis figure. his wolf-dog be-
side him.
tiste ~
ssssss Great arms opened wide. A sob
scameEfrom the throat of giant.
:ss;ss5 !. M on Baree! 9Mon Baree!" 1t
IN as all he could say for a NOM
S53sssS::yVe.v,,,e won, Ba'tiste! The
sIine' ssopen--they'll be running
trains through before might. And
If sheSkeeps her promise
sssESsft s.she ~ Ba'tiste stared down at
They had drawn away from
sthrong. She? You mean
$3.50 Agnes. You've been taking
scare@of her, haven't you? found
she promised that she would
stellg the truth for me when I got
back, that she would explain the,
lease and contract and tell Med
Taine that twas all lie. She
sa But Ba'tiste Renaud shook his
head
sSss85ls...r 10 Baree. Eet is the too late.
sIgshave JUS come-from there. I
ahaYesclose her eyes. l
ss CHAPTER Xxx
Dead Houston saw Medaine
aRobinatte pass in the distance,
and his eyes followed her until
she had rounded the curve by the
dead aspeas the eyes of lost
hone.
a word" It spelled
sbIaekness for Houston. til
suppose you've taken charge of
g..
ui, But have look at moth
In 6 -
15s.sss..I just had something here"
SHonsfon fnmbled In his pockets.
she would want 1t around her
sHeck------''''
But the sudden glare in Ba'-
Stiste's eyes stopped him as he
forth the crucifix and Its
stangled chain. The giants hands