The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-07-21
Continued Prom Yesterday

A xrln came 20 Houxtons Tips
The first enc IN weeks lie hanged
Rariste On his heavily waddsd
shoulder.
That's the Kind Of . railroad TO
work forf'
-Ah. Gull And when Get come thru
--sh. We shall help 20 build it,
TWO pictures flashed across Hou-.
tons brain. one Of q snowy sawmlli
with the force working day and
night. when all IN. surrounding
country cried for heip working
toward Ia selfish ends that n might
have a supply Of necessary lumber
IN case a more humane organisation
should tall: another OF carload after
carload q necessary machinery,
know-ccvered. scecount. on = sise-
track AZ Toilifer. with the Who'll. hur.
rhle. snow-ciutched fiercenesx o. the
Continental Divide between n ana
rs goal.
\ hope sor' he exclaimed fervent.
". 4 hope sor@
rhen. swept aicng By hurryinx
forms. they went ca toward the sta.
ton house. there 20 rec>lve the con.
frsnstfon % The glad news. 20 shou,
until their threats were raw. and
then. stiii with their duties before
theus. rsdlAte once rncre on their
Inissirns Of merry. For IN. an.
ncunc~ment OF intention was no ac
ecmpitshment. rt was enc thing for
the sncwriows and the gangs and
trsmentous engines % tho NJ. =. q
8. l. 20 attempt 10 open the road
over the divide. But n was quite
another thing % 90 III
All that day Houston thought os n.
dreamed % n. tried 10 visualize H.
the night % . railroad against the
snows o. the hills He wondered how
the nc~ric~s would work. how they
would break thru the long. black
snowxheds. now crAmmea with the
thing which they had been built 10
resist he thought Of the iaborer~: and
his breath pulled sharply. Would
they have enough mem IL would be
grueiirx work up there. terrific
work: wcuid ther~ - sufficient labor
srs who would b. willing 70 undergo
the hartships for the money they re-
c~fv~df Woult--
In the night he awote. again think.
ing Of H. Every possible hand that
could swing . pick or sarn n cruwhar
against w~udgtrx ic> would be needed
up there Every pair Of shoulders
willing 10 assume the burdens OF =
horrthie existence that others nntxhf
i've would - welcomed A mad de-
sire began % come over him: a
strange. smpeliinx scheme took hold
81 hts brain They would need
mrn. men who would not Dc afraid.
men who would BE- willing 70 stAv~
day and night n necessary TO the sue.
ccss Of tho adventure And who
should b more willing than hef Ills
future. hts life. his chance Of sue.
csss. where now was failure. lay n
Toiitfsr. His hands would b. more
than sAgeri His muscles more than
rixd 10 ache with tho fatigue of man
uxi iAbcrs Long befcrs dawn he ross
and Scribbicd q note IN tho dlr Light
Of the cid Kerosene lamp In the
rrakexhfft lobby. . ross 20 BAtists
E<r2uc.
-i'm gosng over the rangA. I can't
wait They may need rns. I'm writ
ing thss. because ycu would try 20
dissuads me n I told you personally.
Don't hs afraid for ne--f1i make n
somehow. I've got to 20. Its easier
than standing by.
HOUSTON
Then. Ills srowsho<x AFFIXED. he
went out into the night. The stars
were staining cfrniy. and Houston no
ticed them with an air OF thankful
ness a. he took the trail o. the tcie-
phone poles and started toward the
faint outline Of the mountains In
the distances. II w0uid make things
easier. but an hour later. as he look
cd for q dawn that id not come. he
realized that II had been only . Jest
Of tbs might tn. storm clouds were
thick on the sky again. tins SNOW was
cashing about him once more: half
hlindiy. xropfngfy. he sought 70 forcs
his way from one poie 20 another
IN vain
He measured his stsps. and STOP
ping. looked about him He had trsv,
ele6 shs distance from enc pole 20
another. yet IN the sweep OF the dart
ing sheet cs white he could discern
10 landmark. nothing 70 guide him
farther on his journey. He founder
ed sirnie~xiy. striving By short sal
lies 70 recover the path from which
the storm had taken him. but all 20
no purpose II dawn would only
cories