The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-16

'k1er friend O mine, igod. and l a habit O takin' keer O my IS. Now thar was my Uncle Bill. what could jump sixteen-rail ----~-r
 was q nine-rail fence, By" im- ntly cut in John Moreland. we done told that so much 'at lang nigh wore out. S'posen ye ack thar to the orchard ahind O hoase and see what Gale and 's a-doIn'; hey, ByT
 ck nodded and went toward the lrd. He knew they didn't want :o overhear what they were going ly. but 1t didn't offend him. It 't easy to offend the good-narured Ireland turned to Dale. "Wellr 10 turned to Hayes
 ra're going to begin the building h4 little railroad at the earliest 'bIo moment. And because l don't Z anything about the work, I'm < 10 axk you to take the lead. Now, 5 may De some fighting. don't
 you to go Into this thing blind- ou see If you're going to with et aII. do 1t now"
 ..n not . stranger to fighting" renlieu smiiingiy. I've been . 9h half . dozen coal strikes. l \ you may count on me, Mir. Dale" Ien lay out a plan for immedi- |. suegest," acQuiesced Hayes. ;" uc send to the little town in Nl4nd for 8 supply of picks and na a axes and saws. hammers,
 and explosives In the mean
 yop and I can stake out the
 of 1zae track"
 sounded businesslike, Dale E1t
 'u hIn the hour John Moreland and Ia Caleb started for Cartersville A,t. and In the older mans pocket aoney sufficient to buy the things were needed.
 and Hayes set out for the north
 f David Moreland's mountain.
 ach of them carried hand-ax
 akine stakes.
 ae not often that the quiet Hayes
 ted himself to go into raptures Etnythink; however. he went in
 3tures over the Moreland coal.
 s, Is 11clared, enc of the best
 :.ss>c. he had ever seen. It zzo wonder that Henderson Con
 etermined to get possession of '2 said.
 they vent to work.
 ,,,1nd0xn two days later they had lPl che route for the narrow-gauge
 q and set stakes accordingly. H told his general manager that
 good force of men the last rail
 be put down within two months. r.. ne those two days they had ohl times seen Henderson Con in onsrly with Black Adam Ball and yesA his relatives. Once they had liss1D0n ton talking earnestly with n tffleford. the big, bearded, gaunt II r of the Littleford chief. Hayes
 ied Dale of this, and said to 
 'nr I win have the Littlefords on v de tho first thing you know & some of the Littlefords, as well
 1e Of the Balls. knew about thia
 ,afore David Moreland got his ain by states grant at a few centi
 re. If you'll take my advice, Mir }. youll make friends of these two
 isf as quick as you can" 1l thrust his hand-ax Inside his
 u6 turned to the mining expert H60 know. was thinking of that
 thing when you spoke" he re
 And 1 believe i can manage 1t
 bnt Miss Littleford's accidental Ing has given the old feud sucf E blow. I'm fairly sure can man 50 fur as Ben Littleford is con
 E it'a John that's going to bs Rato bring to taw. lie should bs
 fhIs evening, If he's had goot ls scd HI tackle him as soon fs h'
 sfhef they started across Davis , i,4nd's mountain, walking rapidly paIe leading.
 sprness came down on them wher
 Iad covered half the distance
 great hemlocks and poplar
 spectral and gaunt in the earl, Meaht. The almost impenetrabis of narel aud ivy whispered Ally thInss. and their seas of pinI
 nowy bloom looked somehow
 Now and then there was ths
 nG of some little animals fee
 dry. hard leaves of bygon'
 \ solitary brown owl poured , sp heart in weird and melanchoi, IT Q the night 1t loved. There wal
 ont. far-off baying of n hound . soxf swish of nIghthawk'I ns from he core Of civilization
 eel th<1e things of the wilder >nciy D1Ie drew back and stoox z|n the frall ahead. standing a, lk11l1 70 the trees about him. wa fuf> ZEIto q h man. 1t was almosl Y n111 to were there 10 bar thu 7 r1 V1nf on slowly. The ngurs n1 Dale spoke. and the foru = k q was By Heck be wal
 - 1<e muxzle ef hls rife.
 H ft. Biil. old boyf H, v 1'1TIIsAly. T was a-waitin y11. reckon i must ha r n1e<e ssfandin' here on ml
 f<1 E01 neNs. bilt.-