The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1922-09-29

esrttsng a repext. for ths direciOA~ The
naws would remsn Cgsytoa ~ soon as
IL euaIa BE- tsiepkoned. bar al least be
would have another ehsnee. II vas
tao late row 20 think Of changing TIE
reu.e wtthags thruwsax Ihs eaaRany
into iiquidAtioB. Add Kitty hsid con
trol.
Ths thought Of that strengthened his
resolve. He eoaid nos bring himself
to 10 to Molly wsth the tespoodeney
upon him. but busted himself that az
tssnoon examining the wreck.
For abon, q inonth he bad bad
strange prGtegw One evening jules
iIalfhead. the dsat-tnuts. appeared Of
the door OF MA shack. and quickly as
xumsd the care ~ Il. He was nearly
always 10 be found there Ia Ntltons
abssaee. Sometimes however, he
would he,ake himself back 10 the port
age, and he wss free 81 the camp
where be ran esraDds and messages for
the engineers. and was the butt u mild
practical Jokes.
Wilton came 10 the coaeinsion, how
ever, tina, the Mussegon's mind was as
acute a. any maD'a, and TIA, bis appar'
snt simplicity was nothing bu, the out
ward aspect ~ hts lndrml,y.
when jules bad cooked Wlitoa's sup.
per that ~ ening be- came into the Office
~ n stale aL sxsItesneAt- The "a gan Ind
loved the work. Ne was often TO be
sevn on the tres,le. eiinging for dear
NE TO plank as the trucks rumble'i
past within m zach Of his head When
he saw the wreck ~ the emhankncnt
that morning. the foreman said that he
had burst into tsars. Now be- was evi.
| dently trying TO describe s0acthlag 10
Wlrou 10 pah,omimr, but Wutou could
not follow hls msahiug-
suddenly he seit,i pencil from the
I. .isNs and. aioagius. began q draw q
picture * tie tres'le upon me vail
/ .y,lh remarkable saill
Wufou's interest vas ~ once
aroused Yes" BE- said. nodilnS 10
| lules, "Whpt about IT,
II Nus his habit to talk, although the
aeafm8tr could not bear h., voice,
| jules ha1 an ias,inc,iye faculty u M.
iernndug lie looked at wtton and
| nudtlrd back.
flt nexr arcw fonr uf~iFhis tie
long. heavy truHls Of considerable"
| yir,h that were trlycn into the ground
tp support the trcstlng Then he made
smudsy lire across each Then he
drew Ratchet. lie looked ~ ut WI.
ton ia pathetic easerness, aud nodded
again
You mrnn that some one tempered
with the trrStllngr shouted Wilton.
jules. who had watched his HIPS,
nodded eagerly. Hut ss he always nod.
lied when he Was spoken 10, little
meaning could be attached TO that,
Wilton wondered II tina, WIS what
he did mem II the uprigh,s had been
tempered with before they were set In
10 the ground, by ax.euts or otherwise,
the weight Of the ballast would un-
,Ioubtcdly have broken them The
break would not have been immediate
Is apparent. but the tres;ling would Id
such case he practically Imposed upon
the surface ~ the swamp, without sup
port. The ballast would have spread
over the muSkrg. causing the entire
structure 20 subslde
"Nha lia hy' asked Wilton, speak
Iug slowly and carefully
+. isa.ss 81 MS Ms& stlyl4 YalE;hln1 BIN
suddenly turned ani with lshtn!ns
movements. drew carlta'nre " les
,hambers Ga the woodwork OF th'
wall
4 Milton locked at {, and drew In hi'
| trEath. Than Ge nodded jules nod
dcd IN return. shifted. erd len ih'
room. Wilton rejected deeply
II CAamae,s was sps ot howycr $
why bRa ~ shown hiW the hctrurk n
any On the other haui, assunlIog tina
Milton must eseatuaty discover !.
himself pr1;'yey aisn, have sed
Chambers 70 Nake virtue ~ nstcs
siy ana % secure a pts,tio0 at TIA
camp, where he could be oi service &
him.
In any case. Wilton ccald afford |;
l.tAAa .nu further cAunces yiih bigl- !
would serve no purpose e accuse hin
" having tempered With the trcStItne
he wcald give hisu post someNeeu
where he could ~ no harua, and thu
~, riA ~ him
Fighting dawn tho burning rage u
bis heart, he Went down the road ,c
Nard the shack wblch The engineer o.
cupsed, This was 4 retunstructe
shed. There was only enc r,otn Ia u
but Chambers had asked to haze y.
rather than share the quarters Of u
other engineers
The men acre back In the hans
houses, bat the dssg - the she'd wa
pallccked Thinking that Chamber
might h% In the caynr ~ made III
way toward the other quarters b.
presea,ly he heard sease oae calm
bin aud, turning. saw Andersen rut
n!us after him.
Were you lcextag for Mr. Chag
+. herS ssry asked the saFvr,an.
yes Where Ia hs-
sMhr be cot hAck % C.aysea TIL