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

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ber knsae= h~slas hia.
He casarAsI hss hsts. hss tesssnss
tho violence that relieved his feelings
usually seemed 10 have ne place here
He cgaidnt Hnaervsand He weat
hane slowly sersss the portage.
The factor looked up whsn Nelly en-
tered and was asianished to Zee the
tears urcn her faes. whsn shs knee'ed
down BE put bis hsnd eiaEaslly upoa
her hair.
what has hsppeoed. lsssr he
asked. was Il WIN Caru,hers ys
eaareied WITH
-He win never come here agaln,
said Molly.
A dull Gre burned In the factors
syea He seemed to be struggling he
tween ,wo impulses. oas was TO ccm.
fort his daughter: the ether. bis graft
| acstfoa.
"Ah weei. lass. yeli hnd another" be
said
Hu, be sh9sed his bead betore her
indisnaa glance. AZ that moment the
| sirl felt that her father and she were
farther apart than they had sves eecn.
wfra ssi,om reae4~c hsx shack be
,aok on bis coat and Hang himself
down an his he'd, lie would not snecn'
late or Mclly's motives lie would bet
,hlnG ~ her al all lie wonld neither
condcmn her nor Pity himself
lie forced bis mind back to bis task
The trpsti,N-~be wuald lay down =
eOydaruy he Nculd drive the mea tli
the summer. II peed be. tor lae's sake
por joel Tho presence Of the dead
nam se.mt~i 20 nti the camp jast ss
~ .,lsA. l.e- 90 ~ y,Tn'9sns., st'st,t ~
this work. lie had loved Joc more
truly than II seemed possible 10 love
any wesnsn
| ile completed the Few r'aiine duties
ot the Office and went a. hei he had
io1cd ~ 20 sleep when something
made him start w Ia bed aad listen In
teuuy. lie thought be had heard a
sigh, snaud IN the osiice
Itvss So slight thu, even bis trained
ears scnt he .ynt-saar 60 Ais tssAa
doubtfiilly. pl, II came again. Some
ooe had very softly clicked back tie
catch Of ooe 81 the windows
tie had the sense ~ listener he.
meath IL. and. all alert, Wilton crePs
no.selcssly TO his feet ard stood lisien'
ing In the darkness, Now there WAS no
daup, The window wss being pushed
VERY softly open l. was ihs window
bstween tho safe and his bedroom
door In the moonlight Wilton could
see that II was opening by inches
Ills own door Was slightly ajar. and.
inch by inch. he pushed II open. too.
He saw a pair Of hands white nor
wurk rougheued. placed sga!nst The
bottom ~ the window frame A face
appeared and was thrust cautiously IN
SIDE the room In Reconnaissance. VIII
ton recognized Lee Chambers,
Satisfied. apparently. that Wilton
was asleep in the next room, Chambers
began 10 cllrnb over the all. Wiiior
awaited ,lll he Sss balanced there, and
then. learing forward, he drove his IS,
With all his force into his face, III
felt the hone Of the nose smash under
bis hand.
1. ..y,sA,sss "A seyr Lee sraaypass'
faag up bis hands kilri'cd backward
and fell. A Wilton ran 10 the Window
The ex engineer leapei up end rHccd
toward the trees, The thought ~ bis
tycachery came into Willun's mind and
turned his sarionic hanat into rex
rage. He reached into his desk dfswet
ard pulled out the loaded rt,0lyei
which ne kept there, Hut BY ths tint
he MAS at the window again CbniaNer,
! asS gone
Three months lister NJ engine pishet
tive ballast trucks from the west q
The east shore Of ZIG MBsseg Tn
, svaup was spann~d TIE cor5uraI
had been laid upoa the sInk holes ar
had borue the ha'lAst!ns The treating
J ran tEuaa bank 10 bank and carried hi
: metals firmly. hus the foundation ga
ouiy a. w, laid halfway and the ana
) proof Ind yet 10 be made.
However, wslton bad 10 doubts o
the result lie had tried out the dan
ger ,sppats. The trrs,,e wonld rontai'
the ballast. HIS work had been accom-
plsshed
After tire sahssdenre be had paid
aytrg visit TO Claytoa He ssd ia
seen Kitty. and Kit;y had nos resgrn~'
TO the camp bat he had had = storm
: meeting With the directors snd. ~ h
' had fcreseea. had heea xivea b!
chance to Try once nssre There vsi
irgireSi, nothing else to be dome Bs~
yer had vaaSs the noes CT yhc disaster
hot II was 20 Rowyer's interest," fhs
wii'on stsogId try again and fan. Tia
= wrHla grt the AlssaiIm promptly Int
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