Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-08
A PLOT FOR A PAY ROLL.

BY w. BoYCE MORGAN.

admonitions to Perky as he sprinted
after them.
Look at that boy runl" Bill chortleo
gleefuliy. Hes faster than he ever wa
before. Maybe he won't tear up thar
Fayette line next Fall"
Porky had gained rapidly on the lum-
boring vehicle, and now he was almost
up to it. The other boys leaned over
I and helped him aboard.
"Woofl" gasped Porky. sprawling at
full length on the bottom OF the truck.
| Some rum"
can't expect to take leiSureAy strou 70
| work" laughed Bob.
"All day. Perky was barely recover
/ ing his breath. 'Ye gods, I get up in
| the middle of the night as 1t Isl"
I It was about q Commute trip for
| the slow truck out to the place where
! the gang was cutting through q low
| hill in preparation for the laying of
! the road. Some of the men tried to
sleep on the way. but had little chance
because of the jolting on the rough dirt,
The four boys hung on for dear life.
meanwhile keeping up steady flow of
banter On the way home they would
be tired and silent, but in the morning
they were always fresh and full of life.
The road was particularly bad this
morning because rain the night be-
fore had covered 1t with q coating of
slippery mud. Just 100 yards short
of their destination was a particularly
bad place, and the trucks wheels slid
crafty on the slippery clay. Finally
several of the men had to get of and
push in order to get it through.
The mornings work was uneventtul
until around 10 o'clock. when Red, after
taking a drink of water. tossed what
was left In the dipper carelessiy over
his shoulder There was a howl Of
nge, and he turned in surprise to find
Len Akers, who had been working be-
hind him. hopping water from the back
of his neck.
"oh, did throw water on you?" said
Red regretfully. I'm sorry. didn't
see you there"
Didn't see me there. didn't you?"
said Akers, with an oath. well, you'd
better keep your eyes open, YOU little
pup, or you'll get hurti"
The blood famed into Reds face at
the mans words. Making o great eff
fort to hold his temper, he said quietly,
Il told you ! was sorry. What more
do you Want?"
"Gettin' mad, aren't your" Akers
laughed insolentiy. That's a good
one"
Several OF the laborers, attracted by
the loud words. stopped work and hur-
ried over. The three other Conquerors
were among them.
Whats the trouble, Red?" asked
Bob quietly. Red explained the situ-
alton.
Now what are you buttin' IN for?"
al W Afa,as
babies stay home where you belong. in
stead OF comm out and wort.-g with
men?"
Several OF the men sniekered, but
others showed disapproval, telling Ak
ers TO LAY off,
Trouble seemed unavoidable, AL
though Pat Forker, boss of the gang,
was hurrying up to try to stop 1t. At
that moment, however, several men ut
tered cries and pointed down the road
toward Ferriston. 4 small coupe was
coming rapidly along the road, sliding
about from one ditch to the other In the
mud. Just as Il reached the bad place
that had almost stopped the truck
earlier in the morning. it suddenly
stIidded sharply, slid half into q deep
ditch at one side Of the road, and
turned over.
At once all of the iaporers were down
the road toward the wreck, but before
they reached 1t two men crawled out
apparently unhurt. One Of them was
carrying rifle, and with this he hastily
took position beside the ear.
What the dickensl" niarveied Bill,
as the four Conquerors Led the race to
the car. why the gum"
A few minutes later, with the help
Of some of the men, the coupe was
righted. little damaged Then there
were excited EXPLANATIONS from some
Of the laborers as they saw that the
inside Of 1t was literally covered with
money, which had spilled out of two
large satcheis there.
I'm paymaster for the Frederick
furnace down the road here" an
nounced the elder Of the men. Just
taking the mems pay out to them.
Thanks a lot for the lift"
Hastily he and the man with the gun
climbed into the car and went on, driv-
ing carefully over the rough road that
began where the new highway was be-
ing cut.
ITO be continued next Sunday