Show SERIA F I 1 TOR f fb 1 A FOOL M FOR LOVE by FRANCIS LYNDE author Autho ol 01 the grafters rafters etc W coper copyright 1900 1 b baj J P lippincott cc CHAPTER IV continued ahead of the steel layers were the italians placing the cross ties in post tion to receive the track and here the forman s badge of office and scepter was a pick handle aeve all the clamor and the shout virginia could hear the bull bello bellow v of this tills fore man out big commands in ln terms happily not understandable to her and once she drew back with a little cry of womanly shrinking when the pick handle thwacked upon the shoulders of one who lagged it was thil bit of brutality which er bled her to single out winton in the tn ting ti ng of workers he heard the blow and the oath that went with it and she saw him run forward to wrench the bludgeon from the bully a bands and fling it afar what words emphasized the act she could not hear but the little deed of swift justice thrilled her curiously and her heart warmed to him as it had when he had thrown off his coat to tall fall to work on the derailed engine of ins limited that was fine she said to herself most men in his place wouldn t care so long as the work was done and done quickly I 1 wonder if oh you startled me it was mr somerville darrah again clothed upon and in his right mind otherwise the mind of a master of men who will brook neither defeat at the hands of an antagonist nor desobe diance on the part of his following he was scowling fiercely across at the utah activities when she spoke but at her exclamation the frown softened into a smile for his favorite niece startled you eh eha me my deah virginia but as I 1 am about to startle someone else perhaps you would better go in to your aunt nt she put her hand on his arm please let me stay out here uncle somerville she aid qaid ill be good and not get in the way he shook his head rather in depre cation than refusal an officer will be here right soon now to make an arrest there may be a fight or at least trouble of a sort you boulan t care to see my deah Is it is it mr air winton f she asked he nodded what wat has he bet b boeg et doing besides being the enemy the rajah s smile was ferocious just now he is trespassing and dl reeling others to trespass upon vate property do you see that dump up there on we mountain 9 the hole that looks like a mouth with a long gray beard hanging below if that Is a mine and its claim runs down across the anick where winton Is just now spiking his rails but the right of way I 1 don t un der stand she began then she stopped short chort and clung to the strong arm A man in a wide napped flapped hat and cow boy with a revolver on either hip was crossing the stream on oil the ice lee bridge to scramble up the em ban kment of the new line of officer fleer 7 she aked in an awed whisper the rajah made a sign of assent then identifying winton in the thron throng g of workers he forgot virginia Virgin las s pres ence confound him he fumed I 1 d give a thousand dollars it if he d fadieh me by showing fight so we could lock him up on a criminal count why uncle somerville she cried contrary to mr air darrah s expressed hope winton submitted quietly with a word to his men a word that stopped the strenuous labor battle as suddenly as it had begun he turned to pick his way down the rough hill side at the heels of the marshal for some reason that she could never have set out in words virginia was distinctly disappointed it was no part of her desire to see the conflict blaze up in vio violence lenge but it nettled her to see winton give up so easily some such thought as this had possession of her while the marshal and his prisoner picking their way across the ice and she was i that winton would give I 1 er a chance to requite him if only with a look bt bit t it was m as town marshal peter big gin affectionately to his con as Biggin jin pete who gave her the coveted opportunity in stead of decently with his capthi e the marshal made the mistake of his life by marching IN in ton up the track to the private car thrusting him forward forward and saying here s ye meat guv nor what all ud ye like t f r me ine to do with hlf hit now it is s eafe afe to ass ime line that the rajah had io lo I o intention nten tion of appearing thus openly is he instigator of win tons arrest hence if a fierce scowl and a oath could maim it Is to be feared tuat the overzealous mr biggin would have bove been physically disqualified on the spot As it was mr darrah j s ebu client wrath could find ao go adequate spee h forms and in the flo quent little pao e winton had time 0 smile up at silas carteret and to wish her the pic sandest of good mornings but the raj h s handicap was not permanent confound you se set he exploded T in not a justice ot ol the peace II 11 you V nad riad in am arrest you must han have e had a warrant tor for it and you ought to know what to do with your pris boneh I 1 in dashed if I 1 do objected the simple hearted mr biggin I 1 al at lowed you wanted him winton laughed openly simplify it tor for him mr air darrah we all know that it was your move to stop the work an I 1 you have stopped it for the moment what Is the charge and where Is it answerable the rajah dropped the mask and spoke to the point the cha ge seh sell Is trespass and it Is 1 answerable in judea whitcomb s cou t in carbonate the plaintiff in this particular case Is john doe the supposable owned of that mining claim up yonder in the next it will probably be richa richad d roe you are fighting a losing battle sen seh winton s smile showed his teeth that remains to be seen he coun coolly during this colloquy virginia had held her ground stubbornly this though she felt intuitively that it would be the greatest possible relief to the three men if ahe she would go away but now a curious struggle as of a divided allegiance was holding her of course she wanted mr air somerville darrah to win since he was its ad his cause must be righteous and just but as against this dutiful convincement there was a rebellious hope that winton would net nt allow h himself I 1 myself to be beaten or rather it was a feeling that she would never tor for give him if she should so it was that she stood with face averted lest he should see her eyes and read the rebellious hope in them and notwithstanding the precaution he both saw and read and made an awer to the rajah s ultimatum accord angly do your worst mr darrah we have some 20 miles of steel to lay to take us into the carbonate yards that steel shall go down in spite of anything you can doto prevent it virginia waited breathless tor for her uncles reply to this cool defiance chantey chanteys e of the hamma mei on tha the other side of the cannon began again with renewed vigor the raj h threw up his head like a war horse scent ing the battle from afar and laid hia his commands upon the long suffering secretary fareh me jastrow get out there and see wh whit it they are doing seh the secreta y was back in the short est possible interval and his report was concise and business like work under full headway again in charge of a lellow rellow who weirs we a billy cock hat and smokes cigarettes cigarette sl mr air mort i P adams said virginia recognizing the description will you have him arrested too uncle somerville but the rajah roe nastily without replying and went to his office state room followed shadow like by the obsequious jastrow jt was some little time after break tast fast and virginia and the reverend billy were doing a constitutional on the plank platform at the station when the secretary came down from the car on his way to the telegraph office it was virginia who stopped him what do we do next mr Jas jastrow f she said call in the united states army for reply he handed her a telegram damp from the copying press it was addressed to the superintendent of the ca G R at carbonate and she read it without scruple have the sheriff of ute county swear 1 n a dozen deputies and come with them by special train to argentine revive all poss ble titles to abandoned mining claims on line of the utah extension and have sheriff deckert bring blank warrants to cover any emergency DARRAH V F P that s one of them said the sec see detary I 1 daren t sh show ow you the other oh please she said holding out her hand while the reverend billy considerately turned his back jastrow weighed the chances of defection detection it was little enough be he could do lo 10 to lay her under obligations to him ind and he was willing to do that little as is he could I 1 guess I 1 can trust you WINTON WALKED TO THE TIIE STATION AT THE TIIE HEELS OF HIS INS 4 CAPTOR contrary to all precedent it was mild ly it grieves me sen sell to find you so determined to cou t failure he began and when the whistle of the upcoming carbonate train gave him leave to go on constable you will find trans potation po tation tor for yourself and one in the hands of the tation agent misheh winton that Is your train I 1 wish you good morning and a pleasant journey come virginia we shall be late to auh breakfast winton walked back to the station at the heels of his captor cudgelling cud gelling his brain to devise some means of get ting word to adams happily the who had been unloading steel at the construction camp had been told of the arrest and when winton reached the station he be found h his is assistant waiting tor for him this Is not a criminal matter mr air biggin will you give me a moment with my frienda the ex cowboy grinned bet your life I 1 will I 1 ain t lovin that old b her iler buster in the private car none too hard and he went in to get the passes what supa queried adams forget ting his drawl for once in a way an arrest trumped up charge of trespass on that mining claim up yon der but I 1 ve got to go to carbonate to answer the charge and give bonds just the same any instructions 9 tes es when the train Is out of sight and hearing you get bac over there and drive that track laying for every foot there is in adams nodded ill do it and get got myself locked up I 1 oppose no you wont won t that s the beauty of it the majesty of the law all there is of it in argentine goes with me to carbonate in the person of the town marshal oh good succulently good well so long look for you back on the evening traina sure it if the kajah rajah doesn doean t order it to be abandoned on my poor acco int ten minute later when the rain frain had gone storming on its way to car bonate and the rosemary party was at breakfast the clank of steel and the he said and gave her the second square of press damp paper like the first it was addressed to the superintendent eLt at carbonate but this time the brown eyes flashed and her breath came quickly as she read the vice president presidents s cold blooded after thought town marshal biggin will arrive in carbonate on io no 01 this a in with a prisoner have our attorneys see to it that the man Is promptly jailed in de fault ot of bond if he Is set at liberty a al he i Is a likely to be I 1 shall trust you to ar ran range e for his and detention at all hazards D CHAPTER N virginia took thi first step in the perilous path of the strategist when she handed the incendiary telegram back to jastrow poor mr winton she said with th real sympathy in the words made most obviously perfunctory by the tone what a world of possibilities there Is masquerading behind that lit tie its word arrange tell me more about it mr air jastrow how will the thel arrange if it winton s 7 nothing easier in a touge mining camp like carbonate I 1 should say yes but howa I 1 can t prophesy how gratton grafton will go about it but I 1 know what I 1 should do virginia a EL smil was irresistible but there was a look in the deepest depth of the brown eyes that was sitting sifting mr arthur jastrow to the innermost sand heap of his desert nature how would u do it t mr napoleon Jastrow 9 she aked giving him the exact fillip on the side of gratified van ity oh I 1 d fix him he ile Is in a frame of mind right now and by the time the lawyers are through drilling him in the trespass tres pasi affair he 11 be just spoiling for a row with somebody do you think so soa oh how delicious and then then I 1 id d hire some plug ugly to tumble stumble up against him and pick a quarrel with him he ile d do the rest and land in the lockup |