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Show Ligonier's Vengeance. . fl I ill The Twentieth iVnturv limited wn, sliding over the Inllnni pHIn, nn Its I jJjjjH I way etstward fiom i hlingo In the obseiMillon car the ftlherlnn tiaveler wis , Ij-fHj H tilling bow different It was-seventeen mile, nn hour over the steppe, nnd AjEB H fifty mile, an hour over the prairie Out nn the plalfnnn the eiilbuslnstla Or 3fH H travelei who wanted the scenery was gelling It along with plenty ot dust and f H.Q I cinders J. , 'tlflH H 'He, he' ehiickled the porter, "dnl geminan nn the platform, hell be as k . jilH H Muck ns I am pietty quirk If he don t mine In " ili'r'IH I And then the train sensibly quickened It, pare, the reverberation showed f f!B H that u station wn, being passed, and whin h cloud of iliist that completely hid I till I the back plittfiinn mid Its occupant Intel cleared iiwny the pissengeis saw a ) ,' tWt H ,good slseil town tn ling away In the distance . le I Dials l.lgonler said tho brakemnii, I Igonler. tnd ' i&i'H H Nolimly seemed tn earn whethei the Invvn wn, l.lgonler nr not nnd the por .jsJiH H tei broke In wllh IwlliH H Dal gemmnn beglnnln In turn already his nnne I, getting hlirk nnvv " ' BlSW I 'Time was' sold the Innkemsn when n taiko Shoie man illdn t dire get 'tTM sl off the train In l.lgonler even In nee hi, lies! girl ' ft iilfiH H "lhev ilnnt feel quite sn bad now he lulled Hi kflil H 'What did they have ngalnnt the like Mhore men?' Inquired Ihe man from tiiil'ltHj H IhooklMi f ' IiYB ' rikbllng the iniiiimny lieit It up for ulniost ten yenis, Inn It begin nbnut J fflBj H llfleen tear, ago nnd some nf em haven t got over It yet ' f liBl H It all began over a couple of kiade irossliiTs" and the htnkemnn settled L )$ H bluiselr In an easy chair In tell Hie elury. Ilrakemeii on Hie I.I lulled Inve an , QM H easy time Nn slop, moans a straight tun and plenly uf time tn Inlk f jljB H The town had foui grade ernwlngs nnd wanted ivtn more mi they laid nut I Wf H the street, minus the innipnny , tiaeks, ami I lien naked the company to put I Fiw sfl tin in In IhI Ihe imupany dldu I mint any more rro,slngs In the Inwn and held off I H Then the town begun in talk iibnut going tn the eoiiils tint nne day a gang nf j: Jli men uppeureil lu Ugnuler mil built a Ihiimplng big water tank beside the j ' 1IV H Ii in It light where nne nf the street, wa, marked tn run Ihen the invvn got III up nu It, etr nnd one night Ihe Mayor nnl the t hlrf nf Police headed nnnther j B H gang of men that chopped the wnlei tank down j M lhen the i inn puny did what the town bad threatened tn do mid went tn i U H liw nver the matter nf the missings 'I lie) .11, In t say iinlhlng nbnut tho j a , H ihoipiitdown lank At hast linl Just then 'Ihey nienlloned It Inti r thnugh i , B H Well the courts deilded that If the Inwn willlled the grade .rnsslng. It vvnuld l) H have tn inndeinli the lind nml Hint In. ant Dial Hi. v d have In xty Ihe rillrnad ) j (S H befnre Ihe strict, eoiild lie openid Then the luillind did n Utile lalklng noont MesS H Ihe water tank Tol 1 how the deslrui thin nf II bud disarranged nil then phn, WM H fnr the division nnl all (hat and sil.l tint sn long it. Hie tnurla bad hell (hit ! (!W HJ Ihey dldu I hive tu t,lve up their land for h imsslng union they wuiili 1 lo Ibey i JJH kiiessed Ibey d have to sue the town fnr dninige, uud all that soil of thing ' tHJl H That made the Inwn kind uf shk und they suggested ii ceimprninlse W hen they j ifBJ HJ got Ihiough conipinnilslng they found Hint Instead of gcttlnj, unv m w cross j! VljBJ HJ lugs they d Inst twn nt the four they nlrondy bid nnd twn Is nil Ihey ve gnt I llDfl H Inlay 11, q tnvvn of Moil people, too They dldu t have tn pay fm the tnnk h' i jJHj HJ Ihiiugh JDj 'When Llgnnler liu.t bud it ihanre In think that nver n while they decided rffl Ol tu get even While tiny weie thinking ul. mil It Hu loinpiny gnt nut a new j ' iVii&l H time (utile 'Ihe Ihst day It went Inln effect u I Ignniei mail went ilnvvn In the i-nU jJW HJ stnllnn 111 the mm nil, g tn take the cxpns, lo K.lkh irl t'irtly soon the xpren, j ' ,?) JHJ HJ cuiiie nlnne but the e nulneer ill. In 1 seem tn see l.lgunlcr Miyvvny he dldn t j HI JjW Hi slop then Just wi nt light iihmg a. If there wasn t uny Llgnnler A cnrcful ilntIR HJ study "t Hint lime table disclosed the fart Hint nn It l.lgonler hml Just twn ps'if BI trains n il ly em Ii wav four In ull Then there wa, u tmr lu Llgnulrr Till, I ' IJ j.lf H time l.lgonler gnt tu the law flist though fm that 'matter the compmiy wasn t flra)jll Hi Riving tbein any line l.lgnulei gnt nn order illiee Hug the i illmi I In slnp twn fjjj jR errlnln express trains, one each way nt Llgnnler nnd Hye Mityni went nlong I lwTr)fl Hi down tn ( levcluiid In see the nnler served On Ihe day that nrder wn. In go tj! Inln effect there wn, annlber new tlnio luble Hy It the two expies, ti iln, ran B rlijF brlwrcii Toledu uud Klldiiut nvir Ihn old mad nml dldn t gn tbiiuigh l.lgonler SjriklS "' an MM m 'There wasn t nnythlng Ihe town mull dn Just then hut It wnsnt hecniise K TIjl Hi Ihey- didn't want In It wn, aboiil this lime Hint l.lgonler begin lu ret tin- j, i'JfHa healthy fnr Luke Bhnrn men und Hie Hlntlnn ut,ent theie b, gun tn get gtay hnlr, j iflfWB Hi "About u year utter Oil, tlm inmpiiiy put uu twn fust train, Hint aim eat j jjflH M i Is si mall These trains, like most ot the utheis fulled tu nntlin Llgnnler, nnd "tftfH 1 Llgnnler saw it tbmire tu 'dn' the eiimpiny They petitioned the Postmaster t! ffilcHHl BI General nnd be grnulnl uu uiilrr In Ihe rniupnny din i ting It lu 'give mall hrflsHH BI service' nn the tiiilua In l.lgnulei. 'Sure' mv, Ihe riunpiny we'll give mull DtKiwJI BI seivlce In l.lgonler we II bo t,la 1 to ' 'All right,' say, l.lgonlei, 'wo gue, ynu It Cij5l HJ HJ stoti those trnlii, hcio nnvv ull light' W&i BJ "Anl then the enmpany sent nnnther gain; of men tn Lliouler They jiut M 9j up ii mall irane und the mall train, sluwrd duvvn lu nbnut fifteen mile, nn hour, rirt. BI BI heaved nrt the Llgnnler mall hag, mil pleked Hie outgoing bag nn the crane jrwt HJ HJ Theie wasn't much c luime fnr passenger, Ihiiugh IJB1 HJ HJ "'AH right,' say, I. Ik. ml. r, 'If slnwlug iluwn will satisfy ynu slow down Mr BI BI suinc more,' nnd Ihey pissed nn nrilliuinic leqiilrlng nil linln, In tun ut it speed iLiuBl 11 not exceeding fnur mlliu nn huur lu tho city limits 'That II fix them.' said IWjBl BI Llgnnler, VnilBl BI 'Then the engineer, begun tn develop funny iioHoiih nbnut speed Once In a ifiXjlBl BI while nne nf 'em vvnuld ret up lu lltty mile, uii hour lu Llgnnler, but Hie nvcrnge fflf 11J Bl wn, nbnut furly live mile, Llgnnler bind u ihlectlve and nmn In n vvblln EfHiVfH BI hi'il get the name nf nn engineer vvlin hud pushed through the limn falter than fflSliiTHl BI the law ullnwtil Hcd E'i uff down In Tulcdo with n wurrmit mil ask for hi, ij2 Hj HJ mini ISf iH JB "Where's Jnhu Tliompsnii, englneeri' be'd say IfihV H H "Why, riinmpson ha, been transfrrriil tu Ihe Michigan division Ynu It find alBi' BJ 1 him up In leiuslng' SilSiiBl BH ' Hn the deteetlve vvnuld cany hi, warrant bnik tn Llgnnler i JMc Bp Hi "Lately, thuiigh, they've begun lu gel nvei theli haul feeling,, nnd last i' .'ifl iBl yeni the inmpupy gave llieni four tin Ins it d ty each way Hut just the same M'!b1'I BI nne nr the nl I "ftglnti, will rip through Llgnnler In I ly ua fast n, hn did when '' J 5 iuj BI the light wa, on, und If be happen, nlong In Ihn night hn wont bo liable tn 'Sin 1 forget where his whistle roid Is, ellber ' h'kMaHl sBl And the biakemati slopped nut nn the plntfnrm tn see If bin ' markers" were ( rjHJ HJ nil light Brooklyn Kugle jj fjjfj JJ |