FAGK SIX
THK CAPITAL JOUHN'A!;. SAF.KM. OREGON
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1930
UtSTION
of HONOR
Chapter 23
THK CNEMT 8TBIKC8
Spurred by the knowledge at the
menace to all his hopes and ambt
. tlona that the irritation project
rvnrMented. Olefin hurried Along
Ul WCU HUIU yvui tvwauu MIC H"r
H.I
HI easy, muscular strides that
bad caused Ann to liken turn to a
wlnglika god overtook Bbeb who
bad been sauntering along. In a
Jew words Glenn explained the sig
nificance of Anne's warning and
they plunged Into the subterranean
passageway that led to the reser-
Tolr.
Their fears were momentarily al
layed when an Inspection showed
nothing suspicious and the watch
man said he had noticed nothing
out of the ordinary. Aa they were
talking one of the foremen came
ut of the tunnel and addressed
Olenn. - -
"Every man on the job has quit."
he said, "except the night shift In
the tunnel there, and they're going
to quit as soon as they're paid off
. tn the inornlng."
Olenn frowned but made no com
, alien t. He indicated bests around
, the wall which Hheh, the watchman
, and the foreman were to take up,
then he walked off quickly In the
i direction of the tunnel.
Inside the tunnel, the air was un
' questionably charged with mutiny.
' The men who were pushing trucks
of earth back and forth eyed Olenn
with sullen, lowering hostility. Un
der the foreman watchful gase.
they all kept up some pretense of
work making the least possible
speed but the Instant his back
was turned to apeak to Olenn,
. every pick was dropped, every
truck ceased to move. They gath
ered In little knots, conferring to
gether tn low tones.
The foreman explained little
more In detail to Olenn what had
happened. All but this night shift
had been paid off at six o'clock.
They had given no notice then of
quitting the Job, but later one of
the foremen had seen them hang
ing around the railroad construe-
tlon camp a Jew miles below. On
inquiry, he had learned with con
siderable difficulty that Douglas
had offered them double pay for
quitting the job without notice and
coming over to the railroad crew.
At this Juncture, the men, who
had been talking tn separate
groups, suddenly united and moved
In a body towards Olenn and the
foreman.
"Well," Olenn said curtly, "what's
the trouble?"
. .1 I ..t 1!,H
win . 1 1 u it areiKU uuw jivuc
from the others as spokesman.
"We're offered double pay over to
the railroad construction camp 11
we quit tonight right now in fact
and we're quttttn' that's all."
"You haven't stopped to consider.
have you?" Olenn suggested quiet
ly, "that they're only hiring yon to
try to cripple the work here? When
they're through with you In a few
elays or at most a few weeks
they'll kick you art like dogs!"
The men only shook their heads,
sullenly unimpressed. "We've done
got our minds made up," the
spokesman said laconically. "It ain't
no use wastln' words."
"No, I beutve you're right about
that." Olenn agreed. With a awtft
movement, he drew out his revolver
and covered them with it. When
he spoke again, his voice was
quiet but very earnest. "This tun
nel can be finished In IS hours and
tho water turned Into the reservoir
the only chance I've got to save
urn reservoir and the millions of
dollars that are tied up tn It from
these devils who are trying to blow
it up. Any man that makes an
other move to quit his Job before
that time or to loaf on it will be
shot down lure the treacherous
scoundrel that he Is. Vow, get
back to your work nt got some
thing rise to do besides talk!-
The Ben. taken eompkRrlr off
guard and too. astonished at first to
make even a protest, began now to
growl and mumble. They started
to argue the case seemed once on
the point of rushing Glenn and
throwing him, but his attitude was
so resolute that they finally wav
ered, Inst spirit, went back to work
by no means willingly, however.
Olenn handed his revolver to the
foreman, stationed him on guard at
the only exit from the tunnel, with
orders to snoot if necessary. Then
he turned and ran swiftly back to
ward the dam.
Halfway to the wall, he heard a
volley of shots ring out Sheb's old
shotgun I When he came up on
the run to the spot from which the
shots bad apparently been fired,
though. Bheb was nowhere to be
seen, but the sound of curses and
tussling, of something bring drag
ged heavily over the ground, guided
him along the wall. There was a
ammd of something ripping, giving
way, tailing, another oath from
Bbeb, then swiftly fleeing footsteps.
Another shot rang out and another.
Olenn and the other two men who
had com p at sound of the shots,
started In hot pursuit. But it was
no use.. The prowler, whoever he
was, had escaped, darted Into some
prearranged hiding place perhaps.
When they came back to the wall
after a prolonged and thorough
search. Sheb was still standing In
in exact spot where they had left
him. By the light of the watch
man' suiters, tber could are him.
glumly shaking his head and star
ing down disgustedly at the re
mains of an ornate crimson sash
which he held In his hands.
BUB dolefully shaking his head.
be pointed to the place in the sash
wnere nis ancient enemy and fel
low musician. Totiv. had slashed
hts Tray to freedom after being
dragged a distance of some dozen
xeel or more by hia picturesque
appendage. A lew steps away, was
a dox of dynamite which the wily
soexioan nad abandoned in
hasty I light dynamite intended tor
tn asm.
I might a knowed 1L" Sheb
opined, spitting woe-begnely upon
in ground, -l might knowed it
any he-man that'd wear a thing
iute ran to noid up Ins pant !'
(Copyright, Ruth Cross)
(To be continued)
SILVERTON SCOUTS
AT COURT OF HONOR
fHlmliaj At the January court
oc honor of Boy Scout held al
Fraternal temple tn Salem, the fol.
lowing local scouts earned merits:
Second flan Roland Asboe and
Harold Davis; merit badge for
cooinletloa) f studies were Bex
Russell, electricity and chemistry;
Raymond Spechl. cycling; Oscar
8pecht, eyetmg; Wesley WUnami,
hiking and cooking; Wendell Herk
Ison, flremanship: Ralph Langler,
masonry, electricity, plumbing; Roy
Brady, agriculture, automobile, rep
tile study; Harold Davis, fireman
ahlp and leathercraft; and Norman
uennajon, personal health and
flremanship, -
LINN COUPLE WEDDED
Albany P. W. McDantel, 34,
and Constance Trotter, It, Lebanon,
were issued a marriage license Wed
nesday and were married by County
Judge B. M. Payne. Mr. and Mrs.
HcUaniel win make their home at
Brownsville.
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