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< Continued from last week).
Tlm orilrr» l"ittum«l In tin* r««*f«-r»
giivs In- Malay u fit-«» »weep tu Elcho,
unii J.ok Moore uml Oyster were tin
meli to Hike It g I «I anil imrd. Mur«-
i> vi. there win glory ulxsird Pelili«/)
valila iki I m , way up railroad men
waiting tu see wlmt for Unitive piwet
we b u| In th" woolly went, bow w<
v II iii I ki I moiiiilullm uml akirteil vnn
you »nil'« uml eriiwhtd dowu 2 nml I
per ««'lit Munii-«. ’I lii'ii will Buck
lil'naelf In tliv private car wlmt w nuli'
they let her out uml »wiing Im Mol'ii
Illi Oligli the gorge IIH limy I k * yoil'vi
.■ ■'U ii pnrtli'ulurly buoyant Ulte «link«
it« tall out of tin* gru«« nini drug It
I'ureeulliU skv «lini When they slow
vd for Eh hu nt tilglitfnll. pn-t tirât nuit
MM'oiul eighty, nml Ilin k« umiit«l the
llllleilitv the I'ciiiiaya refuned to Imlle««
It for iliv hour'« run. But. fn«t ii »
they limi «|«*i| ululi g the Iron trull, Mur
liti I niffy'a work hud »|s«i nlmnd of
them, uml thin order wim waitlug:
Trl«<raphlc Train Order No. 1k
j
I*, amt K. Ttilrd No. NO. Kat Hiver.
and E Npecla
». Elcho.
Third No Ml. I.iiglaa ZIO, amt Spn-la)
» III meet al Huck I'otnt.
J M C.
1
D.
Wish thia meeting point imide It
would I k * pretty much over lu the dia-
p.ìtchera' office. Martin I niffy puabed
hi« sallow hnlr tmi'k for the lu«t Urne,
uml. lenvlug young «lidding", to get the
lust <>. K.‘a unit the hint complete ou
hi« trh k. got nut of the clinlr.
It hud Imeu n tremendo«!« day fur
«•ItMliiga. ii trvnivtidoii« day Thirty-
"Let Tracy lake l/te krp.”
two «iH'chil« on the dispatcher». uml
GUIdlng* copying for the chief Ih* s.-it
down lifter Duffy, tilled with u riotous complete, and at 7:55 Elcho reported
importune«* licctiusc It wn« ii iw in ef Fpii'lal .12«! •‘out." all ju»t like dock
fect nil up to Glddliig« personally .it work. Wlmt n bend Martin Duffy haa,
tbougtit young «¡Iddlngi. and. In-hold,
leaat until Barile« Tracy should pre« all the complicate«! everlasting head
ently kick blm out of the «eut of honor work of the trick und the day und of
for the night trick Mr. Glddlng» wit the Went End und It« honor was now
dowu und waited for the signature of np to tli«* algnntur«* of thin! elgiity at
the order«.
Hat Hirer. J*f«t third eighty'« «Igna
Very ««wn Pat Francia dropp«*d off Hire for the Itock Point inerting, and
I'e Molay Four, «lowing at Elcho, run the l>1gge«t Job ever tackl«*«! by a «In
«freight to the oiwrator for bla order. gle track road In America. Glddlng«
alk'UHt It, aud at ouce Onler 71« wan thought, wa« done, nix! «aril done.
throbbing back to young Glddlng» ut
Ho the ambition« Glddlng« by mean«
Medicine Bruii It wan precisely 7.54 «>f a ¡xx-ket mirror !u»|>ect««l a threat
p. ni. when Glddlng« gave back tlie ening pimple ou the end of Illa chubb)
rma<*. panning the glaua aklllfully «a
Burn«'« Tracy couldn't »<■•• It eveu If bu
old interrupt bl« eruption, ami w«lt««l
for Hob Duffy, the Itat Itlver night-
mull, to come back at blm with third
eighty'« algnntiire.
I'ndrr Glddlng*
eye u» I m * ant ticked Martin Duffy’«
chronometer, the watch that split th»
seconds nnd chimed the qiniflera B!“l
atoppwl ami alerted ao lmjs»»»lbly ami
ran to a aecoml n mouth th«* watch
that Buck», who never did tiling« by
balvea, bud given little Mnrtlu Duffy
with the order that made him chief
It luy nt GUidlnga' Huger«, ami tlw
minute hnnd wl|x«l from th«* euamel«i«J
dial 7 o'clock fifty five, fifty-all, «even
eight ulue. Young Glddlng» turioxj t<
bin order book uml ln«pv<'t«'d bla en-
tri«'» like a methodical l»ookkce|>«-r, «ml
Martin Duffy'» ciirouoiin*ter chimed tin
fourth quarter. H o'cl«M*k. one entry b«
I.ad «till to Iimki- Bosk In Imml. b<
call««! Itat River.
"Get third eighty'« algnntur«* to Or
tier 71» and hurry them out." lie tapped
hiipntlviitly at Bob Duffy.
There wun a wait. Giddings light'«!
bla pip«* the way «’nllaliiin alwaya light
««I lila pipe ¡Hitting out bla lipa tc
catch nil th«* perfume uml blowing th«
fir»t «'loml away wearily, aa Callahan
alwuya did wearily. Then he twlrl«*d
the mutch inmlllntlvely and ll«t«*ned
nml g >t audnenly thin from Bob Duffy,
nt ll.il ltli.-r
"1 forgot order "!»." came Bob Duffy'«
meMauge. “I l«*t tblnl eighty go with
out It. They left here nt 7:5(/*—fifty
aoim-tblng. Glddmga never board fifty
wlmt. The mu tell weut Into the Ink
the pipe Into the water ¡«ill, und Gid
ding», before Bob Duffy tlnl»b««l. Ilk«
a drowulug mau. waa culling Elcbt
with the life and d«*ath. Hi«* 11» call.
"Hold Kjsx'lal 820!“ he cried over th«
wlte the luataut Elcho replied.
But Elcho, at«*ndlly. answered thia:
"Bpecial—32«» left h«»re - 7
Glddlng». with iKitb band« ou the ta
ble. rai»««l up like u drunken man. lb«
Went End waa ugalust It. Third eighty
In the open aud going ngiiluat the D<
Moluy Four! Bucko. Callahan, wlfe-
everytxaly and Itock Point a blind »Id
Ing Hint no won! from anybody on
earth <*ould reach ahead of third eighty
Glddlng» aprnug to the open window
and aliout««! to «uybody and everybody
to call Martin Duffy. But Mnrtlu Duf
fy «poke iM'hlml him.
“Wlmt do you want?" he naked. It
came terribly quick on Glddlng» a» b»
turned.
"Wluit'H the matter?" exclaimed Mar
tin. looking into tin* boy'» ftua*. "Bjieuk,
cun't you? What'« the mutter. Gid
dlugaF*
“Bob forgot Order 71» ami let third
eighty g > without It aud N|H«*lnl 32«!
1» out of Elcho,“ choked Glddiuga.
"Wlmt?-
“Bob ut Itat itlver gave third eighty
n cl«*araiM.*e without th«- Onler 7U.”
Murtlu Duffy »pruug »triugbt up In
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Oretfon.
lb» air. Dili-«* be »hut bl» llft««J hand»,
ome Im k»>k««l at Gl'ldlug». »taggerlug
agulu through Um frightful new», tlmu
I m * drop|i«d lutu the chair, kxilwd wlkl
ly arouml, a«-lze«l bla key like a liuntwl
man. »tared at Ida train »b«-et. grablmtl
Um order lx»>k and ll»t>'Ue<l to Glddlug«
cutting off one hope after another of
•topping Hpeclal 32»l. Ill» finger» net
macbanlcally, and be matte the Itat Itlv-
•T call; but Itat Itlver wun »llent. With
Banie« Tracy tiptoeing In tmblml on th«
ln»tln*-t of trouble and young Glddlng»
•baking like a leaf, tbo chief call««!
Itat Itlver. Tlmn be call««l El>-ho. a«k>*d
for H|m* l«l H2C, am! Elctio again re|mat-
««! ateadlly:
“Kjmc'al- 32«k left -here—on- order - 1
7V at—7:5>* p. tn.”
Martin Duffy Imnt tiefore the met-
■«age. young Ghldlng«. who had Imen
w!d»|>erlng to Tracy, droppcl ou a
»tool and covered hl» face.
“I»«in't cry. Gldding«." It wa» Duffy
who »poke, dry and parcbetl bl» vol««*.
"It'» nothing you <«>ul«l help." He
look««! around ami »aw Tracy at bla
elteiw. •*.Barn«-n," be aald, but Im trlevl
twice l«ef<»re hl» voice would carry.
“Barne«—tb«-y will meet In the Cinna
mon cut. Gkldlnga told you? Bob
forgot forgot my order
Itnn. Bid
ding«. for Henedk-t Morgan ami Dou
bleday nnd «'artiart quick!"
Glddlng» ran. tlm Itat Rlv«*r call echo
Ing again down tlm ball Iwhlnd him.
Rat Itlver wn» cl«m«-«t to Rock Point —
would get the fir»t new» of tb<- wreck,
and Martin Duffy wa» calling bla
rtH-rearit brother at Uie Hirer, but the
itlver wa» »llent.
Doubl««lay and the company »ur-
g«-on. Dr. Carhnrt. ruidied Into the room
almont togetlmr. Then came with a
rtorrn the wrecking tar«». Beti««ll<M Mor
gan. It wan only an evil hour that
bniught Ben««1i<*t Morgan Into the dl»-
patcher1« office. Kttxqmd and »llent.
Martin Duffy, bolding the chair, wax
calling Itat River. Cartinrt watch««!
him Ju»t a moment, then he took Bam«««
Tracy »aide and whlapered. and. going
back, imnt ov«w Duffy. The chief pull-
««! hlmaelf up
"Imt Tracy fake the key." rep«*ate<!
the dm'tor. "Get away from the table
a minute. Martin. It may not be a»
bn<! a» jrou think "
Duffy, looking Into the »urgeon'a
face, put hl» tian«! on hl» arm. "It’s
the T»e Molay train, the Special 32fl.
with Bucks’ car. double headed. Oh.
my God. I can’t stop them. Doctor,
they will m««'t!“
Cnrtiurt unfastened the fingers on hi«
arm. “Come away a minute. Let
Tracy have the key." he urged. "A
bend ender. eb?" croak««! Bene«ll<W Mor
gan from the counter, and with a
frightful «»atli. "A head ender'"
"Shut up. you brute!" bi«»««l Car
hart. Duffy'» hand» were creeping
qu«*erly up the »Id«*» of hl« herd.
•Sure." growled Benedict Morgan
lowerlngly. “»ure. Shut up. Of course
Shut up."
Carhnrt wa» ■ quick man. He start
ed for the wrecker, but Duffy, spring
ing. »topped him. "For God'» sake.
kfH-n cool, everybody!" he exclaimed
piteously. There was no one else to
talk, to give the order». Bucks and
Callahan both on the special, mayb«
past order giving now. Only Martin
Duffy to take the double load aud the
double sbaiut*. lie stare«l. da led again
luto the fucvH arouml as be held to the
fiery surgtsiu. “Morgan,” he add««!
stendlly. looking at the surly wrecker,
“get up your crew, quick. Doubleday,
make up all tlm coaches in the yard
for an ambulance train. Get every
doctor In towu to go with you. Tracy,
clear the line!"
The master mechanic nml B«*m«!lct
Morgan clattered downatalra. Carhart,
runulug to the telepboue, told central
to summon every niedi«*nl man lu the
Bend and hurrl««l out. Before Im bad
covert«! a block, roundhouse cullers,
Uke tliiws of wiud before a storm,
were scurrying the stnmts and from
th«- tower of tlie tire bouse sounded the
harsh clang of the emergency gong for
th«* wreckers.
Caught where they could be caught
out of saloons, lieds, poker joints. Sal-
vutlon barracks, churches, the men ol
lb«* wr««.'kiiig crew ran down the si
lent »treeta, waking now fast Into life
Congregations were dlspers«*d, hymns
cut. prayers forgotten, bars deserted,
hells emptied, barracks raid«*«l at tbut
call, the emergency gong cull, fell us a
fire ts'll for th«* Mountain division
wrecking gaug.
While the ynr«l crews shot up and
dowu the spurs, switching emiches lute
tin* relief train, Bencllct Morgan, with
solid volleys of oaths, was organizing
his men and filling them at tlm lunch
counters with huge seboonera of oof
fee. Curburt push««l again through
the Jam of men and up to the dlspatcb-
ers' office. Before and behind him
crowdisl the local physicians with in
strument bags and bandages. The om
inous baggage dep«>slted ou the office
floor, they sat dowu iitniut the room or
hovered arouml Carhurt, asking for
details. Doubleday, tall aud grim,
came over from tlm roundhouse. Ben-
<«lict Morgan stamped up from thv
yard.
The Mountain division wa»
ready.
All three dispatchers were in the
room. John Mailers, tlm «lay man.
st«xsl near Tracy, who hail relieved
Giddings. Tlm Hue was clear for the
relief run. Elcho had tmeu notified
of tlm imimmliug disaster, and at Tra
cy's elbow silt the chief, looking fixedly
ut tlie key. taking tlm bob of tlm sound
er with his eye. A dozen men in the
room were talking, but they spoke as
men who. speaking, wait iffi tlm life of
n fuse. Duffy, with suspeuse deepen
ing lilt«» frenzy, pusim«l Tracy's hand
from tlm key and. sliding luto the
chair, began once more to call his
brother at Kat River.
"R, T - R. T — It. T - It. T —
cll»k«*«! the Itlver call. “R, T — R.
T — R. T — Bob — Bob — Bob." spelled
the sender. "Answer me. auswer. an
swer. It, T — It. T — It, T — It. T —”
And Barn««« Tracy ««lgeil away and
leaned back to where th«* shadow hid
his face, and Juliu Mailers, turning
from the pleading of the current, »tar««) |
glixjinlly out of the wlmlow across the
yard, shimmering under the double (
relay of arc lights, aud young Gid
dings, wbo couldn't »tarn! It—Just
««»uldn't »tarn! It tmmllng ou bla «tool.
«b<s»k with gulping sotm.
7'lie others knew nothing of the heart
breaking lu the little clicks. But they
all knew the track knew where the
trains woulil meet; knew they could not
by any possibility s«-e «-acb other till
they whirl««! together ou the curve of
the Ctanamoo cut or on tlie trestle west
of it. and they wait««! only for the
breaking of the »uspeuse that settled
heavily over them.
Ten. twenty, thirty, forty minutes
went, with Martin Duffy at Intervals
vainly calling. Then, as the «wack
o | h - iis on the fiel«| of Ice. as the snow
lir««iks In the mountain slide, as the »«-a
gives up at last Its d«-ad, the sounder
•fioke—Rat River made th«- dispatch
er's call. And Martin Duffy, »taring
at the copper coll. pusb««l himself up In
hl» chair like a man that etiok'-s. caught
»mothering at bl» neck, and «lipped
wriggling to the floor.
«'arhart caught him up, but Duffy’s
ey«-s star««! mcanlngl««M past him. Itat
River was calling him, but Martin Duf
fy was |iaxt the taking. Like the man
next at the gun. Barn««« Tra«-y sprang
luto the chair with the I, I, D. The
surgeon, «»iddlngs helping, draggwl
Duffy to the lounge in Callahan's room
—tils chief was more to Giddings then
than the fate of Kpeciai 32«!. But txxm
confusixl voice« liegan to ring from
where men were crowding around the
diHpatcher«* table. They echoed in to
Where the doctors worked over the rav-
ii-K ctn. f
And young Giddiugs. help
ing. began, too, to bear at range things
from the oth«-r room.
“The moon"—
"Tlie moon?"
"Tlm moon!"
"What?"
Barnes Tracy was trying to make
himself tmard:
"The moon! Moon! That'» English,
ain't It? Moon."
"Mho's talking at Rat River?" de-
manded Ben««lict Morgan hoarsely.
“Chick Neale, ««inductor of third
eighty. Their train 1» back at Rat
River. Go«i Id«*«» that man.” stammer
ed Barnes Tracy, wiping his forehead
feverishly. "He’s an old operator. He
•ays Bob Duffy Is missing. Tell Mar
tin. quick, there isn't any wreck—
quick f
"What does Neale say?" cried Dou-
bleday, with an explosion.
Tracy thought he had told them, but
be hadn't. “He says his engin«*er. Abe
Monsoon, was sea rad by the moon ris
ing Just ax they cleared Kennel Butte.”
explained Tracy unsteadily. "He took
It for the beadlight of Special 328 and
jump«! from his engine. The fireman
backed the train to Rat River. See?"
While Tracy talked. Mailers at the
key wa» petting It all. “I»ok here."
he exclaimed, "did yon ever hear of
such a mlxnp In your life? The head
brakeman of the freight was In the
cab. Neale says. He and the engineer
were talking about the last conclave
the dignity of a mau temporarily In
charge of the entire division.
A yell weut out of tbe room like a
tidal wave. Doubhslny and B<*n««!lct
Morgan bad uot spoken to each other
since the night of tbe rouudboua« fire—
that was two yrar«. They turn««! won
der »track to each other. I»oubl««lay
Impulsively put out bla baud and. be
fore be eould pull It In again, the wreck
ing lx»«» grabbe«! it like a pay check.
Carbart. wbo was catching the news
from tbe rattle of young Giddings, went
wild trying to rep«-at It to Duffy with
out losing It In bla throat. Ttie chief
wa» opening bls eye», trying to under
stand.
Medical men of violently differing
•chools allopaths, homeopeth«, osteo
path«. eclectics—made their ¡>«*»ce with
a whixip. A reelheatled druggfnt. who
bad rung himself In for a free ride to
the horror, threw bl» emergency pack
ets Into the middle of the floor. The
doctors caugtit the Impulse. Instru
ment cnxes were laid with solemn ten-
deme«» on the benp, and a dozen crazy
men. Joining hands around the pyred
naw» and gauze, struck up “Old Hun
dred."
Engineer Monsoon was a new man,
who had been over the division only
twice before In bls life, both times In
daylight.
For that emergency Abe
Monsoon was the man of all other», tie
cause It tak«*« more than an ordinary
moon to »care a thoroughbred West
End «*ng1n«-er. But Monsoon and hl»
moon headlight had betw«*en them aav-
ed De Molay Four from the scrap.
The relief nrrangem«mts and Mon
soon's beadllgtit were the fun of It. but
there was more. Martin Duffy lay
eleven weeks with brain fever before
they could say moon again to him. Bob
bad skipped Into the mountains in the
very hour that he had disgraced him
self. He has n«»v«*r shown up at Med
icine since, but Martin Ut still chl«*f,
and they think more of him on the
Mountain district than ever.
Bucks got the whole thing when De
Molay Four r«*ach««l Rat River that
night. Bucks and Callahan and Moore
and Oyst«*r and Pat Francis got It and
smiled grimly. Nobody else on Sp«>cial
320 even dreamed of l«*avlng a bone
that Sunday night In the Cinnamon
cut. Ail tbe rest of the evening Bucks
smiled Just the same at the Knights
sr«l the Knlght«*ss«*s. and th»-y thought
him. for a bachelor, wonderfully enter
taining.
A month lat«r. wh«*n the old boys,
more or less ragged, came straggling
back from Frisco, Bucks’ <*rowd stayed
over a train, and he told his Pennsyl
vania cronies wbat they had slipped
through In that delay at Rock Point.
"Just luck,” laugh««! one of the east
ern superintendents, who wore on his
watch chain an enormous Greek cross
with "Our Trust Is In God" engraved
on it. “Just luck." be laughed, “wasn’t
itr
"Maybe." murmured Bucks, looking
through the Wickiup window at the
Teton p«»aks. “That la. you might «rail
It that back on tbe Penn. Out here I
guess they'd call It, Ju«t God.”
THE END.
BROWER
R. T. Smith and son, Osmon, are
still working on the railroad at Bridal
Veil.
Miss Liira and Irena Knapp have
return««! from hoppicking and report a
very enjoyable time.
W. W. Sharp is clearing land and
making improvements on his place.
Born—to Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Turner,
of Palmer, a son.
Miss Laura Burkholder expects to at-
tend Gresham school this winter.
Brower school commenceil last Mon
day. Miss Luther of Palmer is teacher.
D. O’Keef made a business trip to
Portland last w«*ek.
A telephone meeting was helil at
Brower last Saturday anti four new
phontis were added to the line, making
a total of nineteen.
D. Smith and wife, of Bridal Veil,
visited Gixirge Smith on Sunday.
F. H. Rix was on the sick list last
w«*ek.
G. Gill left Monday for his place in
Washington to take care of his w heat.
Miss Laura Burkholder spent Tuesday
ami W«xlnes<lay visiting her sister, Mrs.
Kaer, at Bridal Veil.
Monsoon rcwrmd and jumped off after
flint
train, wondering where they were go
ing to meet It, wbeu the brakeman
spied the iihhiu coming up around Ken
nel Butte curve. •There’s the 32tJ spe
cial!' be yell««! nnd hglit«sl out the
gangway. Monsoon reversed anil Jump
ed off after blm so quick he kuocked
tin* fireman over in the coal. When
th«* fireman got up—hi* hadn't heard a
word of It nil—he couldn't see anything
abend but the m«xm. So he stops the
train and backs up for the two guys.
When Neal«* aud be picked them up
they ran right back to Hat River fot
onlcrs. They never got to Rock Point
at all—why, they never got two miles
east of Rat River.”
“Anil where's Sp«*eial 326?" cried
Doubleday.
"At Rock Point, you loco. She must
b«* there and waiting yet for third
eighty. Tlie stopping of the freight
gave her plenty of time to make tlie
meeting point, dou't you see. and there
sb«' Is. sweating, yet. Neale is uu old
operator. By heaven, give me a mau
of th«* key against the world! Praise
God. from whom all blessings flow!”
"Then there Isu't to li«' any wreck?”
veutured a shy little lady homeopathic
physician, who bad beeu crimped Into
the fray to help do up the manghsl
Knights ami was modestly watting her
opportunity.
"Not touight,” announced Tracy, with
ECS'TEI >S.
I.. A. Davies and wife are at home on
their farm for a few days.
John Sleret is going to southern Ore
gon for a few days' outing this week.
The r««*ent rain has been a great ben
efit to the potato crop. The late ones
promise a goo«l crop this year.
Melvin Long, who is assistant fore
man for the Western I nion Telegtaph
Company, was visiting his mother, Mrs.
R. Neibauer, a few days recently, re
turning Tuesday evening to Pendleton.
Miss Ivy Blackburn return««! last
week from the hoptields, she Ix'ing on
the sick list.
rk'hool ©pencil Monday with Miss
Glongh as teacher.
W. Carpenter came in contact with
what he supposed to lie a panther on
the R. K. Cai Ison farm near Pleasant
Home last Sunday.
The boys all ti»>k a smoke on Lyman
Davies Monday night.
Frank l.inneman, who is working for
the Portland Sts-d Co., and Miss Belle
Cumming were recently spending a
few days with the <i««>rge Moulton
family.
Mrs. Joseph Mamiry entertained a
few friends at a quilting last Thursday.