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TIIE YOUNG R
“ The deuce he was!”
"Yes; he was hit in the face and his nose broken and
nearly ruined.”
“ Well, I um sorry to hear that. Wliere did it Iiiimwu?“
“I didn‘t heiir," and the bruketniiii got on the ltlitifurm and stood
at hiaj place, whilst the young conductor entered the car and went, to
his desk in the liaiggago-cur.
“ Well. it looks as if l)0I.ll of us was attacked lzist iiijglii," IIor:icc
said to himself. “ I wondur if any of my friends have lJ(>)i‘ll so indis-
creot as to uttnek him on my account? I should he very sorry to hear
that they had."
He made the trip with 1). very dull lieudiiche l)0lll(‘l‘lllLf him all the
But he did ll0l. llE'gll?(2L the duties of his position
one eye
Way to liruiidule.
for all that.
On his w:Ly’l>:ick he met the accoiiiiiicdritioii train, and found one of
the hrukeinen in clizirue of it.
" What's the iiiuttcr with I‘owei'>'?" he iisked.
“ Mo.-,t killed lust ziglit,” was the reply, and then the trains moved
on zigiiiii.
That evening he ll“,(ll'tl that Powers hiid lineii met hy some piirty
uiiknow'1 to him and S2H'1lL'f?ly titi. cketl down by the SL'llt)Ul-IIUUSI‘,
which was more than it. half mile from wliore Paiyiio lived.
“ lie mzide his wtiy home," siiid his iiit‘oi‘iiiniit, “ and sent for Dr.
Tiitliill. I lionrd I)r. Bull any thnt soineliody hiid knocked you down
last night, too."
“ Yes-feel of tliut," and ho took oil IHS cup and let 8 couple of
friends feel the lump on the side of his heiid.
“ Ily Gt‘t)l“.(k‘l" excliiiiued one of tlit-in. “ wlioever lit‘ wits ho was
right zifter you."
“ Yes, iiiid ho lnid me out cold for 8. moiuent or two."
“ ‘Vll0l‘l’ did it li:ip1>(>ii‘."’
“ Under the trim. wiiliiii fifty y:irds of my giiit-, us I was goiiig
lioiiio zilior lenviii: thi- Stuiiliopii Iloii.4ii."
AILROAD KING.
IIe ciime to Ilornce's house heforo he left to go to his train, and
siiid:
“ The rziin lust iiiglit (lE‘>’Il‘t1y0tl thut trail of hlood."
“Yes, so it did. Iuiii sorry. But then you hiive found out one
thing; LIIHI is iiiiiioi't:iiit."
“ What is tlint‘.’"
“ That I told you the truth nhoiit where I W.'lS hit. for you found the
man's ll‘dUl(rl by tho I.[‘l‘t‘ and the stone I hit him with."
" Yes. that's so."
“ And you saw the trail of blood for it hiiiiilrcd yards tlirougli the
woods."
“ Yes."
“ The (Il)Cl.(1l' will tell you thrit no lll(lOlI ('iiini- from me ’I.ll:.tt I was
not hli-ediiig itt till when he Clllllk‘ to see mi-."
Yini."
“Well, :is Powers was hit down hy the 5(‘lllit>l-ll(tl‘>'(‘, l (‘-llllil not
hiive lll't‘ll the ni:iii who tllil it."
“ Yes, tlii1t'rI So," lllttl Ilii‘ll‘.1il‘>' :il ‘iitclii-d hix‘ hurid us if iiii7.zlvd
IIl)l‘:I(',l’, xwni on his WA)‘ to hi< triiiii, flllil wzis sooii
over the prohlem.
Iiiirryiiig toward I-Lvxiiidrile with it loud of ]i:i.<<iiii;i-i'x
l Ull1ll”l‘lVlltLf tlioi‘i-liv was llil’I HI ilw ll':ilIl tiy tliv SlllN‘l'lll'iI‘tiili‘llI.
"I Wztlll. you to tell inn iihzit you ki.ow ailioiii the .’llI.’ll'lt lIlii(‘ll wiiq
iiiziile on I’owi-i's." siiiil tliii lllll(‘I‘.ll. " Whzil do you know of ii‘."'
“ I'll conic to your UlIl('l‘ and toll yon nil I kiii-iv wlivii I li:iv-- iii:idi-
my retiirii to tho ]HlF3t‘llL:(‘I' ziuoiit," lloixico i‘vivi'ieil.
“ Very wiali," ziiid Illt’,t-1llllI?l'lllIt‘lltlt'llI.Wt’llIILlY.i)' leaving lliIJl to lilrl
ilutivs.
Wliiiii ho liiid done his work. IIoi‘.'ii‘<- I':ill"ll til Illt‘ .<iiiwr;ii 12‘
(IlII(‘0.’1llll told hiiii :ill lie know :ili int the iitl.iii'. jii<i in it I‘ im at IIII
tho t‘i‘u<l1‘I‘.
“ Do you know who .’IIiElt‘lxi‘il you?" tho tlllltjllll ii:-'liI‘il.
“I do not."
“ Iliit you liiivo your .=ii:i]iit‘ioii.<‘."'
sir.
“ Did you soc xii yl>oiiy."‘
“ Yes. Wlwll l I'llSl‘ to my foot, hiit not holiiro I ll‘l liini liiive itsttoiie
wliich Ihzid ]llClU‘ll up, and ho Slil[)lH‘(l :tw:iy in tho diiric."
“ Did you hit him?"
“ I think I did, :13 I lionrd (1 Found liko it. mid llii- iiiiiii Illllllt’ ii tl0l.'<t‘
an if in piiiii. I ‘,(lll‘>‘S tlioi'e'a some liiii';;l:irs llilltlt‘ :i tlt“L‘<‘IlI. on the‘
town."
“ I ,<;iio9.< not.
of tho two frioiids.
“Is l’owi>r< hnilly hiirt‘.'"
“The doctor snya his no<e i‘: riiinod. zind ho is not .:iii'o that his
I lim’i>,ii‘t liourd of zinyhoily hoiiu: rolihoil," sziiil nno
right oyo will on-r ho of xiiiy nccoiiiii :i::iiii."
'I'hnt'R too had. Iitin sorry to lli‘1ll' ii." sziiil IIorii<‘0.
ter luck than ho did.“
“ I li:iil hot-
It was not iiiniiy lIUl1t‘4 ere IIOt‘1ICf‘ was (‘(llll‘tl on hy tlw Town Nfniu
Ihzill.
-‘ Look I1I‘t'i’. l’:ii'iio." ho Flllll.
and hiivo yoino to the coiicliisioii tli:it you .’It'(‘ tho nixiii who hit
“ I linvo llt"t‘l) lookim: into this l>ii.<i-
no.4
l’oworsi Inset iii;‘lii."
“ Grout Scott 1" he <‘V4'l‘lllIi(‘tI.
“ l)iiln'i you hit l‘owoi'.U."'
I was. ilowiiod. 1tll<lWli(‘ll I ro<o up I h:id :1 Stoiio
an
" Was it Powers who hit me
" I <ioii't l<n<.w.
in my hniid, and lot it ll]‘lll who “".l:i coining toward Vlli‘ hztvo it right
Ikiioiv it hit him. for I lli‘1ll‘tl it, nnil tho ttlitll arouiiod
I1t]tlSl11‘J',Z1ll'i’il nwiiy. (‘omo with ltll‘ unil I'll show you the vory Spot,
It's yet light (iiiongli. ‘Vt’ inn)‘ tiiid tho rory sioiio it>'i‘lf."
II!‘ It'll tho wit)’ to tho quot lllill thrro thi-y found Wlli‘l‘(‘ :i iii:iii hml
stood lii-liiiid tho trot‘ wnitir.-hr for him HS ho Cllllll‘ iilong. Thoii they
foiiiiil wlieri-, lie hiid IIllli‘ll wlwn >ll”lI(‘lx'. rind l‘Yi‘ll WlH‘l‘t‘ ll1‘lllIill1llxi‘ll
iip tho stoim. Thr-, IJIIIPT li:iil hlooil on it. xiiid th-- hlood was ti‘:i‘ili‘il
Ill!‘-lllizli tho woods till it ln‘(‘:iiiio too ilzirk to ho folloiwit,
“ Aiil We niiiy he iililu to follow llilll ir:iil of hlootl to4iiorrow
ill his IIl".ltl.
ini-riiiiig." i-‘-ziid tho iiizirslitil. who was now rot‘) tillit‘li l‘Xl'lll‘tl lH'(‘l'IlIi‘
:ill'iiir.
Iloriico wont lm('l( homo rind zito siipiwr.
out iind two sioiiio of his Il‘i1’llll'4, hiit his mnihcr illlil si.-.ivr would iioi
ll-i lhnii wiiiitwl to go
t'oii<t-nt. ziiid lll‘ ii-iiiziiiioil iii iloori.
IIlIl‘lIl1:Ili<'ltl;(lIL:lS1lllllllll't‘ sihowi-r t‘:Il'IlI‘ viii, ziiiil tho tr:iil of hlood
xv”; i-ntiroly oiilitiiriiinii, to ‘tho l‘XlI't‘lIlI' di<:iist of tin‘ Illtlfrllilll, who
winiti-il In follow it ll[l niiil >li‘l‘ whs-ro ii I“lI to.
“ Yin“.
“ >o liuvo I. 'l'liii1'z= all I Willll to know." rillil tho Fltlit‘l'llltI‘lltlvll[,
drily.
“ May I inzike XI. h'llKL1t‘>'Il<llt, Mr. .<iiiwi'iiili-iiilviiiT‘ lliIl'.l(‘I‘ .'x<io>il.
" Y:-<. of t‘<iiii‘.<ii."
“It i=tliianlli:x1 if our .<iisiii(‘ioii.< :iro (‘t>fl'l‘('l 1-iiiiisliiiiiiiii I‘t‘iiill;.flI
hits :Ill""(l<l) hi-i-ii iiitlii't<-d."
“I uiit-5.4 you :II'i‘ t‘l‘.fliI. (tllil the .<iiiwi‘iiiiwii li‘tlI miiiiiii-.1 to ho do.
lliitliii: iii lii< mind wh:it hi- shoiil-l do in thi- lli:llll’l’.
lloi':i<-0 Illiiili‘ his how, :iiid “'I‘lll oiii :i< rlirllll its: hi‘ >':Uv' ihrit l-IQ
liiisiiiiisa with tho ‘1llIN‘l‘l!ll"llili‘llI llilil l’IillI‘il Ilo w:i.< iiow fiilly
r::iii<Ili=il th:it the Fitiizitioii w.'i< w will Illl-Ii‘l’Hii'itil liy tho irili('i:il.4 of
tho rt-nil thni Ii4>llllll‘,j l‘oiwr.< or h:< t'i‘ii-iiii< voiilii do or HI)’ woiiid
h:ix'o niiy i-Il'oi‘t its :i::iiiiat him.
tin tho iotiirii trip to .<i:inlioiiii IIor:it-o siiw ‘Ill Ililllli‘li.<i‘ IYKW‘, Wlilt‘ll
hziil hi-on yiziriiitlly ll]l:‘Ul)lt‘vl ti) :1 l'I‘(‘t‘lII >ltll'lll, li‘:llllliL[ lower lh:iii it
w < on tho pt‘t‘V‘l<lll> ll'l]>
“ Tliiit
i‘tiillI‘.fll to do iiii<('litvl to
to ill!‘ >'l1[V(‘tlllIt‘liilt"lll “i1l‘lh‘l‘:tXllH‘ll to C11?
tIl'lI‘lllI1Ill1lj'I‘l“SlIll."
siictiiiii boss to attoiid
on tho It" ‘k." ho .=;iid, “or low
At th-= nor‘. stziiioii lie ti-lo;i':iplit-il
liig Il‘1‘e‘Ilt‘.’II‘ Iifiy
lm down
it II.1‘iI‘o‘.
trim will soon
down
two niilo post :it lIllt‘(‘,(it‘(l:llllIl1t‘l->ll':lt‘lx
Tho 5'llIll‘f‘ltlt(‘l]ill‘ll[ ti-'io:r:ii-liiul tho llO:It‘l‘>'l
to ii iii once rind iiiailm ii rwiiori.
It W:1'i<I(>lH‘. zind tho riiiiiirt n:i.< Flt(‘li that tho siiiieriiilondoiit took
tho iroiililo to w-"ito lli-riico :i tl‘)lI‘ of ih:iiik'< for his w:il(‘lifiiliivs.<.
(‘niidiiiiii-r l‘o'.wi'.< sli-wli in-oiweriiil Iroiii tho Iil‘.flllIlIl siiinili in tho
llllll tinzilly l‘i‘lN',t'li’il lot‘ 'llll.V A lie was
:L‘..'lllll. :iiid w--ii‘. to work with hiit, half of
fumi ho liuil i'- Ci‘li'i'i.,
ggiwii tho Aiwiviiiiiiodxiiioii
his forini-r goo-l loolw‘.
'l'hiiig.= wont i'll >niootlilr for
to :1 stop zit in little town “'ll1‘I‘t‘lItH‘2I<'0‘ li:i-I oiiov llllll It‘0lll>lP with :i
IlIt‘lI got on in
st-iiio iwol<<. whon, us the triiiii (‘.'ltli(‘
lviilly who did not wiiiii to ]i:iy Ill‘ for-x Ill‘ .<:iw tivo 3
holly. :lllIl:lll.‘1v'Jll ilii=iii<iilv-nu in tho rlItlHlxlllL'4(‘iIt‘.
To his :4lll"]it‘lrI’ ho sziw that two of lliI'tll woiwi tho man who had once
ti:-ih-d 4‘-iiitliii-iiir l'ow-'r<. niid uhoiii hi-, :i< ll llt‘iLv‘lll:lll on tho rond
:it tho iiniix Fllllllllvil with ill‘ iron iiolwr. lli< ohwi'v:itioii told him
that tho I‘llll'I‘ llirvo in--ii iwro of tho <:iiiii' >":iiiip.
“ Tlirii vrowil hm-‘ room on limiril for llll>l'lllt'I :14 Fl'I‘l‘1l8IVIII ii (‘OIL
“ But I‘iii
lint how
114 lit‘ ‘.Il:lll(‘4‘vl :il tho-ii.
ilii(‘loi'."s:ii<l IIiil'1l<‘t‘li> hinio lf
‘viii lIl‘Il iiiu out of tho l.iio if I (‘lift llI‘lli ll.
If lot
i.ot ;((ilIl‘.(