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All journeys end, and as Sah the tawdry cars of the

local train near Hixon he saw several faces which he recognized, but

they either eyed hi

of the "furriner"

Then the whistle shrieked for the trestle over the Middle Fork, and at

only a short distance rose the cupola of the brick court-house and the

scattered roofs of the town Scattered over the green slopes by the

river bank lay the white spread of a tented company street, and, as he

looked out, he saw uniforle call So the s must be bad,

he reflected He stood on the platfor the trestle There were two gatling guns One pointed its

muzzle toward the town, and the other scowled up at the face of the

mountain Sentries paced their beats Men in undershirts lay dozing

outside tent flaps It was all a picture of disciplined readiness, and

yet Samson knew that soldiers made of painted tin would be equally

effective These military forces must remain subservient to local civil

authorities, and the local civil authorities obeyed the nod of Judge

Holle to the town proper he passed two