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But with a roar the railroadmen leaped and tumbled to the ground, and rushed at them, and they too broke and fled. And the great fight was over, and won. The superintendent was first to reach the little barricade. Jack, he found unconscious from a blow on the head. Wilson had fainted, and Alex drooped limply on the wall of ties, exhausted past speaking.
Officers, soldiers, plainsmen, and railroadmen took a day off to see the sport, and one excursion party, including many ladies, among them Louise, came up from St. Louis. Referees were appointed to follow each man and keep a tally of the buffaloes slain. Comstock was mounted on his favorite horse, and carried a Henry rifle of large caliber. Brigham and Lucretia went with Will.
Besides though, of course, I did not intend to do so dishonorable a thing I knew that I could easily make up the difference by using cheap paint instead of good English lead for priming, or in either one of a dozen other ways; builders have such tricks, just as ministers and manufacturers and railroadmen do.
As from infinitely far away, half heard, half felt, came a low, deadened "Plugk!... Plugk, plugk!... Plugk!" A moment the startled railroadmen stared at one another. Then quickly the superintendent spoke. "Ryan, rout out the engineer and firemen! The rest of you run for your guns, and a dozen good men from your gangs! Don't lose a minute!" The group scattered with a rush.
Phil Armour saw the point. Pay freight on edible portions only. Save the waste. Make more out of the critter than the competitor can. Pay more for him get him. Sell the meat for less. Get the business grow. And he got busy perfecting the refrigerator-car. Armour called together railroadmen and laid the project before them.
Armour still insisted that they could and should provide suitable cars for their patrons. The railroadmen then came back with this rejoinder: "You make your own cars and we will haul them, provided you will ask us to incur only the ordinary risks of transportation." Armour accepted the challenge it was the only thing to do. He made one car, and then twenty.
They objected that a car, for instance, sent from Chicago to New York would require to be iced several times during the journey, otherwise there might be the loss of the entire load. A car of beef was worth fifteen hundred dollars. The freight was two hundred dollars or less. The railroadmen raised their hands in horror. Besides transporting goods they would have to turn insurance company.
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