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"We work for Gid Ward, He owns the Poquette land, don't he? He said he didn't want any railro'd there. He told us to come down an' dump the thing. We come down, of course it's been dumped. You can fix that with him. But you're a good little fighter, my man. He didn't tell the truth about you." The young man groaned. The ethics of the woods were growing more opaque to his understanding.
'A giant whiskered woodsman led the onrush of the attacking force; and the gang interposed itself between the railroad property and its defenders. "Hold up there, right where ye are, all of ye!" the giant shouted. "What is your business here?" demanded the young man. "Are you that little railro'd chap that thinks he's runnin' this end of the country on the kid-glove basis?" roared the big man.
The attached sleds, loaded with the rails and spikes and other material, followed like a line of huge, frightened beavers seeking their hole. "There," ejaculated Connick, wiping the sweat from his brow, "when that hole freezes up the Poquette Carry Railro'd will be canned for a time, anyway. Now three cheers for Colonel Gid Ward!" The cheers were howled vociferously.
I am simply standing up for my rights as a citizen under the law." "Wal, I ain't here to argue law nor nothin' else with yeh. I've had you brought up here so's I can talk straight business with you. You've had a pretty tart lesson, but I hope you've learned somethin' by it. I've showed ye that a railro'd can't be built over Gideon Ward's property till he says the word.
"Ah, I don't know anything about your business, nor care!" Connick growled. "I only know there's something about a Poquette railro'd in it. But all that's between you and Gid Ward. You can talk that over with him." "Do you mean to tell me that you and your men have destroyed that railroad property without having any special grudge against the project?"
"Yes," remarked Hiram, nestling down once more under the bulwark, after viewing the display of amateur activity, "of course, if you're afraid to tackle a little deep water once more, just for the sake of an outin', then I've no more to say. I've heard of railro'd engineers and sea-capt'ns losin' their nerve. I didn't know but it had happened to you."
He pointed to the men of the settlement, who were now joined by their wives and children, and were watching operations from the bank. "Three cheers for the brave men and the sweet ladies o' Sunkhaze!" Loud laughter followed these cheers. The people on the shore remained discreetly silent. "Three groans for the Poquette Railro'd!"
"Why, railro'ds ain't any of our business," the giant replied, with his eyes wide open and frank. "What are you slaves?" Parker cried, angrily. In addition to his lesson in woods' thivalry he was getting education regarding the irresponsibility of these unconventional children of the wild lands. The taunt did not seem to anger the men. "This railro'd is Gid Ward's business," said Connick.
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