carrying trade of the camp. By consequence it can force every shipper
in the district to make iron-clad contracts, so that when the Utah
line is finally completed it won't be able to secure any freight for
a year, at least."

"Oho! that's the game, is it? I begin to savvy the burro: that's the
proper phrase, isn't it? And what are our chances?"

"We have about one in a hundred, as near as I could make out from
Mr. Callowell's statement of the case. The C. G. R. people are moving
heaven and earth to obstruct us in the canyon. If they can delay the
work a little longer, the weather will do the rest. With the first
heavy snow in the mountains, which usually comes long before this,
the Utah will have to put up its tools and wait till next summer."

Adams lighted another cigarette.

"Pardon me if I seem inquisitive," he said, "but for the life of me
I can't understand what these obstructionists can do. Of course, they
can't use force."

Winton's smile was grim. "Can't they? Wait till you get on the ground.
But the first move was peaceable enough. They got an injunction from
the courts restraining the new line from encroaching on their right
of way."

"Which was a thing that nobody wanted to do," said Adams, between
inhalations.

"Which was a thing the Utah _had_ to do," corrected Winton. "The