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Xploded in a field was a factor that puzzled him exceedingly. He
concluded, from what information he possessed, that they had merely
intended this as a warning, which if disregarded might be followed by a
more serious catastrophe. The idea that such a danger threatened his
nieces made the old gentleman distinctly nervous. There were ways to
evade further molestation from the lawless element at the mill. The Hon.
Ojoy could be conciliated; Thursday Smith discharged; or the girls could
abandon their journalistic enterprise altogether. Such alternatives were
mortifying to consider, but his girls must be protected from harm at any
cost. While he was still considering the problem, the girls and Arthur
having driven to the office, as usual, Joe Wegg rode over from
Thompson's Crossing on his sorrel mare for a chat with his old friend
and benefactor. It was this same young man--still a boy in years--who
had once owned the Wegg Farm and disposed of it to Mr. Merrick. Joe was
something of a mechanical genius and, when his father died, longed to
make his way in the great world. But after many vicissitudes and
failures he returned to Chazy County to marry Ethel Thompson, his
boyhood sweetheart, and to find that one of his father's apparently
foolish investments had made him rich. Ethel was the great-granddaughter
of the pioneer settler of Chazy County--Little Bill Thompson--from whom
the Little Bill Creek and Little Bill Mountain had been named. It was he
who first established the mill at Millville; so, in marrying a
descendant of Little Bill Thompson, Joe Wegg had become quite the most
important resident of Chazy County, and the young man was popular and
well liked by all who knew him. After the first interchange of greetings
Joe questioned Mr. Merrick about the explosion of the night before, and
Uncle John frankly stated his suspicions. "I'm sorry," said Joe, "they
ever started that mill at Royal Falls. Most of the workmen are
foreigners, and all of them rude and reckless. They have caused our
quiet, law-abiding people no end of trouble and anxiety already. It is
becoming a habit with them to haunt Millville on Saturday nights, when
they are partly i
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