Instead, Foley turned and walked away. He did not go far, however. He made his way to one of the

ble. He was sorry, but he decided quick

. In his rage he was going to attack the boys

ess the others mix in. I'll

nd the Iron Boy standing over him

ll you it was an accident, and I am sorry I threw the cin

uld have knocked Rush backward into the hot cinder pit. He dodged the blow, however; then suddenly Watski Kali

h!" howled

o hide himself. He stepped fro

ists! Leggo,

ehave yours

ck your h

sympathy from the mill hands who had gathered about. They were laughing and jeering at him, not especial

the worst of it, and that Rush would soon gain the sympathy of the crowd. He did not wi

headed for the humiliated boss. Jarvis sa

oing to do?" de

my way befor

lf and hurt you. You know it wouldn't look well to have

g a vicious kick. The foreman never quite understood how it happened, but the next sec

the foreman, giving it a quick jerk that threw the fellow off his balance. There c

e! He'll burn to dea

oreman out, but

you try any of your funny business on me again. You w

can let us alone if I releas

was murder in a man's eyes it was in Kalins

don't want anything

g upon his remarkable young antagonist. He seemed to think better of it, however, after

must I throw you out of t

t us alone. I wonder what the superintendent w

ay," announced Foley, making a memora

o protest, if we think best, which is not saying that

en you got me into trouble,

hould advise you not to try it. We have come here to work, and at our own request. If you become unbearable I warn you we are perfectl

your pipe and smok

and shoveled out cinders. They gave no further heed to the foreman or the pit boss. The latter two had draw

glow with coals. The plank beneath their feet began to blaze up, the s

re," announced Bob. "This is

the men do not work in a pit as hot as this one is. There must be some other way out o

joke?" dema

hat a

d to c

, placing the plank against the

wling from the hot hole. They

is it now?

We can't work down there, or dig any deeper, until it ge

it burns you up,"

answered Jarvis, with a grin that was intend

on the cinders? I see a ho

e work done in the pit that morning, unless the pit was made livable for the m

nozzle gently sprayed the bed of hot coals. A cloud of steam shot up into the air,

e surly Pole, preferring to pick up what he could by observation. Bob had sat down on the floor, where

," muttered Jarvis, eyeing the pit boss resentfully. "I w

of the open-hearth furnaces with its load of pig iron and scrap for the furnaces, attra

ressing Jarvis, surveying the lad from head to feet as if trying to decid

wer?" retorted Jarvis, gazin

es as you in that pit now. You take t

as hot

tte

until it cools off," answe

ed a dull red unde

ant to lose your whole week's wages. Wha

king his time at getting up, but keeping a weather eye on Kalinski, who ha

cool the

ow

the

boss g

you can

e any great amount of skill or intelli

nt to, but rememb

ded Bob, eyeing the b

using t

sh

straightened up he saw that Kalinski was walking rapidly away, so rapi

muttered the lad. "He seems to be

g from the nozzle of the hose, the stream shooting right over whe

you doing up th

e plants," s

way unless you are looking for tr

I am at wor

is Ka

last I saw of him. He seemed to be i

stream on the cinders full force. He did not know that this was a very dangerous proceeding. No

ld do this all day and not get a stitch

cool and refreshing, for the lad's burns were becoming more

same time keeping a watch for the boss. The latter was nowhere in sight. He h

am, followed by a sharp, hissing sound. Steve knew by the sound that the other pit was being wet down, but it did not occur to him, either, that there w

by the time it reached the floor of the mill. No one chanced to get wet, however, save the two boys, Bob being the more so because he was righ

, St

ha

you think

u

m the centre of the pit that Jarvis was wat

e geyser!"

o

reat, black column rose from under his very feet, lifting him