The Irish standard., 1899-05-06


tx. H. Wade. Los Angeles
"The Constance is at Los Angeles,
isn't she, Miss kinsey?"
"Yep." Miss Kinney nodded between
clicks as the secretary looked at his
watch.
"Ready?
Send Constance private car. here, and
arrange for special to leave here Sunday in
time to connect with New York Limited at
Sixteenth Street. Chicago, Tuesday next"
Click-clicll-click! Couldn't you
better that?''
'Not on those grades. That gives 'em
60 hours from here to Chicago. They
won't gain anything by taking special
east of that. Ready?
"Also arranged with Lake Shore and Michi-
gan Southern to take Constance on New
York Central and Hudson River Buffalo to
Albany, and B. and A. the same Albany to
Boston, Indispensable should reach Bos-
ton Wednesday evening. Be sure nothing
prevents. Have also wired Canniff, Toucey,
and Barnes.-Sign, Cheyne."
Miss Kinney nodded, and the secre-
tary went on.
"Now, then. Canniff, Toucey, and
Barnes, of course. Ready?
"Canniff, Chicago. Please take my pri-
vate car Constance from Santa Fe at Six
teenth Street next Tuesday p. m. on N. Y.
Limited through to Buffalo and deliver N.
Y. c. for Albany. Take car Buffalo to AL
bany on Limited Tuesday p. M"
"rhat's for Toucey.'
"Haven't bin to Moo York, but know
that!" with toss of the head.
beg pardon. Now, Boston and AL
bany. Barnes, same instructions from
Albany through to Boston. Leave
three-fve p. m. (you needn't wire that;
arrive nine-fiye p. m. Wednesday. That
covers everything Wade will do, but it
pays to shake up the managers"
Its great" said Miss Kinney, with a
look of admiration. This was the kind
OF man she understood and appreciated.
"'Tisn't bad" said Nilsson, modest
~. Now anyone but me would have
lost 30 hours and spent a week working
out the run, instead of handing him
over to the Santa Fe straight through
to Chicago
"But see here, about that New York
Limited. Chauncey Depew himself
couldn't hitch his car to her." Miss Kin
zey suggested, recovering herself.
"Ies, but this isn't Chauncey. It's
Cheyne-lightning. 1t goes.''
Given SO. Guess we'd better wire the
boy. You've forgotten that, anyhow"
CPL ASK
When he returned with the fathers
message bidding Harvey meet them in
Boston at an appointed hour, he found
Miss kinney laughing over the keys.
Then Nilsson laughed, too, for the
frantic clicks from Los Angeles ran:
I'VE want to know why-why-w ?
General uneasiness developed and
spreading"
Ten minutes later Chicago appealed
to Miss Kinney in these words: eff
crime of century is maturing please
warn friends in time. We are all get
ting to cover here"
This was capped by message from
Topeka (and wherein Topeka was con-
cerned even Nilsson could not guess:
"Don't shoot, colonel. Well come
down."
Cheyne smiled grimly at the con-
sternation of his enemies when the tele-
grams were laid before him. "They
think we're on the war path. Tell 'em
we don't feel like fighting just now,
Nilsson. Tell 'em what we're going for.
guess you and Miss Kinney had better
come along, though it isn't likely shall
do any business on the road. Tell 'em
| the trlth-for once.''
| So the truth was told. Miss Kinney
clicked in the sentiment while the sec
rotary added the memorable quotation:
"Let us have peace" and in board rooms
1900 miles away the representatives of
S63 100000 worth of variously manip-
ulated railroad interests breathed
more freely. Cheyne was flying to meet
the only son, so miraculously restored
to him. The bear was seeking his cub,
not the bulls. Hard men who had their
knives drawn to fight for their financial
lives put away the weapons and wished
him God-speed, while half dozen
panic-stricken tin-pot roads perl<ed up
their heads and spoke of the wonderful
things they would have done had not
Cheyne buried the Ratchet.
1t was a busy weekend among the
wires: for, now that their anxiety was
removed, men and cities FASTENED to
accommodate. Los Angeles called to
San Diego and Barstow that the South
ern California engineers might know
and be ready in their lonely round
houses; Barstow passed the word to
the Atlantic & Pacific; and Albuquerque
flung it the whole length of the Atchi-
son, Topeka q Santa Fe management,
even to Chicago. An engine, combina-
ton car with crew and the great and
gilded Constance" private car were
to be ''expcdited" over those 1880 miles
The train would take precedence of 1T
others meeting and passing; dispatch
ers and crews Of every one of those said
trains must be notified. Sixteen loco
motives, 16 engineers and 16 firemen
would be needed-each and every one
the best available. Two and one-half
minutes would be allowed for changing
engines, three for watering and two for
coaling. Swarm the men, and arrange
tanks and chutes accordingly, for Har-
vey Cheyne is in hurry, a hurry-a
hurry sang the wires. "Forty miles
an hour will be expected, and division
superintendent will accompany this
special over their respective divisions.
From San Diego to Sixteenth street,
Chicago, let the magic carpet be laid
down. Hurry! oh. hurry!"
st will be hot" said Cheyne, as they
rolled out of San Diego in the dawn of
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