The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-06-03


Send Constance private car, here, and
arrange for special to leave here Sunday IL
time to connect with New York Limited at
Sixteenth Street, Chicago, Tuesday next"
-click-click! Couldn't YOU
better that?"
"Not on those grades. That gives 'em
60 hours from here to Chicago. They
won't gain anything 10y 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.
Nov, 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"
nat ) IOT lOuceE.
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-tive p. IN. (you needn't wire that !;
arrive nine-five p. IN. 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
ly Now anyone but me would have
lost 30 hours and spent 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.
''Yes, but this isn't Chauncey. It's
Cheyne-lightning. 1t goes"
| Even SO. Guess we'd better wire the
boy. You've forgotten that, anyhow
| 'I'll 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-why;
General uneasiness developed and
spreading"
Ten minutes later Chicago appealed
to Miss Kinney in these words: ''I1
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 land wherein Topeka was con
cerned even Nilsson could not gress)
Don't shoot, colonel. Wen 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 EN-
we don't feel like fighting just now
Nilsson. Tell 'em what we're going for
I guess you and Miss Kinney had better
come along, though it isn't likely shall
do any business on the road. Tell ZEN
the truth-for once"
1t was busy weekend among thu
wires; for, now that their anxiety wa!
removed, men and cities fastened tt
accommodate. Los Angeles called t.
San Diego and Barstow that the South
ern California engineers might know
and be ready in their lonely round
houses; Barstow passed the word t.
the Atlantic & Pacific; and Albuquerque
flung it the whole length of the Atchi
son, Topeka & Santa Fe management
even to Chicago. An engine, combina
ton car with crew and the great ant
gilded Constance" private car wer
to be expedited" over those 1850 miles
The train would take precedence of II
others meeting and passing; dispatch
ers and crews of every one of those salt
trains must be notified. Sixteen loco
motives, 16 engineers and 16 firemel
would be needed-each and every on
the best available. Two and one-hal
minutes would be allowed for changin.
engines, three for watering and two TO
coaling. "Warn the men, and arrang
tanks and chutes accordingly, for Har
vey Cheyne is in a hurry, a hurry;
hurry" sang the wires. Forty mile
an hour will be expected, and division
superintendent will accompany thi
special over their respective divisions
From San Diego to Sixteenth street
Chicago, let the magic carpet be lai
down. Hurry! oh. hurry"
at will be hot" said Cheyne, as the
rolled out of San Diego in the dawn O
Sunday. "We're going to hurry, mann
ma, just as fast as ever we can; but
really don't think there's any good @
your putting on your bonnet and glove
yet. You'd much better lie down an
take your medicine. I'd play you
game of dominoes, but it's Sunday"
"I'll be good. Oh, l will be goot
Only-taking off my bonnet makes m
feel as if we'd never get there"
"Try to sleep little, mamma, an
we'll be in Chicago before you know
But it's Boston, father. Tell theI
to hurry"
:, The six-foot drivers were hammerin