The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-11

R. P. road, and he had no right to
wear its insignia.
The next morning Mrs. Dingley sent
for a physician, who pronounced the
trouble nervous prostration and or
dered perfect rest. Dingley smiled
grimly. Yes he had nothing else to do
now but rest. Hour after hour he lay
passive, yielding to his wife's tender
ministrations. But when the day ar
rived for his train to pull out for the
West he grew strangely restless-and
his wife understood. For the first time
since the excursions had been inaugu-
rated Sam Dingley was not in charge
of his run. And he turned his face to
the wall, murmuring:
Il could have stood it better, Jennie
l believe. If ii had come at any other
time, but next month I'd been twenty
five years with the r. P. in one capac-
ity or another, and quarter of a CEN
fury is long time, Jennie, to stick to
one line. I'd like to have rounded it
out dear. l set such store by it,"
Two days later Hinchman sat at his
desk with an anxious look on his round.
well-groomed face. The hand which
held typewriter letter from the NJ.
r. & n. headquarters twitched nerv-
ously at times. The communication
read as follows:
"Subject-Dingley resignation.
Chicago, June TO- 1S-.
Mr.. d. V. Hinchman, Excursion
Manager, Golden Gate System, Boston,
Mass.-Dear Sir: Referring to your
communication of May 10th, in re-
| Spouse to which we sent you one of
our most promising young men. Mr.
/ Byers, to take the place of Samuel
Dingley. resigned, it seems that some
grave mistake occurred. In this COM
! munication you state that Mr.. Ding
, ley's resignation was asked for on the
J grounds of 'carelessness in reports, and
neglect of duty to an extent that i'm
perils our business at this end of the
line. Relying upon your judgment We
| approved this action. 1t now trans
pires that Mr.. Dingley is one of the
Oldest and most respected employees of
the r. p, through which road he Sc
cured a position with the Golden Gate
combination. The inclosed commune
cation from Mr.. +. B. Gorham, an r.
p. stakeholder, will further enlighten
you as to the situation. We feel con-
fident that your good Judgment will
find some means of reinstating Mr.
Dingley. If you cannot see your way
clear to follow this suggestion, notify
me of the fact Immediately, and steps
will be taken from this end of the line
to secure some satisfactory settlement
of the question. While we agree with
you that whenever an opening in the
Golden Gate service occurs IL should be
given to some one who represents the
M. r. g. N. interests, we would also
recommend that the utmost care should
be taken in creating vacancies. Yours
truly C. r. Smythe. C. p. & T. A."
The enclosure was addressed to the
general passenger agent of the r. p,
and read as follows
Dear Sir-My brother in-law, Mr..
Sylvester. recently returned from
transcontinental trip via the Golden
Gate Personal Conducted Excursion
Route. and he reports treatment so ex-
traordnary that / deem il should be
brought to your attention. Shortly af-
ter leaving Omaha, Mr.. Sylvester was
attacked by heart trouble to which
he is subject at rare intervals, and
he owes his life to the rare good sense
and faithful ministrations of one of
our employees, Mr. Dingley by name.
Instead of putting Mr. Sylvester off at
the first stop, to be carted off to
hospital and probably die en- route,
Conductor Dingley hunted up a physi-