The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-17

said hat worthy. sullsaly- -Taere he
: z0W.
= Ee-1e-A1 wLt1 = very p-o-p-. 1A
c11e6 manner. opened ths door a. he
spoke ~N0W then. IS that rig rszdys
zsE@1 tie rsW-e0-er MOI Say
yCz people need = lirtls Quickziirer. Z
could have walked 70 QuzrryvIlis In
this tine
1Aat's zot Brugzen. saiz R0he-1.
A-if zi111. AID TIE szaaezza sarnes
quickly.
vel Should hope not ne
scoun1rsl Is in sz1, where hs should
have been year sg0. Ny name Is
Marns"
President Marne9- cried both
yC1tAs II 2 breath
Ar- lar-e laughed. I guess yoa
Quarry folks think It's about tine
sczs 81 rs PIT II an appearance. How
are things going On there n0wg
he looked grave enough at B0b's
hasty account Poor Vance ! dout
wnz1er that the men are desperate
How soon can you get ne over there
1oyzs Double your team Il neces
szry,s
TIE ExDresz- tore It's way through
the mud zs fast as four fresh horses
could pull it. but before the bridge
came in sight. the guick-eyed presi
dent asked. What's all that smoker
The Offices burningg
Not the ozces, cried Robert
springing to his feet They're farther
north It's the bridge That Is what
Turner meant"
He caught up the mailbag and hung
i over his shoulder By a lezthern
strap "YOuW have TO 60 round by
the ether bridge Severn; it's ten
miles but the only way, with the
creek where il is. III 60 over the
tood-poIe and tell them you're CON
ing"
-Fouu drovnl you'n drownl"
Severn The food-gate is a foot IN
der water. If it's there at al Mr.
Marne-stop himl"
But the president Of the Casson
Quarry Company went skimmlng
across the fields at the heels OF the
mall carrier. and, leaving the Express
10 take care Of itself. Severn followed
hard after.
Over the aood-pole rolled the swol- (
len current, six inches deep: the great
gate pulled and tugged at it with all I
the force OF the torrent added to its
Own weight. The carrier resolutely /
worked his way across. though heavy 4
planks twice reared up almost against
him, and once he was nearly thrust I
down by mass Of brush and sticks.
If be can do il, can" said Mr.. +
Marne, and forthwith went scrambling 4
down the bank, while the smoke Of 4
the burning bridge rolled heavily I'D
the stream.
Ten minutes later. Robert ran out
upon the main street Of QuarryTiIle to
ind nearly a hundred desperate men
gathered about the Offices. tearing Of
the boards that had covered the IN
finished doors and windows and pull
ing them inside There, between two
others, almost as II he we're a prs
oner. stood Bert Vance. looking pale
and half-frightened. as II he had Just
begun TO realize what his foolish prom
ise meant
Stop. cried the mail carrier, @stopl
BurgseR is in j2il-AIr. Alarne is com
ing-I saw HMM Chatham-he's
coming
NO. he isn't; he's here painted q
voice behind him. Give me those
ny lad Nov scamper. be
fore I find out who you are. Clear out.
All Of you. Who am I? I'm Andrew
J. Marne. and I'm prepared to settle
every honest claim against the Quar-
p Company. Go home, quick. before
he constables get here"
He was . stranger 70 the men. and
bis drzggied. disOrdered condition
drew 3 murmur from the crowd:
That's never Marne; It's a scheme
10 scare US OIL"
Then suddenly the crowd parted
and DIR. Vance, looking like a corpse, 1
-Ottered up the steps with Thank
God. it's 8lr. Marne." and fell Ike a
og Al the presidents feet A dozen
men sprang forward to raise him, but
Bert reached him first II that awful
when he believed his father
lead. or dying. in his arms. the evil
influence that had led him sstray. lost
Is power forever.
The sun Of March set on a quiet
-iilage and a grateful community.
Each man had bis rightful wage. with
interest. and a bonus for sticking 10
york under trying conditions. Best /
4 al they had learned to know their
employers as just men. who meant to
leal fairly with them at all times. As I
Or Turner and two others concerned ! 7
With him in the burning Of the bridge.
hey vanished and QuarryFille knew
hem no more. d
Late in the afternoon. Mr.. Ararne {
nd the mail carrier went down 10 {
lev the scene o. their previous days Z
dVenture. The rush Of water. the Z
teady pull Ct the big gate, had done &
heir Work Even Is they looked. the
ood-pOle gave way. and with the
ate was swept down stream = mass {
p ,~-rrlrar. 4