The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-17
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TIE Caaoa Quzrrfss lay amoaF
ths halls hack q QnzrryFzlle. "a
whieh they gzre lis name Quarry.
vile Fas snail place. the nezrss-
rzli-oai toun. CHATHAM. vas four
niles a1f q half zway - tire road
Across ioss ard through the woods.
taH distance was barely three.
Bat Indlza Run lay between. and
vas u0E always 10 be 1epezde1 upon
X01 Eight cross comfortably On tts
f31t1vi1ge f7r months. eTen for q year
Or tT3. booking down ln Midsummer.
70 see the oil Iasian wink lzrilT At
y0u from among the weeds Then AZ
4 spring freshet, or after an unusual
rzi-tail he woll1 r-sh booming BE-
twean h2 bazks. : swollen. raging
riFer. that scorned footbridges and
nuch more stable structures, ard
swept the bottom lands clear Of
fences. crops. stock or anything that
Eigat chance 10 be IN his way
He wzs calming down after q mid
winter t1aw. one mid February after
n1cz. wke1 three lads ran down the
western bzzk with a shout Behind
thzu. more Slowly. came Robert Wes-
iey. tie y0ung Quzrryville mail car
rler
on pshaw.- cried Bert Vance,
-z70k Bon Ths footbridge went with
the ies dzF before yesterday. and nov
t.r-s z0es orr boat You didn't puH
acr far enough Up. Will"
Two-m5le walk round By the
bridge. geutleuen.@ sighed VIII Por-
ter 5oisf4llY.
There's the food-pole Just below
the bend.- suggested the mail carrier.
TIE zood-pole was thirty-fve feet
l9ng. rEO stout sticks OF timber.
lzs.ed together and firmly bedded ii
ths bark At either end above ordinary
high water From II hung a swing
Eate. Which prevented cattle in ad-
50inirg feds fr0m using. the creek as
highway when the water should Be
low City bred SeFern Hunter. Bert
Fances cousin. laughed tin he nearly
feil on zs al four sat astride the food
pole in q row, and propelled them
selves across. hOp-tOad fashion.
Never crzwhshed over = food pole
before. did yOu, Huntar27 said VIII
Porter We may as Eell get used to
i, u the Quarrymen do as they say
thsy vii. unless they're paid-blow up
the bridge before any one shall cross
II % finish the Offices
II wlsh they'd blow up the whole
business. said Bert Vance. hotly.
What good viii that do7"
Teach the company a lesson per
kaps There's Marne. the new presi-
dent aourishing round in Paris, and
the men half starving"
Late the previous fall, while the
wages q the quarrymen were consid- [
erabiy IL arrears and against the ad-
vice Of Mr Vance. the local manager,
Brugsen. the agent OF the Casson Com
pany. had begun the erection OF some
new and handsome Offices. Winter
set in the Offices were unfinished. the
men stu unpaid AR Vance strained I
every nerve 70 quiet the discomfort
and prevent suffering. but there we're
turbulent and riotous spirits among the
younger men. and the managers trou-
bies we're not lessened by the fact that T.
his only son chose associates from
the worst Of these.
Severn heard the mail carrier sigh as /
Bert spoke and when the cousins had I
left their companions, he said. Bob I
Wesley acts as II he were sixty and 4
be can't be any older than We are"
He's twenty" Bert answered. 7 4
wish Bob could leave this part OF the I
country. Folks here viii never for.
get that be and several others broke
into Mr. Porter's store four or I've I
years ago He was the youngest OF !
the lot Il was supposed the others
had persuaded him into il and his
mother was so nearly frantic that I
father persuaded Porter not 10 prose
cute. But il killed her; she died with
IN the year and Bob's been as you see
him ever since
IT'S a wonder that hey let him
caEry the mail"
Some did object. but the pzter said 4
that Bob vas trying 10 keep straight
and needed encouragement So he
went o. his bond Then Severn IN
derst00d Why the sad-faced young
mail carrier watched Bert so anxious
".
A carriage stood At the sidewalk be-
fore the managers house. Brugsen. I
Who bad been making a visit OF in
spection. came down the path with Mr..
Vance. and addressed ten or twelve
quarrymen who we're gathered near
The carriage
Nov. boys. the c0mpanyu settle
with you before long Keep cool and
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We've kept cold on their promises I
NJ winter" interrupted the youngest
Df the group.
Times are hsrt Tor al Of as. said
he agent. waving bis hard. HIS