The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-08-15


~ in the car shops the day follow.
ing his arrival in Antioch.
u = Dan sought to dissuade him,
but he was stubbornness itself, and
the latter realized that the only thing
to do was to let him alone and not
seek to control him.
After all, if he would be happier at
own.
1t never occurred to the old convict
that pride might have to do with the
stand Dan took in the matter.
He was wonderfully gentle and af-
fectionate, with a quaint, unworldly
simplicity that was rather pathetic.
His one anxiety was to please Dan, but
In spite of this anxiety once a convic-
ton took possession Of him he chung to
it with mistaken tenacity in the face
of every argument his son could bring
to bear.
Under the inspiration of his newly
acquired freedom he developed in un-
expected ways. AS soon as he felt that
his place in the shops was secure and
that he was not to be interfered with
be joined the church. Its services &C.
cupied most of his spare time. Every
Thursday night found him at prayer
meeting. Twice each Sunday he went
to church. and by missing his dinner
he managed to take part In the Sunday
school exercises. A social threw him
into flutter Of pleased expectancy.
Not content with what his church Of
fered, irrespective of creed, he Joined
every society in the place Of a religious
or temperance nature and was zeal
GUS and active worker among such of
the heather as fiourished in Antioch.
There was stern Old Testament fla
vor to his faith. He would have drag
ged the erring from their peril by main
strength and have regulated their NOR
ais by legal enactments. Those of the
men with whom he came in contact In
the shops treated him with the utmost
respect partly OH his own account and
partly because Of Dan.
Half of all lie earned he gave to the
church. The remainder of his slender
income he divided again into two equal
parts. One of these he used for his
personal needs. the other disappeared
mysteriously. He was putting it by
for Dannie.
1t was disappointment to him that
his son took only the most casual in
terest in religious matters. He COM
forted himself, however, with the re-
membrance that at his age his own in
terest had been merely traditional It
was only after his great trouble that
the awakening came. He was quite
certain Dannie would experience this
awakening, too, some day.
1t was hot, GREATNESS morning in
May. The machinery in the shops
droned on and on. with the lazy, soft
ened hum of revolving wheels or the
swish of swiftly passing belts. A
freight was cutting out cars in the
yards. 1t was rather noisy and bump
ed discordantly in and out Of the sid
ings.
Dan Oakley was the sole tenant Of
the office, but presently McClintock
wandered in from the hot out of doors
to talk over certain repairs he wished
undertaken in the shops. He was a
typical American mechanic, and Oak
ley liked him, as he always liked the
man who knew his business and earned
his pay.
They discussed the repairs, and then
Oakley asked. "How's my father get
ting along. Milt?"
ooh, all right! He's a little slow,
that's ALL"
whats he on now"
"Those blue line cars that came in
last month"
'"There isn't much in that batch.
had to figure close to get the work.
Keep the men moving"
"rhey are about done. I'll put the
painters on the job tomorrow"
"That's good"
McClintock went over to the water
cooler In the corner and filed a STEM
less tumbler with ice water.
well be ready to send them up to
Bucl,horn the last of next week. Is
there anything else in sight?"
He gulped down the water at sin
gle swallow.
mo, not ut present, but there are
one or two pretty fair orders coming
in next month that | was lucky enough
to pick up in chicago. Isn't there any
work of our own we can 60 at while
things are slackT'
Lots of it," wiping bis hands on the
legs of his greasy overalls. IAN our
day coaches need paint and some want
new upholstery"
WED better go at that. then"
"All right. I'll take a look at the
cars in the yards and see what l can
put out in place of those we call in.
There's no use talking. Mr.. Oakley,
you've done big things for the shops"
- 1919