The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-05

thirty minutes. thirty minutes, thirty !
minutes@and, as far as young Gid
ing hours, was fresher than when he
took the chair. The little dtspatcher's
capacity for work was something enor-
nous. Il wasn't till after supper
behind him and in the letting down of
the anxiety, that Martin began to look
older and his dry Indian hair began to
crawl over his forehead. By that time
his eyes had lost their snap, and when
he rnotioned Giddings to the key and
got up to walk up and down the hall
IN the breeze he looked like q wilted
potato vine. His last batch of orders
was only a little one compared with
those that had gone before, but with
the changes to the different crews they
read about like this:
'Telegraphic Train Order No. S.
Mountain Division
Superintendent Office, Aug. 8, 'S2.
For medicine Bend to c. and E.
of Engines 664 73S, SO. 1926. and S26
run as four specials. Medicine Bend
to Bear Dance. Engine S26 will double
head Special 326 to summit of Eagle
pass.
First No. so, Engine 179. Will run
two hours thirty minutes late Bear
Dance TO Medicine Bend.
Second No SO. Engine 264. will
run three hours and fifteen minutes
late Bear Dance to Medicine Bend.
Third No. so, Engine 210 will run
four hours and thirty minutes late
Bear Dance to Medicine Bend.
J. NJ. CD"
When young Giddings sat in, the
sun was dropping between the Tetons-
In the yard the car cleaners were pol
ishing the plates on Bucks private car
and the dirty cook was pulling chick
ems out Of the refrigerator. Duffy
had thirteen conclaves moving smooth
" on the middle trick. The final one
was due and the hOstlers were steam
ing down with the double header to
pull it over the pass. This, the last
of the commandery trains, was TO
bring DeMolay commandery, NO. 4, or
Pittsburg and the orders were to
couple Bucks car on to it for the run
west. DeMolay-and everybody had
notice=was Bucks old commandery
back in Pennsylvania, and he was going
to the end of the division that night
with the cronies of his youth. Little
fellows they were in railroading when
he rode the goat with them, but now
mostly like him, big fellows. Half a
dozen old salts had been pounding
ahead at him all day over the Wire
They were to join him and Mr. and
Mrs. Callahan for supper IN the PIlV sl'
car, and the yellow cider lay on the
thin shaved ice and the mountain
grouse curled on the grill irons when
DeMolay Four. Pittsburg, pulled into
Medicine Bend.
We had seen a good. many swell
trains that day, the SWEETEST that ever
nounded our fshplates. Pullmans sold,
and the finest kind of people Boston
washington, New York, Phlladelphla
sent some pretty gorgeous trains But
with at least half the town on the plat
form. when De Molay Four rolled IN Il
took their breath so they couldn't yell
fiji the Sir Knights. began pouring
from the vestibules and gave Medl-
cine Bend their own lordly cheer.
Bucks old gang spied him. Mod
estlv back under the portico he STOOD,
near the ticket window. and they broke
through at him solid. They pulled
him and hauled him and mauled nina
and passed him from hand to hand
Thev stood him on his head ana on
his hands and on his feet again, ana
told him of scHnefhing they wanted ana
wanted right off. 80
bucks looked the least bit uncertain
as he considered the opening request.
IT wasn't much in some ways, whaL
they asked: in other ways 1t was a gooo
deal. He laughed and bantered ana
joked them as long as they woulo sts. ~.
it. Then he called up to Martin CuIly.
who was leaning out the dispatcherss
window We'll see how he talks,
laughed Bucks in his great big way.
But. boys it's up to the chaeI- 1 IN
not in If on the orders, you know. Mar
!
they want fifteen minutes mere 10
stretch their legs. Say they've been
roasted in the alkaH all day. Can you
do anything for the boys
The boysI Big fellows IN fezes' Shrltl-
err stvIe. and slim fellows in duck, sail
or stvqe. and bowlegged fellows In
cheviot any old style. Chaps IN Wnlte
flannel and chaps in gray and chaps IN
blue Turkish whiskers and Key west
cigars and crusaders togs-and, be
! tween them. Bucks, his mead most Oh
the time in chancery-
You know about what it means and
about how it went; how 1t had to GO
What could Martin say to the man VINO
had made him all he was and VINO
stood. now boy again, among the
bovs Of his bovhood and asked for fif-
teen minutes. q quarter of an hour, Tot
De Molav Four? 1t threw the little
chief completely off his schedules; just
fifteen minutes was more than enough
to do that All the work was done, the
anxiety nearly past. Martin had risen
to rest his humping head. But flfteen
minutes: once in d lifetime-Bucks
DUFFY turned to big Jack Moore
/ standing at his side ready to pull De
Molay over the pass. and spoke him
/ low, Jack nodded: everything went
/ with Jack, even the turntables thai
stuck with other engineers Martin IN
/ his short sleeves leaned out the Win
dow and. looking down on the tur-
baned and turbulent mob, spoke Sc
4 Bucks could hear.
ssWhat is it?" demanded the most
puissant commander of De Molay ex-
citedly What does he say Bucks p
what says the slave % growled
second formidable crusader. "Out with
it,
"All we want is fifteen minutes
you wouldn't turn US down on If
teen minutes this far from an oasis
would you. Bucks?" protested q glass
eyed Shriner.
Bucks looked around royalty. Eff
teen minutes ?" he drawled- What:
a quarter of an hour in a lifetime
Jackman, on the last oasis2 Take of
your clothes. you fellows. and taks
half an hour. Now will you be good 2
De Molay put up a Templar yell
They always get the good things O