The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-03-30


mination is believed to be understood.
+ saw believed. because in day when
Yesterdays beliefs are tomorrow's de-
Iusions 1 commit myself personally to
no theory. Whether it is thing living
or dead, whether malign to mackerel
or potent in its influence on imperfect
" understood atmospheric phenomena,
[ do not know / doubt whether any
body knows, except maybe Monsoon
himself. l know only that on the West
End Monsoon's headlight from every
point of view stands high, and that on
one occasion it stood between Abe Mon
SOON and frightful catastrophe.
There have been of late studied eff
forts to introduce electric headlights
on the Mountain division. But there
are griZzled men in the cab who look
with distrust-silent, 1t is true, yet dis
trust-on the claims put forth for
them. While Monsoon's headlight does
its work-as it has done even long be-
fore Monsoon followed it to the West
End and will do long after he leaves
the West End-why, they say, and rea-
sonably enough, take on new and the
oretical substitutes?
While the discussion deepens and
even RACES in the Wickiup, Monsoon
himself is silent. Brave men are mod
est men. Among ourselves we don't
use a1iectives Where Monsoon is
known it is not necessary to put any
thing ahead of his name, except maybe
once q month ON the payroll, when the
crosseyed accountant adds A. or Abe
or Abraham, just as he happens to be
fixed for time. Monsoon's name in it
self stands for great deal When his
brother engineers, men who have
grown seamy and weatherbeaten in
the service, put up their voices for
Monsoon's headlight, or when laxative
storekeepers, who servilely jump at
headquarters experiments in order to
court the favor of the high, speak for
electricity, Abe Monsoon himself is 81
lent. His light is there; let them take
1t or leave it, as they will. II the SUI
perntendent of motive power should
attempt to throw it out for the new
tangled arrangement Monsoon would
doubtless feel that 1t was not the first
time Omaha had gone wrong, and, for
that matter, neither he nor anybody
else had assurance 1t would be the last
However
The story opens ON Bob Duffy. Boil
right from the start was what call 6
good locker, and, being the Oldest boy
he had more of the swing anyway
When Martin came along his mothel
hadn't got over thinking about Bob
Doubtless she thought, too, Of Martin
but he was kind of overshadowed. Boil
began by clerking in the postoffice ant
delivering mail to all the pretty girls
His sympathy for the girls was 81
great that after awhile he began pass
ing out letters to them whether the.
were addressed to the girls Or to some
body else. This gradually weakened hi
influence with the government
Martin began work in the TELEGRAPH
office. He really learned the whole thin
right there at the Bend under Callahan
Began carrying Western Unions stuc
at his waist under a heavy leather bel
He wore In those days, when he ha
real responsibility, formidable brow
soft hat that appeared bent on swa
lowing his ears. 1t was about the tim
he was rising trousers and eleven. M
body but Sinkers ever beat Martin Du1
~ delivering messages, and nobody, ba
none-Bullhead, McTerza, anybody
ever beat him eating pie. 1t was
eating pie that he was able to wear th
belt so long, and you may take tina
either way. But speak gladly Of til
pie, because in the usual course {
events there isn't much pie In di'
patchers life. There Is, by very larg
odds, more anxiety than pie, and il
troduce the pie not to give weight
the incidents that follow, but rather
tighten them, though as Duffy has moi
recently admitted this was not Away
the effect Of the pie itself.
al do not believe that Martin Dun
ever had an enemy. A right tight lit
chap he was, with always good wor'
! even under no end Of pressure on tt
single track. There's many struI
Cling trainman that viii look quick al
grateful when any fellow far or nei
Z speaks a word about Martin Dun.
Fast he climbed. His head never swel
ed. His hats rested, even after ne gOG
Key. same as the original one. rigl
ON the wings of his ears. But his hea
grew right along after his head stoppe
and that's where he laid over some OF
or railroad men could mention Ii
had to. which don't-not here.
ztta About the time 1t looked % il Ma
!, tin would make 90 OF 1t ON the ros
the postofice inspectors were thlnkiK
i Bob would make go Of it over Il
road. But he was such kid Of a Il
low that the postmaster convinced d
detectives Bob's way OF doing thin
was simple foolishness. which 1t pro
ably was. and they merely swore hi
out of the service.
1t was then that Martin reached o
"a hand ito his elder brother The
Il were really just the two brothers. al