Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-05-05
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Copyright. 1900. by S. S.
Mcclure Go.

gNAf Aiiir IN nc u~tu 10 90 Win a good
many He thought the company could
not have too many OF the Duty kind.
So he said. Yes. sure" And Bob
Duny was put az work-samc thing ex-
actly, carrying messages. reading hair
destroyers and blowing his salary on
pie
But pie acts queer Sometimes Il
makes "a mans bead solid and his heart
big and again &c makes a mans head
big and his heart solid. I'm not say
Ing anything more now. except that
pie certainly acts different
Bob DUFFY was taller than Martin
and. I would repeat. handsomer. but I
can't, because Martin had absolutely
no basis Of beauty TO start with. He
was parchmeutuke and palish from
sitting night after night and night after
night over a souudor Never "a sick dav
in his life. but always over the sounder
until sleeping or waking. resting or
working. The current purred and pur-
red through his great little head like a
famiiiarity-taking old tomcat. He could
guess more OF wire than most men
could catch after the whole thing had
ioie" BID
So mp and un ladder he went. Mes
senGer opcrator-up to assistant dis
patcher. up % "a regular trick dispatch
er mp Co he orders and signing the
j. VI. c., the letters that stood Tor
our superintendent name and honor;
up 90 the trains and their movements.
mp 90 the lives. then chief. with the
honor OF the division all clutched IN
Martin hufy's three quick right fin
gers on Che Key and his three quick
leit fingers on the pen at the same In
slant scratching orders across the clip.
TAX about amhIdcNterity, Martin
didn't know what 10 would be like 60
use one band at time. If Martin
jury SAID rGht trains went right; n
he SAID wrong. trains went wrong. But
Mariin never said tde wrong, ne said
only the ri~ht GIddings knows. lac
copied Tor h.m long enough. Giddiugs
anu plenty more ~ them can tell al
ABOUT Martin Duty.
h'' aIln rise in che service quite so
iast MS Martini Tie was rather Tor
having good ume. Tie did more OF
'Ne S''''i "cl ana mat pleased his
ll'.''t'' VINO ON account on her bonnet
un" -~.i"Wl complexion didn't achieve
MUCH 'u't way Martin, too, was
pryud or ms brother. and as soon as
n'' 'ouid handle q wire-which was
very soon. Tor ne learned things In no
'''''e 'l"I'ih k't callahan 10 put him
UP az Grant ms operator Bob got the
P'"ee "e''''i-e ne was Martins brother;
no'uinS cl~e. He held DO about two
lnonlnN' inrn hc lcned and went TO
san I I"h'iSco. lie was restless fellow.
81 was h'' up ana hoh down. For
,"' "' ""Nd'''d around out there
,e''-'" .''.'.-- men ne n"nned up again
3" Hi''"ciht hehd out ot job. Tie
"""''i 20 70 I'd work and-weH, Cal
'"D'n Ni''I''"N nf"iher YOU know -
'.i, ".,n '' 10 'i'"'"'F as h'Sht oper-
"'oi l.i'' ih'ilnN ne Worhcd steady
as 'i'eA' men one night the dispatch
,'S "' '"o Hchu couldn Z set Montair
TOT wv" "'or-- III lald out NO and
sio,l'' WIN thc general manager and
'l'"' no emu OF row
Martin SAID right OF he ought TO 90.
OUT heic Wa- the little mother up
nome Silent ! expect but picadiug-like.
IL was ieit largely 10 Martin, FOR the
young Fellow was already chief, and
Ihat was me t'ouole- He hated 10 bear
uoW 700 N'io' 80 he compromised by
,ss','''S us Sul'e''n'eiuent not TO IRE
i'o"' "u' To s't nim back They sent
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the passenger records 10 be smashed,
Oh. ovy on" that lot OF our big gen
GRAZ o'nceIs Were way up Masons and
meant that our line should get not
merely the cream or the business, but
tIe cream OF TIE advertising out OF the
'nlHs Inc general tenor OF the in
.. uS''o"s was 10 hlcAel plate every
lu4AE. from TIE Gata IuaS 10 the target