The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1907-05-02

WAS SEVENTY DEGREES.
of the weather bureau at Corinth show
ed that three or four more days of
warm weather were predicted. 1t was
warm all along the road to Cincinnati.
to Chicago. The only cool places in
the country seemed to be in the noun
tains, about Chattanooga, up the HID
son and west in the Rockies NIessen-
ger advised him to take the response
bility of selling the fruit at Corintll
for what it would bring. That would
transportation charges.
Carl was not ready for that. how
ever. The consultation of the weather
reports had already given his quick
brain another idea, daring, but entirely
feasible, he thought. His cars would
have to wait three hours at Corinth to
connect with a freight which pulled
out directly behind the through ex-
press north. Carl utilized the first
forty minutes of these three hours in
developing his plan. He went straight
to the Office Of the Southern railway,
Chattanooga and there connected with
the N. l. and T. for Cincinnati and
| Chicago.
wish to run your cars over our
| roady' asked the division surerntentl-
ent after listening to Carts hurried re-
quest Eyes, reckon So Well couple
them to the afternoon freight. which
| pulls out about dark. The morning
freight leaves in half an hour. and
there isn't time to connect you with
that. Besides. the train already has
thirty-four cars, as much as the engine
can carry up grade"
"But that's the very train want to
couple to- urged Carl impetuously
"You forget that | have an engine.
Why can't we put the two ahead? ?
They'll pull ffty-four cars all right
even up grade
The superintendent nodded thought
/ fully.
Yes, that might do" he said. "In
fact, l think it will do very we'll
There's considerable snow up Chatta-
nooga way, and two engines can plow
through it better than one But We'll
have to hustle If we get you connected,
for the train must pull out on time.
There's another follows it forty min
utes later"
They did hustle, and when the train
pulled out for Chattanooga Carts twen.
ty cars formed part Of it. Besides hav.
| inv oil tho vanilla fnru onop oooh 90,
had its door rolled back to let in every
whiff of air possible At Decatur the
| thermometers indicated As degrees. al
Stevenson 81 degrees. Carl closed al
the doors and partly closed the ven
tilators of the cars destined for Cincin
natl. He was willing they should have
a few more degrees Of heat now anG
believed that he saw the way to get
ting his fruit to both markets in prime
condition. At Chattanooga the mer
curry registered 20 degrees. and all thu
ventilators were closed.
Eight days later Carl reported at tht
Office on the company's wharf. Th'
man at the desk listened to his expla
nation in grim silence, tapping th'
ledger with the head of his pencil oc
casionally.
"It's something very unusual" b
said when Carl finished. 'yery unusua
and er reprehensible. running ou
cars about the country in wild wa.
like that Ordinarily it would meal
! dismissal from our seryice-permanen
: discharge but-er," his face relaxin.
somewhat, under the circumstances
j and in view of the fact that you ha
i the longest run and are the only mes
, senger who got his fruit into marke
: in prime condition. we will say no NOR
J about it except that we have put yon
] name on our books for regular rms
i. hope your father will be we'll enoH@
: to make his trip when the next boz
/ comes in We do not like to spare goo
: men. And, oh, yes, as Carl was turn
ing away, his eyes shining .'the CASH.
) has little recognition for you froi
) the company You may stop at b
i window as you so By.