Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-03-07

out. "My mind amt any different
from what 1t was last night"
Redway grinned and withdrew, shut.
ting the door. Fallon lidgeted at the
desk, making a feeble pretenyc OF
working. but when the hands of the
clock drew around to s and the en-.
ginc had not puffcd down the track &c
couple to the train Fallon went out or
the platform.
Roadway was sitting on the baggage
truck pulling at his cigar. Several pas
sengers paced the platform, and both
of the day coaches were about half
filed
where's the engine?" demanded
Fallon. Redway moved his cigar that
he might grin the broader.
I'm on n strike" he explained. 9Th,
engines In the house."
striker shouted Fallon. "What you
strikin' about? You had a raise last
spring"
ats not about money" explained the
engineer 81 saw Sadie last night. and
she says she won't marry me until you
say she can. I'm on strike until you
give the go ahead order"
Fallon glared impotently. There was
no one else in town who could run an
engine except sim Dugan, who fired
for Redway. Sim was sitting on the
truck by his boss and only smiled
pleasantly when Fallon offered him
double and even triple pay to take the
train out. Some of the passengers
1n1 al, 20 trt, hn fttn
In the end the superintendent beat a
retreat to his Office, where presently he
wired to Greenville for help.
But Greenville was unsympathetic.
Something Of Redway's plan the Office
knew, and Fallon's pompousncss had
not made friends for him. Grcenvllle
declared fatty that they could spare
neither engine nor engineer, and when
the division headquarters was appeal.
ed to Fallon was told to settle the
matter himself. In theory the G.. and
| Il. S. was an independent road. with
Its own corporate entity, and head
| quarters was not Interested In Its af-
fairs. Several heavy wrecks had filed
| the repair shops with locomotives. and
| there were not enough to properly
equip the division, to say nothing of
| loanng one to so unimportant n branch
| line.
In desperation Fallon wired the main
offices of the l.. and ", and their reply
was even more curt The western strike
! was growing worse, and the message
! suggested that IL Falon could not man.
age without the assistance OF the en-
tire system strike of one engineer lie
had better resign and let the office boy,
If he had one, take charge.
All this took time, and the station
was filed with the intending travellers,
! who were anxious to start upon their
! Journey. The cause of the strike had
been whispered about, and the passen.
gers took turns coming to the general
office, which was also the baggage
room, aud demanding that the strike
be broken and communication restored
Fallon grew desperate. Hardy, one
of the heaviest stockholders of the
Il. and w.. had been born In Bay Side
and his summer cottage over on thu
point was always open to his old ac
quaintances when the owner was there
IL the story should reach Hardy
through complaint on the part Of one
of the town people, there might be
trouble. with gesture of despair he
opened the door and called Sadie Into
consultation.
"See II you can't fix things up" hC
pleaded. Don't give In unless yor
have to, but as u last resort-well,
suppose I'll have TO let you marry
him."
With hug and kiss, Sadie dartet
to the window and threw up the sash
ats all right, MART" she called. "Tl
ride down with you and get the ring
Il told you as Il last resort" groaneC
Fallon. You might have talked hin
out of the strike"
"Small chance OF that" laughed tn
girl as from the roundhouse came tn
pun of the exhaust. AS official strili
: that only complete surrender would b
!. effective"
. Strike breakerw grunted Fallon.
"There would have been anothe
: strike In the morning" she explained
1.-THE telegraph department and tn
train dispatcher were going out !
!, sympathy" ..4.
Its darned little sympathy 20
have" growled Fallon. "What do 20
suppose Hardy will say II he hears Q
this?"
HE promised me wedding preser
y II / broke the strike" explained Iii
girl calmly. "He wired this mornin
" to know what the trouble was, and
told him"
u For n moment Fallon pondered III
' situation, then he rose to his feet, wit
% sigh.
"There won't be any more strikes,
III he said. ITS all In the family now
. Why She Sang the Hymn.