Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04

missary Office was council of five. with
Eckstein. as the mouthpece of the vice
president. in the chair. Penfield was pres
ent. with no vote. and the three MacMor-
roghs voted one; but as to that, there
were no divisions. A crisis was immi-
nent and 1t must be met.
LAS have said. I am here with power
to act said Ecksteln. gripping the chair
with wincirgs after the day of torment.
The plan outlined at first by Mr.: North
must go through as it was outlined. Part
of Il has already been carried out. you
say: Ford ard the president have been
over the short cut together Tomorrow
the entire private-car party goes to Co.
pah over the detour. Are the buckboards
here for that?'
They're here wild the drivers. I saw
30 that part Of it myself" It was the
youngest of the three MacMorroa.is who
gave the assurance.
$50 far SO good" commented the chair
man The other thing we have to pro-
vide for. or rather. to prevent. Is the pos
sib:lity OF Mr.. Adair's reaching here in
time to join the party. The las det1nitA
information we had of Mr.. Adair he was
crawling up. Blue canyon with tr in
crew which was under orders to give him
ample time to study the scenery. He has
probably reached Saints Rest before this.
however. and once there Leckhard Will
give him anything In sight. The cues ion
is will he attempt to run the extension
tonight
The middle MacMorrogh thought not.
and his young brother agreed with him
But the senior partner voted aye ana
stuck to 1t. Thereupon ensued conflict
OF opinion. Dan MacMorrogh pointed out
that the construction motive power was
all at the west end. or in transit east
ward: II would be daylight OF another
day before an engineer familiar WIN the
hazards could be obtained for Adair's
special over the construction line. But
Brian MacMorrogh argued with equal en-
phasis that this was mere begging or
chances. Withou; a telegraph wire to
what hour one Of the trains OF empties
would pull through to Saints Rest and
whatever the hour, Leckhard would
doubtless turn the engine and crew to
double back with Adair's car.
Ecks Elm was gripping me arms or MS
chair and setting his teeth dep into his
cigar while the probabilities were getting
themselves threshed out: At the end OF
the dispute he said. quietly: ITS hill
Of a pity we can't have the use Of the
wire for this one night But. gentlemen
we can't stop for trif!es There are five
of us here in this room who know how
much is at stake. One of two things is
due to happen. If we can keep Ada.r out
of it for another twelve hours Ford will
be disgraced and asked to resign. If he
ges to that point we're safe / know
Ford's temper. If Mr.. Colbrith puts 1t as
he is likely TO put it. Ford will say and
Adair or any one else to get him back
into the service.
..Thrue for you, Misther Eckstein; ye
have i'm down to the crossin' OF t. :"
agreed the eldest of the brothers Mac
Norrogh.
THAT is one of the due things" Eek
stein went on. smoothly The other isn't
pretty to look at. If Adair gets here in
lime it will be another story. He can
handle Ford. and he has proved once or
twice that he can handle Mr.. Colbrith. If
he hadn't been out of the way when you
went TO New York with Mr.. North, you d
never have seen the thin edge of this
contract. Brian. Well. then, what hap
pens? Wi n Adair ON the ground to back
him. Ford wins out. Do you know what
that meansc Investigations, muck rak-
ings and worse. There are two or three
of us here and some more on the other
side of the range. who won't get of with
less than ten years apiece. I'm willing to
take the chance CT a few more years for
another play on the red. How is it with
the rest of your
The elder MacMorrogh spread his
hands.
Its all in the same boat we are
You've a notion In the back par-rt of