Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-25

thule Bucks was sitting down to cot.
fee. Chairs had been provided at the
table, and after the greetings, Bucks,
seating Marion Sinclair at his right
and Barnhardt and McCloud at his
left, asked Dicksie to sit opposite and
pour the coffee. You are railroad
mans wife now and you must learn to
assume responsibility"
McCloud looked apprehensive. Il
am afraid she will be assuming the
whole division II you encourage her
too much, Mr.. Bucks"
Marrying railroad man." contin.
ued Bucks, pursuing his own thought,
lis as bad as marrying into the army;
II you have your husband half the
time you are lucky. Then, too, in the
railroad business your husband may
have to be set back when the traffic
falls on. It's little light at this mo-
ment, too. How should you take 1t II
We had to put him on freight train
for while, Mrs. McCloud?"
"Oh, Mr.. Bucks!"
"Or suppose he should be promoted
and should have to go to headquarters
some Of us are getting old, you
know"
Really" Dicksie looked more de.
mure as she filled the presidents cup,
really, often say to Mr.. McCloud
that I cannot believe Mr.. Bucks is
president Of this great road. He al.
ways looks to me to be the youngest
man on the whole executive staff. Two
Jumps Of sugar, Mr.. Bucks?"
The bachelor president rolled his
eyes as he reached for his cup. Thank
you. Mrs. McCloud, only one after
that" He looked toward Marion. "All
I can say is that if Mrs. McCloud's
husband had married her two years
earlier he might have been general
manager by this time. Nothing could
hold a man back, even a man Of his
modesty, whose wife can say as nice
things as that. By the way, Mrs. Sim
with transportation"
"Oh, have my annual, Mr. Bucks!"
Marion opened her bag to find it.
Bucks held out his hand. LET me
see it moment" He adjusted his
eyeglasses, looked at the pass, and
called for pen; Bucks had never lost
his gracious way Of doing very little
things. He laid the card on the table
and wrote across the back of it over
his name: Good on all passenger
trains" When he handed the card
back to Marion he turned to Dicksie.
II understand you are laying out two
or three towns on the ranch, Mrs. Nc
Cloud?"
1.-TWO or three! Oh, no, only one az
yet, Mr.. Bucks! They are laying out, oh.
such pretty town! Cousin Lance is
experimenting the street work-and
whom do you think I am going to
name It after? You! l think Bucks
makes dandy name for town, don't
you? And am going to have one
town named Dunning; there will be
two stations on the ranch, you know,
and think, really. there ought to be
three"
"As many as that?"
Qont DelleVe you can operate
line that long, Mr.. Bucks, with stations
IL miles apart" Bucks opened his
eyes In benevolent surprise. Dicksie,
unabashed, kept right on: well, do
you know how traffic is increasing
over there, with the trains running
only two months now? Why, the set
tiers are fairly pouring into the coun-
try"
will you give me corner lot If we
put another station on the rancho"
Il will give you two if you will give
% excursions and run some of the
Overland passenger trains through the
valley"
Bucks threw back his head and
laughed in his tremendous way. 81
don't know about that; daren't prom
Use offhand, Mrs. McCloud. But If you
can get Whispering Smith to come
back you might lay the matter before
him. He is to take charge of all the
colonist business when he returns"
Whispering Smith, lying on his iron
bed in the hospital professed not to