The Huttig news., 1909-07-24

"Ohi no, The old yards where they had a touch Of lever were burned off the face of the earth a year aso. The new yards are perfectly sanitary. The loss of the bridge has crippled as. you know. Yem cattle are being well cared for. Mr Cunning. and if you doubt | you may go mp and give our men any orders you like in the matter at our expense
 @You'ra taking altogether too much on yourself when you run my stock over the country i'll this way. ex ela5med Dunning, refusing te be pla- cated How am I to get to Point of Roeks-walk there2s
 Not at all 2 returned Meg1oud. ring ing up his clerk aad asking for d pass, hicn was brought back in a moment and handed to Bdnning The cattle," continued McCloud. "can be run down, .gnloaded, and driven around the break to-norrow--with the loss of only two lays
 And in the meantime lose my market
 II is too 'ad. certainly, but sup pose il wsll be several days before we can get a line across Smoky creek"
 Why weren't the cattle sent hroush that way yesterday What have they been held at Point of Rocks fore l call the thing badly managed
 We couldn't get the empty cars up from Piedmont for the transfer until today; empties are very scarce every where uos."
 "rl,ere always have been empties here when they were wanted until !ately Heres been no head or tail t. anything on this division for six tlonths.
 I'm sorry that you have that i'm pression
 That impression is very general declared the sfoekman, with an oath. and if you keep on dischaIgsng the only men on this division that are competent to handle a break like this, t Is likely to eontauel"
 Just a momentt MeClend's finger ~ose pointedly My failure 10 please yeu in caring for your stock in an emefsenes may be properly | matter for comment your opinion as to the way l am running this division is, of roarse. your own; but don't attempt 10 criticise the reteatiop or harge l 9f any man en my pay roll.H
 nannins s4ode toward him I'm shipper on fhis lfne when II suits me te eriticise you or ycffr methods or anybody eise's. I expect to do so ae retorted il high tones.
 But you cannot tell me how to run my tesinessip thHndefad alcaloud. leaning over the table in from q him
 As the two men glared al eash oth- CT Rooney Lee opened the daor His surprise at the situation amounted to ronsternation. lie shuhled to he cor aer of the room. and while Mecloud and Dnanihg engaged hofly ag.in. looney from the corner, threw shot of his own into the quarrel On limet" he reared.
 The angry men turned Whats on time?a asked aieeloud. cur5ly
 Number One shes in and chang ing engines. told them you were go- ing vest declared Rooney in so deep ioaes that his fiction would never nave been suspected
 Cunning, 10 emphasize, without a further word, his disgust for the situ- ation and his contempt for the man agement. tore into scraps the pass that had been given him, threw the scraps on the floor. took cigar from bis pocket and lghled 1t; insoience could do no more.
 MeCloud looked over at the dis pateher No, l am not going west, Rooney But fl you will he good enough 10 stay here and find ont from this man just how this railroad ought to be run l will go to bed Ee can tell you, the microbe seems to he working in his mind right now. said MeGloud. slamming down the rolltop of his desk And with Lance Cunning glaring at him. somewhat speeches., he put on his hat and walked out of the room
 2 It was but one of many disagreeable incidents due 10 the loss of the bridge Complications arising from the tie-up followed him at every turn Ii seemed as if he could not get away from trou hle following trouble After 40 hours further of toil relieved by four hours of sleep, McCloud found himself. rath- CT dead than alive. back at Medicine Bend and in the little dining room at Marion's Coming in at the cottage door on Fort street, he dropped into a chair The cottage rooms were empty He heard Martens voice ill the front shop; she was engaged uith a customer Putting his head on the table to wait a moment, nature as serted itself and MeCloud fell as1eep. He woke hearing q voice that he had heard in dreams. Perhaps no other voice eoald have wasened him for he slept Tor few minutes q death-like sleen. Al all events. Dicksie Dunning was IL the front room and McCloud heard her. She was taking with Marion about the burning of smoky Creek bridge.
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