The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-11-03
Bv GEORGE TICKELL

Copyright. BY ". q. Chapman.S

and sufficient reason the amount OF
bonds demanded by the company had
been reduced from $4,000 to $4,000.
Il hear, Andrew" said one of the
farmers, that this IS all the do1ngs
of young DR.. Cranston, the chap that
lust moved down from Merton's Cor
ners to Burmash, where he's started
practice. Great lad that young doc;
he's going to make speech to the
meeting; you'd better come ana near
him; they say he's got the wnole
thing worked out slick.
This information did not tend 10
| soothe Sinnett's ruffled spirit. he
| thought of the agreement he mad
rashly entered into with the suave Dr.
Cranston, and his indignation nearly
choked him. At length he found voice
enough to assert forcibly that ne
would not attend the meeting, after
which he drove away in most un-
pleasant frame of mind. fortune
willed it that the meeting shoulo
prove a great success, and in spite OF
his VOWS to the contrary Sinnett was
present DR.. Cranston had lalo MS
| plans duu Ao N@AAAOu 1AAO
ing with him from the beginning 10
the end. During the course OF we'll
delivered speech he told his audience
all about the natural advantages OF
their township and the beauties Oh
their valley. He pictured the disgrace
: it would be to be the enlightened cltl-
zens of Tabersville should they allow
the Mertons Corners folk to secure the
railroad advantages and leave theiAi
hopelessly in the rear 1t was proo-
l ably the knowledge that he was speak
l ing for Nelly's sake and his own that
lent unusual force and eloquence 10
e Cranston's address. At all events, ne
g managed to sway his hearers opinion
S with such effect that the needed sub
scriptions were agreed upon, and
It motion to hold town meeting early
e the following month was carried py
big majority
I 1t was then that the real struggle
1 began. Sinnett had succeeded in en-
I listing a number of his friends to OPP
pose the measures advocated by
: Cranston. The old man worked des-
perately. He hardly slept until the
| day of the special meeting, and called
on almost every one in the settlement.
Cranston was equally energetic ana
in the end the young fellows efforts
: were crowned with success, the bond
VI ing proposition being carried by an
\ overwhelming majority. Before the
winter set in grading was begun in
4 the valley, and by the following sum
mer the construction trains crossed
the fiat lands of Sinnett's farm nc
4 the old mans ears it seemed a:
though the fussy engine hooted ant
laughed at him whenever the englnee
pulled the whistle cord. For fully
month he managed to avoid DIR. Grams
4 ton, but the meeting with his con
queror was inevitable, and one da,
they encountered each other on tn
p main street at Burmash. Cransto
-. held out his hand, but for a momen
S'' Sinnett refused to notice 1t. the
~, suddenly his mood changed and n
md seized the young doctors slim finger
ith in an iron grip.
Wv. 81 give in lad" he said, you've wo
,au fairly and I'll welcome you at tn
mo house whenever you want to come
,on there. l guess the girl has missed yo
nav DaQly ever SlHCe llllS HShI o'ei ~
if railway started and you stayed away
'se 1t was not until several weeks late
that the good people of Tabersvil
and Burmash knew why Young Doc
oo as they called him, had taken up tt
49, railroad fight so enthusasticall
~ When they learned the true cause
80 e :, his exertions, he became more popul
w., than ever, and his marriage to Mel
o"l Sinnett was the signal for flood
congratulations to pour in upon the
wv from all sides. Andrew Sinnett 6
knowledged that everything h
ear turned out we'll in the long run, al
lear '.younp Doc" was supremely hapI
left for as he told his wife-"Tabersv
OH got the railroad and l got you-whl
was the best bargain of ALL
nett And Nelly quite agreed with him.