The Huttig news., 1909-08-28
CHAPTER XVI.
 New Plans.

New Plans.
 Callahan crushed the tobaeco uNdef his thumb in the palm of his right land 50 I am sorry to add" he concluded to McGloud, that you ars i.ow out of q jo5." The two men were facing each other across the i ble in McCleud's office. Personally am not sorry to say it. either. adde rallaban, slowly filling the bowl of his fire
 Mcclcud said nothing to tho point is there seemed to be nothing to say lntil he had heard more. T ne,e'
 new before that you were left handed he returned. evasively.
 Its a lucky thing. because t won
 so for a freight tfafssc man. nowadays 10 let his right hand know what his left hand does observed CaIiabae
 ceiling for a match T am the onis ieft-hsnded man in the traffic depart
 nent but the man that handles the ro- hates. Jimmie Black. is cro ss-eye .
 ,ucks offered fo send him to Ghicag to have Bryson straishtcn his eyss eus Jimmie thinks it is better to tav' them as they are for the present. so h.
 an look al thing in two different ways-one far the interstate con
 nerce commission and one for him
 elf. Ton haven't heard then?" coz
 inued Callahan. returning ID his ris lle about &eelaua's ieh. Why. Laae Cunning has gone irto the TIn,1s
 tates court and got an injun@tien gaipst us on the Ca ayliag stcns lin
 tied us up tighter ihan zero. NJ more construction there for a yea t least Dunning comes In fer hisg self and for cousin who is -Eia ward. and three or fonr little rancbera have filed bill so it's up to ths law ycrs for Sh per ceat. of the gate r eeipfs an,i roaee. Pefs' nally. I'm gla of it. II gives you 3 chance to laof after this ole ating for a year youi self, We are going to he swamped with freight traffic this year, and want 1t moved through the mountains like cheok kers for the next six months You know what I mean. George.
 To McCgond the news came in spit of himself. as blow. The results h. had attained in building through the lower valley had given him a name among the engineers of the whole line. The splendid showing of the winter construction. on which he had de pended to enable him to finish the whole work within the year. was b, this news brought 10 naught Those of the railroad men who said he could not deliver a completed line within the year could never he answered now And there was some slight bitterness in the reflection that the very stun bling block to hold him back 10 rob him of his chance for a reputation with men like Glover and Bucks, should be the lands of Dicksie Dun hing
 He made no complaint On the di- vision he took hold with new en- ergy and bent his faculties on the op- erating problems. At Marion's he saw Dicksie at intervals. and only to fall more hopelessly under her spell each time She could be serious and she could be volatile and she could be something between which he could never quite make out. She could be serious with him when he was serious, and totally irresponsible the next min ute with Marion. On the other hand, when Mccloud attempted to be flip pant. Dicksie could be confusingIy grave Once when he was bantering with her at Marion's she tried to say something about her regret that com plications over the right of way should have arisen. but McCloud made light of it. and waved the matter aside as if he were cavalier. Dicksie did not like it. hut it was only that he was afraid she would realize he was