The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-08-12

Lets look at it.
ooh, there's nothing there that's
any good, McCloud."
Lets look at it."
AS Bill Dancing and Young walked
behind the two men toward the wagon,
Dancing made extraordinary efforts to
wink at the roadmaster. That's a
good story about the mules coming
from Denver, amt it?" he muttered.
Young, unwilling to commit himself,
stopped to light his pipe. When he
and Dancing joined Sinclair and Nc
Cloud the talk between the superin-
tendent and the wrecking boss had be-
come animated.
Il always do something for my men
out of a wreck when l can; that's the
way get the work out of Them" Sim
clair was saying. "a little stuff like
this" he added, nodding toward the
wagon, comes handy for presents,
and the company couldn't get any sal
wage out of it, anyway. / get the
value a dozen times over in quick
work. Look therei" Sinclair pointed
to where the naked men heaved and
wrenched in the sun. Where could
you get white men to work like that
if you didn't jolly them along once
in while? What? You haven't been
here long, McCloud," smiled Sinclair,
laying hand with heavy affection on
the young mans shoulder. ASK any
man on the division who gets the
work out of his men-who gets the
wrecks cleaned up and the track
cleared. Amt that what you want?"
Certainly, Sinclair; no man that
ever saw you handle a wreck would
undertake to do 1t PETER"
Then what's all this fuss about?"
We've been over all this matter be-
fore, as you know. The claim de-
partment won't stand for this looting;
that's the whole story. Here are ten
or twelve cases of champagne on your
wagon-soiled a little, but worth lot
of money"
That was a mistake loading that
up; l admit it; 1t was Karg's careless
ness"
Here is one whole case of cigars
and part of another" continued Nc.
/ Cloud, climbing from one wheel to
| another of the wagon. There is a
| thousand dollars in this load | know
| you've got good men, Sinclair II
/ they are not getting paid as they
should be, give them time and halt
| or double time, but put it in the pay
checks. The freight loss and damage
account increased 200 per cent. last
year. No railroad company can KEEP
that rate up and last, Sinclair"
Hang the company! The claim
agents are a pack of thieves cried
Sinclair. Look here, McCloud, whats
a pay check to man that's sick, com
pared with bottle of good wine?"
when one of your men is sick anG
needs wine, let me know" returned
McCloud; I'm see that he gets it
Your men don't wear silk dresses, dc
they?" he asked, pointing to another
case of goods under the drivers seat
Have that stuff all hauled back and
loaded into box car on track"
Not by damned sight" exclaimed
| s nclair. He turned to his ranch driv
CT, Barney Rebstock. you haul that
stuff where you were told to haul It
Barney" Then; you and may as
well have an understanding rlght
here" he said, as McCloud walked
to the head of the mules.
by all means. and I'll begin by
countermanding that order right now
Take your load straight back to tina
car directed McCloud, pointing al
the track, Barney, a ranch hand will
a cigarette face, looked surlily at Nc
Cloud.
Sinclair raised finger at the boy