The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1909-12-23

/ as unsuitable as the rock of Gfhrai-
tar. AS fitting. almost necessary.
complement Of such nature he was
endowed with sense Of humor that
added not little to the attraction he
exercised for those who knew him
sufficiently well to be able to appre-
ciate his qualities of heart and mind.
He took calm. all embracing survey
Of the office as he entered. looked over
to Brooks desk and saluted him With
cordial motion of the hand and 10.
structed hoy to notify Captain VIII
liams OF his arrival He was ushered
Immediately into the chiefs presence.
That worthy. who. like his superin-
tendent. was clean shaver. was seated
at his desk In his shirt sleeves, and
the whole room. despite the wide open
windows. was thick from the smoke
from an old blackened corncob pipe at
which he was putting vigoawse.z. He
was burly man. ands the short, thick
neck. the broad shoulders. tks rower-
ful. big jointed fingers ami tss mus
cles that stood out in b.::...,~-~z. " the
hairy arms disclosed by his ,,::::ei up
shirt sleeves denoted that he possessed
unusual physical strength. An ugly
man to get into an argument with was
Williams, one who. it needed no mind
reader to judge. would be capable of
following the word with Il blow that
would crush III ordinary opponent.
For years. as Brooks had intimatetl.
he had led the toughest life man
can lead. hammering by sheer brute
strength way to wealth by ways In
which scruple had counted for nothing
at all and expediency for a good deal,
and his entrance upon higher plane
Of civilization had not impaired much
polish to his appearance. habits OF
speech. which were those of the old
time sailing ship mariner. although OF
late years he had striven to conform
more closely to the examples Of re-
fnement he witnessed in the only 20
lite society he cared for. which was
that OF the family OF his dead friend.
Stanley Harris. who WAS general man.
ager of the Latin \ merican line when
he obtained control of it. He had
way of glaring at person from I'm.
der his bushy eyebrows with scru-
tiny that seemed to read through and
up and down him and made him most
i'll at ease under it.
He made his decisions promptly. nu-
thoritatively. after the manner of
man accustomed to command and to
be obeyed without question. and he
never changed them. at least in his
business and administrative dealings
Add to all this Il voice like fOghorn.
the effect of which, when he raised
it. was. as he knew full we'll. to make
his subordnates quake and to intimi
date others who had to do with him.
and it will be realized that he lived NJ
fully to his reputation Of '''"aZ~ ard
man.
For his quiet. unmovat Or
oughly capable dock super H.
entertained certain r .sp
knew from experience that the man
was not the least lit afraid or even
disturbed by his bullying manner and
his believing and that his glare. al
ways sQuarely met. had no more effect
upon him than It would have upon the
bronze statue of Washington which
stands sentinel on the steps Of the sub.
treasury in Wall street.
Smith lowered himself slowly and
easily into a big armchair beside the
presidents desk.
1.-TWO delegates from the Longshore-
mems union were here just now" an
nounced the captain. "'rhey say the
freight handlers are going to strike"
"Ya-as?" said Smith interrogatively.
Eyes. What do you know about it,"
Nothing. except that they came to
me with demand for higher pay for
the men. referred them TO YOU
well. | didn't leave 'em any loop
hole for doubt us to my position in the
matter"
You turned them DOWN.
Turned 'em down! or course
What do you think? Suppose hand
ed 'em Il raise on Il silver platter and
bowed 'em out of the door?'
81 don't suppose anything about 1t
I'm asking for information"
Them two blatherskites came sway
gering and clustering In here and said
every last one Of the men would quit
tomorrow morning ut II o'clock unless
they got cents more an hour. They
wasn't staggering when they went
out Of here. tell YOU. | pretty soon
took the starch out of en-"
A faint smile fitted over the sunerin
tendent's face. but he w. -
mark.
IL told EN-" Williams u
I wouldn't give 'en Il i
more and to strike and -:SIl
told 'em that any man VINO did go
out would never get another job with
this company. and. by sam. he WON'T
The captains voice had risen 10 n
roar and he brought his fist down on
the desk with such force that pens and
pencils went flying in all directions