Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-11-04

fzxmefs, that tbs - III The dotnGs
q young d.. CrAnst0n, ths ehsp thAt
Just moved down from MaFtoa's Cor
1e1s to Burmash, whore he's started
practice Great lad, thAt yeu1G doe
he's going to make speech to the
meeting, you'd bstter come and hear
him: they say he's got the whole
thing worked out slick
This information did not tend to
soothe Sinnett's rumed spirit He
thought OF the agreement he had
rashly entered into with the suave DE-.
CTanston, and his indignation nearly
choked him. At length he found voice
enough to assert forcIbIy that he
would not attend the meeting, after
which he drove away In a most un-
pleasant frame Of mind Fortune
wtlled it that the meeting should
prove great success. and in spite of
his vows to the contrary Sinnett was
present DE-. Cranston had laid his
plans artfully and he carried the meet
ing with him from the beginning to-
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 of
their valley. He pictured the disgrace
It would be to be the enlightened citi-
zens of Tabersvil1e should they allow
the Merton Corners folk to secure the
railroad advantages and leave them
hopelessly in the rear. 1t was prob
ably the knowledge that he was speak
Ing for Nelly's sake and his own that
lent unusual force and eIoquence to
Cranston's address. At all events, he
managed to sway his hearers opinion
with such effect that the needed sub
scriptions were agreed upon, and a
motion to hold town meeting early
the following month was carried by a
big majority.
e. 1t was then that the real struggle
began. Sfnnett had succeeded in en-
listing number OF his friends to op-
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, and
In the end the young fellows efforts
were crowned with success, the bond
ing proposition being carried by an
overwhelming majority. Before the
winter set in grading was begun tn
the valley, and by the following sum-
mer the construction trains crossed
the fiat lands Of Sinnett's farm To
the Old mans ears it seemed az
though the fussy engine hooted and
laughed at him whenever the engineer
pulled the whistle cord For fully
month he managed to avoid Dr. Grams
ton, but the meeting with his con-
queror was inevitable, and one day
they encountered each other on the
main street at Burmash- Crznston
held out his hand. but for a moment
Sinnett refused to notice it. Then
suddenly his mood changed and he
seized the young Doctors slim fingers
IN an iron grip.
Il give in lad" he said, you've won
fairly and I'll welcome you at the
house whenever you want to come up
there guess the girl has missed you
badly ever since this tight over the
railway started and you stayed away
It was not until several weeks later
that the good people Of Tabersvi1le
and Burmash knew why Young Doc"
as they called him, had taken up the
railroad fight so enthusiastically
When they learned the true cause of
his e1ertions, he became more popular
than ever, and his marriage to Nelly
Sinnett was the signal for food of
congratulations to pour in upon them
from all sides. Andrew Sinnett ac-
know1edged that everything had
turned out we'll In the long run, and
Young Doc" was supremacy happy.
for as he told his w1fe-@TabersviIIe
got the railroad and got you-which
was the best bargain of all"
And Nelly quite agreed with him.