The Tupelo journal., 1909-07-16

the young mans SnOulQer. 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 it 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 a lot
of money"
THAT was a mistake loading that
up; 1 admit it; it was Karg's careless
ness"
Here is one whole case of cigars
and part of another" continued Nc
Cloud, climbing from n wheel to
another of the wagon. There is a
thousand dollars in this load! / know
you've got good men, Sinclair. If
they are not getting paid as they
should be, give them time and a half
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, what's
a pay check to a man that's sick, com
pared with a bottle of good wine?"
''When one of your men is sick and
needs wine, let me know" returned
McCloud; "Ill see that he gets it.
Your men don't wear silk dresses, do
they?" he asked, pointing to another
case of goods under the drivers seat.
Have that stuff all hauled back and
loaded into a box car on track"
mot by a damned sight" exclaimed
Sinclair. He turned to his ranch driv-
er, Barney Rebstock. "You haul that
stuff where you were told to haul it,
Barney" Then: "You and I may as
well have an understanding right
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 that
car" directed McCloud, pointing up
the track. Barney, a ranch hand with
a cigarette face, looked surlily at Nc.
Cloud.
Sinclair raised a finger at the boy,
"You drive straight ahead where told
you to drive. I don't propose to have
my affairs interfered with by you or
anybody else, McCloud. You and ]
can settle this thing ourselves" he
added, walking straight toward the
superintendent.
Get away from those mules!"
yelled Barney at the same moment,
cracking his whip.
McCloud's dull eyes hardly lightened
as he looked at the driver. Don't
swing your whip this way, my boy
he said, laying hold quietly of the near
bride.
Drop that bridlei" roared Sinclair
"Ill drop your mules in their tracks
if they move one foot forward. Dan
cling, unlock those traces" said nc.
Cloud, p~eremptorily. dump the wine
out of that wagon box, Young" Then
he turned to Sinclair and pointed to
the wreck. Get back to your work.
The sun marked the five men rooted
for an instant on the hillside. Dan,
cling jumped at the traces, Reed Young
clambered over the wheel, and Sin,
clair, livid, faced McCloud. With a
bitter de~nunciation Of interlopers
| claim agents, and fresh" railroad men
generally, Sinclair swore he would moi
| go back to work, and a case OF wine
crashing to the ground infuriated him
He turned on his heel and started fol
the wreck. Call of the men!"h he yelled
to Karg at the derrick. The@oreman
passed the word. The derrickmen
dropping their hooks and chains II
some surprise, moved out OF the wreck
age. The axmen and laborers gathered
around the foreman and followed hin
toward Sinclair.
Boys" cried Sinclair, we've got
new superintendent, q college guy
You know what they arec the com
! pany has tried EN- before. They
draw the salaries and We do the work
This one down here TO- Is making h.
little kick about the few pickings w