The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-21

ana severe afterwaru. II needfu1. he
ran up the stair and tried the door of
the tra61c managers Office. 1t opened
under his hand. GanUy was at his
desk.
"RanIett tells me that Mcvfckar Is
in town." he began abruptly. where
Ia her
''Ranlett Is mistaken-about twenty
minutes mistaken" was Gantry's re-
ply. ''Mr. Mcvickar passed through
here few minutes ago on his way to
Twin Canyon City. HIS special has
been gone some little time"
when Is he coming backr
IT don't know" q
did you see himT'
81 did,
did you take up with him the mat
ter Of issuing new tariffs-to do away
with the preferentials or to level the
public rates down TO themT
Gantry shifted uneasily In his chair
and tried 10 eVade. There was very
little time" he said. "Mr. Mcvickar
was IN a great hurry, and his special
was held only a few minutes"
Blount crossed the room and sat
down.
"Dick, we've come to the last round
up" he sale gravely. "In the nature
Of things / eSn't give you any more
time. You've got to do something and
do it quickly. Let's go up and see the
editor Of the Capital"
SGTVhof RaRNes doUnor@ad
II want you to give him an inter
view to tAe. effect that a revision Of
the freight rae Is In process and
that shippers having grievances should
present themselves at once. That will
at least start the bah 10 rolling IN the
right direction"
II should think It would" sconfed the
traffic manager. What you don't
know about the making OF freight tar
IFS would sink ship, Evan. These
things can't be done while you wait"
But they've got to be in this in
stance" Biount insisted. eff you don't
withdraw the preferentials given to
the corporations you must do the other
thing. Post your legal notice of a re-
duction of the rates on the commodities
upon which you are now allowing re-
bates, and Ill fight straight through on
the line I've been taking"
And If we don't" queried Gantry.
eff you don't do one or the other
there will be an explosion. just as I've
told you. OF course you know that
my safe was broken open last night
wrecked with dynamite"
eyes"
well. unluckily for you. the packet
Of papers which might otherwise have
been taken or destroyed didn't happen
to be in the safe. The documents are
still where they can be used at a mo-
ment's notice. And. Dick, I'll use my
ammunition If you don't play fair
Gantry, long suffering and patient to
fault In business affair, was not al
together superhuman.
Evan, you are frost-a black frost
You stand up so straight that you lean
over backward. Don't you know that
the Transcontinental is big enough and
/ strong enough to chivvy you from one
end Of this country to the other If you
turn traitor? / love a fighting man,
but I haven't any use for a fool"
Blount laughed.
"If have succeeded In making you
angry perhaps there is a chance that
| you will do something. You may curse
me out ali you want to, but the fact re-
mains. I'm going to explode the bomb.
and it will be touched off far enough
=! before election to do the work If you
keep on refusing to make my word to
the people good. That is all-all the
all. Now, will you go up to the Capital
Office with me and dictate that bit OF
/ Information that mentioned"
mot in a thousand yearsw ragged
! Gantry Not in a thousa2d years"
Nevertheless he rose, closed his desk
and prepared to accompany the i'm