El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-15
The Honorable Senator Sagebrush
By Copyright, 1910, By
FRANCIS LYNDE STREET SMITH
CContinued fron yesterday.)

ran up the stair and tried the door of
the traffic managers Office. 1t opened
under his hand. Gantry was at his
desk.
'Ranlett tells me that McVickar is
in town." he began abruptly. where
is hep
"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 back%
81 don't know
did you see him?''
Il 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 them?"
Gantry shifted uneasily in his chair
and tried to evade. There was very
little time" he said "Mr. McVickar
was in 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 said gravely. In the nature
Of things 1 can'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"
what for?" demanded Gantry.
81 want you to give him an inter
view to the effect that a revision of
the freight rates is in process and
that shippers having grievances should
present themselves at once. That will
at least start the ball to rolling in the
right direction"
L should think it would" scoffed the
rafhc manager. What you don't
know about the making of freight tar
IFS would sink a ship, Evan. These
things can't be done while you watt
But they've got to be in this in
stance" Blount insisted. eff you don't
withdraw the preferentials given to
the corporations you must do the other
thing. Post your legal notice of q re-
duction Of the rates on the commodities
upon which you are now allowing re-
bates, and I'll fight straight through on
the line I've been taking
"And if We don't?" queried Gantrv.
IF 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 mo-
ment's notice. And, Dick, I'll use nv
ammunition if you don't play fair
Gantry, long suffering and patient to
a fault in a 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 yoI
turn traitor? 1 love a fighting man
but 1 haven't any use for q fool"
Blount laughed.
eff 1 have succeeded in making you
angry perhaps there is a chance that
you will do something. You may curse
me out all 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 l mentioned?"
mot in a thousand years. ragged
Gantry. mot in thousand years.
Nevertheless he rose, closed his desk
and prepared to accompany the i'm