The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-22


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Where's Haggertyg9 he called
bfcathlesely Where's -"
Here. said Haggefty promptly,
leaning oat over the steps ana show
ing his Hight what ave want?"
o0h. all right, said fte man. "'ii
be back and be disappeared in the
shadow Of the station
lie acts like be was nutty" nut
tered Haggerty, ana swung himself OFF
| the steps
But. though Haggerty waited. the
man aid NOT come back. and he had
NOT come back when the train began
to roll out of the station. and Hag.
gerty was again on the rear platform
or the car Then. Just as his hand
reached out TO open the door. he
stopped and started suddenly as though
he had been stung
A voice came out Of the darkness
from the other side Of the track over
j by the roundhouse. Where's Hag-
gerty?" IL demanded anxiously
Then lIaggerty tumbled. and his face
went red win rage He leaned far out
over the rail-. and. forgetfnl that the
pantomifne was lost Ia the darkness,
SHOOK his clehched fist In the direction
from whence the voice mad come
Yon 20 to heee-ll.lni" he bawled,
the exclamation shaken into syliables
by reason Of the car wheels iolting
over the siding switches at that precise
moment. And then, his senses being
!. very acute, from where the light shone
In the despatchers window he thought
he heard. above the momentarily IN.
ereasing rattle Of the train laugh
! laugh that produced anything but
ouieting effect on his already outraged
sensibilities
Now Haggerty was not Of the nature
Of those who can pass lightly over q
Joke at tAeir own expense especially
If that joke be too prolonged and car
ries with 1T a hint OF underlying
venom Therefore, as the one on
Haggefty7 spread over the DIVISION,
and scarcely all hour OF the day passed
that the cry Where's Haggerty2o did
! not reach his ears, he began " snih
and treasure up his injury The Dl-
/. vision was rubbing 1T in pretty hard.
& Blst the curious part OF 1t all was that
Z his bitterness was not directed against
himself. who was thes direct cause OK
his discontinue, nor against Macpon'
aid who was the indirect cause; bh'
I against Hale, the super, who was nc
4 cause at all.
Just once had Haggerty seen the
I Superintendent Hale was pointed ohl
1 to him on the platform at Big Cloud
and Haggerty had ducked hastily bach
!, inside hts train Hale was the inof
4 fensive little fellow he had treated witt
such acant courtesy at rhe lunch
!. counter. the insignificant. squinteyeg
I individual he had hauled from the ca
nlatform by the coat collari WheE
/. Haggertyis mingled feelings Of pertuf
y bation and amazement permitted nm
any speech at all. ii was rather IN
coherent
,a{ "phut-the runtl" he gasped, am
subsidized into an empty seat
4 And in this ineiegant, but pithy, suni
n ming Up Of the capacity and dimeu
< sions at his chief. the Division wa
2 with him 10 the last section hand, Hh
Z "a rafvoad man The Hin Diyiso
a was ashamed. and II rankled for I'll
2 shame that Il considered had been pa
v npon ii Ont Of il all Haggerty va
the only thing Of saving grace >
y unnn Haggerty they loosened, benin
4 the humor some Of their bitterness
II Haggerty became the safety valve 9
4 the Division
,f A month had gone BY and Hale he
b lived we'll up TO what his appearans
d had led them to expect He migl
y have been an automatpn for All u
signs Of life that emanaied from b
le Office Just routine, the routine bus
.n ness routine, that was all. The di
r auiet and unrest that brO0ded over q
s. Division became contempt-the Kin
81 Of contempt that made athe eartint
ie nut on airs, and in their heart Of hear
4, figure themselves better railroad mt
than he who sat over them In supren
authority.
And then Haggerty got shock.
was impaired by Macdonald
Il got il from Cs clerk ia
night" said the Dispatcher He
going 10 run an Inspection special oY
the Division, aud he's picked out iI
ie Tag end Of all things for the ere
ta re picked you FIRST Haggerty
- "Aw. forget So" growied Haegeri
"a. with a scOwl
b n think there something Behind
q though" Macdonald went on. his vol
= moduIated conddenfially. BetWe
IS Won ard mc Hagger.E the inspecu'
5 trip Is nuG
20 Hareerfy pric.6d np his ea
aHows that he demanded
- Weil.n said Macdonald serene
= backing 10 a safe disiaace. fhH
he's hurt al lhe Nay gou'fe cht p
since he's been here hes pinlng
~ yonr company and--
Haggcrfy spTang ~ bis feet from
~ baggage truck on which he haa i7'
= sealed. and sheoE ri5 fisl lfsntieaii{
tne fast fefFeallus ieMe he vas
- zezi..aiaftus Aere-is and ml.ilrf
.4a4aatly. 10 hEHsei sheu zoe Hih+
= ia the despAirh-rs fo9m otei d
opened softly. and Macdonald a'D
nut his head