Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-08-05


'roup'r ,N'u 'o''I,,N''"' ''V'n' '""''o
more ae'aa' '"reiu''y piahiieu lor' aS
lic n"u now couie i'r'n! !" pe'e'e'
ihc p''ii'''i.S III 'h' risn. u, way c"S'
were ""' VI 'o""' "nu 'neir lawyers
iiau gone '" '"e u"l''"'' h'o,'ht S""
t'''' ne 'nish' ""it week without "c'
cohipliSninF "hN,hirp' hence ne iih'he'
uia'e'E INSTRUCTED MS conductor w ger
of"erS Tor ,he return
Ai'er n"'i'R oeei, gone 'e'Sur''y
haii hour Tue conductor 'ahe DICK
u 'he service car 10 say ,ih' vi" sihp'e
te,eerapn wire connecting Lewiston
WIN Tue outer Wor'" was uoWh anu
'ii'' Tue oroers i"r ine return JPur
ne! cou"' no' ne on'hih'n "h',i III"
'eiegraih connection was restored NJ
tna' lo'h' biouh' TOOK matters INTO
nus own h''i'uS'
There was u mining company having
ITS headqunrters III IN" Isolated town
End Blount had met the ma ger once
In the capiial-mei him In Il social way
and had been able to show him some
little attention. Hiring blackboard at
the one livery stable In the pluce, he
drove out to the Little Mary mine
and luckily found Blatchford. the
friendly manager II did not take over
a minute 10 renew the pleasant nc.
Quaintunce and to state his dilemma.
I'm hung up here with my special
train. the wires are down. and I can't
get out" was his statement of the
crude fact. Didn't you tell me that
you owned motorcar?"
81 did," was the prompt reply. want
"You beat me to it." said Blount,
laughing. THAT was precisely what
was going to beg for-the loan of your
car. believe you told me that you
| had driven It from here to the cnpital."
"Oh. yes, several times. You ought
to make It in six hours and a half or
seven ut the most Drive me down to
the burg and III put you In posses
| sion" .If
A little later Blount found himself
handling the levers Of very service.
able knockabout car equipped for hard
work on country ronds. When he was
ready to go he drove down to the rail.
road yard and hunted up his conductor.
"After you have had your vacation
you may get orders from Mr.. Kit.
tredge and take his car back to the
capital" he told the man. "when you
do you may give him my compli.
,hents and tell him that preferred to
run my own special train"
The conductor grinned and made no
reply. and he was still grinning when
he sauntered into the railroad tele-
graph office and spoke to the operator.
II dunno what's up" he said, but,
whatever 1t was. the strings broke.
Old Dave Sagebrush's son has Dor
rowcd him an automobeel and gone
back TO town ON his own hook. Guess
you'd better call up the division dis
patcher and tell him the broken wire
gag didn't work. Get move on. We
hain't got nothing to stay here for
now"
| The traffic manager had left his office
for the day. but BlOunt found him at
the railway club.
Just a word. Dick" he began when
he had overtaken Kittredge's accom-
plice In the grill room corridor. Exit
tredge put up Job on me. and think
you helped him. had to borrow an
automobile to come back In from
Lewiston"
| "Confound your said Gantry hearth
ly.
| But that was all that he had a
chance to say. since Blount had turn
ed abruptly and was already leaving
the club to go on to the hotel.
Since the election was now no more
than three days distant the Inter.
Mountain lobby was filled with groups
Of caucusing politicians. Notwith-
standing the position he had taken
and the open eyed fearlessness with
which he had discussed the political
situation publicly in every considera-
BILE town in the state. Evan Blount
| Syas still n puyzlo IN thnco whoua ~ 90