The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-09-21
= Where's .
Haggerty?''
BY FRANK L. PACKARD
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When the Hul Division read General
Order Number 3s it WIS not pleased
III. @. Hale, the q o ran, Is hereby
appointed Superintendent Of the Jill
Division. piib headquarters al Big
Cloud vice y r MacKay"
Now. wbo In the double blauked
AlanEetY hiapked blazes is Halef de-
nandad t8e r0UndhoHse and the en-
zine crews
"Macgay was all 70 the good hm2--
WHAT. growied ghe despatchers
The train crews swung their lanterns
Nth a defiant air. and the passenger
1nducfors tuggled their punche8
round their little fingers. smiling
wrerior smile fa themselves. Hale
might be a good man perhaps he was
p was MacKsv far that matter
Wcss he'll gen along all right With lis
Jgf tie don't want to get fresh that's
IN, Where'd he come from hm2@
That question. At first, no one seemed
lhle to answer The general impress
ion was that the Trans-continenta
tad cot him from some Eastern road
Certainty he WAS q new man, bran new
the system
And then the renown Of one Hag
arry, who was brsking on q pas
anger local. became gves1 and. in
0usequence. me 4ispleasuta 81 the
fivisiou increased.
Said Haggerty when / was on
he Penn Eve years back, this fsiioF
tale was assistant super H0u wantfr
1os oat for him. y0'i can take MY
fte wora for that He's q h0ly Fer
or.. an that's fact. Got any
he#in
Tiaegertv got his chewing be5Hg an
arepfons liar and Halle got q aaii'
ged reputation for the same reason
Bit Haggerfy got more than hla
hawlng-and he had nof long 70 wait
Jn the day that the new super was
expected. Haggerty. on passenger Eoeai
Number Seven got lnt0 Big Cloud
,bout noon and taking advantage oI
NJ ren-minute wait for refreshment
;traddled a stool al the lunch-counter
3erween bites. be fred questions al
rscD0nald. the dispatcher. who vas
0lding his midday meal ~
Hale come yet?" he demanded.
Haven't seen him. replied Mac.
Sonata '''
1eNThen dye expect himH' PERSISTED
siaggertyG GIaa9b1 oa l9ss ~ % - g
Il don't knpw5y @seD0He4a ahsweFeff
"Oh. don't Ale a60Uaasd lose
canned Haggertv. "Yon amt givln
rav any weighty secret If you lef out
hat time his specIafll be along.
ppose
III haven't heard Of any special, So -
anponald. SAY 5aggerty they lei.
ID Hale's an old friend of yours Inn
Ia wonder you're anxious, I forgot
bout that As. SOON g9g get word
5ont hinl. l'if~ Rira ilp 4fe'Hne 70 y9u
4,a Won aan fbtsp vout trAing seoaie
gsraaJs or a aItandRan apas lF beTa. eF4 "a
n 1atform 20 Egeet hims
Won go 10 hlazes," retOrtet Hag-
.artv. and scowlcd across the counter
Il An in0ifensiye looking little fellow
Tho had taken the liberty ~ smiling Ak
~ asspaIcheT's words.
~No Hagger1y went on Macdonald
3Assantly don't yoH Worry won 3
aii vou. When the super STEPS an fae
rain. ard the firs' words he sass is
Where's Haggertr7 sEd roH're h9i
,ara io respoud In kind } can plainly
ee tberaIl be doings Oh, no. don
on fret. TU not throw you down on
,rvthing HSe -'twouldu't be wisa
or ns BATS GOT 70 liye with MIN. 70
ne binr au al fhs outset no 4 cor
1frly won}IBts wlmrS
.You 20 bite on a brake-shoe, y0u Ee
-oo -hq71s to he munchin doughnuts.
.ra~a-i Haeeeffv AMI swinging him
slf from tfSEesf thelFsaqlsfssia p iils
rain. r-s,.
An hour ,afer wheE he reached Fly
RIVER The end Of his run. b. iotind
.aieeran waitinc for bim fTom Aiac
0onald lie sucked - his nnner lsF -
You ~ joker v!re3 the des
hatcher why didn roV ten rs Iha'
your friesa fs3a.. caFPq Z 4 e. n y sPs On N'''
llsgeerty pushed his cap 20 The bach
q hts head. and swore softly Hhaer q
-aafh He began % go over in his
hind tNe passengers that had been
,boa-a he train when they ran lnll
sfg cloud. 80 one individual seemed
20 stand out carded and Wayullied as
be new super
Then an idea struck HaggeT5y. and
be climbed into NE rear coach " Aef.
Rarkely his conductor. Was maAlhs
tp his report sheets
say. Jim said Hagzsriy- '
mere ans passes INFO Biz cloud tni'
moru.n
perkely booked up slspiciously
You mind your 0an business o.
,ouTl get = iOng lsttsr. De snApPea
-Oif phur,'' returned Hasserty
l.~tlfh hs same as your'n ala d
raars rhe matter with sou. then
t1anasr Jim. i wanter know va
here any passes
no here wasn't grunfed Herkeiy
-o0ing down a litiis.
Well then. gou might nave saiA T
s- frst. ins-raf of i1mpiu a ieiloH ~.
ro.hfu'.r said Haggsrty. and vent Q 2
- he ear 70 hang u@dltafiFeV ore
ne bsn6.raa and spit re1sciiFeiF q
the tles
.Now. wouidn't mat sting your p
demanded cf .he uniTerss in genera
Woufdn't that sting yolt Wno eve
taard 81 a new super comm on tn
~ risfn' a LOCAL on q ficteff An 10
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