The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-10

and that is where his wonderful diplomacy
came in again and served him well.
you down in Grimes ofice?' he asked.
Simpson laughed outright. He had just
tucked away his third greeting in the social
intercourse and WAS as willing to talk as ne
seemed determined to laugh. That's pretty
good - he said as he laughed again, Grimes
department, That S what Grimes calls It
lie s bigger han the road and when he makes
any reference TO ihe purchasing department
he calls it his. But he s gone away for
week and we will have a little rest until he
gets back. lie went TO Nashville this evening
and before he gets back he S got 10 20 over
to Arkansas on some kind Of lumber deal,
Did IIake look wise? Not on your natural
He tumbed 10 the fact that whatever Simp-
ION knew about the Office he did not know the
nature of the business which llakc had on
hanl and The latter did not break any records
letting him in on it. What he did do was TO
get away from Simpson as quickly as possible
aud after good night rest he secured a
supply Of leases from legal blank store and
took the next train for Lockport
Guess ] might as well tic the lumber in
dustrY of that part Of Arkansas up into
hard knot IL | can beat Grimes down TO where
tho mud is deep. he said be boarded tho
train for his hours of travel on the road OF
few stations aud which rarely stopped its
trains until the tracks sank so far down that
the engineer could not the rails.
'''rhis old liuc needs something else besides
ties commented John Ilake TO himself, !,
"but | don I deal in filing in ground"
Once when the tram came TO slowup at
crossroads llakc caught sight of rustic seat
ed on a farm wagon industrously sucking a
lemon. Ilakc s mouth watered as he observed
to the man in the seat III front of him: Ism {
is strange that Providence should step in and
10, N-isIp mn Df
what Is mst at that moment uppermost IN
ones mind! ! was iust thinking of how a
certain chap was dong some tail stunts IN an
effort TO hand me lemon on 4 business deal,
when the train gave sudden lurch al that
crossroads and right IN front of my window
a fellow trying TO secretc his eountenance
in an ovcrgrown sample of gust what that
cuss thinks he 5 going TO hand me. ~
Just then an idea Of some kind struck John
Hake. because he settled his gaze the last
disappearing beauty of the sunset, AMI said:
comes in right handy, but they were never
grown 10 travel alone. Now you take little
sugar and some cracked icc and little
bruised mint. and-but what's the use? All
have is the remaining ingredient VIII
vou'''
s.Reckon will n darn glad came from
tho stranger as he reached over for the prot
fercd flask.
When il came time for the pair 20 talk
again the train had pulled mp nj Lockport
and Hake got on. after bidding his travelling
acquaintance good-by.
Speaking OF Lockport. e was a town OF
about 500 inhabitants when they were AL
home and il swcleA 10 about 500 on Satur-
day when tho farmers ali drove in with their
families.
The question was never quite satisfactorily
settled Just WHY the town Of Lockport and
the railroad station had not gotten closer TO
gcther in the early DAYS of their acqualn
tanee Some ssid that the half hour 5 ride
between the two WAS due 10 the haste with
which the surveyors went over the line, there