The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-25
: Where's
Haggcrty :
BY FRANK L. PACKARD
rorrnleHr. 1910. ny rHr PEARSON ru.t,sHrse co

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COPYRIGHT. 1910 ny THE PEARSON PUBLISHING CO
When the Hill Division read General
Order Number 3S, it was not pleased.
j. G. Hale. the G.. o. ran. SIS hereby
appointed Superintendent of the Hill
Division, with headquarters at Big
Cloud, vice II. T. MacKay.''
Now, who in the double BANKED,
blankety BANKED blazes is Hale?" de-
manded the roundhouse and the en-
CINE crews.
"Mackay was all to the good, hm?-
what" growled the despatchers.
The train crews swung their lanterns
with defiant air, and the passenger
conductors juggled their punches
around their little fingers. smiling a
superior smile to themselves. Hale.
might be good man. perhaps he was.
/ so was Mackay for that matter Il
guess he'll get along all right with us.
| but he don't want to get fresh. that's
! all. Where'd he come from. Inn y
| That question, at first, no one seemed
! able to answer. The general impress
sion was that the 1rans-continental
| had got him from some Eastern road.
| Certainly he was new man, bran new,
to the System.
And then the renown Of one Hag-
| gerty, who was braking on a pas
| senger local, became great. and, in
consequence. the displeasure Of the
1 Division increased.
Said Haggerty: When was on
! the Penn five years back, this fellow
Hale was assistant super. You wanter
| look out for him. you can take my
! little word for that. He's holy ter
! ror. an that's fact. Got any
4 chewin'?"
Haggerty got his chewing, being an
4 egregious liar; and Hale got dam
aged reputation for the same reason.
i But Haggerty got more than his
chewing-and he had not long to wait.
On the day that the new super was
expected, Haggerty. on passenger local
| Number Seven. got into Big Cloud
about noon, and. taking advantage of
the ten-minute wait for refreshments
1 straddled stool at the lunch-counter
Between bites, he fired questions at
Macdonald, the dispatcher, who was
holding his midday meal.
i Hale come YETI" he demanded.
Haven't seen him. replied Mac
Donald.
when dye expect him?" persisted
Haggerty.
Il don't know" Macdonald answered.
ooh, don't be so blasted closet
snapped Haggerty. You amt givin'
away any weighty secret if you let out
what time his special'n be along, |
| suppose"
t 81 haven't heard of any special said
: Mac Donald. Say, Haggerty. they tell
me Hale's an old friend of yours, hm?
;. No wonder you're anxious. | forgot
! about that AS soon as ! get word
about him, I'll wire up the line to you
, SOS, you can jump your train, come
back on a hand-car. and be here on the
, platform to meet him."
], you go to blazes!' retorted Hag-
VI gerty, and scowled across the counter
/, at an inoffensive looking little fellow
, who had taken the liberty Of smiling at
, the despateher's words.
NO, Haggerty.' went on Macdonald
pleasantly don't you worry. / won't
Z fail you. When the super steps off the
t train and the first words he says is
+ Where's Haggerty?' and you're not
!. here to respond in kind | can plainly
see therell be doings. Oh. no, DOM
: you fret, I'll not throw you down or
anything like that-twouldn't be wise
for us, that's got to live with him, te
6 rile him up at the outset! No, 1t Ger
) tainly wouldn't, WHAT"
q You go bite on brake-shoe. you're
n too sharp to be munchin' doughnuts,
:. snarled Haggerty. And, swinging him
y self from his seat, he went back to hi.
. train.
o An hour later when he reached Ell
= River, the end of his run. he found {
0 telegram waiting for him from Mac
Donald He sucked in his under lip a.
= he read it.
g you sly joker wired the des
l. patcher, why didn't you tell us tina
/. your friend came up with you on Mum
S. Der Severn"
Haggerty pushed his cap to the bacl
:, of his head, and swore softly under hi
: breath. He began to go over in hi
> mind the passengers that had beef
r, aboard the train when they ran int
Big Cloud. No one individual SCENE,
y to stand out carded and waybilled a
the new super
6 Then an idea struck Haggerty. an
!, he climbed into the rear coach wher
70 Berkely, his conductor. was maxim
= up his report sheets.
Say, jim" said Haggerty. "wa
= there any passes into Big Cloud thi
Is mornin?"
Berkely looked up suspiciousl!
u You mind your own business. ar
Z you'll get along better" he snapped
'Oh, punk" returned Haggerty M
counts the same as your'n, ain't it
What's the matter with you, then
Honest, Jim, wanter know. Wa
there any passes?'
NO, there wasn't" grunted Berkel.
cooling down little.
- We'll, then, you might have said S
% at first, instead of jumpin' fellow fo
: nothin'." said Haggerty, and went OF
% of the car to hang meditatively owe
DR. the hand-rail and spit refiectiyely {
the ties.
10 Now, wouldn't that sting you?" b
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