The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1912-06-20
Personally
Conducted
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iCopyriRht, 1911, by Assoeiated Literary Press.l
BY John Warder

out Wnen at last ne arrived In the OF
fee of the T. c. & S. as assistant SUI
perintendent of construction, he had
achieved the sourbrquet of Turtle, not
because of his slowness, but because
of the persistence with which he clung
to an object.
Bulldog" had first been proposed,
but Burton, observing the play of the
lean, sinewy neck in the loose turn
down celluloid collar had suggeste ed
Swapping Turtle as a better name and
this had been condensed to Turtle
Burton had brought Turtle back from
the west when T. c. & S. had called
him to build the S0-mile feeder to the
trunk line.
The trunk line had long had It in
mind to build feeder itself Once
preliminary survey had been made,
but some Objectionable legislation had
caused the abandonment of the scheme
until the proper law-givers could be
seen" and meanwhile the charter of
the Independent line had been passed
over the heads of the railroad party
IN the two houses.
Burton had been sent for in a hurry
and had been given instructions that
at all hazards the line must be ready
IN time
Burton, working up and down the
hne, scowled at the slow progress and
at the gangs sitting idle while wait
ing the arrival of more material and
at last he sought out the president.
The NJ. & G. people are turning a
dirty trick" he stormed. They say
mat they are doing all they can to
rush the material through and yet II
Is certain that they are letting our
cars loaf. The steel for that bridge
across the Canscott should have been
here two weeks ago. 1t has not even
reached the NJ. & G.. yet. 1t is stalled
somewhere along the A. g. w The A.
& w. is really part of the NJ. & G.
system anC they are deliberately hold.
inc It back"
But the railroad people say that
they are doing their very best" said
President Severn, mildly.
have your authority to speak?"
demanded Burton. ---,.... ..e.--,-.,
IF necessary" assented the presi.
dent and with blunt leave-taking
Burton slipped from the room. He
had 10 minutes in which to make the |
next train to the headquarters of the !
company in New York and that after |
noon he had an interview with the |
president Of the NJ. & G. and the traf.
ic manager
knowing that the steel was still in
the hands of the A. e w. and that 1t
was likely that It would stay there
until after the time limit had expired,
the president of the NJ. & G. readily
enough gave Burton an order to all
employees of his road requiring them
10 expedite in every manner the de-
livery o. the rails
Then he bowed Burton out and die
tated a letter to the president of the
A. & w explaining the situation and
asking that delivery to his road be
delayed until after a certain date.
Before the latter read the letter the
morning he had already CIV
Sh A1hA Nch a ltAAtA SlAilAdl W Tue one |
;he construction man had obtained at
his first interview on the supposition
that the NJ. & G. would attend to the
proper delay when the freight passed
% their yards
Armed with these two letters Turtle
was already speeding toward the steel
and by evening be had 10.
,ated the missing steel
Il had all been side tracked at
minor town where the yard officials
we're doing their best to forget it's ex.
stence, but Turtle and the letter from
he president reused their memories,
aud Turtle, sitting in the cab of the
shuntinG engine, picked up the de-
lached cars and made up a special
before word came from the headquar-
iers in New York
The wires warmed under the dis
cussion that went on, but in the end
the Office was forced TO admit that the
had only done their duty.
Wen lose that train somewhere
along the road he said with fresh
outburst of laughter. Burton will
start for home secure in the belief
that the train viii follow and every
time he comes back after it, 1t will
take two of three days to get It start
ed again"
Its not Burton" explained the
president, but some young cub of
his b. B. Brown"
The traffic manager smiled. He
dimIy remembered b. b. Brown, a
mild-mannered, inoffensive sort of
young fellow.
II guess we can handle b. B.
Brown" he wired back with a grin
You might send word to the dispatch.
er's office to run the train in on a
siding somewhere to permit the politi-
cal special to pass
The Office force roared at the sally.
The political special was a congress
sional junket that was to start on a
tour OF the country late In the fall,
.ona three months after tho II n o.