The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1913-10-25

A. "os eApldlueQ 10 nm, were
ooth OF the opinion that he was direct
ing every move. II he was In it, David
Kerr was in it; and II David Kerr was
In It. he was not in it for his health.
IN seeking to unravel the tangled
skein they now had loose end to
WORK with. They could not imagine,
however. why the stock-yards com.
pahy was entering the street car field
IN such peculiar manner
Wright sat with his chair tilted back
against the wall, his hands behind his
mead. gazing at the map on the wall
opposite
MORRISON, newspaper man has to
trust in many cases to his sixth sense;
thal his nose for news, for the big
s'or5' otten he misses fire, but when
ne does hit the bulI's-eye everybody
knows il" Such was Wright's pre-.
afhoie as he brought his chair down on
the moor and prepared to tell the law
yer what his sixth sense had made
MN ieel was the real object of the
game The stock-yards company is
preparing to steal a street"
Nuat!' gasped Morrison. What
| makes you think so?"
| Everything See how the river is
eating up the only tracks to the sock,
yards. They've got to get to the yards
| farther east Maple Avenue is the
easiest way, The franchise says moth,
ing about what kind of cars are to run,
| no" they are to be propelled, or what
they are to carry. III bet they are
going 20 run cattle cars filled with
hogs and sheep and cattle down Maple
| Avenue, and pull them with steam en-
gincs. too"
i won't believe it," protested the
lawyer. Maple Avenue is residence
street."
The stock-yards company is a for
| elgn corporation interested only in
| dividends"
| Look at Benton Park"
Yes. take a good look: you won't
| want to in year from now"
| i don't believe it,
| Anyway. that's the theory I'm GO
| ing on If it is correct I'VE struck
| the nail on the head with my first
| guess. If it is wrong. I'll keep ham
!
and is given the truth, If I'm wrong,
then they'll soon be smoked out. They
| can't stand being so misinterpreted
| when asking the public for favor.
| But I'm right, I tell you. They're 60
| Ing to connect with the railway tracks
where they cross Maple Avenue two
| blocks below Bluff Street. Such belt
line railway will be extremely valu-
able"
1t was after six o'clock before they
decided to leave the office. AS every
| pro and con of the situation had not
been exhausted, they adjourned to the
Belmont Club for dinner and there
continued puzzling over the franchise
and its meaning
Shortly before eight O'Clock Wright
drained his coffee cup and looked
across the table at his companion
Doing anything tontght?" he in
| CURED
NO. Nothing on hand that know
Of"
I'm calling on Miss Kerr tonight
want you to go with me; ! can't go
alone"
Il shall be very glad to-" replied the
young lawyer, successfully conceaiing
his surprise.
Wright realized the fight was on.
He also knew what Gloria had come
to mean to him. and after what they
had said last night he was afraid to
see her alone. Now his first duty was
to the public, that public which SO
often accepts benefits and sacrifices
all unconscious of its own gain and
what the cost has been. For the gen.
eral good, for an ideal, fer his belief
in what a paper should be. ne was put
ting aside-just for the time, his heart
told hm-the one woman who could
make him supremely happy.
The deferring of hope was heavy
upon Wrights heart as with Morrison
he walked in silence to Gilbert's
house TO himself he kept repeating
some verses from their birthday
book"
In the twilight We parted
In the night broken-h hearted
We drea AIMED sweet dream.
Then met and parted
Again broken-hearted
But dreams come again