The bee., 1914-12-18
How Jim DonheIly
Made a Success.
By EVERETT P. CLARKE

ferred to some more promising posi-
don. The system was long one, pen
etrating into what were then the back
woods or North America. The com
pGRy needed men on the frontier, but
unfortunately those positions were so
unattroctive that the employees there
could not be made TO hold their places
Jim was told that he might have a
passenger train in this region, but was
advised that the people travelling there
were hard to manage. and 1t was fear
ed that he would give up the job after
learning the conditions. s-sf..a
Jim had commenced railroadlng as q.
brakeman. The salary OF conductor
was much better than that Of agent at
an inferior station, and he decided to
accept the position. Another indnce
ment was that II he succeeded IN rom
ning his train through the lawless Dis.
trict with regularity he would be ad-
vaDeed TO a higher position.
The main trouble Jim's predecessors
had experienced was collecting fares.
The people OF the country made all
sorts OF excuses for not paying their
way, and II the conductor tried to put
them of the train they would make a
light One conductor had been killed,
another severely wounded, and others
had been too frightened TO insist on
getting the fare. All tbs was explain
| cd 10 the applicant o4tt5
Jim thought the matter over and
made up his mind that he would fight
his way to mastery Of the situation.
He would not undertake the Job with
out seeing II through. The lights the
conductors had experienced were with
individuals, and 10 long a. he was not
called upon to fight several men at
once Jim saw no reason why he should
not stand as good a chance as the 9TH
er fellow, though he was not large
man nor especially muscular He was
quite ingenious and relied on his think
Ing powers to provideGyays Of collect
| ing fares.
Jim had been running his train sew
eral days without trouble when a
| Wild. looking man got on at wilder
ness station, and when Jim asked him
for his fare the passenger. feeling
through his pockets, finally took out a
dirty paper on which he had himself
written agBass. : Jim handed it back
to him with the laconic remark mo
good" The man began to berate the
! conductor with his tongue for insult
ing him, at the same time putting his
hand to his hip for his revolver. Jim
put his hand into his outside coat peck
det and, pulling out a rubber bulb, re-
,peated his request for the fare The
| man was getting his revolver in posi-
| ZION Tor a draw when Jim placed the
bulb before the FascaPs face and,
pressing Il hlled his eyes with red pen
| UAr. .s.a NJ 81 (. SIS .,.
Il There WAg. y heWI, the .pAs4enG4r pat
ting his hands % bls eyes Jim, TAX
| ing advantage Of his blindness. made
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| ne man ~ Aa eellNE And hunted hiE8
| 70 the door, giFiDG bin a kick an he
| dropped HIM on the tEstn. 4
| The nAxt man who refused to pay
his fare was countryman, who relied
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ppt on the train by the conductor. The
fellow waa certainly very strong and
pflne0 hlmaeh on being apis 70 hAe
care Of any man without the use Of
arms, When jim asked MN Tor MS
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