El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-29

Z 'em. I've got TO go across the street
/ and collect some bills-you can check
I out any freight they've got" And he
again withdrew.
The conductor walked in and said:
/ ASK i'm II he's got anything for No.
3 %"
I put the question to the train dis
3 patcher over the wire, and he answered
/ no, very plainly and distinctly After
a while the train pulled out, and i was
{ looking for the soup ticket" TO report
3 them. when the train dispatcher began
( calling the office.
I answered and he said: Get No. 23.'
They're gone"
stop EN-"
Il say they've gone.
Fetch EN- back"
They're gone, s."
shut that key and go bring that
{ train back for orders"
/ closed the key and wandered aim
! lessly out on the platform in the vague
hope OF seeing the agent or that some
: thing might happen. To my surprise 1
saw that the freight had stopped at
the other end Of the yard, about three
quarters OF a mile away I could stiI
hear the dispatcher calling and knew
! by the vicious sound OF the instruments
that he was mad. Thoughts Of COLI
siOns. and the possibility Of being res
pOnsible for a terrible acciednt flashed
across my mind, and I started for that
train on a run The distance was great
er than I had imagined. and was com
pletely blown when 1 came up with II.
( The conductor was lying on his back
under a car fixing something about the
air brake. I managed to gasp out that
the train dispatcher wanted him for
orders
Tell him to go plumb to h-r' shout
ed the conductor and then calmly con-
tinued his labor. As there seemed moth
ing else to be done. 1 started back ito
the station to deliver the message. and
had gone but a short distance when
the engine passed me backing up to
the office. It was going too fast for
me to board II. so the conductor and
engineer had been waiting ten minutes
or more when ] eventually reached the
station
IF it's all the same 70 you partner"
said the conductor with freezing pO-
likeness. wed Just as soon get out of
here We've got families at the other
end OF the run. and 'ud like to get
there before they grow out OF our re-
membrance."
Il walked into the office and told
the dispatcher 1 had stopped the
train
Why don't you be all day about it2''
he answered 'Trere's nothing for
them--it's too late to help EN- any
now
/ told him this His jaw fell. and for
fully minute he gazed at me in round
eyed horror, then rushed from the Of
flee and yelled at the engineer: Cit
a move on yourselfi Git out OF here
before ut has another fitr'
After that il was comparatively
quiet for a while. ] made a feeble
effort TO understand something Of the
classificatious, but soon gave up the
attempt as hopeless. One OF two lots
Of freight and express came in. and a
couple Of trains passed without acci-
dent I was beginning to think I was
getting on to the business. when the
agent returned. He looked more care
worn than eyer as he sank YEARLY
into the one chair the office afforded.
Well. how you maxim it," he asked
and I stated so far the progress seemed
satisfactory.
Next he looked at the way bills. and
wanted to know il I had unloaded
that COW yet.
NO" I answered. mot yet"
Not yetr he shrielzed. Great Scott.
man. what does Sections 43S9. 81 and
IS OF the Revised Statutes Of the United
States. and Section 2. Chapter 3, Of
the Act Of April 8. 1873. say27
I was about TO confess my ignorance,
but he stopped me
Don't waste any more precious time;
get the critter unlOaded before any one