The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1916-01-21


Zowiel That was the hot onel The
A.-P. was the main stem. and within
thirteen seconds Of the appearance on
the streets OF the tremendous extra.
every other fragile branchlet Of q rail-
road not under the immediate protsc-
ton Of the APP. was reduced to
shriveI. and Its stocks began to drop
with the sickening plunge OF an UNI
opened paraehutel
Call Sargent kept Nanetts on the
rush for extras from the frat yell on
the streets. and she read every word.
including the underlines on the miscel.
laneous portraits of Allison and the
funny primes which Invariably oc-
Cured In the middle Of the most inter.
esting sentences.
II was true. all true! Here was tho
frst step In Allison's Tremendous prof.
ect an accomplished fact. The rest OF
IT would be gradually revealed. from
day to day. as suited his needs, and
the empire he bad planned would
spread. until It's circle touched, and
,aserlapped, anA broke into M Intricate
webbing, ever all the land and water
OF the esrthl And shs was to be the
empressl
Was she! Through all the night she
had battied that question. and the bat
tie had left traces Of darkness around
+, her luminous eyes.
Late IN the afternoon Jim Sargent
came home. drawn. tagged and with
hollow under his eyes. He had VIC
lent headache. and he looked ten years
older He walked slowly Into the II.
brary where Mrs Sargent and Mrs
Davies and Gail were discussing the
future OF Vedder court. and dropped
into a chair.
Grace Sargent rang n bell Instantly
When Jim felt that way. he needed a
hot drink hrs; OF all.
What is the natter" abe asked
him. the creases OF worry flashing into
her brow.
Its been n hard day" he explained
| forcing himself. with an effort 10 an.
swer, Years OF persistent experience
had taught him TO follow tho line OF
least resistance, There has been
panic on change. Railroads are going
to smash all up and down the line. Al.
lison's new Alp. road. It's the star
piracy OF the century. Allison has
brought into the railroad game the
same rough shod methods he used In
his traction manipulations.
Has your company been hurt. Jim?"
asked his wife, fully prepared for the
worst. and making up her mind to
bear up bravely under IT,
Not yet" replied Sargent. and he
passed his hand over his brow. He
was already making \ tremendous et,
fort TO brace himself for tomorrow's
ordeal Il escaped today by an acct
dent by some mistake the Towando
Valley was mentioned as belonging to
the new A.P. combination, or course
didn't correct It, but tomorrow they'll
know"
MIR. Allison Was responsible for thar
statement" Gall serenely informed her
uncle, Tie promised he'd take care Of
/ you"
Great guns!" exploded her uncle.
! What did YOU know about this
thing"
An OF H." smiled Gail. She had
known that Allison would keep his
word. but II gave her strange sense
OF relief that he had done so
Her Aunt Helen turned 10 her with
A commanding eye but Gail merely
dimpled
"Of course couldn't say anything 4"
went on Gail. IT Was all in conh.
dence. Isn't It glorious Uncle JIM"
You wouldn't have thought so II
YOU'D been down town today respond.
cd her uncle, trying again to erase
from his brow the damage which had
been done to his nerves They wanted
to mob Allison, He has cut the
ground from under the entire railroad
business OK the United States! Their
stocks have debated an aggregate OF
billions OF dollars, and the slump 10
permanent! He has bankrupted a host
o. men, rired the pockets Of a million
poor investors, he has demoralised
the entire transportation commerce OF
the United States and he gave no che
the show o. a rat IN trap"
isn't that business" asked Gait
the red spots beginning 10 come into
her cheeks
Not Quite" snapped her Uncle Jim
Fiction has made that the universal
idea, but there are decent men In bust.
nws, The majority OF them are, even
in ratlroaa;nE Most roads are organ.
txed and conducted for the cole rur,
pose Of carrying freight and pAsseu'
gers at y profit for the stockholders
AID spectacular stock iobeiug deals
are the exception rather than the
| rule"
Has Mr.. Allison been more unfair
than others who have made big con
sotdations'" demanded Gail again
aware q the severely inaairing eye OF
Aunt Helen.
Rotten replied her uncle, with an
emphasis in which there vas much OF
advantage OF every unprotected loop