The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1916-02-03

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thing big, and once more she was inn
pressed with the tremendous reserve
force In the man. His clear gray eyes
we're fixed ON the road ahead. and the
very symbol Of him seemed to be this
driving; top speed, long road,
steady hand, q cool determination. a
sublime disregard OF hills and valleys
which made them all level road.
"Why2 That word set me out on a
new principle that never. while had
strength in me, would ! consider my
work finished, no matter how great an
achievement had made. am still at
work."
Something within her leaped up In
answer to the thrill Of exultation In his
voice. To have been the inspiration OF
great deeds, even by so simple an
agency as the accidental use OF a
word, was In itself an exalting thing.
though an humbllng one, too. And
there we're great deeds. she was sure
Of that as she looked at him.
when | was n boy lived on an
cient history" he went on. with
smile for the bygone dreamer he had
been. 81 wanted to be a soldier, a
great general, warrior, in the sturdy
old sense, and my one hero was Alex
ander the Great, because he conquered
the world That's what ! wanted to
do. When grew older, and found
how small was the world which Alex
ander had conquered not much bigger
than the original thirteen states. !
grew rather dlsillusioned, particularly
as was working at about that time
for a dollar and quarter day. ]
spent a few busy years. and had for
gotten the dream; then you said why
and II all came back"
"Hurry!" commanded Gail. "Curi
osity is bad for me-"
LET me build 1t up, step by step,
for you. Incidentally, I'll give you some
confidential news which you will be
reading in months to come. hope,
and he laughed, that you will not tell
your friends the reporters about II"
"Cross my heart won't" she gayly
replied. The sting of her one bis
newspaper experience had begun tt
die away.
"When you asked me why, i was
trying to secure Vedder court for
terminal station for my city traction
lines. Vedder court quickly became
in my Imagination. the terminal poin'
not only of the city traction lines. bu'
of the worlds transportation. From
that would run a railroad tube to the
mainland, so that | could land passen
gers, not only in the heart Of New
York, but at the platforms of ever
street car and l. and subway train"
"How wonderful" exclaimed Gail
in enthusiasm. This was an idea sh'
could grasp. And have you securef
Vedder court?"
Its a matter OF days" he returned
carelessly. "The next step was tn,
transcontinental line. built 1t up
piece by piece, and today, under my
own personal control, with sufficient
stock to elect my own directors who
will jump when | crack the whip, ]
possess a railroad line from the Allan
tic to the Pacific so direct, so straight
and so allied with ninety-five per cent
of the freight interests of the United
States that, within two years, there
will not be a car wheel turning In
America which does not do so at the
command of the A.-P. railroad That
is the first step leading out of Veddei
court. The news of that consolidation
will be in tomorrow mornings papers
and from that minute on, the water
will begin to drip from railroad
stocks"
"How about Uncle Jim's road?" Gail
suddenly interrupted.
81 am taking care of him." he tolo
her easily. From Vedder court run
subways along the docks"
81 see!" interrupted Gail. "You
have secured control of the steamship
companies, of the foreign railroads. OF
everything which hauls and carriesl"
"Airships excepted" he laughingly
informed her.
She was silent now, and he left heI
silent, brooding, himself. upon the vast
scope of his dreaming. and planning
still to center more and more the
fruits of that dreaming within his own
eager hand.
Roseleaf inn. Gail recognized 1t with
a smile as they turned in at the drive
She was glad that they had come here
for II was linked in her mind with the
beginnings OF that great project oI
which she had been the impulse, and
in which the thing in her that had
been denied opportunity because she
was a woman. claimed hungry share
At his suggestion-it was more like 9
command, but she scarcely noticed
she telephoned that she was going tC
remain to dinner with Allison; ant
then they enjoyed a two-hour chat o.
many things. trivial in themselves, but
fraught now with delightful meaning
because they had to think on so many
unexpressed things, larger than these
idle people about them could concei We
or grasp II they knew
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