The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1920-10-08

| fLesslike accents. He was fumbling
in his card-case and did not look up
until about to hand his card to MORA
when his mouth flew half open, the
while he stared at her with ccnsum-
mate frankness. The girls glance met
his m0mentarily, then was lowered
modestly: she took the card anil car
ried 1t to Bryce.
"Hum-m-m" Bryce grunted. ",chat
noisy fellow Ogilvy, eh?"
His clothes are simply wonderful
and so is his voice. He's very refined.
But he's carroty red and has freckled
hands, Mr. Bryce"
Bryce rose and sauntered into the
general office.
"Mr. Bryce Cardigan?" Buck queried.
"At your service. Mr.. Ogilvy. Please
come in"
THANK you so much, SIR" He fol-
lived Bryce to the latter's private
Office, closed the door carefully behind
him. and stood with his broad back
against it.
Buck, are you losing your mind?"
Bryce demanded.
Losing it? 1 should say not. I've
Just lost it,"
Il believe you. If you were quite
sane. you wouldn't run the risk of be-
ing seen entering my office"
''Tut-tut. old dear! None of that
Am not the handspring of the North
ern California Oregon railroad and
privileged to run the destinies of that
soulless corporation as l see fit?" He
sat down, crossed his long legs, and
jerkel speckled thumb toward the
outer office. 81 was sane when came
IT. here, but the eyes of the girl out
side-oh, VOW, them eyes! I must be
introduced to her."
love at first sight, eh. Buck?"
81 don't know what it is, but it's
nice. Who is she?"
"She's MORA McTavish, and you're
not to make love to her. Understand?
/ can't have you shopping around this
office after to-day"
Mr.. Ogilvy's eyes popped with interest, |
"Oh," he breathed. you have an eve |
TO the main chance youself, have you!
Have you proposed to the lady as
yet?"
"No. you idiot"
''Then I'll match you for her-or |
rather for the chance to propose first"
Nothing doing, Buck. Spare your
self these agonizing suspicious. The |
fact of the matter is that you give me
q wonderful Inspiration. I've always
been afraid MORA would fall in love
with some ordinary fellow around
Sequoia-propinquity, you know"
"YOu bet. 2ropinQuity's the stuff.
I'll stick around"
and I've been on the lookout for
a fine man to marry her off to. She's
too wonderful for you, Buck, but in
time you might learn to live up to
her,"
duck! I'm liable to kiss YOU"
Don't be too precipitate. Her father
used to be our woods-boss. 1 fired
him for boozing."
II wouldn't care two boots if her
dad was old Nick himself. I'm going
to marry her--if she'll have me. All,
the glorious creature !" He waved his
ong arms despairingly. 30 Lord, send
ne cure for freckles. Bryce, you'll
speak kind word for me, won't you
sort of boom my stock, eh? Be
good fellow"
Certainly. Now come down to earth
and render report on your steward
ship"
I'll try. To begin, I've secured
tights of way, at total cost Of twelve
thousand. one hundred and three dol.
ars and nine cents, from the city
limits of Sequoia to the southern boun-
1Sry Of your timber in Township nine.
we got my line surveyed, and so far
Is the building of the road is concern
&c. know exactly what I'm going to
10, and how and when I'm going to
10 1t, once / get my material on the
round. /,
II have an option of rafting good
secondhand locomotive down at the
Santa Fe shops. and the Hawkins &
Barnes Construction company has offer
ID me steam shovel, half dozen
iat-cars, and a lot OF fresnos and
crapers at ruinous prices. We can
'uy or rent teams from local citizens
md get half of our labor locally. And
8 soon as you tell me how I'm to get
ny material ashore and out on the Job,
III order it and get busy"
That's exactly where the shoe be- ,
'ins to pinch. Pennington's mainline
racks enter the city along Water
treet, with one spur into his log-dump
nd another out on his mill-dock ,
from the mainline tracks we also
ave built spur through our drying ,
ard out to our log-dump and
out to our mill-dock. We ;
an unload our locomotive, steam .
howell, and fiat-cars on our own i.
wharf, but unless Pennington gives ,
IS permission to use his mainline .
racks out to point beyond the city
will letd off to
where the point Of construction be-
up stump" Ia
Suppose he refuses, Bryce. What 1
henri"
"Why, well simply have to enter
he city down Front street. paralleling 6
tracks on Water street, 1
urning down B street, make jump {
rossing of pennington's line on Water
treet, and connecting with the spur
nto our yard"