The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-07-07

SalG: Il suppose your duty Is quite |
clear In the slang of the street you t
must beat Mr.. Hatch to it, You must I
be the first to denOunce this bribery, \
clearing yourself and letting the AK
fall where it WILL"
The boss was shaking his head a
bit doubtfully.
ut isn't quite so simple as that,
he objected II don't know that Ia
have any compunCtionS about sending
C0llngWOod to the dump. If the haIt
Of what they say Of him is true ne
is SpineeSs degenerate ana hardly
worth saving. But to do as you Sug-
gest would be open rebellion, You
know; while Dunton remains preSl-
dent, | am his subordinate, and If ]
should expose him and his nephew,
the situation here would become sim
ply impossible"
"Well" she prompted.
"Such move would rightly ana !
properly bring a wire demand for my |
resignation, of a nature that couldn't |
be ignOred-Onlv it wouldn't, because |
should anticipate it by resIgnlhg
first, That is small matter, intro
ducng the personal element But the
results to others; to the men Of my
staff and the rank and file, and to the
publc, which. as you say, is just be-
ginning to realize some of the bene-
fits of a real partnership with its
| principal railroad; these things cant
I be so easily ignored"
"You have thought of some other
+ eXpedient?
q "No; | haven't got that far yet. But
;. I am determined that Hatch shall not
o he allowed to work his graft a second
t time upon the people who are trust
h inc me, believe in the new policy
. we are trying out. I'd fling my own
o fortune into the gap if I had one, and'
p more than that, I'd pull in every FRIEND
, I have in the world if by so dong l
II could stand the Pioneer Short Line
upon a solid foundation of honest own
* ershp. That is all that is needed III
10 the present criSls-abSOlutey alt.
4 He was on his feet now ami tramp
,r ing back and forth on the hearth rug
At one of this back-turnnss | sa"
y Mrs. Sheila reach out quickly ana ii!
r. the bit of paper with its accusing
* scrawl on the glowing Goals. Then shf
said, quite calm again:
"ln time to come you Will accom-
plish even that, Graham-thls chahs
N Of ownership that we have talked 0
and dreamed about. 1t is the tfu
solution of the problem; not govern
,s. ment ownership, but ownership by III
,rp people who have the most at stake
". the public and the workers. You ar
,,,r a strong man. and you will BRING
no about. But this other man-who
nc not strong; the man whose name wa
70 written upon the bit of paper | nav
Inst thrown into the fire ...'
on. He wheeled quickly. and what
,or said made me feel as if a cold VIII
were blowing up the back Of my nee
.bo because | hadn't dreamed tllat
would remember Collingwood We
+ho enough to recognize him in that pas
ho inc moment on the sidewalk,
mo "That man." he muttered, sort
to cratingly: 81 had completely forge
pv. tpn He was here just little WIN
her ago 7 met him as was coming
cht Did he come to See your cousln--'
his MAJOR?
Vino "No" she said. matching his Il
lind tone; che came TO see me-.
ave "YOu?"
# eyes Finding himself in a pitt
ling which he has digged with ms o
no. hands, he is like other men of his XIII
off" he would be very glad to climb
s,n. upon the shoulders of a woman.
;aid guess the loss saw red Tor a III
,ove ME but the question he asked
to come.
boss "By what right did he come TO y
only Shela?"
the "By what he doubtless THINKS
he the best right in the world. tie IS
his husband"
# was out at last, and the o'
bella door little house Of cards that | HI
dden hp had been building all these mon