New Mexico state record., 1921-05-27
CHAPTER ll-Continued.

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Mr.. Norcross told what we had seen
and how we had come to be- where We
were able Ia see it. but that didn't
helm nut much either. From any point
of yie<y il seemed perfcctly foolish
and the hos, made mention of that
hrfu. the engine back, the worst that
cuubl have hrrallrn Mr.. Chadwick and
Tho ..r.yy nf the SpeciaI would have
been a few hours bother and delay
In the course of time the conductor
vaulI Iuyr. walked ont and got 10 a
wlrr station somewhere. though it
might have taken him all night, and
then some. Ia get another engine,
Naturally, Nr. Chadwick was red
hot about it, on general principles. |
gue~, he Wosu't used to being kid
mapped
Il can't hip thinking that il IS con
nrcted with what is due to happen
tomorrow u orning. Graham" he said,
AT the end of things. "Iher" are some
certain scouudrels in Portal city ut
the present moment who wouldn't stop
NJ anything to gain their ends, ana |
am wondering now if Dawes wasn't
mixed up in it,
who is Dawes
"haWes i Il mining man In Portal
city, and before I'd been an hour in
town Yesterday he hunted IN" up ana
wanted me to 20 over to Strathcona
90 look at some gold prospects he's
trying To finance. ! said No M FIRST,
because | was expecting You, ana
thought you'd reach Portal city this
morning, When you didn't SHOW up,
! knew had twelve hours more on
my hands. and as Dawes was still
hanging ON. had our trainmaster
give HE special over to Strathcona.
on promise that rd be brought back
early this evening. ahead of the
FLYER from the west-the train you
were on"
Mr.. Norcross nodded. And the
promise wasn't kept"
NO promise is ever kept on the
Pioneer Short Line" growled the big
magnate. And then, with a beauti-
ful disregard for the mixed figures
of speech: once In n blue moon the
chapter of accld"nts hlts the bulls-
eye whack in the middle, 6raham
When llardSnaw wired me from Port
land, knew YOU couldn't reach Portal
city before this morning at the very
earliest. lhat was going To cut my
time pretty snort WIN the DIG gun
due To he hred toihorro" morning
anu you cut IL sun sh"rter ny 'osihg
twelve hours somewhere alohg the
road-they told me III the dls-
patch"rs once that your tralh was
behind a wreck somewhere up III
oregon. hut II mas turned OUT hU
right. in spite or everything. lou re
here, and we've got the night before !
us" Then | suppose he nodded to-
ward me, for the boss SAID:
'Oh. Jlmmie's all right; he knew |
what | had for dinner this evening, |
and he'll know what I'm going TO have |
for breakfast tomorrow morning"
With the bride off. the big man .
went ahead abruptly. cutting out all |
the frills.
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r,ct an tho ornrou Midland Gra.
han, and ,ft.r tho ro,d was ononed
,,r business ,ou refused nm offer of
tha ,,p.r.I unpurrrship Would Won
mimi t.,Iipg me why Won did that?"
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