The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-04-29

Dyhis Is n deyll Or a measV' ne
rapped out ~ unc Ntood I'VE ~,
understood in New Yo''--iput you hau
reslgnedw 80.
"iycll. I haven't" retorted the boss
shortly And then lie stuck the knlre
in good ana deep and twisted IL arounu'
eThere Is commercial telegraph wire
IN the Hotel Billiard, where suppose
you will put up, Mr.. Dismuke' anu I'm
sure Won will find II entirely at your
service. If YOU have anything further
10 say TO me hope 1t VIII keep uhtn
after this office opens In the morning.
| am very busy, just now
mighty nearly gasped. This DIS.
nuke was the new general manager
amounted, doubtless in all good faith'
by the president and sent out TO take
charge of things. And here was the
boss practically ordering MN OUT VI
the office-teling him that ms room
was better than his company
The portly man got out Of his chalr'
pulIing like q stedm-engine
Wen see about this!" he threat
ened. you've been here three mohlhs
and you haven't done anything Dul
muddle things until the stock OF ing
company isn't worth much more than
the paper it's printed on! II can
get clear wire to New YORK. your
have word from President Dunton TO-
morrow morning telling you where you
| get off. -
To this MI Norcross made no reply
whatever and the hcayy-footed gentle-
man stumped out, saying things 70
| himself that wouldn't look very wei
in print. When the hall door below
gave biz slam to let us know tnat
he was still going, the boss looked
across at me with sour grin wrin-
| king around his eyes.
snow you know why made Coroner
break all the rules of the service GET
| ting here, Jimmie" he said. "Pos-
session is nine points of the law, ana
| in this case it was rather Important
! that Mr.. Dismuke shouldn't find the
outfit without a head and these offices
of ours unoccupied" He rose, stretched
| his arms over his head like tired
| boy. and reached for the golf cap ne
| kept to wear when he went out to
| knock around in the shops and yard.
| Lets go up to the hotel and see II
! we can break into the cafe, Jimmie"
| he finished up. Later on, we'll wire
Mr. Chadwick; but that can wait.
haven't had a square meal in four
\ days"
| With everybody supposing he had
4 resigned arG left the country, | guess
there were all kinds Of nine-minutes'
wonder in Portal City, and all along
the Short Line when the word went
out that Mr. Norcross was back on the
job and running it pretty much the
same as If nothing had happened.
After supper, on the night of his
return from The hide-out, he had sent
a long code message TO Mr.. Chadwick,
and a short one to President Dunton;
and though didn't see the reply to
either, l guess Mr.. Chadwick's an
swer, at least. was the right kind, be-
Il cause our track renewing campaign
went into commission again with Il
slam, and all the reform policies took
4 a sure-enough fresh start and began to
| hump themselves, with Juneman work
ing the: newspapers TO a finish.
| We heard nothing further from Mr..
| Dismuke, the portly gentleman in the
1 tan spats. though he still stayed on at
the Billiard We saw him occasional
ly at meal times and twice he WAS
eating at The same table with Hatch
| and Hencke. That placed him all
right for us, though I guess he didn't
need much placing.
| wondered a little at first that Mr..
Norcross didn't take the clue that
Branderby, the Mountaineer reporter,
had given US and tear loose on the
gang that had trapped him. He didn't;
of the first day he was up to his neck
pushing things for the new company
formed for the purpose Of putting Red
Tower out Of business. and he wouldn't
take minutes time for anything else.
OF course, it says itself that Hatch
never made any more proposals about
selling the Red Tower plants to the
| Citizens Storage & Warehouse people
after the boss got back That move
went into the discard in a hurry. and
tie Consolidation outft was busy get
ting into its fighting clothes, and try
| ing to chOck the wheels of the G. S.
& w. with all sorts Of legal obstacles.
Franchise contracts with the rail-
road were flashed up, and injunctions
were prayed for Ripley waded in,
and what little sleep lie got for a week
or two was in Pullman cars, snatched
while lie was rushing around and try
ing to keep his new clients, the C. S.
4 w. folks, out of Jail for contempt
of court. He did It, Little and quiet
and smCoth-sp0ken he could put the,
legal leather into tie biggest bulIiesi
the other side could hire. Luckily |
we were an interstate corporation, andl
when the local courts proved crooked. |
Ripley would find some way to Jerk
the case out of them and put it IN toI
! some Federal judge