The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1921-07-02
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rty yffl stlu y
-ber married name. And
,a na 7 maan to keep on for
rg IT, ,.o ohopt the boss
this time. ,o cold
sst won't do, UPTON lie sa'u'
(" IN M do well enough for the
=, I'd marry her tomorrow era
!, y she we're free, and there were
s.r = - obstacles. Unhappily, there
''- hesides the small legal diff
h.. che doesn't care for my money
,rine a little of her own; ana
happens to be in love with 'he
h fellow
r,0ss the boss was remembering
Mrs sheia had told him in that
sdesce before the back-parlor hre,
rt IT'S being all off between her and
ID,rood. for he said: 81 think you
mistaken as to that last"
yo Tn not mistaken. But that's
tber here nor there. Neither you
I can send Collingwood to the
lt,utlary-that's cinch. Where
I'm advising you to quit, walk
Jump the job
n that the boss took a fresh brace,
htpg his swing chair with a snap.
rou know very little about me,
TOO, II you think I'm going to throw
m hands now, when the real pinch
come, / have scheme-if 1t
ia only be worked. But 1t can't be
rted On a rising market. By some
Il n other, the Dunton people are
ssuns the stock again. 1t went up
NJ points Yesterday"
N. Van Britt grinned. They're
suuntlng the effect of this little po-
bal deal-which will at least rope
w reform scheme down. II 1t doesn't
inything else. What you need is
suod, old-fashioned cataclysm of
bue sort; something that would fair
hock the tar out of P. S. L. secur-
k@ and send them skittering down
e toboggan slide in spite of anything
Dnle Breckenridge could do to stop
BEN; down to where they could be
ahly and proftably picked up by the
ear public. Unfortunately, those
hlnr don't happen outside of the
tory books. If they did, if the earth
uke should happen along our way
BIT now, | don't know but I'd be dis
syal enough to get out and help 1t
hake things up a bit"
After Mr.. Van Britt had gone, the
MO- put in the remainder Of the day
na workingman, skipping the noon
ncheon as he sometimes did when
ne work drive was extra heavy. Mean
'alle' as you'd suppose, rumor was
BEAUTIFULLY busy, on the railroad, and
hlo in town.
o! noon 1t was we'll understood that
aefe had been a radical change In
ne management Of G. S. 4 w., and
at mere was going to be a general
'nLe 10 answer to the slashlng cut in
kes' | slipped uptown to get a
pae and | heard some of the talk.
Y was pretty straight, most of it
snlch shows how useless IT is TO try
y Keep any business secrets. nova
tau
if example: the three men at nv
n@e ! In the Bullard grill-room-they
slua Know me or who was-knew
"a. council Of war had been called
y y Tue railroad headquarters, and that
-p1' nao been pulled In by wire
nOn Lesterburg, and that we were
an'ns along hurrledly to provide
."ase room for the wheat shippers
ea'e OF tie-up. and that we we're
ne'ns 10 distribute railroad COM
-! coal in case the tie-up should
~. s vi rnel famine-knew all these
''rss r and talked about them.
NJ. ' were facts, as far as they
.s' things. The boss hadn't
.sa ~ Idle during the forenoon. and he
y. ,,..,u W the drive straight through to
.sa0s mum . time. Word was brought in
!. .ne afternoon by Tarbell that
.,..a a.'cn M people were wiring the
'.s .as.s City and Omaha employment
49, n. s ana placing hurry orders for
4 hOieakers The boss answer to
n peremptory wire to our
4. ssi = agents at both points to
- I, .., 10 rate concessions whatever. Of
\ so, ..no' for the transportation of
,..@ under contract. 1t was a
u !. n1tle knock. Labor of that
-, mighty hard to move unless
=. get free transportation or a low
49,. !. lsre' and could see that Mr..
soss 49, was hoping to keep the strike.
sssers i, away.
% six o'clock came. the hos.
~ ! nay nay to stay and keep the ONCE
y, sa,le s, | could go downstairs and
! ~ y dinner in the station restaurant,
,rrr, ~ went on up-town-to the club.
W. After I'd had my bite. I
,,as. %ss 90. Everything was moving
h.% '' a. 20 Tar as anybody could see.
ths ~ Nv. 1--WE extra fuel trains loading
~. .o,npany's chutes at Coalville.
!. ~ dispatcher was instructed to
i, i 'aen out on the line during the
I h.s h.ss'rlouting them to the towns
|, no. aa :. reported shortages. They
! nv, ~, 70 De turned over to the reg
elsS sSa, .y yards; they were to be side
!, and held for emergencies.
och h.,e.oss came back about eight
, th,s sno ! gave him my report of
M. ,s. were going on the line.
tS.,. .s.er hr. Cantrell dropped in.
waa 4 quiet talk about ths