Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1921-06-16

to nag him into resigning. Then there
was Mrs. Sheila. sort Of suspected
she was holding him up to the rack,
every day and every minute Of the
day,
1t was one evening after he had
been out to the majors for, Just
little while, and had come back to the
Office, that he sent for Mr.. Van Britt,
who was also working late. There was
blood on the moon, and saw 1t in the
way the boss jaw was working.
upton" he began, as short as pie
crust, "have you thought Of any way to
break this wreck hoodoo yet?'
Mr.. Van Britt sat down and crossed
his solid little legs.
"If had. shouldn't be losing sleep
at the rate Of FIVE or six hours
night" he rasped.
there's one thing that we haven't
tried" the boss shot back. .'We've
been advertising 1t as bad luck, keep
ing our own suspicious to ourselves
and letting the men believe what they
pleased. Wen, change all that.
want you to call your trainmen in as
fast as you can get at them. Tell
them-from me, II you want to-that
there isn't any bad luck about tt;
that the enemies Of this management
are making an organized raid on the
property itself for the purpose of put
ting us out Of the fight Tell them
the whole story, II you want to: how
we're trying our best to make a spoon
out Of a spoiled horn, and how there
sis an army Of grafters and wreckers
In this state which Is doing its worst
to knock US out Of the box.
III you give the force something
tangible to lay hold OF, 1t will work
the needed miracle. 1t Is only the
mysterious that terrlfes. Railroad EN-.
ployes. as whole, are perfectly In
Etelligent human beings, open to con-
viction. The management which doesn't
profit by that fact Is lame. II you. do
this and appeal to the loyalty of the
men, yon will make. private detec-
tive out Of every man in the train
service. and every one Of them keen
to be the. first to catch the wreckers.
You con add bit Of a reward for
that, II you like and TIL pay It out
of my own. bank account
For a full minute our captive mil
lionaire didn't say word. Then he
grinned like good-natured little
Chinese god.
Tho gave you this Idea Of taking
the payroll into your confidence, Gra-
ham =? he asked softly.
For the! first Mime in all the weeks
and months I'd been knowing him, the
boss lodged; lodged just like any Of
US might. X n
'.I've been talking to- Major Ken
drick," he said. .'FIe is d wise old
man, Upton, and he hears good many
things that don't get printed In the ]
newspapers" sS
could see that this excuse didn't
fool Mr.. Van Britt for a single in-E
slant. and there was look In his
eye that I couldn't quite understand.
Neither could / make much out Of what
he said. S,
Il Wen 60 into that little deeper
some day. Graham after this epilep-
tic attack has been fought OF. This
idea-which you confess isn't your
owns pretty shrewd ones and
shouldn't wonder II. It. would work,
|; Il we can get Il a motion before the
hoodoo breaks sus, wide open. And, as
you say, the accusation Is justiflable,
even if we can't prove mp against the
Hatch outfit. That turned-over rain III
Petrolite Canyon, for example, might
have been helped along - .ss ID
Il was Kelso. Mr.. Van BIRTHS sten-
ographer. smashed Ia with the inter
ruption. He was ID his shirt.sleeves,
a. & he'd Just got up from his type
writer. and he rushed : In with his !
mouth open and his eyes IKE saucers.
''They they want you Ia the dis
patcher's ONCE Y he painted, Jerking
the words out at Mr.. Van Britt. s.pur-
gin has Let Number Five get ~ for. ! !,
head endet vim TIE n vi, and he's
gone crazy !"