The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-07-07
CHAPTER xv-coniinued.

getting IT
There wss no mistake about the boss
frown this time
THAT won't DO. Upton" be said.
kind Of warningiy.
1T Will DO well enough for the
present IA marry her tomorrow. Gra-
ham. ~ she were free. and there we're
10 other obstacles. Unhappily. there
are iWO--besldes the small legal dif-
fculty; she doesn't cnre for my money
having little Of her own; and
she happens TO be In love with the
other fellow"
guess the boss was remembering
what Nrs. sheiin had told him 10 that
confidence before the back.pnrlOr Ere.
about It's being all on between her and
ColllngvoOd. for be said: Il think you
are mistaken as 10 that last"
"NO. I'm not mistaken. But that's
neither here nor there. Neither you
nor can send ColllngwOOd 10 the
psnitentlary-- n cinch. Where
fore. I'm advising you TO quit. walk
out. jump the Job"
A. ihst the boss took fresh brace.
rightIng his swing chair vita snap.
"You know very little about me.
Upton. II you think I'm going 20 throw
up my hands now, when the real pinch
has come have "A scheme-if Il
could only be worked. But II can't be
worked on rising market By some
trick or other, the Dunton people are
Ia.utf~.a, 80. es,gLf IL fff.
three points yesterday"
Mr. Van Britt grinned. They're
dlscounting the effect Of this little po-
iItlcnl deal-whlch will at least rope
yoIr reform scheme down. n II doesn't
do anything else. Whnt you need Is
good. old-fasliioned cntaciysm OF
some sort something that would fair
ly knock the tar out Of J.. s. l.. secur-
tiles and send them sklttering down
the toboRgnn slide In spite Of anything
Uncle breckenridge could do 10 stop
them: down 10 where they could be
safely aud proHtably picked up by the
dear public. Unfortunately, those
things don't happen outside Of the
story books II they did. II the earth
quake should happen along our way
Just now. don't know but I'd be dis
loyal enough 10 get out and help II
shake things up n bit"
After Mr. Van Britt had gone. the
boss put In the remainder OF the day
like worklngman. skipping the noon
luncheon ns he sometimes did when
the work drive was cxtrn heavy Mean
while. MS you'd suppose, rumor was
pientIfully busy, on the railroad, aud
also IN town.
IIy noon II was well understood that
there had been radical change In
the management Of G. S. & W., and
that there was going 10 be n general
strike IN answer 10 the slnshlng cut in
wnges. ] slipped uptown TO get n
bite. and | heard some Of the talk.
II was pretty straight. most Of It.
which shows how useless II Is Ia try
10 keep any business secrets, nova
days.
For example: the three men nj my
table In the Bullard grill-room-they
didn't know me or who was-knew
that n council OF war had been called
I'm the railroad headquarters, and that
Ripley had been pulled In by wire
from Lcsterburg, and that we were
rushing along hurrledly 10 provide
storage room for the wheat shippers
I'm case OF tle-up. and that we were
arranging to distribute rnllrond com.
pnny coal In case the tie-up should
bring on fuel famlne--knew all these
things and talked about them.
They were facts, as far ms they
went-these things. The boss hadn't
been idle during the forenoon, aud he
kept up the drive strnight through TO
quitting time. Word was brought in
during the afternoon by Tarbell that
the Hatch people were wiring the
Kansas City and Omaha employment
agencies and placing hurry orders for
strike-brenkers. The boss answer "a
this was peremptory wire TO our
passenger agents nj both points "a
make no rate concessions whatever, of
any kind for the transportation OF
lnborers under contract. II was n
shrewd little knock. Labor OF that
kind Is mighty hard TO move unless
II can get free transportation or low
rate Of fare. and could see that Mr.
Norcross was hoping to keep the strike.
breakers away.
when six o'clock came, The boss
asked May 10 stay and keep the Office
open while could go downstairs aud
get my dinner In the station restaurant
md he went on up-town--to the club
suppose. After Id had my bite,
let May go, Everything was moving
all right 80 far as anybody could see
We had FIVE extra fuel trains londinl
nj the companys chutes at Coalville
and the dispatcher was instructed tC
work them out on the line during the
night, distributing them 10 the towns
that had reported shortages They
We're not TO be- turned over 10 the reg
ular coal yards; they were to be side
tracked and held for emergencies.
Mr.. NOrcrOss came back about eight