Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-04-01

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order; a whaling big order. I'm not
even prepared to say, off-hand, that
it's the right thing to do"
Right or wrong. it's thing that
Is coming, Graham" was the sober
reply. If we don't meet 1t half
way-well. the time will come when
we Of the hiring-and-firing side won't
be given any option in the matter.
You may call 1t Utopian If you please.
and add that I'm growing old and
losing my grip. But that doesn't OBJ
literate the fact that the days of the
present master-and-man relations In
the industries are numbered.
"We'll let 1t rest until morning and
give you chance to sleep on it. You
have spoken only Of the difficulties
and the responsibilities, Graham; but
there Is another side to II. In way,
it's an opportunity, carrying with it
the promise of the biggest kind of a
reward"
II don't see It," said the boss,
briefly.
Don't you? i do. have an idea
rambling around in my head that 1t
Is about time some bright young fell
low was showing the people of the
United States that a railroad needn't
be regarded as an outlaw among the
industries; needn't have the enmity
Of everybody ii serves; needn't be the
prey of a lot Of disloyal and dissatis-
fled employees who are interested only
in the figure of the payday check |;
needn't be shot at as q wolf with a
bounty on its scalp. Let 1t rest at
that for the present. Get your hat
and We'll walk uptown to the hotel"
When we got out of the car, Mr..
Norcross told me to 60 by the station
and have our luggage sent to the h0-
tel.
1t was some time after eleven o'clock
the traps. Mr.. Chadwick had disap-
peared, but / saw the boss at The
counter waiting for his chance at the
clerk. The people melted away at
last, all but one-a young swell who
would have been handsome If he hadn't
had the eyes Of maniac and color
that was sort of corpse-like with the
pallOr of booze-fghter. He had his
hat on the back of his head, and he
was ripping 1t off at the clerk like
drunken hobo.
1t seemed that he had caught a
glimpse of somebody he knew-a wo-
man, ] took il, because he said She
looking down from the rail of the
mezzanine, and he wanted to go up to
her. And It appeared that the clerk
him up in his present condition.
The boss was growing sort of i'm
patient; / could tell it by the way
the little side muscles on his jaw
were working. When he got the ear
of the clerk for a second or so be-
tween cusses, he asked what was the
matter with the lunatic. l caught
only broken bits of the clerks half
whisper: young COllingwoOd . d.
President Dunton's nephew -. saw
up to her."
The boss scowled at the young fell
low, who was now handing himself
around the corner Of the counter to
get at the clerk again, and said: "Why
don't you ring for an officer and have
him run in?"
The night clerk was evidently scared
of his job. 81 wouldn't dare to do
that" he chittered. Hes one of the
New York crowd-the railroad peo-
pie - President DuntOn's nephew -
guest Of the house."
The young fellow had pulled him
self around TO our side of the counter
by this time and was hooking his arm
to make a pass at Mr.. Norcross, trim
ming things up as he came with lot
more language. The boss said, right
short and sharp, to the clerk, "Get
his room key and give 1t to boy who
can show me the way" and the next
thing we knew he had Dashed that