Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-04-01

10 ht >lunl"d.
"Goud Lord'" exclaimed the little
millionaire; YOU don't have to tell
me mat, II We can't stop 'rm. Uncle
Dunton viii have plenty Of good rra-
son, for cleaniug Us all out, lock,
stock, and barrel, / was taking with
Garter In the claim office, rhis morn
ing,A our loss and damage account
io~Sthe past month is something
fri-htful.'
1T is, said the boss gravely. And
then; Upton we're not altogether as
bright us we might be. Has il never
occurred 10 You that We are having
too much bad luck 10 warrant u, in
charging 1t all up 10 the chapter of
accidtntsE
Mr. Van Britt blew his cheeks out
Until the subby cropped mustache
br.Stlrd like porcupine quilts
80 you've been getting Your point
er 100 have you?' he threw n.
Mr. Norcross didn't answer tie ques.
ton directly.
put Tatteil on the job, and If he
needs help, lei him pick his own men,
he directed. We want 10 Know why
that boulder tumbled down ahead Of
Number Seventeen, and | want 10 see
Tarbell'S report On IT, Keep at II
night and day, Upton. Tie infection
is getting into the rank ana file and
It's spreading like sickness. Ii It
becomes psychological, We shah have
all the trouble we need
Il know" nodded the superinten-
dent. u Went through siege of thar
kind On the Great Southwestern, one
winter. 1t was horrible, Men who
had been running trains year in ana
year out, and never knowing that they
had any nerves, went 10 pieces If
YOU'D snap your fingers at them"
That's it" said the boss. 1--WE
don't want to fan into that ditch,
Things are quite bad enough as they
are
THIS ended It for the time. The
Petrolite Canyon wreck was picked
ull. the track was cleared. and once
more our trains were moving ON time
But anybody could see that the entire
Shor1 Line had case of nerves"
kirgan. krgun the culd-biooded.
showed it one afternoon when Went
over 10 his office To return Il bunch Of
blueprints sent IN for the boss APP
HTIN1I Tn, I,isg ar l.t,
a rotnd.houso foreman con the carpet
and was marrying him like the dickens
for letting an engine 60 out with one
OF hrr truck safety chains hanging
loose,
Ever since we had gone together on
The rescue run tu Timber Mountain,
Mart aud had been sort Of rhumuN
ana after In" foreman had gone away
with his foot in his hand, | iu>hcd
kirgan lIttl" about the way he had
hammered ,hc round-hous2 jaWn,
bad medicine | told him ITS
worrying tn" bosses, too. Whats do
ing H. Mart
Maybe YOU can tell he groWIed.
ITS h"udoo-that What 1t Is.
seven engines III the shops II the IaSl
nine days, ANA three more that haven't
bt'h hrhtd out-a the dltch yet. / wish
Mr.. Van Britt d ire the whole 1unpy
outfit"
1t dldn seem as though firing was
needed SO much as Il dose Of nerve
tome OF some sort, larbell was WORK
ing hard on the problem, quietly, ana
without making any talk about II, hhd
hlfGah was giving him al the neh ht
asked Tor from the shops quick-Wltted
fellows VINO were up IN all the me
chamcai details, ana who made bet
ter spoilers than outsiders would be
cause they knew the road ana the
ropes. bu' II was no use 81"
some OF l0Fpelts reports, ana they
uiuh sho" any 'IooheuhesS 1t
seemed 10 ne Just bad iuch-one laud-
s'i"e atter ahotIier OF IT,
Meanwhile, New York had walked up
again. President Dunton had been of
me job somewhere, l guess, but now
lie was bach, ana the Things lie wired
. 10 the BOSS were enough to make your
mar stand On END looked every day
10 see Mr. NOrCrOSs mitch the whole