The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-06-24

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Ing MS If fea got OIL Of bed about
three hours too early, drlfied INTO the
grllI-roon and took seat our table
before we were ilrotgl.
Il wanted 10 be daeeni about ",
Eorcross." he said f0resti pg any
thing that the boss might b. song 70
say about tie editorial In I , Noun
taineer. I'm trying 70 believe that
the mon higher UP In yorr railroad
councils haven't fathered uiis Hatch
scheme Of consolidation-which Is
more than some OF the other pencil-
pushers will do for you, I'm afraid.
Thanks to your publicity measures,
everybody believes thatayou still hold
tho whip.hand over tire combination
with your ground leases. I'm not nsk'
ing what you propose to do; am +
merely taking It for granted that you
are going to.stck 10 your policy, ana
boplnc that YOU viii come and tell me
about II when you are ready to talk
81 shall 10 Just that" the boss prom
ised: and ] guess ne would have been
glad TO let the natter drop at TINS
only Cantrell wouldn't.
81 lost three good hours sleep this
morning on the chance Of catching you
here at table" the editor went on.
"a little whisper leaked in over the
w!rss last night, or, rather, early this
morning. that set lne to thinking, You
haven't been having any trouble with
your own employees lately, have you'
Norcross?"
mot bit in the world. Why"
"Thera is some little excitement,
with fine public taking a hand In It.
There were Indignation meetings held
last night IN a number of the towns
along your lines, end resolutions were
passed protesting against the action
of tie new combination in cutting
wages. and asserting that public sentl-
ment would be with the G. S. 4 w.
employees If they are forced to carry
ont their threat Of striking at noon
today. The whisper that ! spoke or
intimated that the protest might ex-
tend to the railroad employees"
"There's nothing in it" said the boss
decisively. 81 suppose you mean IN
the way Of a sympathetic strike, and
that is entirely improbable. imagine
very few Of the C. S. & w. employees
belong to any of the labor unions"
"a strike on the railroad would hit
you pretty hard just now, wouldn't
itY' Cantrell asked.
Mr.. Norcross lodged the question.
"Wc're not going to have a strike"
he avened and since we had finished
our breakfast. he made a business exc
cuse and we slid out.
When we reached the Office we found
Mr. V,n Britt on hand, reading the
moiTir2 PAGER.
"YoH Gaa't get around as early as
YOU might" was the little millionaire's
comment when the boss walked in and
opened up his desk. "I're been wait.
I ing nearly a ha}f-hour for you to show
up. Seen the paDersT
The bose nodded.
81 don't mean the strike business:
I mean the market quotations.
NO; l didn't look at them"
"They are interesting. P. S. L.
Common went up another three points
yesterday. II closed at So and frac~
tlon. You EEow what that means,
! Graham. It means that Uncle Breck-
| enridge and his crowd are already
! joyfully diacounting your coming resig-
nation. Somebody has given them q
/ wire tip that you are as good as down
/ and out, and unless a miracle Of some
sort can be pulled off, I guess the tip
is straight one Strong as he is
Chadwick can't carry you alone"
"Drop it," snapped the boss irritably.
| And then: "Haye you come to tell
me that you have reconsidered that
fool letter you wrote me last night?'
mot in a million years" returned the
escaped captive airily. Il am here
this morning as a paying patron OF
the Pioneer Short Line. / want to
hire a special train to go-well, any4
where I please on your jerkwater rails
road. The Fight-Fifteen will do, with
| Buck Chandler to run it."
"Pshaw! take your own car and any
crew yon please. We are not selling
transportation to you"
Eyes, You are; I'm going to pay for
that train. and what's more, want
your written receipt for the money. I
need it in my business. Then, if
Chandler should happen to get gay and
dump me into The ditch somewhere,
l can sue you for damages"
al right; if you will persist in
joking with me it's going to cost you
something How far dc you want your
train to run?"
ooh, ! dent know; anywhere thel
notion prods rne-say to the west end
and back, with as many stops as I
see fit to make. and perhaps run
over the branches"
I saw the boss make few figures
on q pad under his hand.
at would cost anybody else, rough
ly, something like FIVE hundred dol.
lars. On account of your little joke
it's going to cost you cold thou
sand"
Mr., Van Britt took out bis check-
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