New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-06-10

all l had-except that thing about the
Wndelivered kilograms and two or three
others that l couldn't give him or any
body.
Were in pretty bad shape. aren't
weT' | suggested.
I'VE couldn't be in worse shape"
was the way he put it. Then he told
me a little more than Maisie Ann had |;
how President Dunton had wired to
stop all the betterment work on the
ager could get on the ground how the
local capitalists at the head Of the
new Citizens Storage & Warehouse
organization were scared plumb out of
their shoes and were afraid to make n
move; and how the newspapers all
over the state were saying that 1t was
just what they had expected-that the
railroad was crooked In root and
branch, and that a good man couldn't
stay with it long enough to get his
breath.
Then the new general manager has
been appointed?' | asked.
He nodded. "Some fellow by the
name of Dismuke. l don't know him,
and neither does Hornack. He is on
his way west now, they say"
"Mr. Norcross hasn't shown up at
Mr.. Chadwick's Chicago ofiices?" /
ventured.
mo. The telegraph people have
been wiring everywhere and can't get
any trace of him."
Tell them TO try Galesburg. That's
where his people live"
II know" he said and he made a
note of the address on the back of an
envelope. Then he came at me again.
on the direct" as a lawyer would
say.
You've been closer to Norcross in
an intimate way than any of us. jim
mic: haven't you seen or heard some
thing that would help to turn a little
more light on this damnable blow-up?"
hndn't-outside Of the one thing
! couldn't talk about-and | told him
so, and at this he let me see a little
more Of what was going on in his
own mind.
You're one of us, in a way. jim
ME, and | can talk freely to you.
Mrs. Macrae insists that there has
been foul play Of some sort. You say
you weren't present when Hatch called
on Norcross at the Office that night?"
No; / came in just after Hatch
went away"
Did Norcross say anything to make
you think there had been a fight?"
III told mt that Hatch was abusive
and had made threats-in a business
way"
in business way? What do you
mean by thati"
| quoted the boss own words. as
nearly as ! could recall them.
$50 Hatch did make a threat, then?
Can you add anything more?"
i could, but | didn't want to. Mr..
Van Britt didn't know anything about
the Sand Creek siding hold-up, or
supposed he didn't. and I didn't want
to be the first one to tell him. Besides,
The whole business was beside the
Maisle Ann knew. and | knew.
hat the boss. strong and u~nbreakable
rs he was in other ways, had simply
thrown up his hands and quit because
somebody had told him that Mrs.
sheila had a husband living. So I
Just said:
Nothing that would help out" and
he had talked a little while
our only millionaire went down.
again. u,
It's so funny how things change
lround for a person just by giving
hem time to sort of shake down into
,lace and fit themselves together.
after a while the chin edge of the
vedge that Mrs. Sheila had been try ,
ng to drive into me began to take ,
just a little. in spite of what I /,
lnew-or thought I knew. Was II a,
'arely possible. after all, that there :
Iad been foul play of some sort?
In the first place. something had
zen done to me by somebody: it vas
sure thing that I hadn't crippled and q
myself all by my lonesome. q
hen they had said that the boss I
tayed up with Mr.. Ripley that night &
ntfl after zen O'Clock, and had then E
one ND to 60 to bed. That being the G
ase, how could anybody have got to 4