stvTscr ir:<««*r

*t*t <t» *# f** • man ilu.pinp up tt.: truck froai tbr *rwr, acJ Klrpun uad 1 went to nv H him. It n-M ibr talkslnc

the tamn up (a «

naAfa trt vcotjpl

was

, . ish It. Wit tfe tlK W>-

If u»-.v didu t k«wp on. I *<*p- her jolr. , , '- i*W j*be Iriab-, Ban. -ihinlitB iimrtf J*h«ty-d kr?P

«ny way, dr tfcat

<«*■ «*a J «•« that the .■ua*t«wa*<*»*l t iouj ritbri hl« Ufa P a ahort. .tor. U *ra Batch. JUsaMtf, and V* }- &K** OHAJ/Mm nor*. IV major* aud i. with Br* puan, y1»U« M wan* ean/ln* t’ot oat | to wue»e Mrs. ShHla wafc tasriup

u’-Iman sheets ’ -

ets that, I baa got to Max* V.ndasw

"tiirntr tt apaliwet. t l! rrfT on th' - %*■

Uii» time Ojc bo*oi was ctT of oar e aiid ta- tiia arrow rh* anrh* of |- -aiiy # Mttl<* oay b«#iatf SH^ * r«a»wd .hat *»• itae waai or the *tf t»r ,

■ Wtf -ataatrorhe W; > try,«o tiri'vrnt was’

• b<(ipea rtytM ther. ahd'thrh..

waiting at ihr

•• might ox tn?re »nv twuhit to If bo Ion- ihe jiWitta am Mr -hr ma.o Unr. tU V'- 1(l ,. apel i mwt Into toe laar whI -s’ the R-ttjiy.cl MpeHa); and If be did the oil.-: B'.V Olio*, our eogitM* ao»! .so**, wttllrtj04 the • r" would rst. U. ’ *^>t M e p*wh otH <rf »hat «iri“ j.j beard U> Ixiw lieltrrr, but erui es $4. i the Jw<p-K*lr« of the at i«w*0 eeglnr -rnt off with a nonmitawt U*» valley sdtb rtsiuoriesa that AOthicit: owW drown. Two nitnute«, tw *lttle B«nnp» or.', ami thr Mr p^oodaen bnnrb 1 ol tart In tur special's cur might kawl*eea rouned ami turned ont ami Cut the tnlnrtet were .tot' plreo m. Whlie The r«c<nr Urtmar. wa= <rttl u few feet short off ih* switch the'throw k tag of which would have saved tl- ; ooc enr train only to let the nkadma!- .■ ' eng!ii c !ii oa onr engine abd coach, and ' onr man—already at the sultra—was

With the rhaheu of savfug' nayhe tnotii. * •■oe or two. wo couldn't atk'' to help the brave little woman who wraa . ylng to he doctor and nocae to half a ^.»«o pour wreiche* nt once. But ■aha took time to mA via one alngte C'eathleas qucstioi. • . -t »! “Hava thay found him yetr- -you know the one i raeno, JUsaoter’ m tio7^ t said. 'TbeyVe digging away nt that side now,” and then I rub Hiti > Jump |« Bgalu. Thoug.i the »v. warn now licking t.

<i.n, who had llreidan.' bad

managed to <iu some of tin car tim1«W uJt. of the way so that we euiiM see down Into the tangle of things ^Vre the cab of the did ou^ht.to have Keen. There wasn't rancii Irft W tV C*l>. The watergavw was hroteu. along with everyUdidf else, hot ta ^Jiie of the r»iik of enuika and steam Could fe. thgt Hogan nod hi* flr* Hiac worc qoi there. But down unter the cool that ba<* pbfftfH forward at the tiapnet of Mae cotflsiou we mold makt out the ether man-—Mir nmrdtr nuMIae—lying on his back, black lu the face sod gar .lug. That W*s enough for the boss. It Rooked like eeru'T. death for anybody to era xi oowe into that hiss'n* neamhatb, but he did It xrtgKiln. U'^ooen ftse hole that Ktrgnn' -fiad choptwU. while two or '' awe .f us rat .o the HtJe crank :het tiiriled down on the Ykr slfia Of the "T: and bmugiit bartc drmKIfar PbllKiitn hlanketw to try to (Tel«y the enernacUup Ore ani Bn>oUt?r the suwm-jet^. .. i I cauiunV *» reu well what : th* doing; the smche and steatn Minding. Bnt when 1 did gH a gUmpsq I «aw Uuu be. JP** digging frnntlcwlly with bis ’law', at the shifted coal, and 'hr', be bad auccwdsd u. freeing {he head iters of the burled aum. vim was still alive enough to choke and gasp In the faraace-Utu bead - > K!nt* .i stood it a* long a* he could— until tin- licking tiames * -"<■ about to

; what he bad stopped fc-r. .

three 't os weot after the crippled

.»». got back to the “T” with HmM was all over. ColUngiood had died his ttoul In Mrs. HheUa's lap. aatf; work, get Hag toe wreck vicOm* - I,

' ibad^u'

up and ukea around w t»s other (ug Of the -V Co head for P.jftei City.

for ns to c

OoT’qgwood. Hns Shelia pu'ie-.l ve i down and ws'.ked behlno the body.

TIMES. SE/i tst.^ city. N. J.

— r^ld.- safr amt »o-»; and i tie. it he •uOor came to take her away. *■ t. * I . ' .

• xx P. S. L. Comes He.ne

By nine ./clock the next morning,'us nouu as Td aacallo'ved a aurrled Mte of breakfast lb the grin-rw'a 1 swipe'. a tunp-otdol ami a nuutasiu.- out of the lounge and trotted up5ta!rs to plant myself before the boss' d-o'. de t«nnlned that nobody abbuld'dkWBrti Min unttl be was good and ready to

b know which hom of the ' drive '» all away.

dUeqjai-. to rjiogce. _ tbc ^OQ , ftune

There was the Bash oS another head11*61 on the curve etuithcr wuistje : shriek, ant'. I turned to Kelp the. major

take Mr*. Sheila off o*»r car gad run

.. with her. vga'uvt th* horrible ebuny*

■ tnigl.t ge* it inatc-ud of th«

» dida'* g« U. Teu MS'opds the chss'.ng eiuine had- cnuihed g into the standing traliJ. buryif crtrat -aj' »o fae t of the old wooden g the whole buaiiMm or.. ... i the dllcfc. and setttnk the wreCt _ • afire as sudoenly us If the bid h.iltna'p 'bad betfi . fagot of 1 plfftSh-pf/e tedl'ngK 8Ml only warring for the .old write doWe any re*I de•n of the way things stacked up * in that .'aDe»og.e virt.-v for the e bunck of u* who (opd affiant ut r nxfr tiorror. 1 gnej* ^ ."wouldn't «t be b..uitueririg tfir liejs of a *»rt»*r in a rnriroud odbv. Bur r ad ml. e-v soldi- ice* ouj more l twtUa than tb<- port he ts in.

rii 0/ t

r anti

srl. wbn were able u *4iap in . ■MMo Bomtthltig. and. lookltig t.

If w»- all

. O#-people In t..e

“YoU'll bwhurnt olive —eoiue 'np out of that:” lie yelled to the boss; but •Tkhew it Wvlda't do any good. With fkilllngweod still hurled down there and still with the breath of Uf,- in hint the boas was gblng to ably and

he. himself, got burned to a en-p doing it. Ltvlua Mrs. Shi ;iu the way he did. V couldn’t do any lots U wjS awful, thtwe next two or three minutes. We wore oli runniug fraud call > hack and forth, now. beywoen the wreck asd the crerk, aoaxIng the bla-lots and doing our level beat to beat the fire ba-k and keep it from cutting off the only way there was for me buss to •limb out But we could wily flgtit g. /lhgir the snt face of thhigs a» rt J i jUi say. Down

fire was working

urcaad In front an-1 behini In .tptte cr a9 we could do. Some of it had got to the voti. and the bnavy uulphurous wt* uuziug up tu muke us nil

choke and strangle.

HuBCttil;. you CuuWn'i have laid

that the boss was white

he crawled up out of that pit of dealt-, <aggie.' and tlftlnic the frosl-cd and Vtoken i -odj of The madmae. and luak ) tug us take It out before he would cvrtm out himself. We got them both away from Uw fire at uulciuy a* we

half of 1 could and around to the other side of teepUg-ittr-six by ! tMoK*. and Jones carrying

Wwe learned after- J Oolllngwood.'

kUM outright to -the The poor little tatty w-e had left istfiy hurt that vhvy died * klonc with the r->»rood oo«a h*-J done sfteTwimi: tod ’h* ftae | all she could ami she was walttr < : and ». ho: that after for tu. Wlien we pet Colilngwt a.

abt sat down on the gr jnJ ook ids bead «u bee tap and over him Ju»t like his mother

might have, amt when 'he !k*s knelt down licslde h« I heard what he

said: •'That « right, little

that's just ns It should he. I>ca’ti wipes cat all score*. 1 did tny heat - y«»j tnuat s'way* fielivwr '.tin- I did

OKblh at that and sold; lOpeT' and he suld: “fn:

vben I got

awullow the big lump in

tamed away , and so bat tto tncijoi who

and kne'! tfoen OB the

The arm.* wittaj »oa

Jonklng tort ol baggard and drawn, of .Course* tod bttv lng home pretty bad ** tn« on the Mde of hi* neck and on backs of hot) hands. But he was there, as twuil. and be laid g.*»d. herly hand on ny shoulder when

saw what I was doing.

•'They don't r.inke tnanj of them like Jimmie,” n* astd. And then;

ve you any ue-.*r ’

Vau. a little, and I gave it.to him. May had cotuc tlp-toeintS op Into sentry corridor a!-out ten o'clock me that Mr. I'crklns bad crwlth the st.'kers to have c speeaat with the major and Mrs. iHIa and Cotifugwood’s hody to oh the Overland at Sedgwick; acu 1 ti the boas this, and th&. the train d fcren gim* tor an Wear or more. Ala®, i gave him a scaled package it e strange fioy had brought up a little while after May went f. H’* took the elVrator to the room for someth lug to eat and Jt table Mr. Korcroas opened the packpg-. It contained a bunch cf athdadeven of them In ail. and tnere as no letter or any thing to tell where

•y had come from.

Ke handed the papers over to me. r he had seen wiiat they were— of frowned across the table at me

the good old major lock'ng his w,td - vu0 knnw wll « f » me *uoo out mayor iocs ng ms. o., um . uder , jf (W . LrllH .

naidr vH*. Jiflimie?”

i said I gae -sed 1 - did; that Hatch lug deed, end CoUlngwood. too. th.-rc isn't nerve enough left 16 the-Bed •Tuner outfit to keep up tlw fight; that 8»- surrender of the affidavits was a Of a plea for a let-up on our "We'll begin tti show them, in Just ><»nt fifteen minutes. Jimmie, ' wtui short comment. ‘ Keach over an) that telephone and tell Mr. Klpley I Mr. Uilougbby that T want them meet me at my office at half-past tvjv/ Any news from the strike?" ' Nothing.” 1 told him. while “O’ tral" was getting me Mr. Ripley s r im- • 'Trod May *aid it was going on t the rruae; everythin? quiet and lilng doing, except that the wrecktrain had ( -e out to pick up the tp« at Timber Mountain *Y.' Kir a. is. fiossing 16 and th- strikers . ‘r* iar blai.T.* . — - * Nothing mo.'e wn« ««ld intll after I had seut the t»o phone messages, and then the iews broke our hi a ne x spot. “Ha* anything be -n heard from Mr

Vtof-Brtttr he asked.

'*Not that I know of.” Ayr in he "live me that queer little

afiotvi across the table.

“Jimmie, have yott fojnd out yet w-hy Mr. Vah Britt Insisred on quit-

ling the dervlccf*

; l guc* I grinned « h-tte 'in ugh

t triad aot to.

"Mr- Van Britt, !* one of the ’icst friends you've got,” I said. He tb-tugh* ytti aat-ded ibis stride, and he wanted 1» go out am-mg tip- pay-roll men and fiort of help it. along, lie couldn't do a Ihipg.llk- that while h . was an of Peer of,the compmi) and drawing tils

pay like the r**t of us.” .

•T tnlglit have kiiowu—he *■-. good as fc»WT me.” wa; the rtgtly. made kind of hq^f-tbsently; and then, abort and fiuiacJfffHoWs the sto-'k market? Have

pott acefi a paper:"-

I hud seen both pai>er~ at hreak-fkat-rlme. but of course they bad nothlag startilsg In them creep' a lost-

while the ee-t of us rode In the dh? | tonhCa atrount of the wreck at Tim coach and did wha, we could for tic hpr |fcl» U i 0 ”V.” grabbed off Just suffer.ng. j fh ,. T mvn t to press. They \t Bantu -ve made a stop kmr couldn’t have annhlog later from New enough to let the boas send a wit* to j York than the day before. Rut Fred Portal City, tagning out the doctor- >u> had Upped me off when he came and the atnbutaocc? and th* uni! r nJ , t0 me a b„nt the Major Ken■tekv**; and though it wag after thro drlck ferial. TV..* newspaper offices o’clock in the morning when we pull-/ i weril /mttlng out bulletm* by that

in. it seemed as If the whole town had 1 time,

got Hit word and was liow^ aj Uu | i !uW Mr. Sorr.w* about the bul-

fad brash enough

1 couldn't see Mrs Shetta's fa— i ;• We're Be*d.-d for the recelvur*b«p all when tlw major nelped ’-cr oft at Un right. 1 guess; our stock ha* tumbled ptoCPna; bar veil .wasqgtll dati., But j to twenty-nine, and there's areguito

hera. and .’iat choking lump

cane agsia In my tl mat when I r--mtsnbered wbat tVdltngwood had aaid tc tbw bests tbt ..Ight be came -tr onr office: ' Sheila, nod- her vedtlng Jot. tej with toe once. whci. she was Jest eighteen. The Tts.. time she rides with

me It will be at r.y fijaergl" there's do ubc s'.retcttng the

agony'out br teUlnr about that otourn ful ride back to Portal City will, the dead nnd wound'd. We left the wwcl blaring r id roaring 'n ’'^a ■ xhot-'n valley at the gulch’s mouth heewu - thar- wasn't anjlbta* else U> Kir gat; and Jon*« and one of fife firetn-i. handled He engine and putt.-d out

I ni) torusi i ■fid ever) body ••!' ■r , went arpund a»

I w*T htarisg aaw fia

I did hear her low-spoken words tn the boss, whispered while they won eai ryltig Oolbngwood and Hatch, and two of the other*, who were past b fip, out tv ‘he waiting string of dead-wagon* “J shall go oast With the body iu morrow—testay, 1 mean—If the rtrlk cr* wIM let y«a run a train, and Cousin Basil will go wltk me. We may never meet again. Graham, and fo; •hat reason 1 must say what 1 have ...

Your opportunity baa «h.v

The man who could do the most to d - feat you ta d-ad. and the vtriv.e win do 'he rant. I' 1 were you. 1 shoubi neither sat nor sbw** oatll 1 bed though; nt 1‘Hiie Wny to take Uu- tabroad out of the hautta of those who have r-ruroi that they are not weal by

to ow. K.”

? dl-int know. Just tfteo, bow muor little attention Mr. S' payitig t» this mighty heeditl Mt of business advice. What he said uvut back to tbit axytng -f her* 'Ikit they might neror mow agsnu “fie uk’-i wyet again—aorneti <'■ dnd somewhere.” be said. And th' i. “I did u»y beat; God know* 1 did my best. Shells 1 would have given mj nily if the giving would

dug-fight goinc on over l* at the railroad post In the Exchange Well Street'a afir. cud burs lug up. *c they The chief hadn't eaten enough to keep a cat alive, but at that he pushed hlr '-hair hack and taac’. d f<*r his

hat.

"Come on Jltnmlo,” be snapped. “We've gof to get bury. And tliere ivn'i gviug io be any receivership." W.- joeached the railroad heudquartcr*—which were a* dead mid quiet au a gravayrrl- a little before Mr. Ripley anfi Bi'loughtiy got down. 3ut Mr. riifitpr Oautrell was tberr. waiting to shoot an anxious question at the

•'Wa'yNo rro *. arc you randy to

aik now?*'

“Not Just yet: tomorrow, maybe" was 'he toud natHmi re.-inder. “All light; '.hen p xhapB you will MU me fhl>: Ik- >ou. rourseif. believe that four or t-.e thousand railroad yien hav» gone on s.rtke out of sheer xytupathy tor a few hutetred C. 8. ft W empt 'yee- moat of wltum are ■sorely cornu,-ia latairew? Oat you loo’: me In thv eye and tell me that you haven't fv aected Cd» eruption on

the qaiet to g-t the better of the Rod Tuffw -hrirvd—ttr -aom - wayy^ ficimu ded th* efil^pc • I cun.'indeed?',tvs^ the amjUt^ W ewer. ^- , I nntrell looked, aa if he dl-loT more than half hriieva U. •'Beta'; a newapeper man. I'm naturally sunplchm .” be put in. 'There are big doias* down undernenth all title that 1 can amsii. fe-‘ can't dig up. Everythlag about this attlke ta too blamed good-nutored I’ve talked with half a dozes of the leaders, and with any cumber of The rani and file They all grin sad give me the win.., as tf tt were the beat Joke that was ever

pulled off.”

Again Mr. Norrrox* smiled handaotaety. "If you pash me to It. Cantrell, i may say that this 1* exactly their attitude toward me!' “Well," said the editor, getting up to go; Tt'* doing one thing to you. good and proper. Your railroad stock is tumbl ag dowMataltJ so fau that It can't keen up with Itself” "T eope It wilt tu.->ble still more." ■aid the boas, pleasantly, with another sort of eolgraath- smile; and with that Mr. Cantrell had to be content. Aa the editor went out. Fred Msy brought In the bunch of forerooo triegrams an i laid them on the desk. They were quickly glanced at a.td tossed over to me as fast as they wete re«e_ Most of them were plaintive little yips from a strike-stricken lot of people along the Short Line who seemed to think that the world had come •« an end. but there were three bearing the New York date line and signed ”Duntoo The esrtiest had oeen sent shortly after the opening of the Stock exchange. and It ran thus; “Morning papers announce strike and complete tie-up go F. S. L. Why no report from you of labor troubles threatening? Compromise at any coot and eire emphatic dental of strike. Anvwer quick.” Tne ‘ecoud of the aeries had been filed for Uansmlmtioa an hour later and It ere* »" J mor* t.toothed. “Later reje.-t* cmfirm newnpaper stury. Your 'allure to com pro mist inatcntly with empioyees will break stock niarkoi and subject you to investlgatii.n for criminal In'-ompeteucy.

Answer."

The third mesange had i>ecn sent

sttll later.

"Your continued silence Is inexcusable. If no favorable report from you by six o'clock you may consider yourself discharged from the company'* service and criminal proceedings on charge of conspiracy will be Instituted

at once."

I thought thing* were beginning to look pretty aerluns for ns If Mr. Dunton wa* going to try to drag .* Into 'he courts, but Mr. Norcrwcs was still qi ig when he banded me tbe last an., latest telegram iu the bunch. It was front Mr. Chadwick, and was goodnaturedly laconic. “To G. Norcroas. G. M_ . "Portal City.. “Just r-turned from trip to Seattle. Wbtif* doing on the Short Line? '•Chadwick.'' “A couple of telegrams, Jimmie." said tbe cb'ef. as be passed this last wire over, and I got my note-book ready. To B. Onntou. New York. Strike is sympathetic and not subject to compromise. Molls moving regularly, but all Mber traffic suspended Ipdeflnltely. My office closes today, and my resignation. effective at once, goes to you an Fast Mall tonight." “Now one to Mr. Chadwick, and you may send tt in code,” he directed crisply. Then he dictated : "See newspapers for ao»-..unt strike. Hatch and eight of hl« associates were killed last night In railroad wreck. Dunton ha* demanded tny resignation and I have given it. Have plan for complete reorganization along lines dlwciuaed in beginning, nnd need your help. At markei opening to-morrow sell P. S. L. targe blocks and repurchase In driblet* as price goes down. Repeat urtil I tril you to stop. Wire quick If you are with ns.” Just aa I was taking the last sentence. Mr. Ripley and Blltoughby came tn. and Mr. Norcrwwt took them both Into the third room of the suite and shut the door. An hour later when the door opened and they came out. the bos* v.ns summing up tin. new order* to Blltoughby: "There's a lot to do. and you have my authority to hire all the help you need. Sec the hanker* yottrarif. personally, and get them tt interest other local buyer* along the line, the tie-re uf them, and tha smaller they are. the better. 1T1 take care of Portal City, myself. I've bad V Britt on tbe wire and he Is taking care of the employees—ye*, that goes as it lies, and is a pat > of the original plan; every man who worka for P. 8. L. I* gating to own a bit of stock, if we have to carry film for It and let him pay dollar k'Mvek. More than that, they shall have representation on the board If they want It. And while you’re knocking about, take time to show these C. S. ft W. folks ' ow they can climb back into the w'-tle Red Tower Is down and out. new. and they ran keep It out tf they want to.' I siitffXMe 1 might rattle this old type machine of taloe Indefinitely and tetl the story of the ttnaoctal fight that filled the next few da). • of how the Uuu. ubd Mr. Hlpley and UlUoughby got the banker* and pvarticall) every !>ody togrtii'-’ -b along the Short Lim ami apnmg the big plan upon them, which w&a nothing leas than the *nap ping up. tu> a TtdBhUng stock tuarke*. of the opportunity now preocuted to thtsn of ovviing—actually owning in fee Mmpl- 'heir ovn raBroad. the 1 uytug to 1*- done quietly through Mr. OtmdwlckV hrohwa in Chicago and

New Cork.

Jangling and seesawing hnck of coarse, but tbe newspaper*. tfivMQMjZiin&r, then.” flmty 6*>o. bv In I,U.after wlJcti :1 • 4 .umiWe vnm to keep people—our own rank uad file atogue yhem—from buying Vj 'Jf, I. Common so fast tbst the N«v , Yorker* would cu»ch on and run tbe price

up.

Tbcy .d'dn't tstch on—-aot until after It w aa too late: and the mlnnte Mr. Chadwick wired u* from Chicago that we were safe, the strike went off. aa you might say. between two minute*, and Mr. Norcross called a meeting eg stockholders, the same to be heldWen* your heart'—In Portal City, the thriving metropolis o? the region ia ’ftblch, counting Mr. Chadwick ta as one of us. a good, solid voting majority of the stock was now held. Tbe Mountaineer printed the call, anu It spoke of tb» railroad si “oor railroad

company*'!

The meeting was held la doc time, and Mr. Chadwick was thero to preside. He nr.Je * crack id ' good chairman. and the way he dilated on the fact that now th- country—and the employee*—had a railroad of their own. and that tbe whole nation would be looking to see bow we would Jemon.itrate tbe problem we bad take 1 over, -.dually brought cheer*—thlifi of It; cheers ta a railroad stojkfiold-

ers’ met ting!

Fe’.:.wring Mr. CbndwlckN talk ties* was the usual routine lu.sluess reports wene read and It was show that the Shod Line, notwithstanding ill the Hies Hi, gs and mlsmitnagement.. was still a good going proposition ftt the price at which it had been botght to. A now board of directors was.. hoasw, and vs soon ns th* new board rot together. Mr. Norcross went back to his office in the headquarters, no! at general manager, this rime—not on yoor

life!—but as the n«wty elect*-* dent of Ptcrieer Short Lino. Ami tbe sutne token, the first official eular that efiroe out—a eopy of

I sent, lien up uith a blue rlbbou. in

iialsle Ann—road like this;

“To all Employees;

"Effective this day. Mr. James IT. Dodd* Is appointed nsulttant to the oretddent with hendqusrt*ra in Fortal

City

"G. Nor eroa*. Proddent." That's alt; all but a little talk W tween the boss and Mr. Cptoo Van Biitt that' took ph ee 1c our Jtfice nu the day after Mr. Ven Britt, still kickli*2 almut the hard work that tbe boas »* always piling upon him. hod bean ippoimeU general managrr. “Y ''re made the riffle. Grahnm— Juyt as I nald yoq wouU; " said ore own and only millionaire, alter be baft got through souring tbe fr.tea tost wouldn't let him go back east and play with his coupon shears and hi* yachts and polo ponies. “You're going to bw tbe biggest man this *. of. Vi* mountains, some day; and the uay Isn't

Ami by TLZ

so very far off. either." - It was Just here that the bona got oat of his chair am} walked, to .tfie other end of the room. When he carp* back It was to.nay: "You think 1 have won out. Opton. and so does everybody dse-, I suppose It looks that way to the man ta the street. But I hureo'C you know. I have lost the one thing tor which 1 would gladly give ail the huataam success I have ever made or tug* ta make." 1 "*■ • Mr. Van Britt's *tnUe wax more than

half a grin.

Tt Isn't lost. Graham: It’s only gona before. Chn't yon wait a decent lit-

tle whiter

“If I should watt all my life It wouldn't be long enough, ttpton." was tbe reply. "Whiit you said to me— that time when we first spoke of OM1 logwood—was true. You sald' Rhe loved ttie otliet man—and so *>e did." This time Mr. Van ftritf's smile was

v whole grin.

”1 said It. and iU sa j It again. Sha didn't realise tt or admit it. even tn heraelf, you know; she’s foo gixat'ata clean-besrto^. fog,llqyijlius like tlmt. But 1 could’see It plainly enough, god so could everybody ala* . u-epi the two people moss uearly concerned. I didn't mean fiowle Collingw ood: yua were the ‘other man.’ Graham. 1 ? At 'his the boa* wbiriori short around and tramped to thg.otfier, end Of the room again, standing for quit* a little wtiiie willow window-«1U and making out. ifire he wa* looking down a< the traffic clattering alottg In Nevada aveopfc But IT! bet a quarter he i.evcr uw a single wheel of back our way hi* eyes were ahtnlng and he put his band oo Mr. Van Britt'a sliimldec. . "It ought to have been you. Dpiqr." he said. » ropptag back to the old rol*?ge nlcknatne. “You're by toag odds thw better man. When—when do ynu think I might venture to take a little run arrows to Nou York." At that. Mr Van uritt laughed oat "Ho! ho!" he said. "I suppose I duglt to -my a year. You .-an wslt one little year, can’t you. Graham?” "Not oo your life!" raiqied the boss And then: TTI tell you what I’ll do: rfl compromise with the iToiiriettes or whatever tf Is tha! yon re in iri.p* on. and make It aix mouth*. Rut rhnt's the limit—the absolute limit:” .tod so It was.

{THE RM>.)

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