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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1907)
IT ?, ... . . -r . -WBiBiBBBBHBHIBIBBBWBgBSiSBBK?EBaBBMBHf fW--MWW--------lWMB urnum i n n "1m i ''- i PP'1 t -flMHHMHm--HNKII-MMPm VI 1 -' !. -. THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSItFIELP, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1007. 8 - - - j , i' ul The Manager Of the By VAUGHAN KESTER V Copyright, 1B01. by U (Continued from Sunday.) 0USIJ1 "How long has ho been here, any how?" "A. month perhaps; maybo longer. Do you know him?" "I've seen him before. A cousin of mine, John Kenyon, Is -warden of a prison back In Massachusetts. It runs in the blood to hold office. I visited him last winter, and while I was thero a tiro broke out in tho hospital ward, and that old man had a hand in saving tho lives of two or three of the pa tients. The beggars came -within an ace of losing their lives. I saw after ward by tho papers that the governor had pardoned hlui." Ryder jumped up with sudden nlac- lty. 5Do you remember the convict's full me?" wkonyon meditated a moment; then lio said: ' "IJrurni. fnrnv " Tho editor turned to tho flics of the Herald. "I'll Just look back and see If It's the samo name. I'vo probably got It here among tho personals, If I can only find It. What was he imprisoned forr .hi added. tie was serving a llfo sentence for arder, I think, John told me, but I on't bo sure." 'Tho devil you say!" ejaculated Ity- r. "Yes, Roger Oakley; tho namo's l e same." 'l know I couldn't bo mistaken. I t a pretty good memory for names 1 d faces. Curious, ain't it, that ho ould turn up hero?" Ryder smiled nueerly as ho dropped io Ilerald fllos back Into tho rack. "His son Is manager for Cornish pre, no's the fellow I was telling you JOUt" Kenyon smiled too. ("I guess you won't have any more rouble with him. You've got him whero you can hit him, and hit him hard, whenever you like." CHAPTER IX. T was pay day In the car shops, and f 1 1 Oakley posted a number of notices t II in conspicuous places about tho " .A works. They announced a 10 per .cent reduction In tho wages of tho , anon, the cut to go Into effect lmrao jtdlately. I By and by McCHntock came In from 'tho yards. He was hbt and perspiring. hnd his check shirt clung molstly to his powerful shoulders. i Oakley looked up Inquiringly from rtho letter ho was writing. 'Tlavo you seen tho notices?" ' "Va " nnriil tur. "Heard anything from tho men yet?" "Not n word." McCHntock returned to tho yards. It was tho noon hour, and in the shade of one of tho sheds ho found a number of tho hands at lunch, who lived too far from tho shops to go homo to dinner "Say, Milt," said ono of these, "haTe you tumbled to the notices, 10 per cent ull round?. You'll bo having o go down in your sock for coin." "It's there, all right," cheerfully. "I know when Cornish camo down Sere there would bo something drop 'hortly. I ain't never known It to fall. ho old skinflint! I'll bet ho ain't los- g any money." "Yqu hot ho ain't, not ho," said a sec- Uh a short laugh. first man, Brauyon by name, bit i ully into tho wedge shaped pleco ii iUo ho was holding lu his hand. "If was as rich us Cornlth I'm hanged f I'd bo such an Infernal stilt I What .good la his mouoy doing him, anyhow?" j "What does tho boss say, Milt?" -"That wages will go back as soon as ho ;an put tliem back." "Yes, they will! Llko funl" said Jlranyou sarcastically. "You're a lot of kickers, you are," commouted McCHntock good uaturcdly. "You don't bollovo for ono minute, do you, that tlio Huckleberry or tho shops ever earned a dollar?" "You can gamble- on It that they ain't ovor cost Cornish a red cent," said Brauyon as positively us u mouthful of plo would nllow. If "I wouldn't bo too suro about that," ' said tho master mechanic, walking on. ', "I bet he ain't out nono on this," re ' marked Branyon cynically. "If ho was ) ho wouldn't toko it so blamod easy." m Thq men began to stragglo back from jfthelr various homes and to form In lit ftlo groups about tho yards und In the J ahops. They talked over tho cut aud 'urgued tho merits of the case, as men 111, undo their comments on Cornish, who was generally conceded to be as mean In money matters as ho was for tunate, and then went bock to their work when tho 1 o'clock whlstlo blow lu a stuto of high good humor with v themselves and their critical ability. Tho next day tho Herald dealt with the situation at some length. Tho whole tono of tho editorial was rancor ous and bitter. It Bpoko of the parsi mony of tho now management, which had been Instanced by a number of re cent dismissals among men who had served tho road long aud faithfully I and who doaorvod other and moro con siderate treatment. It declared that l the cut was but tho beginning of tho trouo'os ,u Btro 'c tho hands and 2 . characterized it as an attempt on the B. . A. Harper fc Brother part of the new management to curry favor with Cornish, who was notorious ly hostllo to tho best Interests of labor. It wound up by regretting that the men wero not organized, ns proper organiza tion would have enabled them to meet this movo on the part of the manage ment. When Oakley read the obnoxious ed ltorlal his blood grew hot and his mood belligerent. It showed evident and un iiHiml enrn in the nrenaratlon. and he guessed correctly that It had been writ ten and put in type in readiness for tho cut. It was a direct personal attack. t6o, for the expression "tho new man agement," which was used over and over, could mean but the ono thing. Dan's first Impulse was to hunt Ry der up and give him a sound thrash ing, but his better sense told him that while this rational mode of expressing his Indignation would have been excus nblo enough a few years back, when he was only n brakeman, as tho manager of the Buckhorn and Antloch railroad it was necessary to pursuo a more pa cific policy. Ho knew ho could be made very un popular if these attacks wero persisted In. This ho did not mind especially ex cept as It would Interfere with the car rying out of his plans and Increase his difficulties. After thinking it over he concluded that ho would better see Ry der and have a talk with him. It would do no harm, he argued, and It might do some good, provided, of course, that he could keep his temper. Ho went directly to tho Herald office and found Griff In and alone. When Dan strode Into tho office, looking rather warm, the latter turned a trifle pole, for he had his doubts about tho manager's temper and no doubts at all about his muscular development, which was Imposing. "I came to boo what you meant by this, Ryder," his caller said, and ho held 1ut the paper folded to the Insult ing article. Ryder assumed to ex amine It carefully, but ho knew every word there. . "Oh, this? Oh, yes! Tho story of tho reduction In wages down at the car shops. There! You can take it from under my nose. I can see quite clearly." "Welly "Well," repeated Ryder after him, with exasperating composure.- Tho ed itor was no stranger to Intrusions of this sort, for his sarcasms wero fre quently personal. His manner varied to suit each Individual case. When the wronged party stormed Into tho office, wrathful and loud lunged, ho was gen erally willing to mako prompt repara tion, especially If tho visitor had tho advantage of physical preponderance on his side. When, however, the caller was uncertain and palpably In awo of him, as sometimes happened, he got no sort of satisfaction. With Oakley he pursued a middle course. "Well?" ho repeated. "What do you mean by this?" "I think It speaks for itself, don't you?" "I went Into this mattor with you, and you know as well as I do why the men aro cut This" striking tho paper contemptuously with his open hand "Is the worst sort of rubbish, but It may serve to mako tho men feel that they aro being wronged, and It is an attack on me." "Did you notice that? I didn't know but It was too subtlo for you." He couldn't resist tho glbo at Oak ley's cxpenso. "Disguised, of course, but Intended to glvo tho men less confidence in me. Now, I'm not going to stand any moro of this sort of thing!" He was conscious bo had brought his remarks to a decidedly lamo conclu sion. "And I'll tell you ono thing, Mr, Onkloy. I'm editor of tho Herald, and I don't allow any man to dictate to mo -hut I shall print. That's a point I'll p Ma on for myself." "You know tho situation. You know that tho general will dispose of his in terests here unless tboy can bo mado self sustaining, and, wbother you like him or not, be stands as a special providence to tho town." "I only know what you have told me," sneerlngly. Oakley bit his lips, no saw It would have been better to hovo loft Ryder alono. no felt bis own woakness and bis Inability to force him ngalust his will to bo fair. Ho gulped down his anger aud chagrin. "I dou't see what you can gain by stirring up this mattor." "Perhaps you don't." "Am I to understand you are hostile to tho road?" "If that moans you, yes. You haven't helped yourself by coming hero as though you could bully mo into your way of thinking. I didn't get much satisfaction from my call on you. You lot mo know you could attend to your own affairs, and I can attcud to mlno Just as easily. I hopo you appreciate that." Dan turned on his heol nud left tho office, cursing himself for his stupidity in having given tho editor an oppor tunity to trot even. FOLEHONET-TAR for ckltilrmai tafm, tar. Wo oplatat CHAPTER X. IN tho course of the next few days Dan decided that there was no danger of trouble from tho hands. Things settled back Into their ac customed rut He was only a little less popular, perhaps. He was Indebted to Clarence for tho first warning he received as to what was in store for him. It came about In this way. Clarence had retired to tho yards, where, se cure from observation, ho was Indulg ing in a quiet smoko, furtively keeping an eye open for McCHntock, whoso movements wero uncertain, as he knew from sad experience. A high board fence was in front of him, shutting off tho yards from the lower end of the town. At his back was a freight car, back of that again Were tho interlacing tracks and be yond them a cornfield and BIllup's Fork, with its inviting shade of syca mores and willows and Its tempting swimming boles. Suddenly he heard a scrambling on the opposite side of the fence, and ten brown fingers clutched the tops of the boards, then a battered straw hnt came on a level with the fingers, at tho same instant a baro foot and leg were thrown ovor the fence, and tho owner of tho battered straw hat swung him self into view. All this while a dog whined nnd yelped; then followed n vigorous scratching sound, nnd present ly a small, dilapidated looking yellow cur squeezed Itself beneath tho fence., Clarence recognized the Intruders. It' was Branyon's boy, Augustus, com monly called "Splde," becauso of his exceeding sllmness and the length of his legs, and his dog Pink. As soon as Branyon's boy saw Clar ence ho balanced himself deftly on tho top of the fence with ono hand and shaded his eyes elaborately with tho other. An amiable, if toothless, smllo curled his lips. When Ijo spoko It was with deep facetlousness. "HI, como out from behind that roll of paper!" But Clarence said not a word. Ho puffed nway at his cigarette, appar ently oblivious of everything savo the contentment It gavo him, and as ho puffed Splde's mouth worked and wa tered sympathetically. His secret ad miration was tremendous. Hero was Clarence In actual and undisturbed possession of a wholo cigarette. He had to purchase his cigarettes in part nership with some other boy and go halves on the smoking of them. It made him feel cheap und common. "Say, got one of them coffin tacks that ain't working?" he Inquired. Clar ence gazed off up tho tracks, Ignoring the question and tho questioner. Splde's presence wns balm to his soul. But ns ono of the office force of tho Buckhorn and Antloch he felt a cer tain lofty reserve to bo Incumbent up on him. Besides, ho and Splde had been engaged In a recent rivalry for Suslo Popplotou's affections. It Is true he had achieved a brilliant success over his rival, but that a mere schoolboy should have ventured to oppose him, a salaried man, had struck him us an uupardonahlo piece of lmpertlnenco for which thero could be no excuse, Splde, however, had taken tho mat er most philosophically. He had rec ognized that 'he could not hope to com pete with a youth who possessed un limited wealth, which he was willing to lay out on chewing gum and candy, his experience being that the sex was strictly mercenary and Incapablo of a disinterested love. Of course bo had much admired Miss Poppleton, From the crown of her small dark head, with its tightly braided "pigtails," down to her trim little foot he had esteemed her as wholly adorable; but, after all, his affair of tho heart had been an af fair of the winter only. With tho com ing of summer ho hnd found more so rlous things to think of. Ho was learning to swim and to chew tobacca, Tho mastering of these accomplish ments pretty well occupied his time. "Say," ho repeated, "got another?" Still Clarence blinked at tho fierce sunlight which danced on tho rails aud said nothing. Splde slid skillfully down from his perch, but his manner had un dergone a chango. "Who throwed that snipe away any how?" ho' nskdd disdainfully. Clarence turned his eyes slowly In his direction. "Lookeo here. You fellows got to keep out of these yards or I'll tell Mc CHntock. First wo know some of you kids will bo getting run ovor, and then your folks will sot up a lively howl. Get on out! It ain't no place for little boys!" Ho put tho cigarette between his lips and took a deep and tantalizing pull at it. Splde kept to his own side of tho ditch thnt ran between tho fence and tho tracks. "Huh!" with iuflnlte scorn. "Who's a kid? You won't bo happy till I come over there and lick you!" "First thing I know you'll bo stealing scrap Iron!" "My gosh! Tho nuckloberry d havo to stop running If I swiped a coupling pin!" Clarence had recourse to tho ciga rette, and again Splde was consumed with torturing Jealousies. "Whero did you shoot that sulpo anyhow?" ho In quired insultingly. Ouco moro Clareuco allowed his glance to stray off up the tracks. "For half a cent I'd como across and do what I sayl" ndded Splde, stooping down to roll up his trousers leg aud then easing tin unelastlc "gallus" that cut his shoulders. This elicited n short aud contemptuous grunt from Clar ence. Ho was well pleased with him self. Ho felt Splde's envy. It was sweet aud satisfying. "Say!" with sudden animation. "You fellers ,wlll bo going around ou your uppers lu a day or so. I'll bet you'd glvo a heap to know what I Unowl" "I wouldn't glvo a da&ed cent to kuow! all you know or ever will knowl" retorted (Marenco uromntiv. To be continued.) i i Jt Jl the latest I Mq&dz me si NprtMwBeiid NORTH BEWv 1 I l ctttj furnish tlnfolloiing ThoroUKhbed Eggs ut $Aoi Per Setting Slmd a Island RecM Barred PlymoutlAioclcB WlntelLeghorns Pelqn touckB JOHN W FLAMAC AN county Flanagan & Bennett Bank MARSIIFIKLD, OREGON. Capital Subscribed JSO.OOO Cupit.ilrald Up $10,000 uiunvirjcu rrouis io.uw Docs a generaUbaiiklng businoss and Urawb ou the Banl'caf California, Sim Franclrco Calif., First National Bank Portland Or., First National Bankjltofeeburg, Or., Hanover Na tional Bank, rw York, N. SI. Uotliohlld 4 Son, London, Erfcland. Also sell elinn on nearly all the principal cities of Europe. 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TltAN SCJliyjUIiK NO. 2. In Effect Jnnunry 1, 1007. All previous slhedules are void. Subject to chftnge without notice. v a ohnncfer. manaccr: F. A. Lalso, freight gent; general offices, Marsh field, Ore, on. No. 1. Trains. Dally Except Sunda Stations. Leave 9:00 a. li.lMarshfleld. 9:30 a. m.B. H. Junction. 9:45 a. il'.CoquIlle. Arrive 10:30 a.nlMyrtle Tolnt. No. 2. Dally Except Sunday, Leave 10:45 a. m. Mtle Point. 10:30 a. 12:00 m lie. Junction. Arrive 12:30 p.m eld. Extra trains will ruft on dally special orders. Trains to and from Beaver Hill dally. SKATING I RD Annquno Open afternoon iSnd twen- ings,Ki to o aiju ( xt iu, week I days onl Pri 25 coihs forfuse f Rink skiues, 15 cnts fc theirwwil 10 certls wentiaiiKj Bnccial attii beginners noon. Hest of order tained. J : D. 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