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ROGUE RIVER COURIER. GRANTS PASS, OREGON, MAY 24. 1907. PROFESSIONAL CAR OS C. FINDLEY, M. D. Practice limited to EYK EAK, NOSE and THROAT. GlusBoa fitted and furnished. Office hours St to 12; 2 to 5; and on ap pointment. Telephone 261 and 77. Gbaiito Pass, Okkoo I)R. J. C. SMITH PHYSICIAN AND (SURGEON Phone, Office 35.r; Res. 1181. Residence cor. 7tb and DBtreeU. Ofllce at National Drug Store. nnmn Pass. - - Oasooa & LOUGIIRIDGE, M. D. PHYHICIAN AND SURGEON Una. Phone 714 City or country calls attended night orday. Blxtn anu u, i un e ouuuiug, Office Phone Ml. GhakTS Pass . Oawaoa. IJt D. NORTON, ATTOBNKYAT-LAW, Practice In all State and federal Court Office In Opura House Building. ftllAHTB PAW. 0rOO A. C. HOUGH, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, Praotloes la all Ktatand Kuderal Court Office over Hair Klddlo Hardware Co, Gmakth Pa. Oaaeon OLIVER S. BROWN, LAWYER. 01!lcn, opstaira, City Hall. Quasi- Pass, OaieoM. ()t S. ULANCnARD, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Practice iu all State and Federal courts. Banking and Trust Company's Building. 0aiit Pau, Oaieu. H. B. HENDRICKS CODN8ILLOR8-AT-LAW OItII and criminal natters attended to In all Ike oonrta. Real eitate and Iniuranoa. Offioe, 6th street, opposite Poitoftee, ILLIAM P WRIGHT, D. B. DEPDTT 6URVIYOB MINING ENGINEER AND DRAUGHTSMAN 6th St., aerth of Joeephlne Heist. Qsait Tab, Oaaeoa Charles Costain I Wood Working Shop. Wttt of flour mill, near R. R. track Toning, tkroll Work, BtairWork, Band HawlDK.Cabinct Work, Wood Pnllcy. haw , Filing RuniminK, Repairing all kind. ' PMeea right. Tha Popular Barber Shop Oct your tonftbrlal work done at IRA TOMPKINS Ou Sixth Street Three chair Hath Room In connection N. E. McGUEW, PIONEER TRUCK and DELIVERY Furniture and l'luno Moving v GRANTS PASS, OREGON. Palace Barber Shop NATE BATES, Prop. Shaving, Hair Cutting Hat lis, Etc. Ever) thing neat and clean and a work Hrst-l'las. E. A. WADE Pry (iooils, I'nilonvnir, Notions, i;tc. Ennit Stud west nf Paluce hotel GRANTS TASS. OREGON, X STOCKIKS FOR CHILDREN tlieuvoiM'.iuuKciir- ond M CUV. I.cx i S'1-..'i-- A c,.. MANAGER OF THE B. & A, Continued from page 2 sheer force of hublt, lie wan all enthu siasm. IR bad pleasant vInIuiib of the shops running overtime and everybody satisfied ami happy. It made no differ ence to hhu that he would not be there to ilmre In the general prosperity. With the start he had given It, the fu ture of the Huckleberry would fx? as I mired. He decided he had better khj i nothing to Curtice otiout South Amer ica. The upshot of thlH meeting was that he stuck to Curtice with a genial de votion that mndo him wax In his hands. They spent two day together Inspect ing palntless nnd tnttereil duy coaches, and on the third day Dan strolled from his friend's office buttoning hla coat on a contract that would mean many thou sands of dollars for A lit loch. It wai altogether his rnoMt brilliant achieve ment. He felt that there only remain ed for him to turn the Huckleberry over to Holloway anil leave the coun try. He had done well tiy It. ' fan bad been In Chicago about three weeks, when at last Holloway return ed, and he proved ns limp as Cornish had Bald he would be In a crisis. Ho was Inclined to be critical, too, and Deemed astonished that Oakley bad been waiting in Chicago to see him. He experienced a convenient lupse of memory when the latter mentioned bia telegram. "I can't accept your resignation," he said, fussing nervoiiNly umimg the pa pers on his desk. "I didn't put you at Antloch. That was (ieueral Cor nish's own Idea, mid I don't know what he'll think." "It bus got past the point where I care what he thinks," retorted Dan curtly. "You must send some one else there to take hold." "Why didn't you cable him Instcud of writing me?" fretfully. "I don't know what lie will want, only it's pretty eer tuln to be tho very tiling I shuu't think of." "I would have cabled him If I hod considered It necessary, but ft never occurred to me that my resignation would not I agreed to on the spot, as my presence In Antloch only widens the breach and Increases the difficulty of a settlement with the men." "Whom did you leave In charge?" Inquired Holloway. "Holt." "Who's her "He's Kerr's assistant," Dan ex plained. "Why didn't you leave Kerr In charge?" demanded the vice president "I laid him off," said Dan In a tone of exasperation, and then be added, to forestall more questions: "He was In sympathy with the moo, and he hadn't the sense to keep It to himself. 1 couldn't be bothered with blm, so I got rid or blm." "Well, I must say you have made a frightful mess of the whole business, Oakley, but I told General Cornish from the 0rt that you hadn't the train ing for the position." Dan turned very red In the face at this, but he let It pass. "It's too bad," murmured Tlolloway, still fingering the letters on the desk. "Bluce you are In doubt, why dont you cable General Cornish for Instruc tions, or, If there Is a reason why you don't care to, It 1 not too lute for me to cable," said Dan. This, proposal did not please Hollo way ut all. but he was unwilling to ad mit that bo feared Cornish's displeas ure, which, where ho was concerned, usually took the form of present si lence and u subsequent sarcasm that dealt with the faulty quality of his Judgment. The sarcasm might Come six months after It had been inspired, but it wits certain to come sooner or later mid to lie followed by a bad half hour. Which Cornish devoted to past mistakes. Indeed, Cornish's attitude toward blm had become through long association one of chronic criticism, and lie was certain to lie unpleasantly affected both by what he did and by what be left undone. "Why don't you wait until the gen eral returns from England? That's not i t K - L ft "It . . ,.f I nr i.-i n.trlon." far o'T now l,;.,.r i'ic ch'v'intistati' Lv'.' - y..! r .. r 1 , o.ik:.'v l N lfli sK-i! ..-V V N ; Pi disagreeably. "If you are so sure of this, why don't you accept it?" retorted Dan. "I have no one to appoint In your place." "What's wrong with Holt? He'll do temporarily." "I couldn't feel positive of his being satisfactory to General Cornish. He's a very young man, ain't he?" "Yes, I suppose you'd call him a young man, but he has been with the road for a long time and has a pretty level head. I have found him very trustworthy." "I woukl have much greater confi dence In Kerr. He's cjulet and conserv ative, and he's had an excellent train ing with us." "Well, then, you can get him. He Is doing nothing and will be glad to come." "But you have probably succeeded In antagonizing blm." "I hope so," with sudden cheerful ness. "It was a hardship not to be able to give blm a sound thrashing. That's what he deserved." Holloway looked shocked. The young man was displaying a recklessness of temper which was most unseemly and ntlrely unexpected. "I guess It will be well for you to think It over, bakley, "before you' con clude to break with General Cornish. To go now will be rather shabby of you, and you owe hlra fair treatment Just remember it was those reforms of yours that started the strike, In the first place. I know I know. What you did you did with his approval. The men are peaceable enough, uln't they?" and he glared nt Oakley with mingled disfavor and weariness. "Anybody can handle them but mo." "It won't be long until they are beg ging you to open the shops. They will be mlglity sick of the trouhlo they've shouldered when their money Is all goue." "They will never come to me for that, Mr. Holloway," said Dan. "I tli I nk they would, one and all, rather atnrve than seeognlze my position." "They'll have to. We'll inuke them. We mustn't let thcin think we are weakening." "You don't appreciate the feeling of intense hostility they have for me." "Of course tho murder of that man what was his name?" "Ryder, you mean?" "Was unfortunate. I don't wonder you have some feeling about going back." Dan smiled sadly. The vice president was wonderfully moderate In hla choice of words. He added: "But It la really best for the Interest of those concerned that you should go and do what you can to bring about a settlement" "It would be the sheerest Idiocy for me to attempt It' The town may go hungry from now to tho end of It days, but It won't have me at any price." "I always told Cornish be should sell the road the first opportunity he got lie hod the chance once and you talked him out of It Now you don't want to tend by the situation." "I do," said Oakley, rising. "I want to see an understanding reached with the men, and I am going to do what I can to help along. You will please to consider that I have resigned. I don't for the life of me see bow you can expect uie to show my face lu Antloch." And with that ho stalked from the place. Ho was thoroughly angry. He heard Holloway cull after him; "I won't accept your resignation. You'll have to Walt until you see Cor nish!" I'm n strode out Into tho street, not knowing what be would do. He was disheartened and exasperated at the stand Holloway had taken. Presently hia auger moderated and his pace slackened. He had been quite oblivious to what was passing about blm, and now for the first time, above the rattle of carts and trucks, be heard the iiowsltoy shrilly calling an extra. He caught the words, "All about the tdg forest lire!" repeated over and over again. lie bought a paper and opened It Idly, but u double leaded headline ar rested Ills attention. It was a brief special from Itnckhorn Junction, lie read It with feverish Interest. Antloch was threatened with complete destruc tion by the forest tires, h tilcli for sev en I weeks tiad been ramug In the l.nrtheru part of the state. All tritKe va suspended, and the exact oon.li Hon could only be tur--.,.,l at. but tl.ere bad :.,vi, repeated calls for help The la- l.'vrr;.: tow i:s !. , I tv . ended to t:ee appe.lN t'V I M I :e e.g. lies ni: ! Lo ,'. w I.:, !i niiv : il wa.i.nc at I'm Uliorn J uih if, a I i to i!ir.'i::i ;.l. ley knew that the loin drought had d.minMhsl tin availaMe water supply tli.it l:t an e laM geucv of lli.s k.i d An tloi ll lall-I dc, .ell. I o.l the l or. The tow n derived it regular water supply from a s!atulp!pe :el :'ivm a small reservoir. In ordiiia-y -eisons nnd in. dor ordinary i irciriiMaiiccs the force was sullleicut to meet all needs, but ou an occasion such as il:e present the equipment of the local tire oepart n. cut, consist .tig of two hose carts and u single old fashioned baud engine, vvoil.d lie qu.te useless Oakley's hands shisik as they clutch ed the pqvr. He forget lus own trou bles. n! in ti ti Instant lu- was alive to the I'.a'ig r tli.it threaten,' I Constance. S'.ie vvas a prisoner in ; ; menaced town, in tlic very center of an impend lug tr.igc.lv. The thought of i.er possi ble vr: sort the blood s.ir. i g away from h.s Lent. Ten 'i 's later I'an aga n p:eseiil ed 1. se f to Holloway. II - !. ,v h.: 1 it's; : .- lo,.1. ,i..-g, deter li'.'i.-i'. - It K-.d I ecu: o : - u and pi ' 1 ! 'i ' 'i a s;,!.!i n - , m - . ' :" r-e cried as be entered the office. "You needn't bother about my resignation. I'll take the first train for Antioch. Have you seen this?" and he held out the crumpled page he had Just torn from his newspaper. Holloway glanced up in astonishment , at tills unlocked for change of heart. "I thought you'd conclude It was no j way to treat General Cornish," he said. "Hang Cornish! It's not on his ac count I'm going. The town Is In a fair , way to be wiped off the map. Here, read." Ami he thrust the paper Into Hollo way's hands. "The woods to the north ami n-iiat itf Anttnch have been blazing for two days. They have sent out call . after call for help, and apparently no-1 body has responded yet. That's why j I am going back, and for no other rea-1 son." CTTAPTER XXI. AT Buckhorn Junction Joe Durks. who combined the duties of telegraph operator with those of baggagemuster and ticket agent was at his table receiving a mes sage when Dan Oakley walked Into the office. He had just stepped from the Chicago express. "What's the latest word from Antl och, Joe?" he asked hurriedly. "How are you, Mr. Oakley? I got Antloch now." "What do they say?" ' "They are asking' help! The metallic clicking of the Instru ment before him ceased abruptly. "What's wrong, anyhow?" He push ed buck bis chair and came slowly to his feet. His finger was still on the key. He tried again to call up An tioch. "They are cut off. I guess the wire Is down." The two men stared at each other lu silence. Dan's face was white In the murky, smoky twilight that filled the room. Durks looked anxious, the limit of his emotional capacity. He was a lank, colorless youth, with pale yellow to bacco stains about the corners of his mouth and a largo nose, which wns superior to Its surroundings. Oakley broke silence with: "What's gone through today, Joe?" "Nothing's gone through on the B. and A. There's nothing to send from this end of the line," the operator an swered nervously. "What went through yesterday?" "Nothing yesterday either." "Where Is No. 7?" "It's down at Harrison, Mr. Oakley." "And No. 0?" "It's at Harrison too." "Do you know what they are doing at Harrison?" demanded Oakley an grily. It seemed criminal negligence that no apparent effort. bad as yet been made to reach Antloch. "I don't," said Durka laconically, bit tug his nails. "I suppose they are waiting for the fire to burn out" "Why don't you know?" persisted Dan tartly. His displeasure moved tho operator to a fuller explanation. "It was cut off yesterday morning. The lost word I got was that No. 7 was on a siding there and that No. 0, which sturted at 8:15 for Antloch, had had to push back. The fire was lu between Antioch and Harrison, on both sides of the track and blazing." 1 "Where's the freight?" Questioned OaUley. "Tho last t heard It was trying to make Parker's Run." "When Was that?" "Hint wns yesterday morning too. It had come up tlSit far from Antloch the day before to haul out four carloads of tics. Holt gave the order. It Is stili there, for all I know-that Is, if It ain't burned or ditched. I sent down the ex tra men from the yards here to help tlnlsh loading the cars. I had Holt's order for It, and supposed he knew what was wanted. They aiu't come back, but they got there ahead of the freight all right." Oakley felt this care for a few litni drcd dollars' worth of property to have been unnecessary lu view of the gravel per, I that threatened Antioch. Still, it was not Durks' fault. It was Holt w ho was to blame. He had probably lost bis head lu the general alarm ami ex citement. While Harrison might be menaced by the lire. It was lu a measure pro teeted by the very nature of its sur rouiidings. Hut with Antioch, where there was nothing t,( May the progress 'f f-' ' ' t .e case u.ls louereht. V.': h a i.ortt Aim! blowing they could su e p over l.,e tow u unhindered. "i ierday the wind shitted a bit to t' 'v -1. and for a.vh'.e thev ttiovght A .: h vv as out f ilanger," s;;i, I ' vv !.. s . v w 'ut vv :, in 1 1 ikley What have you heard from the oth er tew ns'.-" " n.ey re deser!e.. Everybody's g..;,,' to Am ,och or 1 lai r - m. i koto vv as pV'p.v of time for tl. a. and when No 7 m.n.o her last run 1 w ired ahead that i: wns tl.e only tram we eniM sea.: cut " ' llovv did y,ui get the extra men to Parker's IluiiV" "itaker lis'k 'em there nil the switch eng. ue. I sent h m dow n again th.s morning to see what was the matter vviih the I're glit. Put he only went to the ten mile till and come back, lie saal lie couldn't go any farther. 1 guess he wasn't so very keeu to try lie sa.d he hadn't the money put by for L s funeral expenses." "They told n.e up a'.nwe that the M and W. I. ad hauled a relief train for Antioch. 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