The weekly banner. (Athens, Ga.) 1891-1921, July 22, 1921, Image 6
FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 22. 1021.’ ^<•44 ** THE ATHENS DAILY BANNER, ATHENS, GA. SYNOPSIS. Dodd*, ar* maroontd at Band Creek eld* In* with a young lady. Sheila Macrae, and her small cousin, unseen, “ ess a peculiar train holdup, a apodal ear la carried off. CRAPTCU IT.—Wortros# rodhghfMa car stolen as John Chadwick's* Hr" magnate, whom he was to meet at City. He and DodUa rescue Che The latter offers Norcros# the manager* •hip of the Pioneer Short Line, which la In the hands of eastern speculators, headed b? Brockenrldge Dunton, presi dent of th4 line. Nortroea learning that Shella Maorae is stopjtajTht PortaT CHjr, daAPtik fiC-uiTa, 'Winn variation between fiufus Hatch artd Uve Henckel. Portal City financial*, which tha# admit complicity in Chadwick Kidnaping, their object being tt hasp Chadwick . from attending a meeting of directors tb reorganise the Pioneer Snort Line, which would Jeopardise their.later- CHAPTBH IV.-To curb the monopoly controlled by Hatch and Henckel. the Had Tower corporation, Norcross forms the CUlsens 1 Storage and Warehouse com- rutt ichS I Out r«, U vn. - with xinu, the mechanic, Dodd. s.ta a oaa' disappearance Thar follow a duo ttv.D thorn ahrou*h a locomotive I VIII—Tho roacuo party Bad, _ i Norcros, from capUrlty to ikad been lured. Norcrow.ro> mtrol of tho-rtopaar Bhort Una. ta (tv. place to man whom ' chares. ,r~ .“You think Ihsm li no doubt hut that he wha bribed tb put tho*# train, together tonight?” -None In the least—only I wish we had a little better proof of It." “Where did he liver "Be boflrded at Mrs. Chandler**, out on Croa* atraet. Morrla boards there, too, I believe." The boa* turned to me. "Jimmie, go tml get Morrla.’’ I carried the roll and brought Mor- rl* back With me. He was n cheerful, red-headed fellow, rod everybody liked hadn't turned nut lust us (lie.v have?* he returned. "Hut now I pie** I know. T, left Mrs. Chandler’* thl* evening about eleven o'clock to come Mt duty, ami Diirgln was Just abend of me. Some fellow—a man In'a snuff-colored overcoat and with n soft bat pulled down so that I couldn't see Id* face— stopped Durgln on the sidewalk, anil they talked together. t "I ill.ln't hoar what was said, lull I snw (lie nverconted mnn |iass something to Purgln nod saw Durgln put ivhnleverlt wn* Into Id* pocket. Then the oilier than dodged and went nway. and did It so quirk that I didn't see which Why he went or whnt became of him. Durgln must have run after he left the eomer. for t didn't see anything more of him until I got to thq office." ”He was there when yftu came In?'' tt wn* Mr. Norcross who wanted to know. • "Yea, i K® had Ids eoat off ond wn* nt work on Ihe train sheet. I don’t think Purgln left his ohalr, or said anything to anybody until lie Jumped up and began to an Ik tho. floor, taking on and anylng that he’d put Four nnd Five together on the single track." There, was. silence for n little time, nnd when Ilia hod* said, "Do yon think yon Would recognise the man In the snuff-colored overrent; If you should see lilm. again?* "Yea. f might; If he had on tho .WlAe onnt nnd hut." | “Thnt Will do. then. Keep this thing to yourself, nnd If the newspaper peo ple come offer yon. send them lo Mr. Vnn Itfttt or to me.” After Morrla had gone. Mr. Vnn Britt shook Ida head sort of savagely. •'It's h—1. Graham!” he ripped out. bouncing lo Ills feet nnd beginning to trnmp up hnil down the room. "To think 1hct these devil* would tnke the chance of murdering n lot of totally Innocent people to gain their end I Wliat are you going to do about Itt" "I don’t k«Qw yet, Upton; but I am going to do something. This state of affairs can't go on. The simplest thing li for me to throw up tho Job ami let the Short Llue drop back Into the old rut. I'tn not sure that It wouldn't anvc a good many lives In the end If I should do It, Ami yet It seems such n cowardly thing to do— to rpslgh under Are." Mr. Vnn Hrltt had Ida hnnd on the door-knob, nnd whnt lie said made me warm lo my Hngcr-tlps. “Wo're nil standing by you,- fjro- hnm; nil, you understand—to the Inst | mnn end the last ditch. And you’re not going lo pitch It up; you're go ing lo stay until you have thrown the harpoon into tliese high binders, clear op lo tho ballings. That's my pro phecy. The trouble's over for tonight, nnd yon'd better go up to the hotel and turn In. There Is another day coming, or if there Isn't, tt won't make nhy difference to any of us. Good night.", There Was an Even 'thousand Dollars, him.' "It Isn't a •arfhat-bog’ session. Mor ris." said III* lioon, quietly, when we . earn* In "amt the 'teller operator sat i the edge ' know some- He roomed Morris admitted It. hut said he'd ' chummy with the dls- Bt Durgln wasn't churning with asyhody. Then the boss went straight to lb* point, aa he usually did. ■ "You were present and saw all that happratdHn the other room. Cr you iiafr-nejqh/thtog about list mo eyT CHAPTER XIII What the Pilot Engine Found For a lime after the suicide of the off-trlck-dtspetcher the wreck epidemic paused. Acting upon Mr. N'orcross’ suggestion, Mr. Van Britt called his trainmen In, n erhw at n time, nnd gave them the straight tip; and after thnt the hoodoo died n natural death, nnd n good many pairs of eyes all along the Bhort Line were keeping a shnrp lookout for the trouble-makers. In Ihe menntlme, Tnrhell, still dig ging faithfully, managed to turn up n few fact* that were worth some thing. In the Petrollte case he found n lone prospector living in n shack high up on the fnrlhcr side of the canyon who told him that late In the evening of Ihe day preceding Ihe wreck he had seen two men climbing Ihe slope from which Ihe boulder lmd been dislodged, amt Ibat one of them was carrying a pick. Also, further In vestigation seemed to prove that Ihe Pall which the blow of the rock was supposed to have knocked loose had keen previously weakened, either by drawing aome of Up- spikes, of by unscrewing the nut* on the bolts at the Joints. In another Held, nnd this time under Rfptey's Instructions, onr ex-cow- fiUheh' had been able to set and halt n trap. By diligent search he had found the mnn Mnrph. ' the Clanahan kenrlimnn. who. under pressure, had given away the Timber Mountain pldi which had climated In Ihe kidnaping of the boss. Thl* mnn had Men de liberately shot In n hnf-room brawl and left for dead Rut he had CMWttd away nnd had got onf of toifln to lira nnd recover nt n distant cflttf* ranch In the Uoihcrtnn hills. When Tnrhell discovered him he had ettt out the boose, had grown a beard, and was thirsting for vengeance. Tnr hell brought him Ivack to Portal Ctty. nnd preaenlly there began to he de velopments. Morphy knew all the rope*. In a little lime. Ripley, with TnrhcM's help, was loaded for hear. One chilly Oclolier afternoon the law yer came down ta'rmr office to tell Mr. Norcross that the game was cor nered. "All yfll> Rare tw do now la lo give auamuftsuias political gangster* and bosses In the other town* along the line. What do , you say?" The boss looked up with the little horse-slioc frown wrinkling between j Id* eyes. ! ‘Tan we get Hnirh and Henckel?" I “No; not yet." “Very well: then you may took those paper* up In your safe nnd we’tl Walt. : When you can «ee your way dear to , a criminal trial, with Ttufu* Hatch and Gustave Henckel In the prisoner's itock. we'll start the legal machinery: ! hut not before." By now we were right on the eve of the state election. A* far as ally- body could see. the railroad had Staged free and clear of the political light. The boss had kept his promise to main tain neutrality nnd was still keep ing II. At the appointed time the hlg day dawned, nnd Ihe political wind-up held the center of the stage. So far ns we were concerned. If passed off very quiet ly. Along In the afternoon the newsp*. ppr offices began to put out bulletin^ nnd h.v ovpnlng the fenult was no long er doubtful. For the drat time In yenr* the power of the political machine had been smashed decisively nt the polls, nnd on the following morning the Mountaineer announced the elec tion rtf Governor Burrell, with a safe working majority In hoth houses of the legislature for the Independents. It wn* on the third day after Ihe election, rather late In the afternoon, that'the boss hod a callfrom n min ing promoter named DltWca. represent ing a hunch of mine owner* nt Strnth- cflna tfho were hnvlng trouble with smelter. The smelter,'One 1 of the few Hatch monopolies which hadn't heeh shaken loose as yet, was located In the gulch six miles bdtow StrnthcOlut; nnd It' was served exclusively by'If* owh Industrial rnllroath which It (Ml using ns a lever to pry au excessive hauling charge nnt of fhe mine own er*. Wouldn't Mr. Norcftft tty ft do something about It? The horn said he’d do anytUM* Ml could, and naked what the mine Ow era wanted. Dawes Mid they wifitl help; that they were going to hold mas* meeting In Bftathcoha the ft lowing morning at nine o'clock. • Wojtld It. nr Wouldn't' If, be ROsalbt* for Hr. Norcros* to be present, ht that mfaf- Ing? " ’ . Of course! the boat Wd'|ik Dawes went away, and before broke off to go to dlnnrt at the rood dub, 1 was gtvait a mentors order fbr t special/ At the club I found'that Mr. Not cross I lad an Invited guest—Major Kendrick. For a week Or two Mrs. Sheila had been visiting at the state capital, and the major's wife and Mobile Ann were with Mfl." Bo the good old major was sort of unattached, nnd glad enough, I took It, to be a guest at anybody's table, For a while the table talk—In which, of course, Jimmie Dodds hadn't any part whatever—circled around the late landslide election, and what-Governor Burrell's party would do!'now that It had the say-so. But by and by It got ground to the railroad -situation, .“You're pulling up a mighty g light,. Graham, my aoh, but li-li over yet—not by a Jugful, *uh"-fthla isn't just the way thetoajorsal^'lt, but It's as near aa I on come lo hb soft Southern drawl tilth tho smoth ered “r's." "1'VU known Mlstfch Ru know, away off yondeK at the capital, that you were meaning to go to Strath- cona tonight?" Mr. Norcross shook hi* head. Then he said: "There ore wires—both kind*—though I don't know why any body should telegraph or telephone the cnpltal that I expect to nttend a mine- owners' meeting tomorrow morning In the litg gold cmnp. Thnt's tvhy I'm going. you Know.*’ "Rtit this warning," the major in sisted. "There's a reason for it, Gra ham, ns sure ns you are bnwn I” Again the boss shook his head. "Between yon two, you nnd Sheila, nit due to'acquire n rake of nerves. I don't know whnt she has henrd, hut I can't afford to dodge a business ap- 1 drift Hatch for a good many yeahs. and hat the perseve'once of tho ve*y devil With alh fhat hah been dona, yoB, must naveb forgot for a single hoo’uh.-’that youh admirable reform slrucMhuh stands, is yat, upon the lift of a single man. Don't lose sight 'ot that, ’Gra ham." ' s* d .{•*■ The boss looked up kind of cttH- oQtiy. f • . "You and Sheila seem lo tblak that point need* emphasising more then any other,V he commented. The major's floe old eyes twinkled gravely. "You are mighty safe In payin’ strict attention to whatever th* tittle gjerl tells you. GrahHtn, my boy," he aa- serted. “She has a way of gettln* at the heart of things that puts u* m*ah men to shame—ahe has, fdt a fact, tub." "She hae been very helpful to me," the boss put In, with hi* eyek'lu hls plate. "In fact, I may say'that ahe ha* herself suggested a g jod many J)f the moves in IHe railroad game. 'It'* marvelous, ami I can't understand bow she can do It." Tiey went on for a while, stngtng Mrs. Sheila's praises over ID a many different ways, add 1 thought, wherever fhe might happen to be Just then, her pretty Utile ear* ought to be burning good and banf. To beer them talk you would have thought she was another fortla-peCson, and then tome-. The dlaner wore Itself out after e while, and when (da tatter brought I he cigars, ft* bos* was looking at bis watch. "I’m sorry I can’t ftay and amok* with you. major,’ hfcgald. pushing hla chair hack. “But the busIncM grind never lets up. I'm obliged to go to StrathcoM tonight." I don't know what the major wat going tb soy to thle abrupt break away! the after-dinner Social cigar was a Sort of ratlgloua ceremony with Mm. But whatever be wos going to eay, b» didn't ray It,' for ot that mo ment a telegraph boy ram*'In ahd handed him a message. He put da his other gtashe* end read ft* tele gram, with hie big goatee looking mare than aver Ilka a dagger and tb* get** white mustacbea twitching. At tb* end of things he folded the messagg and put It Into hi* pocket, taylog, sort of soberly; - ; • y» ■ ’ "Graham, litre are Has*# when Shelia's intohfeience* era mighty neah uncanny; they am. far S' fact sub. This wire la from her. What do yoa atfppoee It Myaf Of courts, ft* boM said he couldn't aoppose anything dhdfat It, and the "Sheila’s Intuhferenaa* Are Neah Uncanny." Mighty polnlment. Sliella ha* merely over heard an echo of ihe threats that are constantly being made by the Hatch sympathisers. It's the aftermath of the eteCUon, but It's ell talk. They’re down and' out, and they haven't the be; ft to fltrile back, now." That ended matters at the club, ond the bosk and I walked down to the headquhrtera, The special, with Buck Chandler, was waiting, ami at the last minute I thought 1 wasn't going to get tb go. "1'here's no need of your putting In a night on the road, Jimmie," snid the boss, with the kindly thought for other people's comfort that never failed blui. Bui after I lmd begged a little, telllhg him ihat he'd need some body to take note* in Urn mind meet ing, he Mid,' "All right." and we got aboard nnd gave the word to Mncllse. the conductor, to get his clearance and go. A few minutes later we pulled out and the flight run wa* begun. Like tvtry other bar tbs boss bad iver Owned, the "05" was fltted up as a working office, and since he had me along, tie opened up a lot of claim papers -upon which the legal depart ment was giving him the final say-so, ahd'.we! welitto work. •FOr. fhe netit- IWo hours f was so busy that I. didn't know when we MMt) tho Various stations. At hnlf- psst Dine, Mr. NdrcroM snapped a rubber band over the last of the claim files, lighted a pipe, and told me I » t go to bid If I Wanted tb; said he was going, hlmketf after he'd tad a smoke. ‘ Just then. Chandler iHlIitied for H station, and, looking out ot a window. I mw that we were pulling Into Bauxite, the little wind blown Junction from which the Btralh- branch' lid awsy Into the north* ! H. & B. BEER’S MARKET LETTER. i (Furnhhed by F. J. Llnnell & Co.'s Private Wire.) • New Orleans, La.—There having oc- turreil n temporary let-up ill the ur- gt nt demand for spots In Liverpool. American markets ruled quieter today b: I the undertone was good, notwith standing prospects for more favora ble weather in the Interior. According to rumor, returns to tne National Glnners' association aver age the condition of the crop at 67.t> per cent, Indicating a yield of 8,450,- 00V bales. Last month's returns to the govern ment pointed to u crop of 8.438.000 on the basts of a condition of 69.2. It U evident that the wldegpre-iu activity of the weevil has prevented the growing crop from Improving, which Is rather disappointing to the trade, especially Europe. Therefore, the outlook for the growing crop Is very unfavorable oh the eve of entering the critlcnl month of August, when deterioration Is usu ally heavy, and as weevil are nume'r ous and active this year, nnd the use of fertiliser only almnt 50 per cent of last yenr, deterioration next moutr may he henvy, perlmps very heavy, since weevil generally do most dam age during August, the fruiting stag.' of the plant over the major portion of the belt. The benefits to trade revival to come oP the lowering of the Bank of England discount ratn to •<</, per cent, with prospects of a further re duction to 5 per rent in the near fu ture, nnd tho possibility of southern federal reserve regional banks follow ing Ifco recent lowering of the redis count by northern banks, are not to he overlooked, ns this Is an Important move In the right direction to stimu- Off mountains. tYantl Specials For Saturday Choice Oressed Hens 85c Choice Dressed Fryers 50c Leg of Western 1 Spring Lamb 35e Western Lamb Chors 40c Western Lamb Fronts 25c Choice Rump Roast ,22c Chuck Roast 20c Poterhousfi Steak Sirloin Steak Round Steak ,30c ,30c 25c Stew Meat 10c Veal Cutlets 30c Veal Chops ,25c Cold Boiled Ham ... ,65c Sliced Raw Ham ... ,45c Picnic Ham 22c Sliced Dried Beef ... ,65c Country Butter 25c Brookfield Creamery Butter .. .........45c Fresh Country Eggs, ,25c Our Meats are the same, high grade that we have always given you. By hav ing no ^deliveries and charge accounts we are- able to make the above low prices. Piedmont Market Co. zz. ling a bit# of fraah air before tattling lit. I'- got off when We made the atop and atrn.lcd up to the en gine. Mncllse was In the office, get- luff Orders for the branch, And ChAndler was squatting In the gang way of Ih* 815 and waiting. Up ahead 01 us, dud too for away for me to read the number on her tender, there wa* a light engine. I thought at first It wo* the pusher which was kept at Bauxite to help heavy freights up the brooch grade*,'and 1 womjered "what It was doing out on Ihe Uranch "Y” and in our way. What a lha pusher oft for. Buck?" I asked. Chandler' grinned down at me. “You ain’t so much of n railroad man as you might be. Jimmie," he MM. "That nlfi'r the pusher. If* our first section, runnln' light to gtrntheona." Maybe Chandler was right,, that 1 wasn't much of a railroad man, but I savvied the Short Line operating rule* Well enoogh to know that It wasn't usual 10 run a light engine, deadhead ing over the road, a* a flection of a Also, 1 knew that Buck kflaw II. With that left little talk Offer Hie club dtffMr-table freak In mind, I be gan to Wohder, but Instead of asking Cbaddhlr toy more question^ about tb* engtpe out ahead, I flaked him If I n ight ride a piece With him up the branch; and when h* kald "Sure." I climbed up and humped iflyself on the fireman's bo*. 1 : Uncllse got hla otdtra In <tae time and we pulled oak '1 noticed that when he gave Chandler the word, he fllao made Motions with his lantern to tho engine up ahead nnd It prompt- ly steamed •Wily, speeding up'nntll It had about e half-mil* lead aild then IJfOt toe Old tt That aeemed funny, too. Wallet Back— Though it f* a rote ■ ttnrt u often broken ou all railroad*, the different Sections of a train are supposed to keep at least live minutes aphrt, and our "first" wasn't much more than • minute away from us at any time. Another thing that struck me as be- ffig funny was the way Chandler wh* running. It was only sixty mountain mile* up the branch to ft* Mg gold camp, and wo ought to hare been able to make It by on* o’clock. Ukthg It dead easy. But th" way B:i< k ivas Yesterday— When I lost my purse— I was blue— Feeling Bad— And mad— faith in everything— onest people didn’t live— t Was sore and out o’ luck— Said Jack to me “Use a Banner-Herald Lost Ad” And just to kid him Along I did— And what d’you suppose? After all that cussing— And fuming— I got the old Pronto! Glad? Well, I guess- Atid lots of faith tn humanity— And Banner-Herald Lost Youbetcha. c Banner-Herald late International trarle. While spot sales of American In Liverpool the past week were smart er than for the previous week, 28.000 bales versus 13,000, they comparer! rfith 33,000 last year, and forwardings to mills wore larger than the pre vious week. 38.000 versus 322,003? comparing with 15.000 one year ugtk Furthermore, Liverpool exported ot American to the continent, etc., 7,Odd bales the past week, against 1,000 the previous week and none last year. JEUGHTFUL BELIEF Training to Swim A Hundred Miles New Yorn—Henry Elolnsky. holder of the world's record for long distance swimming with u niflrk of 65 miles, Is training here at (Brighton Beach Baths for his supreme tost. He will try to sw?m 100 miles. Elolnsky is a big fellow but he is a highly developed ncquntic star. His chief rival in the long distance swimming is Henry Sullivan of l*ow* ell. Mass. Sullivan is now in England where he will make hla fourth at tempt to swim the hazardous English channel. Sullivan, line JSIoinsky, is a big man. He weighs 210. 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