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14 f —yCT- \ . BA \ ply Oarrott V *rrv!a IM. ft) Garrait F F*rvl*a >[>cui of pr***) i<# rb{<*ir/i arorv ojKii# wHh tha atariUr# n*e o? the tpaeovacy of *Mi nwir th- South Pok* The output h* ora*P m> ervet that tfct rTw.rh-t if flooded, prod l*e> !?* value mMd a pMi to fo. ow. A< ait IhfrrnaMonnl LVn# ?•-**# kA U4*ai*M 'ii, ir #y* Introduces a pei ulUtr natal < all*i ari*ml?iJtn to taka Ciw < of |oll Dr ffy x condudte tt part* to t k mine* atn 1 ! fumecr* In the* QrmtU l T*rton, la tha Itookv MountalM Tl>o tponderfu* tut-taJ ia a by th* fntf.bfOk a!opfrl at r*>mnna n ro tary vUutOiai. af .1 i rvlvat ! la‘.! f a inli in# mftnaer. trie* to win fftya m)ttry of the M<u)n(ut dis covery >ll % IhfliTy. lad^fd! JY>i Tftoon bad lieartl oar storv lm | nomplly ap|ro\st )t.i dlamlr 1 of the ro*n Hr e*j>rt a*d #r* tarprU** that Hr B'x should tiava rtiortal to a Staton which I at! farn dl*.ir*nua fo Ir.iwotfU and at linn ).• t dk>.| of W* : pr<M'relif*a- lint after think!n* the mat * 'r o v*r ha concluded that Hyx wt. too f artful to b* With eu - rr* daily wl*rn the only evldcnra* •urstiv* him tt * that l* had claimed to fled ertamieium In hi* ml no at a tim** when at e**rvbdy kn**v*. art. rnKum a-ruaily tea - fvuui outside the There wa.. to an*.*'*r* mofl\ for th* deception ar| g±o proof of irutl ' ic m Intent In abort. Mr ftoon deddsd rtiat the heat thine for 'Y r \ f jwßpjxgT-? - -| - . 'll ——————— - —a A Liang of M* n l nk>adlng a Car Has Juat Come Out of the Side Tunnel him *fkl hit* to do wa* to k<*p &Us-it th4*4r locmv* aixl awrnM tw< AtiJ. *t Hall'* aufficwtlon. h** atao ifXd to any notUnv to anybody about thn OtfloowTV an had tnmk "It <**•!! Oo no good, ' Hill to tnakiOVT the "afh) It might NVOII a {lon 1 bav* In minl " “\Mat plai)’*" thn prtvil<l*mt "I p(ft r Bit i- It wt," wo. thn t*|M> 1 ob*rvxl i.'iat In our Ir.torvlow with Mr liooo Hall itatn Do rrlmnoa to fh** Md>* tunonl to wh4< h h* had to iittai h a* much Import*and I con- lUcWl h mow ragardnd It Is lark tug slgnlftoancv lit thta Ia ms mistaken. A four d\v aftcrsHid I r* • **4vil an iih vltatlon frutn Hall to a ompany him oixt tm>r into ttv HlNtmJui tunntfl "I haT* foui ‘1 out what that aids track ittraia Ite ai<l, "and It ha* plunged m* Into nijatcry so tiark and pro mm The Clovo l‘a< ked Mob Was Rank After Rank. fowxt that I .arm#* MM my way through H 1 mu* hr* you to say no wool to any one CbncemUlg thn thing* I um about to dhow you." I gave the twqulred promise, *nl we rntrsMd the tunnel which nobody had vis ited *lnea out former adventure Hav ing extlrvgulahed "Ur !*mp my compan ion ecavtnl tha pesgdiol* and a thin lay of 1 otrianied through from the ignite! on the opposite rile of the wall, lie ap plied hl eye to the hole "%m; h autd. quickly *terptn* back and pualtln* me Into hla plane, "they are atlll at 1L laook and tell mo what you pee " • I ape." 1 replied after placing my eya at the oprrturu. "a gang of men unload ing a ear which has )ut <-otne out of the aide tunnel, and putting Its content* upon another ar standing on Um track of tha nuiin tunnel.” „ V and what m they handling? ••Why ore, of courae." "Ami do you aea nothin* significant In that?" . .. . •Te be aura!" I exclaimed. "why, that Hush! huat)!* admonlahcd Hall, put tin* 1-la hand ovar my mounlh. "tlond talk so loud. Now, go on In a whisper The ore, 1 raaumed, may have oome buck from tha fuma* room, bocauae tit* aMo tun.el turn* off ao as to run parallel With the other It r.ol only may have come beck, It actually haa nnm bark.” said Hall • How can you b sura?" "Uecuuse 1 have been over the trad*. and know that It l-a-t* to a secret apart ment dire. My under the furnace tn which l>r Byx pret,i,<ki to melt the ore!" Far a ralmitc after bearing this avow tal I snu Bpaachitsa. "Ar. you f-'rloos?" I ;nkrti nt "Pcrf. ily Mrlou.. Hun y<ir tinr-r m'.'Mii; the fork, bn* I* you p-rrl%'e Hdm' Tnu Ua ys ax*), altar xooink srrhat you in* Just *r|tl< <* >t In th* ?tyx turn - I 1 <r.‘!uily cut out u *ortlou -f th* uruil makinK mu mj * rtur* lurK*- • noufll to • ’ittl tltrmufh. mi. A whan I kli.w th" H'lfkinun w< n- aalar-p. I crept *n thera and *x iminsl both luimolit from Mil to etui Hut In aotvlnc uif mvotrry I av* run mvt.lf Into ai.othT Inftnltaly lititu i .-rptnlnk ’ "How U that Why .low I'r Svx tak* mjrh rlahorate pains to dfi.'lvo iik vlattorn. him! xlto to*' foißfnnirnt oftti ir*'* It m now f.|,iin hat t conducts no mlnu.* opratiots whatever That roln* of his Is # *!*ran- I! Uln.l Whsntvsr InßiM-rton or a. Irn tin ruruaty e.-uk. ra visit hi* mill hla inuti- workmen bouim trie air of te In* very busy, tha -*r laden with his ao • sued 'ora' rumblH out of the tunnel, urnl titatr son ten - . are oatentatloualy po ue.| into tin. lurai' s, or mrp. tr to t* iioiire.l lino )• renlly droppln* Into a fMepiails bsnvatll, to be rirtltd ■•" k into the mine uculn. At..l then the do* 'or lords h! *o!II Vkutor* iiroun.l to th* other a.*l" *f th" fun tee atMj shown them th* molten tni nil comine out tn dreams Now, whatl the a It all mean? That'a whai 111 Ilk* to ftusl nut Wh.it e hla cam"’ for. mark you, if he h>ean t **• ar teni I slum from this pretended or ho yet* It from Home other aotnre. and riitht on title ajsiU too. There te no doubt about that Th" whole world Is supplied by Wv* turn* e. *rl etyx feeds Ike fur nao* with somethin* that come* from hla ten a'r* of lrard Tnton for It. What Is Ihui aom* thing? How dona hi* *:•*. It. and Where (knji hi* hid* It** Th*-o are |t)o thing a I should Ilk** lc And out." ■‘Well,'* I replied. I f**ar I can’t help you " "Hut the difference between you and me." he retorted "Is that you can go to sleep ov-r It. tv hit* I shall never get a good night m r et so long us this black my at ary r mail* unsolved." "What will you do?" "I don't know ♦*a<?fly what Hut I’ve trot a dim tdei which may take shape af ter n while ” Hall was silent t**r son** time, then h* MMhh nly usk*^! "PM you ever hear of that qeer rongk lantern show with which Dr Hyx enter tained Mr Boon and the members of the financial commission In the early day* of the nrtenilsium burin* s#?** "Yea. I’va heard the story, but ! don’t think It was ever made public The newe papw* never got hold of It." "No, 1 believe not. Odd thing, warn t II?" “Why, ye*, very odd but Just Ilk# the doctor s acentric ways, though. 14*'s always doing something lo a-t>*tl#h some body without any appiresit earthly rea son But what put you In mind of that?" "Fro* art omnium put me In mind of II." r.p.led Hell qiitlllcally. "1 don't see the connection," "I'm not sure that I do either, but when you arc dealing with Dr Byx noth . Ing I* too Impcobabe to be thought of?" Hall thersupon fell lo musing again, wtule we returned to the entrance of the tunnel After he had made everything secure, and slipped the key Into his puoket, my companion remarked: "Don't you think It would he bewt to keep this latest discovery to ourselve*?" "Certainly ” " Because," l,e continued. "robodv would t- benefited Jut now by knowing what we know and to expose the worth lessness of the ‘ore’ might cause a panic Th* ptotolt Is a queer animal, end never gets sea red at Juet the thing you expect will alarm It, but always at something else " Wn had shaken hand* and were sepa rating when Hall snipped me. "I>o you believe in alchemy? he ask ad "That'* *n odd question from you." t replied. "I though alchemy was exploded long ago " "Well.” ha sold alowly. "I suppose It has been wsplnded but then, you know. an explosion may sometime* be a kind uf THE MOHNING NEWxS. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2R. 1000. Instantaneous aduratwn. breaking up old thln*a. btst ravaalin* new ones " Vlll—Wore of Dr. fix'* Wan to Important buslt.eex called ro* naat soon after th* merlin* wlUi Hall ilasarlb*.! In the fore*oin* chiytrr, and before I again, sow the Grand Totoai very atlrrln* event* had taken place. As the reader w aware. Dr. Byk'a a*re. mrnt with 'he vttrloua Rxivertimant* limit ed the output of hkt mine An tk>n*l commission, "ontlnuilly In srealon In New York, adjusted th* difference# arlxir.ir among the nations conoernln* ttrarclai .tffuiry, and iUlott.il to each the proper amount of arteminum for coinage Of course Hkt amount varied from time tn time, but a fdr ivcrng, could eaeliy b malntutned The gradual Increase of wealth In hom#. machinery manufactur ed and artlstb prelu ts called for a cor re.(xrxf ding irt r< . In the circulating me dium. but (hi*, too. wan <wdly provided for Ah erjualty pains! iking supervision waa exercised over the amount of the precious metal w hlch Dr Svx w.i* per mitted to supply to the mark"!* for use In the at"s On this aide, also, the de mand gradually Increas.rl; but th* won derful Teton min* wtmsl *qual to all call* upon Its resource* After the failure of th* mining opera tion* th'-re was a moderate revival of th* efforts to reduce th* Teton or*, but no Success cheered th* *xierlm*nt>ra. Pros pector* also wandered all over tli earth Icoklng for pur* artemtstum but In vain Th* general public, knowing nothing of what Hall had discovered, and still be lieving Byx'e story that he ntso hod found pur* jrternlalum In hi* mine, aaoaunled for th* failure of th* t unneling operations on th* supposition that th* metal, tn m fre* suit*, sras excessively rare, and that Dr ftvx hid i.ad th* lurk to strike the only vein of It that th* Orand Teton con tained. A* If to give enuntenane* to th!* opinion. Dr Byx now announced, tn the mratf public manner, that he had beer, de •#lvr.| again ar.d that the vein of free mtal h* had struck being eubausted. no other had appeared Accordingly, h* ttald. h* must henceforth rely exclusively, a* In the beglrmtn* upon reduction of the or* Artatnlnl’im had proved Itself an Im mtnts boon to mankind, and th* new era of commercial prosperity which It had uahered In already exceeded every thing that th* world had known In th* past School children learned that hu man civilisation had taken five great strides, known respectively, beginning at the bottom, as the ''age of atone," the "age of bronxe." the "ag" of Iron." the "age of gold" and the "age of artemls lum." Nevertheless source* of dlsaallafacilon Anally began to appear, ami. af'r the nature of such things, thrv developed with marvelous rapidity People tier an to grumble about "contraction of the cur rency" In every countr> acre arose a party which demanded "rrc" money." Demagogues pointed to the brief reign of paper money after the demonetisation of goIJ a* a happy period, when lh people had enjoyed their rights, and the "money barons '—borrow n term from nlne ttenth century ht-W:. -were kept at bay Then came denunclatlona of lh Inter r. at let.si commission for restricting the cotnage Dr Byx was described as "a devil Ash auoklng the vein# of Ihe planet ar.d holding It helpless In Ihe grasp of In tentaralar bllMons '* In the t'nlted State meetlngn of agitators past'd furb-ue re* ohitlonx dssmuncitig th* gov*rnment, a.i salllng the rich, cursing Dr By*, and call Ing upon "Ut* oppres*l 1 to rite and "take their own." Th* Anal out wne *< of course, vlalaoc#. Mob* bad to b* sup pressed by military for •#. Hut the most dramatlo acen* In the tragedy occurred at tha Grand Taue Uxclt*d by tnAamtna tory tiaethas and printed documents, tome thousand a run *d man assemblad In the nalghbodhood of Jenny's laks and pr*- pared to attack 'he yx mine. Kor some rtaaan th* military guard had been de pleted. and the mob. under the leadership of s man named Bings, who showed no little talent a* a commander ami strato glst surprised th* small force of aobllerr and locked them up In their own guard house. Te egraphlo communication having been cut off by the astute Bings a here* at tack was made on the mine. The Ba salioma swarmed up the ride* of ttw can yon and attsmp'od to break In through ih* foundation of th* buildings Hut th* masonry was stronger than they had anticipated and the attack fail ed. Sharp* hooter* then clltnlwd th. nolgbborlnff bights and k.-pt up an Uxm •ant peppering of the wall* with conical Inti.lt driven at 4.000 feet per second. No reply ram* from the gloomy strur tur. Tha huge column of black smoke rose uninterruptedly into thi" sky and the not* of th- great engine never ceas-d for an Instant Tho mob gathered cleeer on alt aides* and redoubled the Arc of the to which wan now added the bridl ing of several machine guns Ragged hole* began to appear In the wail*, and at thr right of these In* assailants yelled with delight It wa evident that the mUI could not long wlthsiund wo drtrue live a bombardment. If the beil.ftra had possessed artillery they would have knock ed tho building* Into splinters within K> minutes Aa It wait, they would need a whole day to win their victory. Suddenly It became evident that the besieged were about to take a hand In the light Thua far they had not ehown Ihemeeivea or Arc*l a ehot, but now o movement wan perceived on the roof, and tho projecting arm* of -ome kind of machinery became visible Many markimrn concentrated their Are upon the mvaierloua object*, but apparently wrllh little effect Hinge, mounted on a rock. *o a* to command a clir view of the lleld. wot <> Ihe llnt of ordering a party to rush forward with axe* and beat down the formklable doors, whan there -ame a blinding flash from the roof wan*thing swtihod through the air. and n gust of heat met tho assailant* In Ihe fa.- Ring* dropped dead from hi* penxi and then, a* If the anyth* of the Pestroy er had wi dowmward. ami to right and I aft IT quick guoceoglen. the close-packed mob wae levstad. rank aftar rank, until the few aurvlYon* crept behind rook* for refuge In*iantly lh* atmospheric broom swept up and down the canyon and across the niountatn’a tlanka. and the marksmen fell In bunchae like ahnken grapes Nkic tenrha of the bastager* were destroyed within lan minute# afler Ihe first move ment had bean noticed on the roof. Thoe who survived owed their eacwpe to tha rock* which ■onratUad them. and they loat no time In crawling off Into neighboring chasms, and. as soon as they were be yond eyeshot from the mill they fled with panic speed Then the towering form of fir Syx ap pear.sl at the door, fcjnteralng without sign of fear or excitement, he picked hi* way among his fallen onemlos and. ap proaching the military gtrasd house undid the fastening ami set the Imprisoned sol dier* free. "I think 1 am prying rather dear foa my whistle.” he said, with a chnrscterts ilo sneer, to Oapt. v’arter. the commander of the troop. “It seems that I must not only defend my own people and property when attacked by mob fore*, but must also corn* to tha rescue of the soldiers whoae pay rolls are met from my picket." The captain made no reply, and I>r Byx strode back to the works When the released soldiers saw what had occurred their amasement had no hounds It was necessary at once to dispose of the dead, and this wn* no cy undertaking for their small force. However, they accom plished It. and at the beginning of their nark made a most surprising discovery "How's this. Jim?” sold one of the men to hi* comrade, o* they stooped to lift the nearest victim of Pr. Hvx's withering Are. "What's this fellow got ull over hint’" "Artemlslum’ 'pon my soul!" responded "Jim," storing at the ttody. "lias all routed over with It!” Immediately from all side* cam semil.ir exclamation* Every man who h.id ®b!>n was covered with u Alin of the ;Smlh.' metal as If he had been dipped irffa on electrolytic bath. Clothing seemed g have MUNYON’S , Blood Cur# ab - * gilSr'), solutelv 9 cures rnu^'t * OD *' torr * Jar bpacislly effica diaaaaea twnnoi gtl * ' T '' ‘• r BLOOD CURE h<#n < nr.<% metallic Htom of vlntm*. Th ro k* ull rmind tht battlefield w*r aim iUrly v**n*rf<l. "I* lookii fo in* *' *akl Cgrttr. "n* .1 ol 1 Svx hjd turned oi* of hlx upouts *f art**mliium Into m |opu und onkofl >m wt*h It." "That'll it." chimed In a lieutenant, "that'a exactly wht he'* done." "Well," returned fh CiplAin, "If he ran do that I don’t .**• wlat un* ho* *ot for ui* here." "Probably be don f w •ut waete the ■•tuff.'’ jssU.t the lteuiei.gint What do you < ipprwe it roej him to plate this crowd?" I cu'-a u month'* pay for tha whoi* r oop wouldn't cover the *xpeafe It'a subtly, hut than—ar.icloue' Wouldn't I Invf* Kiveri eotnathina for the k>-nr> ho?*e w fw-n I wmh a youngster * arnpulfriuric In tha Phlllppln* I ** In ’W?" Tha tory of th* marveloui war In whUh Ir Syx hi* mill became •ho mentation of ihe world for m my day* Tha hose.|tipe tha* ry. mruck off on the |>ot by Capt. Carttr. iat*ed the popular fan v and w *rer,er:lly a epiwl with out further que*tifi There was an ele ment <-f tha hidh rmw which robl**d tha ?ru*c |y nf eom* r*f Pa horr*r Moreover, no one could deny thit Dr Syx w.a well within h!n riirhta In defandina hlmaalf by any menra when eo eav.ujrelv iid hit trrimphant sucreis. no le**9 than the ingenuity which waa auppoaed to un derlie n placed him in an heroin Mght which he had not hitherto enjoyed. Ah to the demagogues who were reapon utble for the outbr*wk ami Ita terrible oneerjuen • *, they out of the pub ll< e eye. au I the rex’ilt of the battle at the mine to have been u f’leurjn^ up of th ntmoaphere here, auch :w a thun ijeta’orm effecta t the close of a eeoaon of foul w* ;ther. But now. little ns men ruersed It. the beginning of the end w' is close at hand. (To Be Continued.) TOO Ml( II OF A 4.0011 THING. Wine la No Plenty That Bottom Fnllen Oat of Market. From the Fall Mall Ckiiette. Paris —The wine growers# of the south of Fr.ince are rending the air with their i.m-ntaiKn. They avow that ruin etnrea them in tho face. A fnrthlng • pint In the price fetched by thii* year'* vintage. hal with wine at farthintc a pint It er.not Ik* grown at u proflt bjr a very .^ng Buy to *ay. it Is t>ot well known Burgur.di* ar.d Bordeaux that *r* rhue fo be purchased dirt cheap, hut the winan of bsa tamoue etraitw. produced :n th* Herauif. the Aude. and the OarO ?iomething like a half of ail the wine itrMvn in France coinee from these three department a. and. wltf.out this abundnn* •ind niwuya Inaxpenafve supply, the wine merchants of all countries wouid b* hard i>ut to if to offer their cuetomcra the thinniah "Beaunee." tmd the or lean (>.i4><vbl* clarets, which they retail with •h** aid of i?orn jbhisi lan**4s, af price* wh: *h ruot le unr*muiv-HUve even when an* nounced ns popular." The pr* -*nt eiump In the wine market i pnubutdy Frlcea re 75 per cent lower than tboae of a year ago I sat at mrxnou tho wine growers? disposed <A tiwdr onn at Jbf the hectoliter; *hey are now g?*ttlng &f or €f at tho outtdde. ntd taere are cases in which tho heotolMer ha* fetchnd only 2t., .• which rate n bot tle of %vltie would com* to lee than u farthing The must-* of this state of •hinge are none too • lenr There l* p*-r --hapn more Wlti on (he market than Is required to meet the demand, but the glut I* not no great h has been made out According to tho most trustworthy cnl culatlons. this yeir’f vlntnge will not be more Than p*r cant heavier thin that of Inst yoar Moreover, it i* experts ♦o prove tn the # miln of surK-rlor quality In fa<t, there Is no obvious justification for the extraordinary fall in prices, and the crisis la due |n acme mesure to mere norvlc This panic has been brought about in part by the deirth of caske There la auch n lack of that In *uue the receptacle is as valun Me as tho contents, so lhat If you have •wo r anks, you can g*t one of them filled by giving the other empty to the grower There 1s n simiMr scarcity of vat*, tune, and all other receptacle* The majorilv of the growers are not In n position to store ♦heir wine except in year* ;n whlon tne yield |* only moderate If ?he crop lron*laes to be heavy, they foresee that *liov will l*e at n loaa how to stork It. and they are 1r a hiwry to seU before the vintage This m what twin happrnrd his season but on such a noale a* to usn n p*n!c. MO'/KI.KV* LEMON ELIXIR RGOVI.ATES THK LIVER, STOWiMI. BOB'tl.t AMI KIDM:Y. For biliousness. canal Ipal lon ar.d ma laria. For indigestion, alck and nervous head ache For sleeplessness, nervousness and heart failure For fever, chills, debtlty and kidney dlseawe#. lake Lemon EUxtr. Li die*, for natural and thorough or garric regulation, take Lemon Elixir. (Or and (1 bottle* at druggist* Pre parol only by Dr. H. Motley, At lanta. Ga. A PIIOMIABNT MINISTER WRITE*, After ten years of great suffrlng from Indigestion, with great nervous pro-ins lion, biliousness, disordered kidneys and const Ipation, 1 have been cured by Dr Moxley'e IriiKm Bllxlr. and am now a well man. Kev. C. C. Davis. Eld M E Churrh Boulh. No. 2k Tail null t rest. Atlanta, Ga. * PROMINENT MEMPHIAN WHITES, Dr. H Maxlev. Atlanta—Having been a great sufferer for three years from Indl geetlon. and been treated by many phy sicians. who failed to give me any relief Continuing to grow worse, my brother ad vised me lo try Dr. Moaley's te-nior Bltxlr. which remedy he had used lor eev oral veer* 1 commenced He use. and musl y that your Lemon Elixir Is th* great,*! medicine on earth. I here never suffered a day wtr.ee I commenced using I#tn*>n Elixir, R. L Roeoo, 304 Hernando street, Memphlw. Tern. A CARD. This 1* lo certify that I used Dr Hux ley s Lemon Elixir for neuralgia of the head and eyes with the most marked ben efit to my general Iwaith. I would gladly have paid l<> for the relief It ha* given me at a cost of two or three dollars H A. Beall, Clerk tiuperiar Court Randolph county. Georgia -ad. —Gen Fltghug-h L*e had Intended to tnke hi* family to Havana th* month, but the prevalence of fever there has chaujtryt hi* plan* in that he will return to hts awt alone, leaving bia family to >pe ud the alula- at lUjfiaKßMb V*. THE GENERAL MANAGER S CONTRIBUTION. By Hamilton I*. Falrroan (r\>p>rlght. ISO©, by H F. Fuirman ) Wa had t***n on the road aomethlDg over a week In an oflMal private car. Tie huatne** pr! of the trip wjw oxer nn 1 tha *everal ofTh hitf guve them * lv- - up to osrdi. checker*, storw.* and other amusement* during the return Journey, pearly every one pr **ent had reitited some thrilling aHcntura which had oc eurrad to him or come within his noli *e, but the geiier4l He hud dwia ilttle in t.ie wav of ntertalnm* nt and had joined but reservedly m the laughter which aome of the tule* arotiM l \ w croased tho Mississippi into lliitvois he In some manner got |.-- s?k>n of t map azlna which n- Id hk* attention for some time. Klnallv be tosstd it upon the table and observed • Well, they may talk all they xv,mt to about dtsputcher*. but in all mv exf • r ?ices I have seen but one man who till* I tha bill in every particular He w*i • the msii whom <nd Fox* v couldn't fire under any consideration That man wus Dobbs." no w ent on. knocking the ashes off hi * Ufa r "He'* general manager of th“ W-P sjwtetn now " "Dx>bbs alwaxs woe a railroad mun. lie began wirh the >?h*ve| wlhxi they built tho K C division of tho H H A C.. nd rtien I met him w* • ime toge:h*r in the disp.it her s office ll* wnrkei too ■iiMXMuk tnck and I the tldtd But with nil of bis nullity he was a p* ult tr inl Is He never cared w uthcr he work*| six. eight or fourteen hour -1 could relieve him whoever I chose, it whs all one to him When I put in an tin tew ranee h # * would aay onvthing Ilka this Hod to hold 17 at M:ndefi~can't get in on the hiding at Blair—’lwill lay her out twenty-five minutes—ha good to her itgwinsl 24—21 Is light.' a ltd take hla hat and 4**ave the offb •*. "The dispatcher, a man named Mar shall. who died in *M xico h good m n v vears ogo. h.id Icariud that he could rely on iWihha a#* he could not do on any of the rest of us. Not a single man on •h road knew the division as Dobbs did Wvery of grade, the length of c.vrry siding how many cars were standing on th* siding, and In every detail of ih** road ind trainmen was hi his mind Ho knew whit ♦•nglneers he could depend upon to make up lo^t Paterson Bat Like a Man in a Stupor, Hl on Ills Write 1 ttme; Just what could he expected of each and every crew. "He alwova called the dispatcher Billy with an eaay, aesured, familiarity. I re member one day that ‘Billy’ was figur ing out a meeting point for * long local frelgnl against number 4. the limited. Dobbs tvu looking over hi* shoulder when he finished the order. ” 'Never do. Billy. You'll ley out No. i—27 can’t get mat Blrden—l4 emp’iea on track there.’ " ’She'll have to stay where she Is. then.' returned the dispatcher, crumpling the order In his hand. " ’laiy her out thirty minute*.” replied Dobbs 'l*efs see. She's pulling iwenly three irmds and twenty-one empties—tlva scraplron. I*et her leave len empties and the scraplron at Elat Creek, and pick up the empties at Blrden. Scraplron ain't perishable Jones 'll pull h.r over all right, and Bums’ crew wl I handle the car*' Aral he went nut whistling. Not another m in on the dlvßlon would have dared even lo crUk-lse 'Billy.' let alone dictate order* to him. But that wasn't what 1 started to te l about Dobbs, with all hi* goed qua !Itc hed one very bad fault. About once a month he would absent himself from the office about one or two, and someitmc* three days. He si Mom .aid anything lo nnv on*, but would slmptv tmard No a and pull out He Invariably returned oil No 4. On iheso occaMon* T wa. usually trans ferred lo hi* trick and anew man put In my place. "woll. ore day In January. Just as the le* began lo come down from the north at the rate of from ten to twenty extra trains a day. a messenger cam* for,me to report In Dobha' place. When I arrived at the office the division superintendent and the dispatcher were Just finishing what had evidently been an animated conversation •' 'He's Ihe best man that ever w ork ed a wtro oul of this office—or any other for that mattar,' tho dispatcher wa* soi - |rg 'When he's here there isn't- the first thing to worry about" " 'Yes. I know, but when he Isn't here there's enough to worry alx men. for you never know when he's going or what time he’s coming buck Hut Haterson In the third trick and keep an eye on him for a day or tw<x Whan Dobhs romes hack send him to me.' and the great man stalked out of the office. " 'lt's all up with Dobbs I guess.' re marked the dispatcher a* he gave me * hurried word picture as to how the tram* were running al that rnom-nt. "Extras north, extra* south, extra* In one. two and three se ttons. It was cer tainly the moat nerve-trying day that I ever had to put In. I managed to get through with Hill* discredit, however, and turned the division over to young Paterson In fairly go.il shape. He got through ell right and everything seemed to be working smoothly. "The next night I took a run down to the Junction to see a friend there Our wires all oarae Into that office, and 1 listened to Patterson a* he reeled off or ders by the yard I could toll that he wae somewhat nervous, hut thought It was only stage fright But Instead of regaining his romporur* he kept getting more rattled than ever Huddenly I Iteard something like tht* ticked off to him: •• First and second action# of extra south and second section of extra north and llrst second of No. 17 here. Want or ders.’ My heir fairly rose ou end How . earth be bad managed te get ail thus* |jgSv “MILITANT” the STRAIGHT-FRONT style 0 f Pfi THOMSONS ** “Glove-Fitting” Corset '• unexcelled in quality, durability, com- V r 'jfl * tun tkra s**r as* sss hew tbss n cu< I For * a,, ‘ b y 411 throu-hout the • I United States. A handsome catalogue c. Bit.hdlcr & Cos., MS B'wajr, Mew York. For sale by all leading Dry Goods Stores. triUis at a little one-horsa station with out a wreck was a wonder to me. * I gr;ihbd my hat and flew ncrosa the town for the oftl •*. When I got therels.tw r.ilterson sitting nt the key white mb a *;li*f. He was s- nding an ord**r ‘No. 41* take aiding at Hollins to hiph No. ’ he y\ is anylng Bome one broke him and said. *o. h—; Hollins aiding hold h.ilf of 4ii~would have to back two mllrs to gtf o\**r the hill." * 1 glanced ut the train sheet. It was in a hopclesa Jumble Some of the train* had not been rwordel f<jr two hour*—had Jumped clean off the earth, so to apeak The dispatcher came In on a run at that moment. "Th- man who broke Patterson now had Ihe wire hot. Orders wer# flying In ropM •u. esslon. The dtapafehar reachad for tie key and broke in. 'Wh— ’ 'Keep out— I'm busy * came ba<-k the reply. He then glnn<*e(| at tha train sheet. On® glance was eufTl ient " Where's 12'** he ipisped. "Pattcrson only nt*>ok hta head. No. 12 tat a pasaenger. The dispatcher then turnesl to m*- I ehook my head alto. * The sounder was rattling nt a great rate. ‘ltepcMt on 6.' we henrd ticked off. ‘Five’ - busy.' 'Take it any h*w.' came hack the quick reply. Five was a commercial w Ire. "To our astonishment, the order was rep* t**d and O. K.'d over 5 while another wh iielng sent over the dispatcher’* wire I looki-aI over acroe* the rjm nt the dln patc Iv r. Hs features were drawn and He Id Bent Forward till Hts Chin Rested hlrt Front. wrinkled, and a cold sweat seemed to stand out on Ilia brow A whiter man 1 never expect to see. He wa# listening In tently to ihe instrument*. Huddenly hi* face relaxed, his eye* flashed, and he r, ichc l aero*- ih„ desk for the key. " Hello. Dobbs.’ he called. " ' Keep out. Billy, I'm too busy,' came the reply ' litlly settled hark Into a chair with a sigh of relief. His elbows rested on the arms of the chair, and he folded his hands In front of his face, the Index fin gers forming an apex. Slowly the color returned to his face.' He seemed half asleep. At the first lull of the sounder, however, he reached for the key again. Hello, Dobbs, where are you?' he ask'd. " 'Down the line always.' came the re ply 'lt's my trick, Billy, don't worry; ev ry wheel l* turning but No. 12. Where was she last?" " 'Don’t know. Off the shet.’ " "I'll find her tlovdhy, Billy,’ replied Ihe Incorrigible Dobbs. "We heard him traee her from atatlon to station until ho found she had left -33 —, After a Storming Time With the Buperin teoOrnt h„ Returned to Hl* Old Place Marshall al ;4f> Ii was then U o'clock. North from Marshall there we* no night operator for thirty mile*. He called the man at PrlncevlUe " 'Have you seen No. 12?’ " ’No.’ wa* the reply. " 'Go out and see if you can see her.' came the order. ' No. she ain't In sight,' cam* next There was a pause. " 'Gilson, Cood Extra fHuith. "Leave train at Princevllle—take en gine and crew, look for No 12 south of Prtncevllle.’ was the next order. "No. 12 was found about half way b*- twe. n the two station# with a crippled engine. The crew were chasing about the village like mad men In search of the agent Put he was not round I leokid at the dispatcher. He was asleep this time and no miatake. IWi tersen sat like a man In a srunor. hi* h< id bent forward till hi# chin rested on his white shirt front. 1 wnk* th* dts pwcher and w* carried Urn away u tho ———— ■ X hotel. He managed to imjll through. he had lost all da* Ire to gain wealth t 4 glory it* the employ of a railroad. \ dlifted Into the mercantile buines, . k r4 may bn living yet for ail I know "I>oi>be returned the r* xt *ky and a stormy time with the superlnici. t< q| returned to hi* old pi a *>. The only mark he made a* h took his pi #• qj, foHs?wirg day was 'Po>r l'atterson.' " ‘Where have you t>een, Dobbs qulred th** bjv! her. "•Just HWiiy on u abort workling tr wa* tho reply. "Wa soon found that he was *r ? tha truth He had fallen tn love w A girl ugen t away down the line af • '• < Bend. It waa .i email out-of-the-^.i\ M . t|on. and hla monthly pilgrWnat*** been fo this pl.ce On this |wr ,4- trip ha h.d gone with the tntenn. g bringing Mih* B.irnea home wtrh !ra She ufterwunia told me the atory " 'You see.* sho aakl. ‘Bob wasr. t *fe A youngest fellow in the world and h** 4| afraid of being what he oalln "g .4* If the men at the office knew aUr.i ■%_ He actually used to hide whan *ha Ira ni went thr*Migii. You fee tho nigh- w were marrlotl I managed to forget -can*, thing nt the depot, and we wenf together to ge: It. While w* were (tun he whnt trouble the new nxi n was in and he hrdped him out He *.\ ,rk. ed hard, for he hml to remember ev*rp thing, having no nm? to mnke a trua sheet. Things wont pretty •*> af r h* found 12 Thut xvorried han a gr*** dewl. When he was in a hurry I O K 4 the orders over No 5.’" And that wa* the sum total of th* 0. 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