LUNSUBDUED MELANCHOLY

ffhe pessimist looked on the weather mapAnd a mournful a t U sighed he

For he wan a most unhappy chapUnhappy CUI could be

In January were frozen tightHo sang both sad and slowIn February thoVtttah wo fightAnd In March the chill winds blow

In April came the mud and rainAnd In May tho rain and mud

In June the heat bids mon compUInJuly tttll Ores the blood

September humidly depressedOctober threatens chin

Novembers cllmatd alt unbleatThat threat doth soon MaltAnd In December air severeOur aches and baltirf we nurse

And then wo hart another yearWhich probably la worse M

Washington Stars

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CIIAPTEIl xxvtCOiTINUEDMTosh was a man tor a crisis The

red taillights of the privatecar spe ¬

cial were yet wlthlaa sprinters dashof tile trackbcod but tho trainmasterlost no time chasing a tenwheel flyerwith Red Callahan at tho throttle

Up to myofflctey he shouted andten seconds later Kent was leaningbreathless over the desk In the dis ¬

patchers room while MTosh calledDargan over thtfyard limits telephone

Is that you Durgan he askedwhen tho reply came Then Dropthe board on Cha mail quick andsend somebody td tell TIscher to side-track leaving the main line WesternDivision clean dot thatT

The answer wAS evidently promptand satisfactory since he began againalmost in the camct breath

Now go out yourself and flag Calla ¬

han before he reaches the limits Tellhim tho timecards changed and he isto run west with the special to Meg ¬

lip as first section of tho mallnoMops or Tischer will run him downLeg It Hes hall way down the yard

nowThe trainmaster dropped the ear¬

piece of tho telephone and crossedquickly to the dispatchers table

Orders tor thE Western DivisionDonohue he said curtly and dontJet the gross grow Receivers carCallahan engineer runs to Megilp astin artlon of fast mall Fast mallHunt conductor Tischer engineerruns to tho end of the division with ¬

out stop making up all time possibleAdd to that last Py order of the receiver

The orders were sent as swiftly asthe dispatcher could rattle them offon his key and then followed an in ¬

terval of waiting more terrible than abattle Kent tried to speak but hislips were parched sad his tongue waslike a dry stick between his teethWhat was doing In the loWer yard tWould Durgan tall at the pinch andmismanage it so off to give the alarmtThe minutes drugged leadenwingedand even the sounders on the dispatch ¬

ers table were silentSuddenly the clicking began again

The operator at yard JImlU wassending the K to the two train or-ders So larao good Now if Calla ¬

han could get bout on the West-ern

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DivisionBut there was a hitch In the lower

yard Durgan had obeyed orderspromptly and precisely and had suc ¬

ceeded in stopping Callahan Durganclimbed to the cab of the 1010 andthe changed plan was explained in adozen words But now came thecrux

hI I stand here till youd be bringin mo my orders fit have the wholekit av thim buzzln round to knowwhats the maCther said Callahanbut there was not other thing to doand Durgan hurried back to the tele-graph office to play the messengerI He was too long about it Before hegot back rialkctt was under tho cabwindow of the lOltf demanding toknow with many objurgations whyCallahan had stopped In tho middleof the yards

Get Or move on you 1 he shoutedThe express W right behind us and

Itll run us down you damned bogtrotter

CaliahanV gaunlletcd hand shot upto the throttlebar

Im 1avini Mlsthcr Halkett hesaid mildly Will yes go back to thecar or ride wit molt

The general superintendent took noiV ance Of catching the Naughtsevensfcandralla la the darknesn c and hewhipped up liito the cab at the firstsharp cough of the exhaust

Ill go back when you stop for you-rordersIteaaid but iii shadowy figurehad upon the enginestep ascant halfsecond behind him andCallahan was stuffing the crumpledcopy of the order Into ills sweatbandof his C3pTha next instant the big1010 leaped forward like a bloodedhorse under an unmerited cut of thewhip slid past the yard limits tele ¬

graph omco and shot out upon theBjain line cC the Western Division

Sit down Mlsifier Halkett anmike yersclf aCiyt Jelled Callahan

cross tho cabTbumaU Use JimmyShrivel II have for his box this night

Shut off YOU Irish madman was

the shouted command Dont yousee youre on the wrong division

Callahan gave the throttlebar an ¬

other outward hitch tipped his seatand took a hammer from the tool ¬

boxI know where Im coin an thatsmore thin you know ye blandhanderln divlll Up on that box wit youan kape out nv Jimmy Shovels roador Ill be the death av yea Climb

nowIt was at this moment that the tensestrain of suspense was broken in thedispatchers room on the second floorof the Union station The telephoneIklrled joyously and the trainmastersnatched up the earpiece

What does he say asked KentIts all right He says Callahan Is

out on the Western Division withTlBcbcr chasing him according toprogramme Halketts in tho cab ofthe 1010 with Patsy andholdonUy George he says ono of themjumped the car as It was passing thelimits station

Which one was it asked Kentand he bad to watt tilt the reply camefrom Durgan

It was Hawk the rightofwayman He broke and ran for the near ¬

est electric car line the minute he hitthe ground Durgan says Does ho

countNosaid Kent but It is always

a mistake to underrate an enemyscaliber even that of his small arms

CIIAPTEIl XXVIITHE NIGHT OP ALARMS-

If Editor Hlldreth had said noth ¬

ing in his evening edition about theimpending strike on the TransWest-ern

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it was not because public Interestwas waning For a fortnight thenewspapers In the territory tributaryto the road had been full of strike talk

MT HEAVEN KENT YOLUE GOODFOR SO YEARS AT TUB VERYLEAST

and Hlldreth had said Ills say depre-cating

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the threatened appeal to forceas fearlessly as he condemned themismanagement which was provoking-It

But it was Kent who was responsi ¬

ble for the dearth of news on the eveof the event Early In the morningof the last day of the month he hadsought out the editor and begged himto close the columns of the EveningArgus to strike news no matter whatshould come in during the course ofthedayI go into the reasons asdeeply now as I hope to a little laterhe had said his secretive habit holding good to the final fathom of theslipping hawser of events But youmust bear with me once more andwhatever you hoar between now andthe time you go to press dont com-ment

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on it I have one more chanceto win out and It hangs in a balancethat a feathers weight might tip thewrong way Ill be with you between10 and 12 tonight and you cansafely save two columns of the morn ¬

ing paper for the sensation Im goingto give you

It was in fulfillment of this promisethat Kent bestirred himself after hehad sent a wire to Ormsby and MToshhad settled down to the task ofsmoothing Callahans way westwardover a division already twitching inthe preliminary rigor of the strikeconvulsionI to set the fuse for thenewspaper explosion he said to hisally Barring accidents thero Is noreason why we shouldnt begin Vo

figure definitely upon tho result is

thereMTosh was leaning over Dispatch-er

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Donahues shoulder Ho hadslipped Donahues fingers aside fromthe key to cut in with a peremptory

G S order suspending in favor ofthe fast mall the rule which requiresa station operator to drop his boardon a following section that is less thanten minutes behind its fileleader

Tho fun Is beginning said thetrainmaster Tischer has his tipfrom Durgan to keep Callahans taillights in sight With the mall tread-Ing

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on their heels the gentlemen Inthe Naughtseven will be chary aboutpulling Patsy down too suddenly inmid career They have Just passedMorning Dew and the operator re-ports Tischer for disregarding hisslow signal

Cant you fix that asked KentOh yes that Is ono of the things

I can fix But there are going to boplenty of others

Still we must take something forgranted Mr MTosh What r have todo uptiwn wont walt until Callahanhas finished his run I thought themain difficulty was safely overcome

Umphl said the trainmasterthe troubles are barely getting them ¬

selves born You mast remember thatwe swapped hones at the last minuteWe were ready for tho raw to thr natEverybody oa the Prairie Division hd

been notified that a special was to goI through tonight without stop from

junctionImeeting points to meta slow trains i

to sidetrack fool operators to holddown all on the dlrzy edge of a strikethat is making nvery man on the linelose his balance But you go aheadwith your newspaper business Illdo what a man can hero And if youcome across that rightofway agent-I wish youd make it a case of assaultIand battery and get himIm leery about him

Kent went his way dubiously re-

flective¬

In the moment of triumphwhen Durgan had announced the sue ¬

cess of the bold change In tho pro¬

gramme he had made light of Hawksescape But now be saw possibilitiesTrue tho junto was leaderless for themoment and Bucks had no very ablolieutenants But Hawk would give thealarm and there was the rank and fileof the machine to reckon with Andfor weapons tho ring controlled thepolice power of tile state and of thocity Let tho word be passed that theemployes of tho TransWestern werekidnaping their receiver and tho gov ¬

ernor and many things might happenbefore Red Callahan should finishhis long race to the westward

Thinking of these things David Kentwalked uptown when he might havetaken a car When the toxin of panicIs in the air there is no antidote likevigorous action

Passing the Western Union centraloffice he stopped to send Ormsby asecond telegram reporting progressand asking him to bo present in per¬

son at the denouement to put tho factson the wire at the earliest possibleinstant of time Everything dependsupon this he added when bo hadmade the message otherwise emphatic

If we miss tho morning papers we are

doneWhilehe was pocketing his change

at the receiving clerks pigeonhole acab rattled up wlth a horso at a gallop and Stephen Hawk sprang outKent saw him through the plateglassfront and turned quickly to the publicwritingdesk hoping to bo overlookedHe was For once In of way the exdIstrict attorney was too nearly rattledto be fully alert to his surroundingsThere were others at the standingdesk and Hawk wrote his messageafter two or three false starts almostat Kents elbow

Kent heard the chink of coin and thelowspoken urgings for haste at thereceiving clerks window but he for¬

bore to move until the cab had rattledaway Then he gathered up tho spoiledblanks left behind by Hawk andsmoothed them out Two of them borenothing but the date line mado illegi ¬

ble It would seem by the writershaste and nervousness But at thethird attempt Hawk had got as far asthe address To All TransWesternAgents on Western Division

Kent stepped quickly to the receiverswindow Tho only expedient ho couldthink of was open to reproach but itwas no time to be overscrupulous

Pardon mo he began but didntthe gentleman who was Just hero for¬

get to sign his messagesThe little hook caught Its minnow

The receiving clerk was folding Hawksmessage to place it in the leather car ¬

rier of tho pneumatic tube but heopened and examined it

No he said its all right M D

Halkett G SAh said Kent Thats a little

odd Mr Halkett is out of town andthis gentleman Mr Hawk Is not in hisdepartment I believe I should Investi ¬

gate a little before sending that It 1

were you-Having thus sown the small seed of

suspicion which by the by fell on bar ¬

fen soil Kent lost no time In callingup MTosh over the nearest telephone-

Do our agents on the Western Di ¬

vision handle Western Union bus ¬

ness hs askedThe reply came promptlyYes locally The WU has an in¬

dependent line to Breczeland Inn andpoints beyond

Well our rightofway man hasIjust sent a telegram to all agentssigning Halketts name I dont knowwhat he said in it but you can figurethat out for yourself

You bet I can II was tho emphaticrejoinder And then Where aroyou now

Im at the Clarendon public phonebut I am going over to the Argus of ¬

flee Ill let you know when I leavethere Goodby

When Kent reached the nighteditors den on tho third floor of theArgus building he found Hildreth im ¬

mersed chindeep in a sea of workBut he quickly extricated himself andcleared a chair for his visitor

Pralso bet ho ejaculated I wasbeginning to get anxious Largethings are happening and you didntturn up Ive had Manville wiring allover town for you

What are some of the largethings asked Kent lighting his firstcigar since dinner

Well for one do you know thatyour people are M the verge of therouchtalkedof stripe

Yes I knew it tits morning Thatwas what I wanted you to suppress inthe evening edition-

I suppressed it all right I didntknow Itday and date I mean Theykept it beautifully quiet But thatisnt all Something is happening atthe capitol I woo over at the cluba little while ago and Uendrlcks wasthere Somebody sent in a noto andhe positively ran to get out When I

came back I sent Rogers ovo toCassattls to see if he could find jouThere was a junto dinner crnfab onMelgs Senator Crowley three or fourof the ring aldermen and halt ti dozenwaward politicians Rogers has anose for newr and when he hadphoned me you werent there he hung

around on the edges

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Good men you tare illrarctbWhat did the unimpeachable RogtriiscolHo saw on a large scale just whatI had seen on a small one somebodypuppassed a noto In and when it hadgone tho round of the dinnertabthose fellows tumbled over each othertrying to get away

Is that all Kent InquiredNo Apart from his nose Rogersgifted with horso sense When tin

118 crowd boarded an uptown carman paid fare to the same con

Ho wired mo from the HotelBrunswick n tow minutes uo ThereIs some sort of a caucus going on laHendrlcks office in the capital andmummessengers are flying in all di ¬

rectionsAnd you wanted me to come andtell you all tho whys and whereforesKent suggested-

I told the chief Ill bet a bubblindhorse to a brokendoom mule youcould do it if nnjboiy ccniiJ

All right listen acuncthvag rorsthan an hour ago tho governor his pri-vate

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secretary Gullford Hawk andHalkett started out on a special trainto go to Gaston

What ort interrupted the editorTo meet Judge MacFarlane Mr

Seraplo Falkland and the Overland of-

ficIals¬

You can guess what was to b4

doneSureYour railroad was to

out lock stock and barrel or lelsldIto the Overland for 49 years whichamounts to tho same thing

Precisely Well by some unitecountablo mishap the receivers spe¬

clal was switched over to the WesternDivision at yard limits and the cnglncer seems to think bo has orders to I

proceed westward At all events thatis what he is doing And the funnypart of It Is that ho cant stop to findout his blunder The fast matt is rightbehind him with the receivers orderto smash anything that gets in Its wayso you sce

That wilt do said the night editorWe dont print fairy stories in the

ArgusNone tho less you are going to

print this ono tomorrow morning justas Im tolling it to you Kent assertedconfidently And when you get theepilogue you will say that It makes mylittle preface wearisome t r contrast

Tho light was slowly dawning In theeditorial mind

My heaven I he exclaimed Kentyoure good for 20 years at tho verylulleast

Am It It occurs to me that theprosecuting attorney In the cato willhave a hard time proving anythingDooent it look that way to ou7 Attho worst it is only an unhappy mis ¬

understanding of orders And if theend should happen to justify themoans >

Hildreth shook his head gravelyITo Ha Continued

HOW POET SOUTHEY WORKED

Ilnil Six Tnllrn In III Library HunkDevoted to Special Clun

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Southey was a mehodlcal and rapidliterary craftsman I am a qulot pa¬

tient easygoing hack of tho mullbreed regular as clockwork in mypace surefooted bearing the burdenwhich is laid on me and only obstinatein choosing my own path he wrote ina friend But his method was by nomeans slmplo says the Cornhlll Maga-zine

He was a poet a historian a criticand a miscellaneous writer ho turnedout an enormous quantity of matterand succeeded in doing BO by working14 hours a day and diversifying his la ¬

bors within his dally round Ho hadsix tables in his library Ho wrotepoetry nt one history at another criti ¬

clam at a third and BO on with theother subjects upon which he was en ¬

gaged and when he was tired of spin-

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There is a story that he once des-

crIbed to Mme do Stall the divisionof his time two hours before break ¬

fast for history two hours for rendingafter two hours for the compositeof poetry two hours for criticism an4so on through all his working day

And pray Mr Southey queried theFrenchwoman somewhat unkindly

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