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-" 'Itll.be going back to die gen eral manager first,' says I; 'for I need my job. ButTll'be back.' r "The face of the general man ager was the face, of a man who had put his teeth throngh a cock roach concealed in a bun; when.I delivered the girl's message to him. . , . I . " 'Apologize; is it?' he says. 'I'll see.about that,' and he "buttons up his coafTand tramps up to the cabin, the door of which was closed. . ' a 'Farley!' shouts theBig Boss, from the outside. . ' -" 'Yes,'says the voice of the lit tle red-headed man, very meek, indee'd. " 'I want to come in,', says the Big Boss. v i " ' "'You can, and welcqme when -you, apologize to father,' says the voice of the girl. " 'Farley, you're fired !''says the Big . Boss. 'You can draw a month'-s pay in lieu of notice, for your resignation takes place from this very minute.' "There was silence for a few minutes in the cabin; and then Farley's voice, as meek as a mock turtle's, says : 'Very well, sir.' 'The old man danced out there for a minuter and then stumped down to the car again, and from what he had, to say in. passing, I gathered his stojnach was troub ling him bad- i f "About an, hour, later, -the old man called me in. " 'Tell Farley I want to see him says he. ' -"So I went up to the cabin, and there was the girl, standing lookr ing far off at thermountains, asaf she were seeing angels. " 'The genera manager wants to see your father,', says L. ; '"My father's -compliments tcx the general manager says she, 'and being now out of the employ, , of. the C.,L & Y:; he is very busy ononis new job .And she went into the house. s , (J ".The Big; Boss said it was the3 faqlt of a .generation .that al lowed theirons and daughters to speak back to them, and that was , deluded on.ti'e subject, qf, woman-, kind." THeri he says heis gojng to sleep, and-is noHo be' disturb ed.' " - "So I went to the cabin, and had a lavish meal, the .while Far ley watched his daughter with fear in-his;eyes,-and his daughter talked about New York, of which she knew nothing at all. "It was late that night when the old man called for me next. He was lying therein his private car, -with -both hands holding his . stomach, and groaning some-' thing terrible. J' Tm ill, Stearns,' -says heTm terrible sick. It's the gripes or something.' "So I went up to the cabin again, and there was a light in the window, andMiss Mary Far-, ley'wa's darning socks from a po sition where, she could watch the, train. 1 " 'Thegeneral manager is sick . says I, 'he is suffering something terrible with griping pains.' " 'The good saints tell us,' says J she, 'that we should care for the sick, The general manager -will. I jHifiiflaflafliifla