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BiTJK Copyright, 1S01, by Frank A "All the men want, out at JSast Cor inth this morning not a train out," was the laconic telegram handed to the superintendent when he reached, his office. With him action was*first, reflection afterward, and he shouted: "Here, you boy, go hunt up Caddigan! Get him here! Hustle!" In an incredibly short time Caddigan showed up, hat on one side of his head,' hands in his pockets, coolly whistling the latest popular air, the picture of unconcern, a striking contrast to the bustling activity qf his superior offi cer. "Say, Caddigan, do you know there's a strike at East Corinth?" •:*:", "Yep heard so," was the brief re sponse. "Well, what in blazes are you doing here anyway? Why ain't you down ,there? Get down on first train. It leaves in ten minutes. And see that you get trains out. Do you hear?" Underneath the apparent indifference of Caddigan lay quiet, calm and cool action, and long before he had made all plans to go to, East Corinth. It would never do to say so, however, to the superintendent, who had a failing for always wishing to be first to give orders. "All right I'll go. Any further or ders?" "Yes you fire every son of a gun that won't go back to work at once. you understand?" And Caddigan did understand. He understood the superintendent better than the latter understood himself and well enough to take his instructions with a grain of allowance. "Dont compromise the company in any way, and send an immediate re port of things when you get there," were his final instructions. East Corinth was 300 miles away, and it was late in the evening when, the superintendent received the follow ing telegram: All men put. "Red Jack" Podeck is running strike. Swears not a train shall leave here., All sympathize with yard men. Things shaky. CADDIGAN. Caddigan was very popular among t,he men. He had risen from them, having himself twisted brakes and shoveled coal, and reaching his present position, train master, by sheer foree of character, combined with hard and willing work. The strike ran along without inci dent for several days. Each attempt to get a train out resulted in failure. The men were watchful and headed off each move toward getting yard work done. It would seenf no hard matter to get trains out once in awhile, as the engineers, firemen, conductors and brakemen were not engaged in the strike, but sympathy ran rampant, and failure was recorded each time. One evening the superintendent re ceived a section of a telegram reading "I will get a train out tomorrow"— apparently from Caddigan, but the op erator said the wire went down, and he could not get the rest, and direct communication ceased. All trains had to pass the telegraph tower, where the interlocking switches were, a point closely guarded by the strikers, pickets being* constantly on guard. Caddigan knew this point held the key to the situation, and he direct ed his attention to it. He tried to get authority from headquarters, but the telegraph operators, though not on a strike and apparently playing fair, managed to favor the strikers. It is a comparatively easy matter to have the wires "down." Nothing daunted by this, Caddigan resolved to "stand the layout" and "go it alone." To get dependable men not in sym pathy with the strikers was not an easy matter, yet it was accomplished in time. Taking these men aside, he told them to go. down into the yard at noon, a time when few strikers were around, and disconnect all the brake chains on a train of cars that had been ready to go east since the strike be gan. He then went to the tower. Mort Colium, one of the best known oper ators of the middle,, west, was in charge. "Mort," Caddigan said, "I want you to give a clear track for an outbound freight at 1 o'clock." "All right, sir," he said. "But don't you think you had better wait till wings grow on your box cars? You'll never get a car by on wheels." "It wori't cost much to try,** Caddi gan laughingly replied, "and at the worst it can only be another failure." Caddigan then went to the engine house and had old 142 fired up^, jjShe was in charge of Andy Devine. "I want you to be right on time, Andy," said Caddiganivf|'Back right down into the yard, couple on to that train of cars and start for Europe Straight'across the pond. Pay no at tention to any stop signals until you are at least ten miles out." "I'll do it, sir, but suppose I lose my cars"— "Go on, Andy," Caddigan- called back.* "You'lrhave your ears all right Trust me for that" ,§ The engine -w«rt1xHh%1yarai!wrliiout trouble, and.no^lrort^was-aMde^to pre vent coupling «orr to the cars. When the train reached the tower, -many atop signals, were given but obedient to ot hers, Andy paid no .attention to them. Instead, every effort-was made to get UP speed before passing the tower where the strikers were thickest sAs". the train'jpassed many strikers, accuse tamed to-lamping upon,moving trains, easily climbed uponM% car«. fflaj i&LjSi&aS Andy watched them curiously andre marked to his fireman: .' "Just watch them fellows, stop us. There's enough of 'em set every brake In two xoiraxieaL^J^, Caddigan never told a man more than was necessary to carry out a plan of action. That was the reason he usual ly came out with flying colors.. the time the strikers found the /brakes were useless and began to realize how they had been fooletj the train was running fully thirty miles an hour and still gaining speed. A few of the more daring jumped off, but the results wit-, nessed by those who remained on the rapidly moving train discouraged emu lation. A hasty meeting was called on the top of the a W v& "Podeck," as usual ledffiemeri, ana7 turning to his ever faithful partner., Pete, he hurriedly said: "Pete, let's run ahead and take the engine." 'Tain't safe, Bed," he said. "Didn't you see them fellers watchin' us? There's about five on the engine." ,*•)-, Podeck saw the point and hedged. "Well, boys, I guess we're in for it What'U we do now?" McCollum spoke up. "Let's, sue for peace I'm willin'." .* i"*.-V A rush was made for the caboose, where Caddigan calmly watched them. It was a hard dose to swallow, but no compromise was now possible. "Caddigan, you've got us," was Red's brief introduction.'' "We want to go back." "Oh, you do, do you? Aren't you hav ing a nice ride? It's cheap too. You are not kicking on the fare, are you?" was Caddigan's rejoiner. Not a word was said until McCollum in his squeaky voice wailed: "Och, be aisy on us an' let us off." "Well, I guess not," said Caddigan. "This is a through train the first stop is fifty miles out the fare back is only 3 cents a mile, and that will give you a very cheap one hundred mile ride." They all began to plead for mercy at once, and Caddigan relented when McCollum winningly exclaimed: "Be dad! We're fifteen miles out now and I want to get home to supper.- I'm hungry this minute!" "Well, seeing it's you, I'll let you off," said Caddigan. "But, remember, you owe me fare you forgot to pay it." A stop signal slowed up the train, and the men dejectedly dropped along side the track, a sadder and wiser party. It was an extremely hot day they were over fifteen miles from East Corinth, and a wide stretch of bottom land lay between them and home. The road was coal slack ballast and at tracted the heat. As old Sol was doing a little striking on his own account it seemed that everything in range would melt. What was said upon that long, hot tiresome walk, with not even a shade tree to rest under, would hardly do for sensitive souls to hear, "ret, under the circumstances, the recording angel possibly stopped in» ears and forgot to chalk up a full ruru Next morning the superintendent found the following telegram on his desk: All trains out on time today. Will be back on No. 20/ CADDIGAN. Littl Tom' Choice. A certain small Tom was going out to luncheon by invitation. His mother was anxious he should behave well, but, wisely recalling that simplicity is the essence of all true politeness, gave him but one caution: "Act,.Tom, as if you were at home take what you want with a 'Yes, please,' and decline any thing with a polite 'No, thank you.' Be as honest as at pur own table," trust ing that with his confidence estab lished the continual home sowing of precept and example would bear its fruit At night Tom reported results. "I guess I did all right, mother, though I got a laugh on me once." 'What was that?" inquired his moth er. "Well, we had baked apples, and when it came my turn to be served Mrs. C. said, 'And now, Tom, which apple do you want?'" "You told her of course," interpolat ed his mother as the boy hesitated a little. "You know, I have often ex plained that it is good manners to give a choice when one is asked." "Yes, mother, I told her, and that was the laugh. I said* 'The one I want is gone.'" SVTMTB. BroWnins'a Appearance. Mrs. Browning wore her hair in long ringlets, which, falling very much over her, face and when seen in profile' sug gested the unpleasing idea of blinkers that harshly cut across the graceful curves of brow and cheek. It was this style of arranging her dark hair that made Mrs. Browning look not old fashioned, for that would have given a. touch of sentiment, but' strangely out of the fashion. Her slight,, pretty figure was rather disguised tha*n set off by garments that -fell lopping around her. 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