The Owosso times., June 11, 1920, Image 7

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GOING SOME
AT KRUGER'S
By FRANK A. WARD
ICupyriyht)
Hank looked at the monkey, perched
on the window sill, nnd the monkey
looked hack. There matters rested.
"Maybe you're real," he gasped, "but
then"
He shook his head as If, In the dim
light of the single oil lamp, he could;
not be certain. Whistling to keep up,
hU courage, he let his weight fall in;
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pen.
He paused, slanting an eye at the
visitor sitting there like a graven Bud
dha. Never in his nine months at
Kruger'a Crossing had he seen such a:
phenomenon. It frightened him. ;
Meanwhile the creature shifted a bit
on the roost. Instantly Hank robbed
his eyes, and sat up with a jerk; for
now two monkeys grew where one
had grown before, and a swaying
branch outside showed their means of'
entrance.
For days he had been in the depths
et malnnfhnlln oml thA rllmnv hlld'
come that evening when he settled,
down to write his letter of reslgna-,
tlon.
As to reasons for his leaving, there
were several.
First, ambition not to be gratified,
by fifty-five dollars a month and a post
in a signal-tower, placed where monot
ony was King ana a passing irump a
an event. Second, third, fourth and
all the rest, there was Mollle Carey,
she of the frightened eyes and round
ed face, daughter of the nearest
farmer.
But it was upon monkeys that the
operator's mind was busy Just now
and creeping each moment a shade
nearer the edge of masculine hys
teria. "They're not real, or Ah-h-h!"
A howl, slicing the silence of the
night like a knife, floated in at the
windows, and with It the man's sigh
was of poignant relief.
"Idiot I" he exclaimed. "I might
have remembered I"
Three miles away and to windward
the cry of the coyote arose once more,
even as he had heard it on many
dreary nights, recalling the wild-animal
farm on the hill.
He knew that all kinds of queer
beasts were there, living a wire-penned
existence till shipped to "zoo"
or private estate. So often had be
heard their nocturnal cries that they
had become part of his lonely life.
There were now three, sitting there
with beady eyes which followed his
movements as he walked across the
little room and threw one of the signal
levers.
A red eye down the line winked
white, and a few seconds later the
monkeys huddled closer together In
fear' as a fast freight roared past with
a shriek of the locomotive whistle.
Again the animals watched the op
erator as he threw the lever back to
danger. They were evidently keenly
interested, for as he sat down they
began an eager chattering that grew
louder with each minute.
Twice as he paused for reflection
he put the business end of the pen
holder In his outraged mouth and
Jumped up sputtering.
In the silence between the visitors
grew bold. There was a moment of
excited whispering among them, then
the biggest dropped to the ground.
"Herel" Hank yelled. "None of thai;
now."
But they were too quick for him.
In a rush they were upon the nearest
signal lever, trying their best to Imi
tate the man who had thrown It be
fore. One of thei, hard pressed by Hank,
darted tinder the table, and In a flash
was tangled with the wires which
ran from the telegraph Instruments to
the batteries on the floor. Fighting,
clawing, swearing, the ape went free;
and the batteries, upset, sent a blue
stained stream of water across the
floor.
Ai if at a signal a batch of monkeys
nank swears there were twenty
leaped from the branch to the window
ledge and thence among their breth
ren. The place was broken out with
them, like, the measles. They shot
through the air and landed on the
levers; two of them found Hank's
lunch and fled, shrieking, from his
wrath.
At length, with perspiration stream
ing Into eyes already half blinded by
dust, Hank stood still.
A great calm descended.
"This," he panted grimly, "Is no
place for a minister's son."
.With one despairing glance at the
whirling dervishes, he darted for the
stairs and went down, three steps at
a Jump. At the foot he Just missed
collision with a woman's figure.
"Mollle"
"Is it it robbers T
"Worse," he grunted.
As her speech had fled, he sketched
the battle of Krueger's Crossing, but
before he was half way through the
girl was laughing until her sides were
aching.
- "Yes." he cut In, "but how about
the hades they're raising up there?
Come on out!" He led her forth upon
the tiny platform at the side of the
tower. "Look at that I .
nis finger was pointing to a sema
phore to the north of the cabin. It was
wabbling up and down In a helpless
way which suggested an old woman
signaling a street car. -
Tha jWi flat facaliecame serlboa
tinder the aunbonnet .
The semaphore stopped it waczMnf,
and after a alight pause tbay beard
the clank of on of the cross-over
switches. The clamor broke out anew
from the garrison In the tower. One
fof the monkeys danced a war-dance
on the window sill.
"It's a fine wind-up," Hank esti
mated, with a grin.
The girl was puzzled. "What do you
mean?"
"I'm quitting that's all. I wrote the4
i bloomin president of their road that
I'm through."
"But why?" she had to know.
"Why? Because of you. We could
never live on the pay I'm getting In
this hole. It's you, Mollle, dear Oh,
stop that racket, you ring-tailed
baboons !"
But at that instant came anothei
sound. It was a long-drawn shriek,
echoing about among the hills.
"Good Lordl" Hank cried. "The G.
M's. special and the cross-overs are
Heaven knows howl"
Only one thing remained, but he
was too late.
Even as he turned to dash upstairs
for his lantern a third blast cut the
air, and he heard the barking roar of
the engine die away.
In its place was the grind of the
brakes as their flanges bit the wheels.
He gazed, stupefied. Suddenly he
remembered those lever-throwing
apes.
"Saved 1" he burst out almost hys
terically. "They've set the signal at
'danger' !"
From one of the brightly lighted
cars a knot of men Jumped down and
ran swiftly across the tracks.
"What in the name of the Gadarene
swine," shouted the first on the plat
form, "d'you mean by holding up my
special? Who gave you orders?"
Any owe Hank might have had for
the general manager was swept from
him.
"Monkeys," he answered curtly.
"What!" The rest of the official
statement was mercifully Indistinct.
He turned now to the girl for the first
time.
"Is the man crazy, or Just plain
drunk?"
"Neither," she retorted, "and If you
knew what he'd gone through for your
old railroad you wouldn't be insulting
him now!"
"Perhaps you would be kind enough
to explain this talk about monkeys
giving him his orders," came the G.
M's. withering fire.
Hank took up the burden. "You can
see for yourself," said he, "If you
look at the tower."
They all looked.
The whole ship's crew of simians,
attracted by the arrival of the truln,
had gathered In the windows, their
bodies silhouetted against the light
in the room.
"Now," Hank went on, . "perhaps
you'll believe me. They came three
of 'em about nn hour or so ago. I
didn't pay much attention, because
I thought they'would get tired and run
away. So "
"Hold on," broke In a gray-haired
man with hard eyes. "Monkeys, young
man, don't grow in this part of the
world."
"Yes, they do," the operator patient
ly explained. "There's n farm about
three miles north of here, where they
keep all sorts of wild beasts. As I was
saying, I didn't mind the three until
they began running about the tower
and trying to throw the levers like
they'd seen me do. Then more of 'em
dropped In. I chased 'em. One put the
wires out of business, and "
"I see," said the gruy-halred man,
whose eyes were now twinkling a bit;
"they made a monkey out of you.
Well, gentlemen, we'd better drive out
the foe and get the railroad in opera
tion again. Here all of you I grab
sticks or anything that's handy and
mount to the siege. Come on I"
But at the tremendous racket of the
attacking party as it climbed the
stairs, the garrison, with cries of ter
ror, broke ranks. Head over heels they
piled out of windows and raced away,
a medley of waving tails and scamper
ing feet.
"My word," sighed the president as
he sank into the only chair and held
his sides. "I haven't had so much fun
since the cat came hornet Hallo!
What's this?"
In his hand was the operator's let
ter, blotted by the tracks of monkeys
which had raced across the table.
Hank, trembling, and with Mollle's
hand in his own, nodded bravely as the
official's eyes bored Into his.
"Resign?" snorted the great man.
His eyes, now suddenly softened, rest
ed for a moment on the girl, who grew
scarlet. "Hum ! Seems to me you need
a Job now more than ever."
"I had another chance, sir. with a
firm in Kansas City," Hank began,
"and the pay here is so small "
Tay? Is that al the trouble? Here,
George," the official queried, "any
thing against this man's record?"
The general manager shook his
head. "iJe's been always well reported
to me," was his answer.
"Good! What's your name? Well,
Redwood, I'll see that you're put on
the day shift at Curzon, where the
pay's a hundred a month."
"He'll accept, all right," said Mol
lle. Before Hank's trembling lips could
be shaped to offer thanks the presi
dent's party at a word from their lead
er, had disappeared down the stairs.
As the special gathered speed and
coughed Its way Into the durkness,
a troop of monkeys, drunk with free
dom, was scaring the assorted wits
out of the inmates of a farm house
three tullea away.
. But Hank didn't care.
-Why? He was too busy thanking
Mollle,
Chlneee Tea Myth,
An interesting myth has been woven
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to a Chinese legend, tea was discov
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Dartna, who in 519 A. D. paid a seml
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religious fervor, Durum led an austere
life, ate only vegetables, and prayed
constantly. He vowed never to sleep
that he might devote all his time to
prayer, but one day, after many years,
he was overcome with drowsiness nnd,
against his will, slept. On awakening,
he wept bitterly. To ' show his re
morse he cut off his eyelids. The next
morning he found the eyelids i metamor
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He was an Englishman, nnd It was
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Sunday-night supper, with all sorts of
good things on the table at the some
time. With an air of bewilderment he
helped himself to everything that was
passed him nnd then valiantly attack
ed his loaded plate. Picking up a fish
ball In his fingers he applied a gen
erous smear of honey to It nnd bit into
the new combination. A look of hor
ror overspread his features', and he
turned to his neighbor and put a warn
Ing hand on his arm.
"I say, steady on old chap!" he
whispered, after n copious liink of
water, "there's something dead In
.his bun! Don't try It, whatever you
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