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There was a branch road running from here to Honiton, quite a settlement on the Mississippi river, and that was the only possible excuse for an officer at this point. The atmosphere was so full of malaria, that you could almost cut it with an axe. I stayed there just three days, and then, fortunately, the chief despatcher ordered me to come to his office.
So I didn't answer the despatcher at once as I should have done because I hoped he would get tired of calling me and would tackle "OG," and give him the order. But he didn't. He just kept on calling me, increasing his speed all the time.
If Hawk asks them to lend him a train despatcher for a few minutes, they'll do it." "But the union?" Kent objected. "They have three or four non-union men." "Still, Hawk has no right to discharge you." "Bicknell has. He is Halkett's representative, and "
As soon as I had recovered myself sufficiently, I telegraphed the despatcher what had happened, and the chief, who in the meantime had been sent for, told me to close up my office, and come east on the flyer, to report for duty in the morning in his office as copy operator. That is how I won my promotion.
There was a small problem impending for the division despatcher at Angels, and the new superintendent held aloof to see how it would be handled. It was handled rather indifferently.
Meantime, at the main office the entire staff, including the superintendent, the chief despatcher and Alex, were crowded in the western windows, watching, waiting and listening.
"What did you do?" "Oh, as long as he had done it, I had him call up the Angels despatcher to find out where we were at. We're on 204's time, you know ought to have met her here." "Why didn't we?" asked the superintendent, taking the time-card from its pigeon-hole and glancing at Train 204's schedule.
The chief despatcher is next to the division superintendent, and has full charge of the office. He has the supervision of the yard and train reports, and the ordering out of the trains and crews. He has charge of all the operators on the division, their hiring and dismissal, and has general supervision of the telegraph service. In fact, he is a little tin god on wheels. His office hours?
The trainmaster's rejoinder was outspokenly blunt. "I've nowhere to run to, Mr. Lidgerwood, and that's no joke. Some of the backcappers will be telling you presently that I was a train despatcher over in God's country, and that I put two trains together. It's your right to know that it's true." "Thank you, Mr. McCloskey," said Lidgerwood simply; "that sounds good to me.
Miss Ross looked up at me with those beautiful eyes; then two big tears made their appearance on the scene, and she sobbed out: "Well, I know I told a fib when I made that excuse, but the despatcher was so sharp and I was so scared when he said he had been calling me for fifty minutes, that I told him the first thing that came into my mind.
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