Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 22, 1916, Page 16

I P e CAR SHORTAGE BECOMING ACUTE Lack of Ships to Handle the Grain is Tying Up All the Rolling Stock of Lines NO RELIEF IS—;OW IN SIGHT It possible, the freight car short- age is more serious right now than earlier in the week, with a prospect tnat if relief comes, it will not be for a couple of weeks and perhaps a month, assert the railroad freight nen. Speaking of the car shortage, the railroad “men assert that indicationt point to a more complete tie-up of business than exists at this time. They contend that daily thousands of curs of wheat from Omaha and the contral west are being moved toward the Atlantic ~nd gulf ports and with- out any prospect of the grain being moved abroad, all on account of the lack of vessels to take it to Europe. At this time there is but one clevator along the gulf coast that is in a position to handle grain. It is at Galveston, and The Strange Case of | | (Copyright, 1916, by McClure Publications.) | CHAPTER ¥ | (Continued from Yesterday.) It only he could talk to Mary about | ‘nll' That was his next thought. If only he could have five quiet minutes away from Langdon, away from Daniels, and away from everyone—to tell her simply and ‘humbly about his love! T he felt sure, she would at last understand and put her hands frankly into his. His eyes misted over at the thought and his heart beat wildly. Five minutes alone with her<~when she wamn't afrald—that was what he wanted. The thought became an obession which gained an added polg nancy from the bitter knowledge that she would never again grant him such 'an interview. | He' coud, he knew, threaten to with draw his support of the new play, but on the other hand if it was a success there would be a hundred eager finan clers ready to take his place. No, there was only one way to do It—to steal the interview and win her pardon later, Involuntarily he halted in his rest less pacing, and his face settled into ugly lines as he repeated the words to | himselt—"to steal the interview—that is |the only way.” For a moment he stood | the announcement is made that it has garing grimly in the direction in which | capacity for handling about 1,00 10 'afery's taxi had speed; then, with a short | 200,000 bushels of grain. This quantity | would be about one day's shipments | from Omaha. | Tieup in the East. | New York, Hoston and Baltimore are eompletely tied up and not a bushel of grain of any kind béing received at any | of the ports. At Philadelphia the an- nouncement has been received that there is one elevator that has space for a fow “""'“"““ cars of grain, and at Newport News there is facilities for handling some- thing like 1000000 bushels. 1t is ex- pected, however, that this space will all be occupied within the next «wmn-fnnr“ bours. In the meantime cars from all the wheat markets of the central section of | the country are being moved and | south, there to go onto tracks and Into yards, to remain there untll there i= | space in the elevators for unloading. 1In | the meantime, assert raflroad men, these | cars are out of the trade, and, %o far as | markets, | they might just as weil be destroved. | Under ordinary conditions, it requires | cloge to & month for a ecar loaded at to reach the Atlantic seaboard, | unioad and get back into this territory. | With conditions as they now exist, it Is that there is no telling when a car loaded out will return. It may be a | month, but it is more likely to be three | months. | Neither Friend Nor Foe Recognized by the Health Office 1s the scenario of a new film which will be named, : i H e s all right. to school right friend of yours, doc- i : i g : il i on, Dr. Connell?” Boy fumbles at the floor, which is and not of such to warrant any unusual r hand." &rip,”’ says the boy. grandmother. You're just of scarlet fever, Your e ;'Iv went you? I sald, ! £ ;: H f i i H ! | i i | B N end.Artiole in The Bee on Clear Speaking in School _ The Beé's article Thursday on pleasant spoaking and cloar articulation In the publle schools has aroused considerable Interest In achool circies Superintendent Graff and President Ernst of the Board of Education com- mended the article and volced the senti- mient that it was tmely and would in- Spire many teachars to Increased inter- est In teach! the boys and girls to apeak distinotly. The wife of Secretary Bourke called her husband to breakfast in subdued tones, her Invitation to the matutinal meal having reference to buckwheat “My dear, iIf your cakes are as nige a8 your volce this morning. | would ad- vise that you keep the griddie hot,"” was general meeting of the supervisors and principals Superinten dent Graff will bring this matter up again and urge its Importance among the teachink staff of the publie schools Banks Money Just Beforflhief Calls Thursday afterncop Mrs. D. W. Cahill, | £ t return home Mrs. Cabill dis- G 5 ik | i : | phemously denied this, he never lnee his | with a triumph that told the late arrival laugh, he turned to his own car, | “The club,” he sald curtly, and within ten minutes was giving harsh orders over the telephone to Shale who was jocularly |known among his friends as “Dave's Jackal."” | It was current humor that Shale | {would long ago have been “sent up the | {river” if it hadn't been for Pollock's | in high places, and though | Shale himself elaborately and blas- | ques- tioned the orders that came to him in | that quick, decisive volce. He did not | auestion them that night (though it was | perhaps as well that Pollock could not | ta and the latter gave an | oath of satisfaction as he hung up the receiver, The second act had begun before he | reached the theater, and again the re- | lief on Danfels’ face at sight of him was | almost comie, though it was blended that the play was really a success. ““Glad you got here at last, Dave,’ he sald excitedly. ““Say, the people are eat- ing it up. They're crazy over Mary al- ready and what they'll do when this act is over heaven only knows. Just wait Il they see her in the big scene—but for that matter she's making every scene a blg one. Are—are you going back stage?” Pollock shook his head. “T'll sit in one of the boxes,” he sald, “for a while at least.”” But though his volce was cool | his hands were shaking, and one of them was tightly gripped around a big key—the key to a suit in the Hotel Re- public, where a little later Mary was to be tendered the banquet that was to greet her el tion to stardom. He scowled at the sight of Langdon with Mrs. Page in the opposite box, but he was too busy outlining what he was going to say to Mary a littie later on to bother much about the present. More- over, he had been drinking heavily Again, and the heat of the theater and its lights made him sleepy and lethar- gle. “Only two acts more!” he muttered to himself. “Two acts more—and then we'll ave!” With Mary's entrance, however, he roused himself, and before long the charm of her, and the genius of her playing enthralled him as it did the rest of the audience. His heart began to beat heavily, and the flame of his love began to run through his veins like molten metal, making him restless and wildly impatient for the moment when he would come face to face with her again, In his eagerness he almost loathed the enthusissm of the audience that brought her back before the cur- tain" time after time. This was indeed hour of triumph. He begrudged | even the few moments of Mary's happy | little speech of thanks, and when the final curtain fell he leaped up with a sigh of vellef and hurried out, anxious to avold Daniels and escape the talk in the office that he knew was {nevitable At the corridor leading to the narrow door which opened behind the scenes he |hesitated & moment, but the sizht of Langdon and Mrs Page Jjust passing through decided him, and with a mut- | tered execration he swung on his heel | and sought the limousine where Shale | sat walting. ’ “It's all right, Ohlet” sald Shale, huskily, as Pollock got in. “It's a cinch to get over the fence in the back and then up onto the fire escape. Say, it's | wonder that fool hotel hasn't been | tripped by a dip long before this: there fsn't & window that you can't reach in | five minutes.’ | “Well, take care you, don't get run in for a thief yoursell,” sald Pollock | harshly. Then, swinging about, he caught Shale's wrist in a visellke grip, “You know the window?' he snapped. | “Don’t make a monkey of yourself and ! get in any other. And remember this— | Il send you up, by heaven, If you in- | terfere—unless you're needed. You watch for that sneak Langdon—that's your job. Do you get me?" “1 got you the first time," answered | Shale coolly, though his mouth was ugly. “Since when do you have to put me wise twice? | Pollock moved uneasily and drew one | hand across his forehead. “I'm not taking any chances” he muttered, and lighting a clgar settled back in the corner of the | |luxurious motor. Neither of them spoke or moved Uil the car drew up In front of tho big hotel The moment out and Pollock, it stopped Shale slipped | aurried down the street, but pushing his way through the Why Tolerate Catarrh? You have noticed, no doubt, that any | cold vates nasal catarrh, and the | flow of muccus amages you that such | objectionable matter could find - "her, finally making his way down to the THE BEE: Pictures by Essanay gally clad throng that filled the lobby at this after-theater hour went direct to the elevator his fingers « his pocket in the suite d for Shale he drew off his coat and hat ordering a whisky-an dr almost at a draught began a restiess | the floor trying t Just how long it would be before the banquet party would reach the private dining room. With the d tight around that key in Once en, him by and | nk it | soda hen he cing up and down Imate of his sitting room partially o he could watch the entrance to the banquet | hall, but his impatience carried him more than once out into the corridor from which he could look down at the brilliant lobby below. At last, after what seemed to him hours of waiting, he saw a group of the players arrive, and a few moments later the other members of the supper party | passed his door. There remained only | Mary and Daniels to come. i Trembling with excitement, he poured himself another drink of whisky, gave a awift glance at the window where Shale hovered on the fire escape, and then took up his post close to the door. Almest immediately he heard the hum of the elevator and then Mary's volce. “‘Oh, come on, Phil,"” she was saying, “I shan't stay very long, anyway.” “By all means come along'" echoed Daniels, with assumed cordiality “You'll be a welcome guest.” Pollock could see them now, for they had passed his hiding place, and he gave a sigh of rellef as Langdon said firmly: “No, thanks—I won't come in. It's a supper for you, Mary, and for your com- pany—and 1 feel a little out of place. Don’t get too tired, though—and I'll call up tomorrow.” Call up, indeed! I should say you would,” bantered Mary. “You'll come out to the hotel and read all the press notices with me.” A flush of pride was on her chpeks “All right,” laughed Langdon, “that's a promise.” And with a final word, he turned back and came slowly down the corridor, which echoed now to the sound of the tumultuous welcome Mary— “The New Star!" “Bless her!” whispered Langdon to himself. “But she ought to be home in- stead of there. I hope none of them drink too much.” That thought seemed to trouble him, and he half hesitated as I regretting his refusal to go in with to lobby and settling himself in a chair from which he could look up at the door of the banquet room. Waiters were hurrying in and out, and Langdon could cateh glimpses of the gay table with Mary, flushed and ex- cited, at one end, and could hear the laughter and the little bursts of ap- plause. Once when a hurrying waiter left the door wide he saw Mary on her feet protesting against the urgent hands that were thrusting a glass of champagre upon her, With an exclamation of anger Lang- | lon leaped to his feet, then sank back again. Flo couldn't Interfere—not now, | at any rate. He could, however, guess that they were urging her to drink a toast to the play, and he hoped that that meant that Mary was soon to leave. While he was impatiently hoping that this was true, a bell boy, who a moment or two before had gone into the banquet ror'm. came out, followed by Mary her- elf., With a throb of glad rellef Langdon Jumped up and hurried up the shallow stairs to the corridor to meet him, but to his surprise she was not in sight, and only the bellboy was coming lelsurely along the hall. It seemed curious that Mary could disappear so suddenly. Forgetting diseretion, he caught boy by the shoulder. “Where did the young lady go?' he de- | manded harshly, and at the tone the startled boy cringed as If expecting a blow. the OMAHA, SATURDAY | tinentty. | pected; that's where she's gome.' Mary Page | By Frederick Lewis, Author of *““What Happened to Mary"' | Barney | ye | | thought it wasn't any funny joke the way rapidly back down the corridor Almost simultane y the door of the bar room epened and Daniels' face, | stra'ned and uneasy, peecerd into the hall, | ing Langdon, he hurried towards him | nd was but a few feet away when the | boy paused abruptly and pointed to the | door of Pollock's suite | st in there,” he muttered, and | | scuttled off. But not far, for even as | Langdon's hand was on the knob, there | |came & woman's scream and the loud | report of a revolver echoing high above | the clamorous gaiety of volces and or- | “Wots that to you?"' he retored imper- She’s gone where she was ex well or It is quick!" snapped authority for it downstairs and tell that Mr. Phillp don wants u to take him there At th where take me there Langdon It want Lar the name boy gave a quiek, t] led | chestra, There was an instant's terri- fled silence, and then the waves of humanity came surging down the corri- dor, headed by the hotel authorities. But Langdon and Danfels were already across the threshold of the room where lay the dead body of David Pollock and beside i it the unconsclous form of Mary Page | with a revolver lying not five inches from her Hmp fingertips | A thin dribble of blood was running across the carpet towards her, and Lang- don snatched her up out of Its way with a sudden horror, and his great fear found | voice in a desperate cry i “Mary! Muary, did you do this It was not Mary who answered, but the hotel detective, who said sternly “Not did she do this, but why did she do this, Mr. Langdon,” he corrected ) Egssj Feverish Child Is Bilious or Constipated | | | e | Continued on Tuesday.) ‘ | | | { | Look, Mother! See if tongue is coated, breath hot or | stomach sour. “‘Qalifornia Syrup of Figs” can’t harm tender stom- ach, liver, bowels. 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