CHAPTER XIVMontague returned to NewYork and plunged into his work. The election at which he was scheduled to become president of the Northern Mississippi was not to come off for a month. Meantime there was no lack of work for him to do. It would, of course, be necessary for him to return toMississippi to live, and he had to close up his affairs in New York. Also he wished to fit himself for the work of superintending a railroad. Through the courtesy of General Prentice, he was introduced to the president of one of the great transcontinentallines, and made a study of that official’s office system. He went South again to inspect the work of the surveyors, and to consult with the engineers who had been selected for the work.
Price went ahead with his arrangements to take over the control of
