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"Harthr grunted t max in Almon-
adons tion of Sledge. 'What are
do?'
don't mean to liting it to a
eon!" protested Bendit. "We
etntafford it 'with Lansdale and Blake
the bench. Judge Lansdale espe-
iafly mild part with his Matsu=
• harpoon into yee."
a him."
ea don't see howi't worried Baidix.
We'vetried for two years to get
mething on him. He can't he reach -
d I don't think it's gee to beat
Sledge pondered that matter weightl-
d lewd.
him a big law job:
it anything fat enougla ex-
* tlie and Brewers'
but we promised that plum to
e•
Lansdale," ordered Sledge.
end Waver to Switzerland. I
use, anyhow."
zpiniised a consulship to Hoov-
's the only one Washington lets
ves a nit," dedared Sledge,
teward Bendix by way
pile_ "He goes in the els-
dontributter
M to other
views and an-
indon and
die conclueton
Or -
he will gp to
liver a series
ditions on.the
hese who tee
• domintons
before an
leg./ n zat ion is
e was 'oath
opition tes-
eorganization
relations lae-
alone of the
co. The Vast
sf the British
that there
and more ce-
ifferent parte
te manner in
3 be atzeined,
_ not yet pre -
was a feeling
ids between
-overseae do-
sthened, and,
for meetlug
the world's
e lot of peo-
free trade=
measure , of
'July of
come �ln-
tothi
ntries vet1e...
g so not -
tf free trade
ase of
el thein 838 -
ready lin
er career
.1 expartsietne
e she had! a
al and tech -
Lan po.0
and indite -
e wereZil
.
elled to 4-
. whereas In
where thee
titutions w
i volunteer;
ess of Hoa -
culture was.
tandards Off
their petit -
t
rovided for
e� in a
the Dutch
I.. on the ava
'red a great -
hes of test-
ily produre
here Were
in state
were bee
ssibie that
nerease it
fit of the
seen dee
v rnment„.
the rail -
for the
take theta
ing. The
be more
s of neer
heir efil-
y science
and • cora-
,
ir, "the/a It
O receitert
l'.y special
r
euring the
Ict promlna
cy of thia
't 'will be
t the dee
tivi 0
keep our
them as
[good pen -
he break -
leen class
rection of
ting fea-
n raised
•rdinarily
ut at Poe -
return to
I be glad,
' rexehed
recent'?"
Colon -
made
ble that
nt that !
, Service
liable for
lao are at i
Majesty's '
be en- '
e eves
tee the
uld theY
heir own •
e
e."
workr • approved • Benda.
Bafley Cooper has made a joke
tea a1ership. I think Waver
on this Distillers'
ough. It takes a
the dry fad, and
o Switzerland," de- "How-
\
- a ?" asked Bendix,,
neer a,
• Bendix shook his head.
"Illakehe against you." he • 'ea. -lie&
Esidea that,, there's an elect Jit Com-
e Rise," Sledge nmibled. -We're
anyhow."•
guess you're right," agreed Ben-
dix "Se tong as we have
we might as well make it a good
It there% any. other scandal _about
e may as Well arrange to have it
and get it ail eleanPd ,tni at
Lansdale nxiatir commanded
go see Schwarzman this noon
course,. have him offer the job
to sdale, so he won't imagine it
comes from us. Schwarznituff. thougb.
dkbt want to change his legal depart -
t until fall. That won't do,. I sup-
oday," announced Sledee. •
"r got you.' replied Bendix, risings,
f Lansdale takes the job he'll have
to resign from the bench imraediate-
iyr and no assent to this being neces-
sary, he hurried out to tfeake an ap-
Io1ntment with the president of- the
lereaaind Brewers' league.
Bozzam came, -soave, smiting, a more
Polished gentleman than anybody, but
not otensiee -with it
"How goes it?" asked Sledge.
°SplendidlYsa aaid Bozzam. "The
stock's att soXd, including our own.
We're ready to moven unless we can
put over a real *Odd' organization Of
sollaesort. We d Want another lit-
tle ohee th catwalk*
are our game,
"Get busy," remarked Sledge.
"With the original tractam thought?"
A grunt of assent was Sledge's Tear
U h 106kod out along the high baud
fence which bound in the narrow erea-
lare. A thing which had once bee' n
mop leaned in a corner by one of the
trintlings, decaying.,
tozzans looked at Sleola*eivr a mo-
ment and, being a gentleman ot rare
penetration, rightly concluded 'oat his
errand was over.
(Good day," he said and sheeted for
tike door.
Ttinritiand a big blue eyed ma With
square jaw and muscular shoulders
tetee in. and Bendix introduced the
aetter to Bozzarn as Jim Gay. The
Iwo gentlemen exchanged grins as they
dee* hands, but neither one of them
Was careless enough to state that they
tad already met, although, as a mat-
ter of fact, letr. Gaily now possessed
the exclusive bar privilege at the new
anima:teat park.
"Stick around. B .zzam," said Sledge.
"Tom, Bozzam get : his car Hee:, Gana
Me fix the franehhes."
Benda, althongt the project and
Sledge's resolution were absolutely
teW to him. neyer batted an eyelash.
"We'll A togerier on tlikt at the
hotel in about an ttour," he told Gaily
and Bazzam. eNothing ready to give
reit to tbe papers, is there, Sledge?"
"You'd better explain to BozZaM
hat you want in the way of routes,"
ggested Bendix. "The franchises
uld be passed in secret sessien. Gal-
- Is everybody all right?"
'It's a tamely reunion," declared
STOR IA
Prz biota ind OWNS
US* Por OverZINemrs
bows
ltl
Gaily. -ars that all. Stedge?'
"Wait,' said Sledge and look
at the mop.
e. Everybody sat down, and. th
seemed to be some Irnportnnt to
abeyance.. They indulged 4no t
couversatiou, but looked out q.
window. Bendix oddered chinks, bic
they consumed, silently and solelmul
'aledge evidently had so e . weigh
1)
plan on his mind. for .he • nly dran i-
1 half his beer.
Davis of the First National eanie
a pompous raan, with a fish fat doub1
chin, and pompous white side wh ker-
and a white waistcoat. " e stood at
the other side of the table, butS1ecj
beckoned him closer, and Davis,
Ing an impenetrable air cat reygte
leaned his whiskered ear foe down.
I "Call garley's loans," rdmbled th
boss in a toe which at three
away sounded like a tuba SaWnni
"Is he shaky?" inquired Davis
panie stricken whisper.
"He will be," promised Sledge.
"Why, he owes the bsetle a55,0001" re.,
turned Davis, more panic stricken than
ever, and his whispering sounded like
the exhaust of a safety valve. "I'D. go
/right away and protect tbe bauk.
What has happened to him, Mr.
Sledge?"
"Nothiag yet" stated Ellekiink “sit
r
down, Davis." •
• Mr. Davis sat down, and the four
who had been told to wait looked at
Ote another with growing verender and
at the impassive big man, I who .was
sUll drawing inspiration from the dee
crepit rnop.
fee.
in
It
Five minutes passed. Bendix and
Bozzam and Gaily sat in comfortable
quiet, resting all their faculties, phye-
ical, mental and moral, but Mr. Davis
fidgeted audibly. He twiddled hiS fin-
gers, he fussed with his ravat he
ran slip nooses in bis wa cord, he
'wiped Ids reading glasses art • putthera
nand took them off. .
Five minutes more passed. Mr. De -
vis in desperation rang th belt for
the velvet footed Adolph an or ered
a drink. In other gatherin Mr. Boz -
zeta would have enlivened th mo ent
with a story or with cony ation lona
reparteeoah occasion he. c uld eve
sung a song or recited a poe •• or play-
ed seven-up, .eraps, or tiddledy • k all
with the pleasing linish of a p es -
atonal. Just now, however, e reMain-
eLas placidly calm a.stt cak of SWIs
ca
A step camedown tke n w 'pas-
sageway. A rawboned fello apear-
ed tbe doorway. He tall and
big and Wore. good clothes. hands
were coarse and had. bull • us Anger
tips, with extremely broa stubby
mile, but they showed no • of re-
cent toil. He had a wide outh and
prominent cheek bones and &low ;fore-
head. He looked like a r• tired toed
heaver. The exigencies a p litlee had
epee made him county tree urer, and
since then he had lived in rosperous
• idleness.
...Sledgearose and walked ourcl to
the front of the table.
"Say, Feeder," he growled, 'I've been
paying you seventy-five a month Or
two years. That right?'
"Yes," hesitated Feeder, with a 'pave
sled glance at the unusual lereeed in
tile little room. .
"'What for?" demanded 51
Kr. Feeder smileO ingratla
-.paled ta the process.
"Campaign work," he repli
"What for?" demanded Sledge. ,
•..wen; r— And, more putteled than
ever, he looked around the equally
puzzled gathering. Even Bandix ,was
at a loos.
"What for, I say?" euddeply oun-
dere(' Sledge.
"On the level?" inquired Feeder.
don't get this, Sledge. 1 don'• see"
"Tell 'em!" '
'Well, If you got to have It ---
He stopped. gave another !glance. at
Ads audletice and stared at $ledge:i:
credulously.
Sledge advanced a step toward him.
"I said tell 'em."
"Here goes, then," responded Feed-
er, - easperated—"for keeping My mouth
she. ebeut receiving the public funds
bite:tat money foryou,'
"1 in tre a liar!" boomed Sledge and,
sudieety stepping forward vItb Mete
velvet agility for so pcialdero s a Malt,
swung_ his right arm, the Wept ' of
whieli was like a thigh, and knocked
Feeder straight through 1be , doon
"Throw him out," he direst!1 and sat
down.
Bendix accepted that commission els
readily as if it had been a suggestion
to ring fer another drink. A rather
heavy snail lilmself, he steppd lightly
into the passageway, grab Feeder
by the collar as he was thlng and
punched him in the ear. Phil and
Stoutly, both gentlemanly b rtenders.
• selected for the hardness aijd limber-
ness of their shoulders, carn runeing
back, as promptly as fire ho es at the
sound of the gong.
• "Rough toss," explained Be dix brief-
ly. handbeg his collar hold to Phil. ,
t there was a tattle of chaits and ta-
bles , and the crash of two or three
• glasses interspersed with an izkeaSiOnal
• smack. There were exclaxnat ons from
a few hangers on and a fe inadver-
tent oaths from the astoniseol Feeder,
but Phil and Blondy were voiceless
untilafter battering Feedr at the
curb until a policeman came up, they
g.
gly„ but
1
-eicheti -Until He
Take PFruit--five
594 ,Cheettleirie 1‘1041'
or.two years, 1 wa a Jni
s er fro .R1,tei matiso eit4 S
tit ore... I had.; fioqueuJ Deeesi
pd when 1 took fetid, felt wr
d sleepy X sftfferecl from
tin dread -4117s With pains
h and .j c;ntS4and my • ands
A. friend: dvieect"Frai
the tents0, they 'd. ne
A I rthe fiol.st was
and can truthf ily sae
r it-astives”, is the o ly me
t helped rae"!. ' LOU' LAB
.50e. a _box,' 6 for $2.50, siz
Ait deale rs or Seiet pos aid by
a-tiVes ted, Ottawa..
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee,
tu nail him Over :tor a wt
• What's the Chu ge1t
cer.
• Pink necktie I thin
P ''Brrt t out,
HURON EXP
grand joir, ette the case will never
come to trialae his appointed half
the j' des on tbe beneh, and the other
hale a afraid of aim, Ha; lawyers
will ght from court to eourt on one
techn cality after anhtberuntil elec-
tion 1 over, and thenthe public will
, forge all about it. • Yon 'can't light te
-
man ke that." .
"I an be the one human being in
the irld be can't 'order around," she
smilinely insisted. "What do you want
mg to do—matry him?"
**Ye'," was th unexpected replv.
at goodness," laughed Mona,
ou bluffed tee?"
rsel" he said, rising and walking
d down in the few short paces
ngth of the room allowed him..
d a crumeled newspaper in his
and nOW •be threw it on the
"Do - you ' want to be turned
hemeI ss into the street?" .
"In the shivering snow with a little
red s awl °yea tny head?" she giggled,
No, tier; gray heaven, no!"
"It tat a joke," he insisted.. stop-
ping efere her, and now the mask of
coastr int dropped. from his -face, "Mol-
ly, -y n know that he threatened to
hbreak me. Well Ite has done it."
"No sense!" she - replied, unable. to
concei e of that condition in its actual.:
ity sI ice there was no halt in their
uxur "It is impossible" '
_ "It 1a fact," he stated as calmly as
• , .
he -c uld. "At the various banks
which Sledge ,ctritrois I had obligee
dons. hich I thought wet% only nom-
inally considered to be call loan. ag-
gregat g a hundred •tbousand. do lars.
These, were protected by my tra lion
stock. Last week the bank called them.
I rece tly received $87,5a0 in Cash on
a cert in deal, and I had considerable
troabl to raise he additional $12,500.,
I had to deposit $25,000 worth of my
stock o secure i eend yesterday /*had
to put up twenty -fife thousand more."
"Bu why?" asked Mallet 'sitting
down nd considering the matter seri-
ously or the first time.
"Bee use in one day merely by an-
nounc g that he was financially baek-
ing a =meting company Sledge 10w-
ered t value of my stock from a 'hun-
dred &ollars a share to thirty-five.
That tune announeement beak, the
West pnd bank, has crippled two oth-
ers =cl1 made peepers of a hundred or
more sitnall stockholders,"
"How horrible!' sheeiclaineed. "The
poor people!" Ten the wonder 'of
1
such power came� her, "'kith just
a word," she taus' d. "But, father, I
don't Sae yet how he could do it. You
say th t Tour/Stock was Worth a trun.
died d Ila.rsa share yesterday morning
and oflr y. thirty-five now??
He nodded his head in confiemation.
"Eac share of stock represents .a
cer part ownership of the street
railwa company, doesn't it?"
Aga he nodded.
"Wel . the road is still there," she
rgued "You st 11 own as much of it
as you dld before Why, father, Sledge
has ju t scared everybody. Your stock
,. will b worth what It was, or nearly
so, a!tr this panic is over. Even cam-
. petitio ean't keep you froth hauling
people rid making money at It" .,
'It cn keep us from hauling enough
to make' anythinglike our previous
• profits. and earning capacity is what
gives stock its virtue. That is not the
big tro ble now, hoWever. I have -a
$10.000 mortgage on this place, which
is all it wOuld bring nt a forced sale
• although it is worth double the moniy.
It expi es on the 1st of the inimth,
and Si dge knows it.; It is held at one
of his banks. and it will not be ex-
tended.',
"You' i have to par it" she surmise&
"Wh t with?" he demanded. "At
the pr ent prices, at which, •by the
way- d body cares to buy, it would"
take el ery share of my steels 'Ati pal
off th mortgage 1 would he albs°.
lutely ennilese,"
"Ho aid you , come to we so
much7 she puzzled. "I _thought we
were althy."-
"Th t co the way business is carried
on," h explained.. •
"The anyboity ean be broke," she
decided with a teace a awe. ",Why
don't *tale of you good businessi men
get at t4r lineage?"
Ile looked at her- pitymgly.
"It can't be done," be confessed,
"Molay:1-- .
*1 know what you're going to say,"
she ill Pted him "I won't do it.
Tea go to Marry Bert if it breaks
eveoy
"Tha
ble
ale "Gr
1
ach "ale
p its, NY
toiled uP -
the 1
He h
bend,
_ table.
11
al
ad:
ray
en.
" lad
g od.
et ing
nO
�u're a liarlO boom. filesig
to Sledges 1 room. "Fe • a
ed,"' be statd, • nt
?"
-bunk!'" grunted -Sled 6.:
ppers fussy. He wants to in
tar the charge."
took a slow survey of his
, and the faintest ossible
ni of a tWinitle came 1nto his em
pte0 blackmail," e chucitl
!Yen
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•'CHAPTER VI.
k Marley Diecoveres a
Frank reat Tea
OLIX, stepped sin g as I
father called her to his
• She -hardlyerec gnized
• vole% and l his f • 'ce w
draWn, and pale that She W
• "What's the meifer, fath 2
111?' she asked, deeply con
6* at ala" • :he her. '
abotit
• SI
abo
•
decl
• to
en
him
•
ack
••.
headache;
and .1 am very. worried
yen. , Bert has
teighli incapable:: fine old
blood does not to suppo,
a "Plcrisbi'd ;ea.' =Peet' laeatb•lnliaehie
family bloodr she
."I didn't"
, "As a".aolr fathe.r, I =Mot help
'concerned," nonea . mow.
'has -dine tiellitese litra *Idea and
weak threats oterlialt into
ever gime Shook him
the complacen :safety a his
tho cis."
"I ve given' Itha o ks to
ov the aback," sh ligh masw
I 'dome -Up all texed aladec
tittielitetl4 tet.,f
po teel r tkink p
Pr9 ed a '1417 .gciad- Aaae aa'alae: st
Me ailed hini tanhesTeead."
Molly wanted te. snicker, taut she w
, indignapt-histead.,
hats better than being a fathea
she retorted. 'The s what Berta
MO" that the
6. It seems •
t even."
hats, where the
garley„,..- .
ak Bert and
tO expose Sled
to it"
bat's my fault,
owledged. "I b
rt led you to
he • ounterchargeds
bell ving that I ceuld defy Sledge,
It e "t be done, 3.1olly., hat
too big, too deciei've andloo f
The minute he fund that Bert,'
ethretigh him, you and I, knew th
Feeder would prosiesSledge's gun
ublie funds ease he seet for la
necked him down, had him beat
Insensible and arrested for a
ted blackmail."
e isn't just inst,arititnedus—he's
ate," laughed Molly. "it was
foot thing to do, though. Feeder h
expased him and saved us the trout, el,
and Sledge probably- av111 go t� t • e
pen tentiary, as I told him. e-vvould.
" ou• have, inaocent ideas," kin
rved her father. "Bet proba
urages ,you in thembut it is
to amen and prefect you Re
xaotly - what will hapPerd Feed
go ' to 'the penitentiary for t
e of net haring kept his mon
stop being e
Sledge threaten
d it. Bert the
es and Sledge
she half
gged.;
ott
"He e eneha
• the
er,
hal
tem
raed
obs
else
du
18 e
will
clam
Ohnt. ,Siedge will be iudiPted by, t
A -c
WI&
vim% etbe-i very commend&
Ityons.Oloired,hims" he olalettal
ela-den'i *Lek you do, how.'
Or 40,4 irr,e lielknas belie* -
aft kJ*" 'Worth the
seaosi
ItoBA
'1.0W"laah Yowl
7oitrovelailtded."
ree aaellbeeir she- a*
21110614 Otaistrelow:Ilititta. "Thi
mt. mai tt IOU OW*. Do
iset -100"
IVO4' 2Pan710111 la•
be a
me net t '7 Bert
amide I 'den" Istae
Me to meat a man
yo = stuck to ear.
Vanaheyou think et
iteetnation botairwasi
r
'He yon" - be td her with
con • "Sledge never gives olla"
"Tha is why he wins," she asserted.
"He everything. Why don't you?
Why •d t you announce that the new
compan is illegal and that it will' be
fought • the cont? Bfave-the,aews-
paper s y It can't band its lines; then.
the pri e of you stock will go up
again. Why don' yon trade some of
your stick for s ck in the new corn-
pany?• don't you threaten to stop
all your cars tmti thenitror or some-
body kes the et wieompany build ftsi
lines a y from your street? The
uew eo pane* eau ichat lazy -re care
'ding re sir-- morifllst and tfferetcl Tett
riot t nless the nuthorities did what
wanted them to do. Why don't Mott
down 'and shoot Sledge or hire, it
d ne? Re would! In facts he'd havo
• ne it by this time I know_ W y
n:t you igo to the, men who are 'et-
tijig th12 Company and see wfiat
y u ean find out? Then you can begin
s nee planbing. I wish 1 Were a man!"
Frank Marley sat staring at her. She
w s standing, tall, straight and with
Iiished cheeks, -her eyes shheing, lie
ssecl his hand over his been'.
'No wonder Sledge. wants to marry
y ui" he involuntarily complimented
• r. "You'd Make a great teamr
he laugbed Itied relented.
don't intend to be Mean, but yip;
ive me to it," she geld and kiss
and patted ithie on the head. "Go'
wn to these people and•see what
W 11 can end out," she cOnliSeled,
'I think I Will," he concluded, with
drowning man's desperation. "Mae
y you're a gritty one."
' * *' * * *
r. Bozzam, in the privacy eif tie
apurtatents, refiectively broke laus
esfrom his tiger into his empty
bball
Is the big chief punctured, or is
t enjoying himself?" he speculate
'It's mti opinion •that he's picked
rsesboe nails with all four Are
lared f t little Timbers, eying the
ted coflr Which he never put n
til just before he went out. "T
chief hat wriggle(' his .itiv y
ough t brokerglass for so ma
ae rs that he has thought himself -
mune. B t his pneumatics are it
tb_s time. Tbey've got him."
•I don't know," considered itozzara*.
oThey hav to bring him to trial yet,
Jlind for a an who controls the sacred
judiciary 1 '3 a long way between tin
indictment and et hair cut"
',They'll • ang him," atrOvred Timbets.
he peop e of this town have be4n
so long that the that
cutch him out without his
every man in the county
hting to get on the jury
ounces him guilty."
n folded the other thumb
•
•
4tftaid of
false they
hik stick
be fi
which pro
Mr. M
on top.
Possibly
BOZZaM, n
you're right," assented
Ung the capitalist's sigu Of,
extreme a lation. "When we firat
on this game I was idea ed
h my head under the co
✓ he'd 'find it out and de,-
ith a ball and cbatn, bat
ey've gothim on the run
psycbological egioment to
e double( cross."
• applauded Timbers. -Be.
g to him for reducing, us
of day laborers. It gives
es to think of pulling off
stetted in
to tilt nir
ere, for fe
orate me
noar that t
tlii; k It's
ha d lam
'•
' Encore!'
6tirit COM
tO !the pay
tap the hea
qu rter of it million burglary and- only
walking away with -fifty thousand of
h velvet"
"It wasn't -safe to let ourselves wishi
we ought t have any more," explained
i
Bozzara ' I know how we 'could slip'
Out friend Sledge the twin X's, Nit:
thel trouble IS nobody' own e the majo
ty !of the'e ock in the company whic
la o be nd ked."
et me 0 some guessing for Toth"!
Off red Ti bers. "If you sift it dowa
to the bo m I tWtik you'll find
at resaid edge as the principal
er. i
' mare good barroom kidder, b
ito have a skull of solid. bone," gen
eta, ed B m., "Sledge slid from
• de every bare of his stock while 4
tit Id extra 'a hundred for it. He Way
a a mid tity of it by and by, batt
he' I buy i in for thirty-five or Mae
an boost 1 to a buhdred after the old
en party as bougbt ner french
Wit the p tty quarter of a million
via for tb. t new stock Then
oro ably. s II out and stainpede fl
In. so h can buy it up for thfrt
• Id wax right." acknowledge!,
tin bcts 44 suppose nobody owns that
• stot k just W." 1
•
" 'et eno gh of it tb do any good,*
doe ded B m. •
laybe e wreck has the biggest
• ups egg." s ggested Timbers. ;
• he' w k? Whom do you meant"
'T e telep one bell rang. Timber*
unS vered . covered, the transmitter
Wit i his bi nd and turned to Bozzaro
wit a grin.
". arley." he answered.
farley?" repeated Bozzam. &Veil
i s to com up. Timbers, duck," hti
dincted as on as the invitadon had
bee extend `Woodson, I think fl
hav to be naysterloott with President
Plu "
M . itioodSon arose weld vast silence,
loe ed at hid watch and went away te
kee a deferred appointment with met,
aide (Ay aptitude. - Timbers derked_ on
his collar with fat speed, removed the
h1g1i bali gIassei bite the bathroeme:
sua hed atoivel; a newspaper. and sa.
nap n from the bed, pattedeup.the plea
IOW , grabbd his hat and was gone.
.4
lwra....wyme.**9
• HAPTER VII.
Marley and Bozzant Plan to Outwit
Sledge,
RESIDENT MA ?.LEY smiled as
tie
fine.
m afral
Bo
nit ready
have
for,"
tree for the
al ought not to be so fierce," re-
Bozzata, in the usually friendly
er tor. men who are about to
alt each* other'* commercial throats.
"Th should be room for two good
car systems in this town."
aaZot on the same streets," objected
ey. "Don't you thfnk it rather
foe h to parallel our lines, M. Boz-
zane? The reute, as published, look&
like! malice to me."
"I have no veice in that matter,"
dec1ired Mt; Bozzam, eying his caller
nir4ow1y. "You should see our nia-
jo4y stockbolder about that"
"1 see," mused Mr, Marley. 'Who
is y ur principal stockholder?"
"I believe the gentleman's name le
Sleclge--Benianala P. Sledge," Bozzam
infotmed hire, withtti smile. "Perhaps
yon ve heard of him."
. "'Yes. I • have." admitted matier
Bozzam. Thel two gen1
agreed the weather wee
you're too late, Marley,"
"Our subscription
to close."
I the street railway stock
laughedMarley in returrei
et up' to take your meas-
ttle.1,
eenoae mule as-3xiore or less straired.
"Friend of y lira I believe," sugg 3t -
ed Bozzan4 till syrdling, ana etill
studying Mr. arl y's countenance in-
terestedlY.
"Not offensi ely o," denied Marley.
"Indeed!" c1a1ned Bozzam, with
a"rsPlott!knndiocii1;,"
,1 finra tionit very
pe
ryf aiffirpcjueixity
t to.
• unteevel the '' ers nal, political and
comMerdat r at nships of all you
fellows. Fe
til nave that y lanY' rebainveonbethlirgeadei7olna:
aG r re atei Marley.
"I mean tha I t ought you were to
bent by th for ation 'of this new
cora tiny," .ex aim d Bozzam with an
appaent tree of c1crnfuion.
• "Benefit!" D1odJed Malley. "Why,
it has all but rok me. lao you think
it's any benefit to a man to have his
only valuable bol ings reduced from
•
and Sledge we e in perfect understand -
par o thirty- ve?"f•
"Bi George. I'zir shocked!" sympa-
• thized Bozz "Why, I thought You
Ing."
"1 don't ku w «bere 'you acqttired
that absurd 1iapresion, but it is en-
tirely wrong," asierted Mr. Marla,
with much v held • ice. "Mr. Sledge
would do eve
-hurt me."
"And 1 pres; me hat you evonld do
him alike fa or f you had the Op.
• partway," gr 1 tied Bozzam.
-I would not say theta' hastily re-
turned Marley', feelhig that he had
enough troubl on his hands.
1 "You're tM4ing it, though," laugh-
ed Beaatt. Mr. Marley flush . slightly, but kepi
discreetly silent.
"I thought Ise," Bozzam chuckled.
owMnr.7,,Marley, how much Of the stock
of the reargatind company do vat
"Two thous/mai six hundred and
• twentei-five sbees.'
"A little over a fourth," commented
Bozzette and drew a sheet of writing
paper toward biro., On which he figured
for a moment"to gala center& you
would' need 2,1376 ehares additional,"
he announced, L 'ow many of the
stockholders whuld, vote with you in an
emergency -r
"Not 'very nionyaheonfessed Marley.
"Naturally a share of our trouble is
ubilaarmaedt ptroesmentie,rd I am not rei7 Pep -
"Certainly 4ot,' Agreed Bozzam.
• "Fussing with pikers isn't safe, any-
how. You'd better buy the stock." .
"Buy. Iti" pr tested Marley. "Great
Scott, man, hat do I want with
more Of it?"
"Wotild you like to win out on this
little game of Sledgessr'
"Show me b , emended Marley.
"How active Jare ou willing to her
Inquired Rozza 'rtere you willing to
jump through
dt,hoarouf:
.rttill ir.ilL is lawful."
"Then reel; re. ;the limit," smiled
Bozzam, "N mit . ist step will he to
buy tbose I wo tle, tamed odd ettares at
thirty-five. lets Oe." He 'figured at
out, "They will . .t you a little over
$83,000."
"I haven 3 ilbe Mortey,!' confeased
• Marley , eateette • as cleaned nee out
of bolt, selsat :eel a edit."
• "Botpow it #1;i y ix StoCk.7 41#
"I can't 11111,411M # 7er twenty on it. 1
couldn't rube. le • 03 on my total un-
encuMbered de ii. 1
Bozzanr tv,etee e the window artd
'..iill(TtkleeatIma et' Ild-I'l sill:ill; A 4t,1 -eichslieeartler;rvvrme
teit
ea, aim in eutel Wonder. struggling
• against his riseei I ape. ' '
"I think I, eale • 'Ise a loan for you
at twenty.", litez. reported as the
result ,of 1114 de e. 'ration. "If that is
not enough 1 nee t have it arra/liked
to buy the hat; ii .1 needed and Too;
"BUIt
111thltanu:'ll'ao lei i i e plan?' demanded
tromaeioje4.2,:iu'leit,31,:si, seipear;h1a.s.49.grd eon -
me ,acie win should- break s•a., elf
buil* yssorthiees sr ick."
"Romanse Sledge nit liberal enough
with meja rettain Bozzam. a'Wh.fl
Marley, do 't on. ee. that Ibis cone
pany oaf. Is tale?
"Yon don'. .., 9 tr reaped Marley.
pan"Di: ined.ordittrge Si' ae Youedtatt. breakiner...this, co. ria
did it to sell, Boasana . "He
g in his power to
"011, hUBItir • - 4
.our ban -
chines, for the little. qinitette of a
million adios the _ a :Iiii6).6tIrat
up for stock. In
peraiwdred a 1.yrao, .androuLSIedgup:°:snaS"erae4rmloseve::z.i4s:171
dried Wet • a . - . The public is the only
be Oettri likelliatiks' the only !mini*
2li felisaidill.goaloh , iii*
TPity:puatiov,!haa.stosise,k-, atnintedipboa* , bitc„
fittlr thonste,14 we get two bun-
quarterlindotika rea-bele
weal dot is
disband, eV"
The
thoutatadtWit
the batance
lion."
He paused to test ,ari the bee*, at
that lonteal.1l�e an stalk into Mk
Heart P Ipitated
Welsh' Stive
Upi
Sat.
• FELT AS IF SIIII0111ERING;
ittro; Prancis !declare, Alma, Pale
writes: "My heatt Was in such a bad
condition I could not stand any excite-
ment, and at times when I would be
talking ens? heart Would palpitate so
that I weak' feel like falling. At night,
when I would go to bed and be lying
down for a while I Would have teat up
for ten or fifteen minutes, as I would
feel as then& I was =Waring. I read
in the day paper. cf 4 lady who lad been
fa the scoriPaondtttir as I was, and vas
cured by using "s Heart and
Nerve Pills, eo box, and they
did me so much, husband got
another, and Wore had used half of
the second box 1 was completely cored.
I feel as thouglaI can never eser woods
in favor of your *rut and Nave Ada"
Mllbures H
composed of
nerve aettics
merdeal stienee,
dealers, or wat
t. lab= Co4 14zoitimi.
3
S.1.25 -
are
tem dee
1 MarIeytalitMee rteMg,
"Great cratr murmured Mr. Mem
ley and wiped his brow. "But how can
we stop him?"
"Get control of the corapany. Call a• l
epecial meeting. When we offer tat
sell you our franchises stand pat Rade
refuse to pay More than $50,00e ftr4;
the franchiAes. You can defy us to.
build and make -aline grand stand pIail
out of it when youknow that we,
won't We'll accept fifty thousand,
and then you jungle it to slip Moodeent
and Timbers and me a hundred thou-
sand on the side. You'vo saved your
company a hundred thousand, we've'
dragged down what we ought to haver
I for our work, Sledge gets the _ betake
' and your stock botmces up to par.
Why, 3:teanieyou'll not only be where,
you -were before, but you'll dean WO
close to a hundred thousahd prathen:
the stiint."
• "Order seine whisky." Morley sug-
gested to his host.
* •* * * • *
ISledge, In the luxurious little room:
which he occupied for an hour each'
• day as president of the atirst laratioael,
gazed stonily at Bendix tier e punched'
the button on his desk.
'Chamberlain's bower' be speculat-
ed. "Hrtnh!"
"Of -course Marley gave notes for itei
Thirty, sixty and ninety days and Louri
months; four- payments, a seem)!
each."
In answer to the bell Cashier Davis
came in with the pomposity of Mei
owner of the mint mingled with the,
obsequiousness ef a messenger boy.
"Prank Marley," rumbled Sledge ace
cusingly. "He's got money. Wherel
did he get it?"
"Not here, sir," smiled Mrt Davis*
rabbiug his fish fat hands together. '
"Find out," direeted Sledge, and Doe
vis took hie sleek white sideburns and'
his white waisteoat out of the room.
"He's using cash, even in the pay -1
• went of leis grocery bills," tupplement.
ed Bendix. "Young Keene telle
that he saw into Marley's pocketbook,
aetivo aro you willing to bp?, hes
quired ebraant.
and it was staffed with big IOUs, thew
ands suul five hundreds. Ir..eene mobs
mates tiatt be weet have had SeleAle
with him"
°Wily don't the stock go down?' doe
:mended Sledge, the accusing look tkla
thus boring Into Bodin.
"1 pas," declared. &attire tursdug
both upward. -"ruched setoff ti
the pa every' day about the neet.
equipment Mid better sebedules and
the seneral'eaappling .of
it In ogee a oft- 4oini
titre the stochas mewed Way -eerie
Dew, and at tht
alle tra it
chasing it down yestetitse 1 picked*
Iwo than 100 shaxet, We seeeteot aft*
tie control too latea
°Who's buying iti"O
ate'heapk,young hrO&e sag
"am bovitilet
won't ssy mho its fee,
ocatta....*F otdiariN glee
sloe noun to be taints* gesalad Sat!
no matter what happen*, tee otork ase
hound to be worth more then thirtioe:
live. Spent/Mora have sd*
roan"
"nerd maks a
edge, emit* down
winch, In thissweres, We&
Itim hand hole is ebegateneartmeessist
imedration.
'Vow *boot Bossener
'rye tried. my best is Owe moo.
thing hack to his CZowd, bit I filet
tad a Monection KV -
Menace was silent for a ssemeate,
"Iiceszana's an it,". he said 4si*e
"I don'tlike to think one* defeselieHlt
Amax. "He seems to evorkelestie"
"Yott found letua," erptalued Sledge.
"He's halt - Hes a crook.
Sven *len dix grinned.
"I don't deny that hat boas et* wise
to start snythhig wtlie you. That*
lieliat 1 bank on."
"He think* rig on tbe paa," detara
tikedge, "He's a stranger."
Davis came ha
'We have teleplemed all the loorate
be reported. 'alone of the nt has mole
May recent lanais to hfea wines aer
re any ebecke been draws in. his ale
1 -
Too."
alluahl" granted
iy welted oat ofthe
kg? Bendix, end dim
lag runabout ever whi
policemen$tood guard, ,
ortY'reare Stock," he directed Beet*
and drove oft 'Sell it.
He abode into the alter °Itree- as&
tin company 6ra stoppe4atnow.
4e6t,
erteliala
atev mosey hem.
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