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(Continued from last week.) .
So they cleared away the' under-
brush, and put a double force of men
to work on what was to be the most
beautiful and comfortable bungalow
•n the edge of the harbor. It bad
blue and green and white tileson the
floors, and walls of bamboo, and a
red goof of curved tiles to let ink the
sir, and dragons' .heads for water-
spouts, and verandas as broad as the
(house itself, There was an open
•oust in the middle' hung with bal-
conies looking down upon a splashing
fountain, and to decorate this ,patio,
they levied upon people for miles a-
roundifor tropical plants are colored
mats and awnings. They eut down
the trees that hid the view of the
long harbor leading from the sea in-
to Valencia, and planted a rampart
of other trees to hide the iron -ore
pier, and they sodded the raw slots
where the men had been building,
until the place was as completely
transformed as though a fairy had
waved her wand above it.
It was to be a great surprise, and
they were ell --Clay,' MacWilliams,
and Langham—as keenly interested in
it as though each were preparing it
for his honeymoon. They would be
walking together in Valencia when
one would say, "We ought to have
that for the house," and without
question they would march into the
shop together and order whatever
they fancied to be sent -out to the
house of the president of the mines
en the hill. They stocked it with
wine and linens, and hired a volante
and six horses, and fitted out 'the
driver with a new ,»sir of boobs that
reached above his knees, and a sliver
jacket and a sombrero that was so
heavy with braid that it flashed like
a halo about his head in the sunlight,
and he was ordered not to wear it
until the ladies came, under penalty
of arrest. It delighted Clay to 'find
Yhat it was only the beautiful things
and the dine things of his daily rou-
tine that suggested her to him, as
though she could not be associated in
his mind with anything leas worthy,
and •he kept saying to himself, "she
will like this view from the end of
the terrace," and "This will be her
favorite walk,' or "She will swing
her hammock here," and "I know she
will not fancy the rug . that Weimer
chose."
While this fairy palace was grow- ,
ing bhe three men lived as roughly ,
as before in the wooden hut at the;
terminus of the freight road, three
hundred yards below the house, end!
hidden from it by an impenetrable'
rampart of brush and Spanish bay-
onet. There was a rough road lead-
ing from it to the city, five miles a-
way, which they had extended still
farther up the hill to the Palms,
which was the name Langham ,had
selected for his father's house. And
when it was finally finished, they
continued to live under the corrugat-
ed zinc roof of their office building,
and locking up the Palms, left it in
charge of a gardener and a watch-
man until the coming of its ,rightful
owners.
Ir had been a viciously hot, close
day, and even now the air came in
"sickening waves, like a blast from the
engine -room of a steamer, and bhe
heat lightning played round the
mountains over bhe harbor and show-
ed the empty wharves, and the black
outlines of the steamers, and the
white front of the Custom -.House, and
the (long half -circle of twinkling
lamps along the quay, MacWilliams
and Langham sat panting on the low-
er steps of the office -porch consider-
ing whether they were too lazy to
clean them,eelves and be rowed over
to the city, where, as it was Sunday
night, was promised much entertain-
ment. They had been for the • last
hour trying to make up their minds
as to ,this, and appealing to Clay to
stop work and decide for them. But
he sat inside at a table figuring and
writing under the green shade of a
student's lamp and made no answer.
The walls of Clay's office were of un -
piped boards, bristling wibh splin-
tees, and hung with blue prints and
outline maps of the mine. A gaud-
ily colored portrait of Madame la
Presidenta, the noble and beautiful
woman whom Alvarez, the President.
of Otencho, had lately married in
Spain, wee pinned to the wall above
the table. This table, with its Ween
oil -cloth top and the lnm•p, about
which winged insects beat noisily,
and an earthen water-jar—from
fram which the ''water .dripped as
regularly as the ticking of a elock—
were• the only articles of furniture
in the ofice. On a shelf at one side
of the door lay the men's machetes,
a belt of cartridges, and a revolver
in a holster.
Clay rose from the table and stood
in the light of the open doer, stretch-
ing •himself gingerly, for his joints
were sore and stiff with fording
streams and climbing the.suefacea of
rocks. The red ore and yellow rand
oafl a Catarrh Medicine
Those who are in a "run down" conde
tion will notice that Catarrh bothers
Pieta much more than when they are In
loud health. This fact proves that while
math • Is. a local disease, It lc greater
rnueneed. by constitutional condition&
AI.LB CATARRH MEDICINE le a
Tonle lure.Hlood, Purifier, and a; l a through
Ea MOOS Men the mucous renames of
e body; 'thus" ti'tdueing the Inflammation
d-resttooring normal conditions.
rAtuggltltlA reulare free
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of the mine were plastered over
his boots and riding -breeches, where
he had stood knee-deep in the water,
and 'las shirt stuck to him likaa wet
bathing -suit showing 'bis ribs when
he breathed and the carves of his
broad oheet. A ring of burning pa-
per and hot ashen fell from his cig-
arette be les breast and burnt a' hole
through the cotton shirt, and he let
it lie there and watched it burn with
a grim smile.
I wanted to see," he explained,
catching the look of listless curiosity
in MacWilliams's eye, "whether there
was anything •hatter than my blood.
It's racing around like boiling water
in a pot."
"Listen," said Langham, holding up
his hand. "There goes the call for
prayers in the convent, and now it's
boo late to go to town. I amt glad,
rather. I'm too tired to keep awake,
end besides, they don't know how to
anulse themselves in a civilized way
—at least not in my way. I wish I
could just drop in at home about now;
don't you, MacWilliams? Just about
this time up in God's country all bhe
people are at bhe theatre, or they've
just finished dinner and are sitting
around sipping cool -green mint,
trickling through little lumps of ice.
What I'd like—" he stopped and shut
one eye and gazed, with his head on
one side, at the unimaginative Mac-
Williams --"what 1'd like to do now,"
he continued thoughtfully, "would be
to sit in the front mw at a comic
opera, on the Male. The prima don-
na must be very, very beautiful, and
sing most of her songs at me, and
there must be three conhedians, all
good, and a chorus entirely compos-
ed of girls. I never could see why
they have men in the chorus, any-
way. No one ever looks at them.
Now that's where I'd like to be.
What would you like, .MacWilliams?"
'MacWilliams was a type with which
Gley was intimately 'familiar, but to
bhe college -bred Langham he was a
revelation and a joy He came from
some little town in the West, and
had learned what he knew of en-
gineering at the transit's mouth, af-
ter he had first served his apprentice-
ship by cutting sage -brush and driv-
ing shakes. His life had been spent
in Mexico and Central America, and
he spoke of the home he had not
seen an ten years with the aggres-
sive loyalty of the confirmed wander-
er, and he was known to prefer and
to import canned corn and canned
tomatoes in preference to eating bhe
wonderful fruits of the country, be-
cause the former came from the
States and tasted to 'him of home. He
had crowded into his young lite ex-
periences that would have shattered
the nerves of any other man with a
more sensitive conscience end a less
happy sense of humor; but these
same experiences had only served to
make .him shrewd and self-confident
and at his ease when the occasion or
difficulty came.
He pulled meditatively on his pipe
and considened Langham's question
deeply, while Clay and tine younger
boy sat with their arms upon tlheir
knees and waited for his decision in
thoughtful silence.
I'd like to go to the theatre, too,"
said M'acWiiiiame, with an air as
though to show that he aiso was
possessed of artistic tastes. "I'd like
to see a comical chap I saw once in
'SO—oh, long ago -before I joined the
P. Q. & M. He was funny. His
name was Owens; that was his name,
John E. Owens—"
"Oh, for heaven's sake, MacWil-
liams," protested Langham, in dis-
may; "he's been dead for five years."
"Has he?" • said MacWilliams,
thoughtfully.. "Well—" he concluded,
unabashed, "I can't help that, ,he's the
one I'd like to see best."
"You.can have another wish, Mac,
you know," urged Langham, "cane
he, Clay?"
Clay nodded gravely, and MacWil-
liams frowned again in thought. "No,"
he said after an effort, "Owens, John
E. Owens; that's the one I want to
see."
"Well, now I want another wish,
too," said Langham. "I .move we
can each have two wishes. I wish—"
"Wait until I've 'had mine," said
Clay. "You've had one turn. I
want to be in a place I know in Vien-
na. It's not hot like this, but cool
and fresh. It's an open, out-of-door
concert garden, with hundreds of col-
ored lights and trees, and there's al-
ways a breeze corning through. And
-Eduard Strauss, the son, you know,
lends bhe orchestra there, and they
play nothing bat waltzes and he
stands in front of them, and begins
by raising himself on his toes, and
then he lifts his shedlders gently—
and then sinks back again and raises
his baton as though he were drawing
the music out after it, and the whole
place seems to rock and move, Its
like being picked up and carried on
the deck of a yacht over great waves;
sad all around you are the beautiful
Viennese women and those tall Aus-
trian Officers in tlheir long, blue coats
and flat hats and silver sword's. And
there are .cool drinks—" continued
Clay, with his eyes fixed on the com-
ing storm --Fall alerts of cool drinks
—in ,bigh, thin glasses, full of ice,
all the ice you W t
"Oh, drop it, w--"
Will you?" cried
Langham, with a ehrag of his damp
shoulders, "I este CtSIid it, I'mn
parching"
Walt a minute,' interrupted mac-
Williadis, ,leaning fonse and and look-
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Ing into the night. "Seim, one's,
coming." There was a sound down
the 'road. of .hoots and the rattle of
the land -crabs as they,eorambled off
into •bhe bushes, and two men on
(horseback came suddenly out of the
darkness and drew relit in the light
from the open door. The first was
General Mendoza, the leader of the
Opposition in the Senate, and the
other, his o^derly. The General drop-
ped 'his Panama hat to his knee and
bowed in the sadd'e three times.
"Good avenin f, your Excellency"
said Clay, rising. "Tel! that peon Excellency,"
get my coat, will you?" he added,
turning to ',Ingham. Lamgham clap-
ped 'his •hant+s, and the clanging of a
guitar ceased, and their servant and
I cook came out from the back of the
'hut and held the General's horse
while he dismounted. "Wait until I
get you a chair," said Clay, "You'll
find those steeps rather bad for white
yduck."
"I am fortunate in finding you at
ha7ne," said the etfleer, smiling, and
showing h!s white teeth, "The tele-
phone is rat l:mr I hied at •th:
clash but 1 i iii 1 not Dell you."
"It's the storm, I sunpose," Clay
answered. es 'he eruggled into his
'ticket, "Let me offer you something
to drink." Fre e"tered tihe house and
returned with several bottles on a
tray and a bendle of cigars. The
Spanish-American enured himself out
a glass of water, •miring it with Ja-
maica rum, awl said, smiling again,
"It is a swine of your countrymen
that when a man first comes to
Olancho he nits n little rum into his
water, and that when he is here some
time he puts a little water in his
rum."
Yes," laughed Clay. "I'm afraid
that's true."
There was s muse while the men
sipped at their ,'•asses, and looked
at the •ponces and the orderly. The
clanging of the guitar began again
from the kitchen "You have a very
beautiful view here of the harbor,
yes" said Mendoza. Fle seemed to
enjoy the panne after his ride, and to
be in no 'baste to begin on the object
Of .his errand. MacWilliams and
Langham eyed eadh other covertly,
and Clay examined the end of his
cigar, ,and they all waited.
"And how are the mines progress-
ing eh?" asked the ofilcer, genially.
"You find much good iron in them,
they tell .me."
"Yes, we are ening very well," Clay
•assented; "it was difficult et first,
but now tfhat things are in working
order, we are getting out about ten
thousand tons a month. We hope to
increase that soon to twenty thous-
and when the new openings are de-
veloped and our shipping facilities are
in better shape."
"So much!" exclaimed the General,
pleasantly. "Of which the Govern-
ment of my country is to get its
share of ten per cent—one thousand
tons! It is munificent!" He laugh-
ed and shook his head slyly at Clay,
who ensiled in dissent.
'eleut you see, si-." said Clay, "you
cannot blame us. The mines have al-
ways been there. before this Govern-
ment came in before the Spaniards
were here, befo-e there was any G(w-
ernment at ell. but there was not the
capital to open them up, I suppose,
or—and it needed a certain energy to
begin the attack. Your wreople let
the chance go, end, as it turned out,
I think they we -e very wise in doing
so. They get ten per cent. of the
output. That's ten per cent. on noth-
ing, for tike mines really didn't exist.
as tar as ve" were concerned, until
we came, did they? They were just
so much waste land and they would
have remained s'•. And look at the
price we paid dawn before we cut a
bree. Three millions of dollars; that's
a' good deal of -me nev. it will be some
time before we realize anything ort
that investment."
Mendtna shook his head and shrug-
ged his shnu'ders "I will be frank
with you," he said, wibh the air of
ane to whom dissimulation is difficult,
"I come here to -nicht on an unpleas-
ant errand, but it is with me a mat-
ter of duty, and i em a soldier, to
whom duty is tee foreMost ever, I
have Mme to tell you. Mr. Clay, that
we, the Opposition, are not satisfied
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day, sir," the. General stood up and
bowed_ "ae 'bbough he were before a
groat assembly,, "I will rise in• the
Senate and rpo've a vote of want of
confidence in the Government fortihe
manner in Which it has given away
the richest.posasesiona in the store-
house of any country, giving it not
only to alienee, but for a pittance for
a share which Is not a share, but a
bribe, to blind the eyes of the people.
It has been a shameful bargain, and
I cannot say who is to blame; I ac-
cuse no one. But I suspect, and I
will demand an invee"gation; I will
demand that the value not of one-
tenth but 'of one-half of all the iron
that your company takes out of
Olancho shall be paid into the trea-
sury of the State. And I come to
you to -night, as ehe P. ardent Hiregp-
tcr, to informs you bef ,-hind of my
intention. I do not well to take you
unprepared. I do me blame your
people; they. are buenexs men. they
know how to make wind bargains,
they get what they hest can. That
is the rule of trade. but they have
gone too far, and I advise you to com-
m,:•nicete with your peanle in New
York and learn. what they are pre-
. ,1 t -t offer now—now that they
have to deal with men who do not
consider their own into-„sts but the
interests of their country."
Mendoza made a sea..'"ing blow
and seated himself, fro vnine dra-
matically, with folded arms. His
voice still !hung in the air, for he
'had spoken ;as earnestly ns thiuglh he
imagined himself shoed, standing in
the• hell of the Se"a'.• championing
the cause of the people.
M'aeWilliams looked no at Clay
from where he sat ml the steps be-
low him, but Clay did not notice aim,
and there was no sound, except the
quick sputtering of the nicotine in
Lan/heart's eine, at w'•i •h he pulled
euickly and which VAS 'he only out-
ward sign the boy eaa o of his inter-
est Clay shifted on., muddy boot
!Iver the other end le:•n•si back with
his .hands stuck in his bet.
"Why didn't You speak of this
sonnet?" the asked.
"Ah, yes, that is fair," said the
General, quickly. "I kr •te that it is
late, and I regret it. sed I see that
we cause you inconvenien.e• but how
could I speak sooner warn I was ig-
norant of what was going on? I
have been away with my troops. I
am a soldier first, a politician atter.
During the last year I have been
engaged in guarding the fr'ntier. No
news comes to a General in the field
moving from Damp to camp and al -
1 ways in the saddle; but I may vent-
ure to hope, sir, that news has come
to you of me?"
Clay pressed his lips together and
bowed his head.
"We have heard of your victories,
General, yes," he said; and on your
return you say you found alines had
not been going to your Liking?"
That is it," assented the other.
eagerly. "I find that indignation
reigns on every side. I find my
friends campla•ining of the railroad
Which you run across their land. I
find that fifteen hundred soldiers are
turned into laborers with picks and
spades, working by the side of ne-
groes end your Irish; they have not
been paid their wages, and they have
been fed worse than though they
were on the march; sickness and—"
Clay moved impatiently and drop-
ped his boot heavily on the porch.
That was true at first," he inter-
rupted, "but it is not se now. I shou'd
be glad, General, to take you over
the men's quarters at any time. As
for their not having been paid, they
were never paid by their own Gov-
ernment before they came to us and
for the same reason, because the
petty officers kept bark the .money,
just as they have always done. But
the men are paid now. However,
this is not of the m•et importance.
Who is it that complains of the terms
of our concession?"
"Every one!" rxe!nimed Mendoza,
throwing out his arms, "'and they ask,
moreover, this: they •,sk why, if this
mine is so rich, why was not the
stock offered here to es in this coun-
try? Why was it r.it put on the
market, that any one might buy? We
have rich men in OII:u•ho, why should
not they benefit firstof all others by
the wealth of their wen lands But
no! we are not asked to bay. All
the stock is taken in New York, no
one benefits but the Slate, and it re-
ceives only ten per cent. It is mons-
trous!"
"I see," said Clay. gravely. "That
had not occurred to m•' before. They
feel they have been slighted. I see."
He paused for a moment as if in ser-
ious consideration. "Well," he added,
"that might be arranged."
He turned and jereol his head to-
ward the open doer "If you boys
means to go to town to -night, you'd
better be moving," he said. The two
men rose together and bowed silent-
ly to their guest.
"I should like if Mr. •Langham
would remain a moment with ns,"
said Mendoza, politely. "I under-
stand that it is .his Father who con-
trols the stock of the company. If
we •discuss any arran(-ement it might
be well if he were here."
Clay was sitting with his chin on
•his breast, and he did not look up,
nor did the young man turn to ham
for any prompting. "Ihn not down
here as my fathers sun,' he said, "I
stn an employee of Mr. Clay's. He
represents the company. Good night,
sir."
"You thank. then," said Clay, "that,
if your friends were, given an oppor-
tunite to subscribe o the stock they
would feel leas resentful toward us?
They would think it was fairer to
all?'
"I know it," said Mendoza; "why
should the stock go out of the coun-
try when those living here are able
to buy it?"
"Exactly," said Clay, of coarse.
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the gentlemen who want to buy stock
in the mine the same awen who are
in the Senate? The men Who are
objecting to the terms of, our CAncea-
aion ?"
"With a few exceptions they are
bhe same mien."
Clay looked out over the harbor
at the lights of the town, and the
General twirled his eat around ,his
knee and gazed with appreciation at
the slays above him.
"Because if they are," Clay con-
tinued, "and they succeed an getting
our share out down from ninety per
cent. to fifty per cent., they •must see
that the stock would be worth just
forty per cent. less than it is now."
"That is true," assented the other.
"I have thought of that, and if the
Senators in Opposition were given a
chance to subscribe, I am sure they
would see that it is better wisdom
to drop their objections to the con-
cession, and as stockholders allow
you to keep ninety per cent. of the
output. And, again," continued Men-
doza, "it is really better for the coun-
try that the money should go to its
people than that it should be stored
up in the vaults of the treasury,
when there is always the danger that
the President will seize it; or, if not
this one, the next one."
"I a'honld think --that is—it memo
to me," said Clay with oared eon-
sidenation, "that your Exeeliency
assight he able to render us great help
in this matter yourself. We need a
friend among the Opposition. In
fact—I see where yon could assist us
in many ways, whereour services
would be strictly in thstine of your
public duty and yet benefit us very
much. Of course I cannot epea'k
authoritatively without first consult-
ing Mr. I4anghtam; but I should think
be would allow you personally to pur-
chase as large a block of the stock
as you could wish, either to keep
yourself or to resell and diatriimte
among those of your friends in Op-
poaition where it would do the moat
good." '-
Clay looked over inquiringly to
wthere Mendoza sat in the light of
the open door, and the General smil-
ed faintly, and emitted a pleased lit-
tle nigh of relief. "I•ndeed," continu-
ed Clay, "I should think Mr. Lang -
ham might even save you the formal-
ity of purchasing the stock outright
by sending you its money equivalence.
I beg your pardon," he asked, inter -
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United Kingd,m Dom Mimi of
Canada and Provinces of Can-
ada Bonds
Canadian Municipalities, school
Diet r let and Rural Telephone
Delman/ urea 14,906.06
Ronda and Debentures 655.553.69
Steaks 286,713.99
Cash in Chartered Banks 69.771.71
Cash on Hand 856.72
Other Aeamt. 3194177.36
17.750.00
11.678.30
2,295.44
Guaranteed Trust Account—
It eaJ Enna to bell for sale 542,094.56
Mortgages
Principal 53,180.916.40
Interest 138,832.76
53,319.749.16
Loans on Stocks, Mond. etc.... 158.418.15
United Klagdom, Dominion of
Canada. P,s vincta of Canada
Baran
Canadian Munlc ipelatlea School
Dlatrict and Rural Telephone
Debentures 666,939.00
Other Hondo and Debentures629,985.00
cash on hand and in Chartered
Hanka 241,645.93
ntber emount duo from
Dominion nlon Government
S1,969,731.23
466.028.49
26.273.39
•5,651.133.72
Estates, Trusts and Agency Account—
P0010. ane Domain -tents 517,734.258.05
525.155.123.00
JAMES J. WARREN,
President
91,869.731,23
Guaranteed Trust Account—
Trust Funds for 100.00••.••nt... 04,480.,355.50
Tract Deposita 1.064.778.22
25,861,133.72
Estates, Trusts and Agency Account—
Meteatre. Truett. and Agency Ar -
counts 17.734.268.06
$25155,123.00
E. B. STOCICDALE,
General Manager.
We have audited the books for the year ending 31st December, 1921, • and verified the cash, bank bal-
aJloea and .eeurltloa of the corporation. We have examined the statement and It agrees with the books of
the corporation. After due consideration we have form: an independent opinion as to the position of tete
corporation; and with opr Independent opinion 0o formed and according to the heat of our Information and.
the explanations given us. we certify that In our opinion the statement nets forth fairly and truly th1te
state of the affair. of the Corporation; and that all tranoetions of the corporation that have come witbin
our notice have been within the powers of the corporation.
GE0.12GE EDWARDS. F.C.A. Avditers.
'Y. PERCY EDWARDS,
I1F EDWARDS. 1140120A I a COMPANY,
Chartered Aeeountaatn.
Toronto. 25th January, 1922
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