of and nineteenth street line if he could get that if he had that he say to and his friends once they had this line here now why not let me run this line of which i am part owner with you in connection with my the own after that so many things could be done is such a subtle thing suddenly an idea occurred to him say george he said why do you work all your schemes through and and couldn t you manage some of these things alone or with just one person instead of three or four it seems to me that plan would be much more profitable to you it would it would exclaimed his round eyes fixed on in a rather helpless appealing way ive thought of that but these have had more experience in these matters than i have had frank they ve been longer at the game i don t know as much about these things as they do smiled in his soul though his face remained passive take this railroad deal you re in on george j ou and i could this just as well and better than it can be done with and in on it they re not adding an to the wisdom of the situation they re not putting up any money you re that all they re doing is agreeing to see it through the and the and as far as the is concerned they can t do any more with that than any one else could � than i could for instance it is a question of arranging things with and putting up a certain amount of money for him to work with here in town there are other people who can reach the council just as well as i m not asking you to change your plans on this north deal you couldn t do that very well but there are other things in the future why not let s see if you and i can t work some of them together you ll be much better off and so will i we ve done pretty well on the city loan proposition so far the truth was they had done exceedingly well aside from what the higher powers had made mr s the new house his lots his bank account his good and his changed and comfortable sense of life were largely due to s successful of these city loan already there had been four issues of two dollars each had bought and sold nearly three million dollars worth of these acting one time as a bull and another as a bear mr was now worth all of one and fifty thousand dollars there s a line that i of here in the city which could be made into a splendidly paying property said after a while if the right things could be done with it just like this north line it isn t long enough the territory it serves isn t big enough it ought to be extended and if you and i could get it it might eventually be worked with this north company as one company that would save and ofl and a lot of things there is always money to be made out of a larger power he paused and looked out the window of his handsome little upon the future the window gave nowhere save into a back yard behind another building which had formerly been a residence some grass grew feebly there the red wall and brick fence which divided it from the next lot reminded him somehow of his old home in new market street where his uncle used to come as a followed by a black he could see him now as he sat here looking at the yard well asked taking the bait why don t we get hold of that � you and me i suppose i could fix it so far as the money is concerned how much would it take smiled inwardly again i don t know exactly he said after a time i want to look into it more carefully the one trouble is that the i m carrying a good deal of the city s money as it is you see i have that two thousand dollars against your city loan and this new scheme will take two or three thousand more if that were out of the way � he was thinking of one of those inexplicable stock � those strange american which have so much to do with the temperament of the people and so little to do with the conditions of the if this north deal were through and done he rubbed his chin and pulled at his handsome silk don t ask me any more about it george he said finally as he saw that the latter was beginning to think as to which line it might be don t say an at all about it i want to get my facts exactly right and then i ll talk to you i think you and i can do this thing a little later when we get the north scheme under way i m so rushed just now i m not sure that i want to it at once but you keep quiet and we ll see he turned toward his desk and got up ril make any sized deposit with you that you wish the moment you think you re ready to act just and he ll send you a check thought we ought to act pretty soon was speaking of city money to be deposited with acting as a banker in order to the proposed north project for which he was and part owner ril tend to it george replied confidently it win come out all right leave it to me kicked his stout legs to his trousers and extended his hand he strolled out in the 