The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1901-02-06

might be maintained and kept running.
lie held a conference with the men
who owned most of fits stock before he
answered the letter from Chicago.
Then he wrote that while the com
pany was not anxious to sell out It
might consider an offer of $500 The
Chicago man came back With propo-
sltlon to pay $4,000. There followed
further negotiations by correspondence.
Finally Mari was asked to make Il
trip to Chicago TO talk the matter over.
Before he left an upset price of $4,000
was fixed for the property.
We'll let ii so at $4,000 the presi-
dent of the company said to Mari as
the latter stepped on the train.
Gregory Tppman met him at the
Union station and introduced himself
as one of the men interested in the pur-
chase Of the road. The two went dl-
rectly TO the lawyers office. There the
deal was discussed ut length As n
final proposition the new syndicate
made an offer of $4,000, to which
Mari refused to listen.
Finally Uppman came to the point
III tell you what, Mari" he said.
You use your influence with the com.
pany to get them to accept $685. and
we'll be glad to pay you a personal
commission Of $4,000 when the deeds
are signed"
At first Marr WAS horritied at the
thought. 1t seemed to him that to take
such n commission would be selling his
professional honor He shook his head
Uppman went on explaining smoothly
that II commission on large sales of
this kind WAS quite the usual thing. II
was not intended in any way as bride.
The property WAS not worth more than
$4,000. Its owners We're getting a
good price for their llne There was
nothing out of the way about II.
The more Mari thought of the mat.
ter the more 1t seemed to him that per-
haps he would be justified IN taking
the $4,000 He had secured the price
fixed by the owners of the line. Sure.
ly there was no harm In his making Il
little out of Ii on his own account. BE.
sides, he needed the money badly, If
after thinking 1t over he concluded that
,
he could turn II over when the price
agreed on WAS paid.
Uppman took him out to dinner that
evening. They dlned at club, and
Mari drank more wine than he WAS
used to. BY 10 o'clock he had decided
TO take the money and settle It with his
conscience later. Next day the deal
was completed. Mari got his $1,000 IN
cash. aud the papers We're signed for
the transfer of the lIartIl street ear
line.
On the next train Uppman followed
Mari home TO the far west. Mari went
straight through 10 IIartil, where the
street car people congratulated him ON
the successful completion of his work.
Uppman stopped Off Mt Carton and re-
| ported to Swerin and Senator Gltklnz.
Ten days later he and Swcrin went up
to the state capital to open the sena-
tors campaign headquarters. one of
the first men Uppman met in the lobby
of the hotel was Senator Mari, just
come down 10 attend the session. The
legislator recognized him with evident
signs Of embarrassment. But the poll.
tician wasted little time.
How do you do, Senator MarrY' he
began I'm glad to see you again.
| Come down TO look the ground over a
| little In ndvanccW
Eyes. Mr.. uppman but what brings
you here just nowY
"Oh, I'm Senator Gltklnz's private
secretary, you know I've come down
| to open his headquarters for the cam
paign. BY the way, senator, we'd like
TO have you call on us as soon as you
can conveniently, Parlor g. second
floor"
Senator Mari blushed. hesltated and
looked around US II he had been de
tected In some dlshonorable act.
You're Senator Gltkinz's private sec
retaryf" he stammered. II thought
you were street railway man"
"Oh, / have little interest In one or
two lines, but what I'm chiefly inter-
ested Ia is to get Senator Gitkln2 sent
back to the senate. | trust you'll call
on us today. You and | know each
other pretty well already, you know.
AS friends we ought TO stick together.
political quarrels, and I'm sure we
shall get along together without any
trouble. You'll come and see me. wont
your
For a moment the two men fought
duel with their eyes. Then Marr's
glance dropped. He felt that he was
defeated.
Yes" he answered hesitatiDgly,
an come"
When Uppman reported the result of
his interview to Swerln, who was sit
ting quietly up stairs In an inner room,
the latter gentleman smiled grimly.
"Checkmate" he said. 81 thought
we had the old man where he couldn't
get ay."-Chicago Tribune.