Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-07-11


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Matter III hand. i. u-.. -..,
ss,ps.r me, i, fls u ~ ~
sfe!" he observed. This q 0ertaia-
1ya anotAer'' insistai6S III
sls p3afate. = +. >>tt. s' i; e !.
How so?'. 4 asked :s:,s:,s u.
L? Because it was my intention 70
i've called upon s ssiooas shorsl after
h.nch yesterday son thie sp.ttei;' he;
answered. ort1inate1y I ~tias pre-
vented a. the Last. moment He'd: /
Ssen+ able .to,g get ,hsre,. I;;miGht have
4orest&lled Your more SUCCESSFUL
client. Are yops qnite ssure. Mr. Fair
fax, that it is out of the question
for you TO ax4ert&ksssa swlhh6itt 1T :ws
want?'*-- I -; = :: 49,: z:
If It is necessary for me to go 1t
once, I fear it isl I answered. "But
II it would be of any use to you, 1
could send you a. most trustworthy
subordinate; one who would be quite
capable Of undertaking the work,
and who would give you every salts
faction"
.., II fear that would not: be the same
thing" he said. my firm have such
implicit faith in you that they would
not entertain the idea of anyone
else going. Now think, Mr.. Fairfax,
for q moment. If you are prepared
to 60, I, in my turn, on behalf of my
company, am prepared to offer you
your expenses~&nd: q sum Of $4,000.
You need not be away more than
three months at longest, 30 that You
see our offer is at the rate of s2o,-
600 year. It is princely remunera-
ton"
I looked at him closely. It was
plain that he was in earnest-in
deadly earnest, 90 it seemed. Even
. defaulting manager would scarcely
seem to warrant SO much zeal, T.:
II am very much 1lattered by. your
OFFER" said; and believe me, I
mest truly appreciate the generosity
of your company; but, ~ said be-
fore, If it is necessary for me to 60
1t once, that il to say, before have
completed my present case, then I
heve no option but to most reluc-
family decline. ~
Perhaps you will think It over, y
he continued, land let me know, say
Tomorrow"
mo amount of thinking it over
will induce me to alter my decision y
I replied. "You must see for your
self that have no right to accept q
retainer from one party and then
throw them over in order to favor
another. That would not only be a
dishonorable action on my part, but
would be bad from q business point
of view. No, Mr.. Bayley, I am ex-
ceedingly sorry, but have no option
but to act as am doing"
I'm that case I must wish you q
very good morning." he remarked,
and took up his hat and umbrella.
could see, however, that he was still
reluctant to 60. 8:
"Good morning,7 l answered. II
hope your affairs in the Argentine
may brighten before very long"
:. He shook his head gloomily, and
then left the Office without another
word.
When he had gone I answered some
letters, gave some instructions to my
managing clerk, and then donned my
hat and set of for the o11oe Of the
shipping company that had brought
Gideon Hayle to England.
Unfortunately it transpired that
they were not in . position to dc
very much in the way Of helping me
Mr.. Bertram had certainly Travelled
home in one of their steamers, 30 the
manager informed me, Q boat that
~ q rule did not carry passengers
He had landed at the docks, and from
.. that moment they had neither seer
nor heard anything of him. in
quired for the steamer, only to learr
that she was now somewhere on he1
; way between Singapore and Hong
Kong. This was decidedly disap
pointing, but as most of the cases il
; which have been ultimately success
full have had unpromising beginnings
! I did not take it too seriously tt
heart. Leaving the shipping office,
next turned my attention to Hatto1
Garden, where called upon Messrs
Jacob and Bulenthall, one of tn.
largest firms in the gem trade. w,
had had many dealings together il
the past, and as had had the goo,
fortune on one occasion to do then
a signal service, I knew that the,
iwould now do all that they could TO-
me in return.
"Good day, Mr.. Fairfax" said tn
chief partner, as I entered his snuI
little sanctum, which leads out of tn
main Office. "What can I have tn
pleasure Of doing for you?"
II am in search Of some informa
tion," replied, and I think 20
may be able to help me-
II will do all that is in my powe
to render you assistance" he re
turned, as he wiped his glasses an
placed them on his somewhat aesh
nose. "What is the information 70