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

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. s's1Re e., sif,j| ! remember him. perfect
~" Turner replied. IT; "a: tall, ssbur1J
man, with 4 bushy beard; thestof+o1
his little Anger on the left f'ba2d.
missing, and = long white scas ever
his right eyebrow r III @t:..:> g.: -
f 1.-THE same,"-1 answered,s II soc
you have not, forgotten him: Wsn,I
want you to find him out, and let me
have IN exact account OF :hiS .pnoz1-
i, m1,sein iii during the next three weeks.
The Office will arrange your expenses
in the usual way, and You had better
leaveaby the mail tsxin.;s@1n oil prob
ability I shall see you. on" ~~..s.@
livery good, sir" the man respond
cd. and withdrew.
He had scarcely gone before one of
my clerks entered the room and
handed me . card. On it was printed
the name of Mr.. Edward Bayley, and
In the left-hand bottom corner was
the announcement that he was the
managing director of the Santa Cruz
Mining company of Forzoda in the
Argentine Republic.
"Show the gentleman in, Walters"
I said.
In . few minutes q tall, handsome
man, irreproachably turned out, en-
tered the office. He seated himself in
. chair the clerk placed for him, put
his hat and umbrella on another, and
then turned to me.
my card has made you familiar
with my name, Mr.. Fairfax" he be-
gan, and doubtless, if you are at all
familiar with mines and mining, you
are acquainted with the name of the
company I have the honor to repre-
sent?"
II am very much afraid the min
! ing market does not possess very
much interest for me-" replied. Il
have to work so hard fog my money,
that when I have got it I prefer to
invest it in something little more
reliable. May I inquire the nature
of your business with me?"
II have>come to see you, Mr.. Fair
fax" he said, speaking very impress
sively, and regarding me deliberately
as he did So, ION rather, q delicate
subject. Refore=I explain what it ii,
may ask that you will treat what
am about to tell you as purely con-
! fidential?''
my business is invariably q conf
Dental one," answered for the Sec
ond time in two days. II venture to
think that this room has heard more
secrets than almost any other in
England. But though they say walls
have ears, have never heard it said
that they have tongues"
1T is sometimes good thing that
they have not" he replied. "And
now let me tell you what business
has brought me here. In the first
place, if you do not already know it,
l may say that the company repre-
sent is an exceedingly wealthy one,
and, as our business les long way
from Threadneed1e street, if ] may
50 put it., it is necessary for us to
trust very largely to the honesty OF
our employees on the other side OF
the world. OF cc:~-se we make all
sorts Of inquiries about them prior
to engaging their services, and it il
also needless to say that we keep q
sharp eye on them when they have
entered our employ. Nevertheless, il
is quite possible, all precautions not
withstanding, for an INSCRIPTIONS
man to take advantage of us. As 4
matter of fact, this il what has hap
pened, and what has also brought
me to you. For some considerable
time past we have had our suspicion.
that our manager at the mines has
been in league with = notorious ras
cal in New York. In proof of this
might say that our returns have
shown decided falling oil, while
our manager has, so we have lately
discovered, within the past year be
come rich enough to purchase prop
erty to a considerable extent in tn,
| Ou1CCO OIdCCS. CCly lOT us
owing to a lack of direct evidence
we are unable to bring his defalca
tions home to him, though of cours'
we are as certain of our facts as w,
can well be of anything"
II think I understand" I said
"Your business with me is to endeav
or to induce me to go out to tn
Argentine and make inquiries o,
your behalf with the idea of bring
ing this man to book. is that no
SOP
"That is my errand," he replied
gravely. IF you care to undertak
the task, we, on our side-and
speak as the mouthpiece of the con
pany-will be prepared to pay 20
very high terms for your services; i
point of fact, almost what you ma
ask in reason. The matter, as yo
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