The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1903-09-20


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Copyright. 1908. BY Mcclure. Phillips & Coz
l. IRON AND HEARTS.
NHE Office Of Isaac Bunton, dealer in
coal and pig iron, was a small. sin
gle-rOOmed house. with door to a
street whose deep mud was black
with COAL another door opening into
g covered passage where outbound carts
stopped to have their loads weighed, and
two windows looking out on a yard
crowded with the dealers commodities.
Al the far end Of the yard was a wharf,
bordering recess from q canal On the
morning OF late October day the pro-
prietor Of the business sat at a table desk
facing the windows, where he could
watch the work going on IN the yard.
II might have engaged his pleased atten-
uon, Tor an unusual number OF his
chunky. blue carts bearing his own name
IN large, smudgy-white leCteIs. were be-
ing loaded with coal for household delfv-
cry; trucks from neighboring furnaces
were being loaded with pig iron: while
more Of that ugly but highly respectabl
commodity was being unloaded from a
censl-boai and piled lilse cOrdwO0d on the
wharf
But these CHEEKY signs of rushing busi-
ness failed 10 dispel a look Of worry from
the face u Isaac Bunton tailed even To
hold his attention when he ufted his eyes
from a litter of paper on his desk to
glance out into the yard. Yet rushing
business and Isaac Buhton had, IN the
past few years, become synonyms In the
little poIt of White River on the lake. In
the business Of commerce. the BUSINESS Of
politics, Tie business Of churcn and so
clety, MI Bunton was DrOIn.nent and
successful = d rusher.
loaded coal cart rolled on to the ouiv
ering platform OF the sea -es, the clerk
took a memorandum of the weight frorl
the registering beam inside the oliice nd
gave the driver card with the advice.
Hustle aiong with that, Pat" The driv-
er tucked The card inside his cap. le-
Eponded. "All right. Harry, me Dye."
CLIMBED on TIE cart ana 5Oited away
Isaac BuntOn watched The c4srk 20 to
hls desk ard enter charge against d
customer for d ton Of coal. hen ne turn
Cd again 10 d tangIe Of figures he naI
made and mUttere0. "A ton VI coa.i Ban!
4 thousand. ten, a hundred Thousand
That ought to be the size OF nv business
Pig irOn2 A truck luad''-.is = tuck
stopped on the scales-"ssith ten .nou-
sand tons of IL almost on my hands In
my hands, II / couid raise $500 more! The
bank Is run by lot Of gtannies who are
IN panic because I've morlgaged every
thing-eyen my home. The first big
chance Of my life; an advance Of two
dollars a ton-three. four, nve-almost a
certainty
His eager. boldly confident face flushed
with yeNation. But he jumped to his feet
hustled in through the street door, nodded
gOod-naturedly 10 TIE clerk and ex-
claimed, "W eli, Ike, I've got it,"
''Of course you have. We didn't go into
the hight % lose. Eh, Doc? On, pardon
me, Mr.. Postmaster; Frederic Paxton,
Postmaster. That sounds all right [
congratulate you
And I thank you" said DR.. Paxton.
shaking hands with the merchant heartily.
Il know that I owe my appointment 10
you more than 10 any one else Ike
"Oh. Il was easy for me-" Bunton said
81 didn't ask anything. I demanded it.
I went 10 the County Committee and said
I want your Endorsement Of Doc Paxton
for the pOstofiice. I'm entitled to it
Well, they gave II. 1 guessed il would
fetch the appointment, and it has"
Il appreciate what you've done for me,
Ike; and III want your advice about the
places in the Office, Of course"
Thank you, Doc. MusK you go? See
you tonight; the Mite Society meets at
our house, remember.
Howard and Grace reminded me of it
at breakfast and told me TO be sure to be
home to 90 with them. Now I'm off. My
patients will all get well II / neglect en-
for politics any longer" and the big,
Eood-natured doctor started toward his
buggy at the door
II say, Doc. got five thousand dollars
about vou?" Bunton called after him.
Never carry less than FIVE hundred
thousand" the doctor laughed. "Will
that DO as wellZ'
The two friends looked at one another
in silence: the doctor smilingly waiting
70 see II there was any serious sequel to
the others joke; the merchant thinking,
"An unlikely quarter 10 ask help won
der II his house"-then aloud-"Doc,
you've no mortgage on your house, have
your
NO"
"sit down here minute. Listen to
me"
Bunton sat on the edge of his desk and
leaned over as he rapidly spoke 10 the
doctor, seated in the chair, listening with
increasing interest. The c,erk caught bits
Of his employers eager explanation:
Threatened early close Of lake naviga-
ton: shortage Of iron ore; proposed rail-
road extensions making big futures de-
mands for pig iron5 valley furnace
pressed for cash; like finding money to
grab its offer OF 10000 tons; bank timid- =
lend only 60 per cent; pig iron as good as .
pig gold
fs a lot Of money: yes. could get that .
amount m uaorfgage when 2's-laughfng