Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-04

Inc expert accountants who were put to
work on the banks books made an abso-
lutely clean report, and the minutest scru-
uny OF the securities of the bank proved
everything intact. Wheaton had been q
master of order and system. The searching
investigation of experts and directors re-
Vealed nothing that was not cret;table tn
the missing cashier.
We'll, sir, said Porter you've got me 7
guess Jim Was crooked some way but he
didn't do rs up. guess there's nothing we
can say against him"
HIS case is unusual" said Fenton 4
think we'd better leave it to the psycholo-
giSts.'
1t was necessary to fill Wheaton's place.
ana while they were casting about for a
cashier Porter ard Thompson received Of
fers from Chicago syndicate for their
STOCK IN the bank. The offer was advan-
tageous; both of the founders were old and
Goth were in broken health. They debated
long what they should do. The bank w1s a
enid or their own creating; Porter was par
ucularly loath to part with it; but EVELYN
10 whom he brought the matter in a new
spirit OF dependence on her finally pre.
vailed upon him. They closed with the
o1fer OF the syndicate parting with the con-
troll but remaining in the directorate Por-
ter had other interests that required his at
tenuon chief among which was the traction
company; and after the bank question had
been determined, he gave himself to a care-
ful study of its affairs
Il guess this thing amt so terribly rotten
alter all, he said one day, at a conferences
with Saxton and Fenton. The earnings
were steadily increasing
NO, It's making showing now and I'M
less you want to keep it for a long run YOU
had better sell it before you get
INTO strike or row with the CITY au-
thorities or something like that to spoil IT.
And fancy that Saxton's ma king a show
ing that the next fellow can't beat. one
things sure" said Fenton: some extern
sions aid improvements have got to be
made the coming summer, and they will
take money
Well, we won't make them" Porter de-
clared. Wen reorganize and bond and
get out.
While the newspapers and the Judge of
the court to whom he reported praised Sax
ton, Porter never praised him. 1t was not
his way; but Fenton took care that Porter
should understand fully the value of Saxton's
services. Praise had not often been John
Saxton's portion, and he swas not seriously
troubled by Porter's apparent ind ference.
He was not working for William Porter
he told himself at times when Porters at
titude annoyed him: he was working for
the United States district court: and he
went ON doing his duty as he saw it, He
was, however. anxious to be relieved but
Fenton begged him to remain through the
reorganization. He liked Saxton and adj
mired his steady persistence. Together
they worked out the problem of the pro-
posed new company and managed IL with
much tact and sef-effacement that Por-
ter believed all their suggestions to have
originated with himself.
It's simpler that way" said Fenton,
speaking to Saxton one day of the neces-
sity of this method of procedure Hes a
perfect brick, and he'll like us lot better
II we let him think he's doing all the work.
He is a brick all right" said John
(To be continued tomorrow.l