Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1906-11-02

TEMPLE had been trying to do, and Of
course he knew nothing Of the success
they had achieved. But In his present
mood he was optimistic enough to hope
for some good result. He thought he
might meet Temple at supper II his
work. whatever it was. had been finish.
ed. and when he found that his friend
was neither present nor expected he
satisfied himself with the reflection
that the task Temple had undertaken
was very probably. ppe, requiring
good deal more time than had elapsed
since he began It. A little later be got
more definite information. ~: =, -
Temple isn't to beswith u.s. he half
said, half asked after the, greetings
were over. :: 20
mo-, answered Captain win. ."Hs
has gone back to the mines. He is rath-
er done up with the work and anxiety
and loss of sleep. l tried to make him
take possession of your rooms this aft.
ernoon for straightaway. sleep, but
he thought he'd rather 60 back to MS
wife till the 10th. He'll be here. how
ever, in time, to assist at, the grand
finale, as the show people call IT." seII
am afraid don't understand" said
Duncan, with a look Of Inquiry. n
"Why, there's to be meeting OF the
stockholders Of the 4 NationaLo1 the
10th, you know."i-I
81 didn't know. But what Of it ?.,,.z,
"Whyy only that your friend Temple
wants to he thefe. when he and
march into the meeting controlling a.
majority interest and elect board OF
directors for old Napier Tandy. leay.
+flig him completely out of It. Not a.
word about that. however. to anybody
till the time comes,-srWe want add
to the, gpatnatlc effect by making thes
:ththga complete surprise" .e,
Eift Captain 4WilI Hallamphad been
robust boy of ten chewing upon a par
ticularly to,thsome zmorsel he could
net. have shown greater relish for
what was ip his mouth thanthe did for
these SER tennes as he uttered them,
But-Btncan wasastll mystiied,T and
.px.
in ansyers to, his questions Captain
Hallans explained. zh .: ~ =.
yeWhsGsy you got yourself lntoytrouble
BY pae1sAging with the accentuatio9s'
Of buzz saw" he said.- kk~ could see
,only one way out md that was to putt
you iptosa position where even, the dis
etfDodied spirit of Calumny itself could
aataretend to believe old Napier Tan
dys yarn. YoG know. Tandy Is fond
of playing strfcks, especially upon me5T
and as stheS president andvcontrolling
spirit of a rather strong bank he has
been able to give me good deal Of
trouble now and then.>~A year ago
Stafford and I decided that 1t might
some day be handy for us TO control
az majority of the stock In Tandy's
bank. There was good deal Of 1t
lying about loose-that Is to say, q !,
number of people held little, blocks sof
II, ranging from one stssre 70 Eve All
of these .iDeonle we're more or less IN,
der Tfpxgss influence. aud 81 Of tRe4
wxfesin ti,e. habitM giving him Arokieg
to vote their stock or else the41S
going iirto the stockholderE @Esf ing
and voting as h65iesired.
."StaffoM and quietly set about buy
Ing up this loose stock, through other
people, of course. so that we shouldn't
appear instheA matter I'VE had gCt'fs1
per cent Of It when you got youtself
into trouble WITH Tand$sssh occurred
to me .tfhM five could gets three MI
four more sharey and emphasize "olpiEsI
confidence in you by making you pres*
,dent of yTshdyss owH bank and turn;
ing him out s9 ass sAe might see tf
point and stoRs s. fesk l fatter n.y.
self that stafford and ! are pretty 2p
known all ,oserf vest and arl9kf55ig
bankers In tire east We, aresrot dtdN
generally regarded asia pair Of subli-
mated Idiots, which. same we SHOULD
certainly be. II we deliberately made "a
bank president 4oht ofe young man
whose fnteyrlty was open to any pos
sibiHt9 .ef suspicion. PNow. don't Pc "a
a hurry !rAseeing that Duncan wak eaI
ger to ask questions or to express bis
appreciation Of Captain Hallam's in-
teresf In hlmself-"don't be In hurry
and don't interrupt. Let me tell you
the whole story. At first didn't sees
any possible way In which. to secure
thesfhree shares, without which could
do nothing. took pains to have the
stock: register Of the bank examined.
i l5tfound that Tandy himself and the
members of his immediate family ownrI
ed- forty eight shares. and that four
more 4eionged to Kennedy. the tug
captain whom you discharged after
calling5him by a picturesque variety OF
bet nafnes- or course 1t was OF no use
to approach. Kennedy even through an
outsidersas befis, In Tapdy's employ
now and very deeply In Tandy's debt,
/ must explain that as Stafford and J
had Bought sfdek through agents of our
own we had kebtao our hands concealed
by leaving tleseveral shares nominal
u IN theshNHds of the men we,had en-
pfoyed to- buy them and instructing
those men to go on voting the stock
in whatever way.fandy wished. THIS
made TandyH feei perfectly secure Of
hts. controli Of the bank. Even II hel'
had sold out half bis own interest," hes
would have felt secure, seetpg tbS al y,
the floating stock. was wfthiT his VOTE