Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-03-31

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 DO YOU BEGIN TO SUSPECT
 THINGs?" SHE ASKED.
 way. Doubtless she will go on and marry the other man in due season; but she will never forgive you If you smash her ideals. But we were talk ing about the things you ought to have guessed. Fetch me the atlas from the book-case-lower shelf; right-hand corner; that's it."
 He did it; and in further obedience opened the thin quarto at the map of the United States. There were heavy black lines, linked in with a pen, trac- ing out the various ramifications of a great railway system. The nucleus of the system lay in the middle west, but there was growing network of the black lines reaching out toward the Pacific. And connecting the trans Mississippi network with the western was a broad red line paralleling the Trans-Western railway.
 She smiled at his sudden start of comprehension.
 Do you begin to suspect things?" she asked.
 He nodded his head.
 You ought to be man. If you were, I should never give you mo- ment's peace until you consented to take a partnership with me. It's as plain as day, now"
 "Is it? Then I wish you would make it appear so to me I am not half as subtle as you give me credit for being"
 "Yet you worked this out"
 That was easy enough; after had seen Mrs Brentwood's letter, and yours from Mir Hunnicott. The Plant agould people want your railroad, and the receivership is a part of a plan for acquiring 1t. But why is Maj. Guilford spending so much money for improve ments?"
 His reasons are not far to seek now that you have shown me where to look. His instructions are to run the stock down so that the Planta- gould can buy it in. Cut rates and big expenditures will do that-have done it. On the other hand, it is doubtless a condition of the deal that the road shall be turned over whole as to its property yalues-there is to be no wrecking in the general accept ance of the word. The Plantagould doesn't want a picked skeleton"
 Miss Portals eyes narrowed.
 "It's a skillful bit of engineering, isn't it?" she said. You'd admire 1t as artistic work yourself if your point of view were not SO hopelessly per- sonal."
 You don't know half the artistic skill of it yet" he went on. Besides all these different ends that are being conserved, the gang is taking care. of its surplus heelers on the pay-rolls of the company. More than that. 1t is making immense political capital for itself. Everybody knows what the policy of the road was under the old regime: All the tariff the traffic will stand But now a Bucks man has hold of it, and liberality is the word. Every man in Trans-Western territory is swearing by Bucks and Guilford. An. my dear friend. his excellency the governor is truly great man."
 She nodded.
 I've been trying to impress you with that fact all along The mistake you made was in not joining his party early in the campaign, David"
 But Kent was following out his own line of thought and putting 1t in words ss 1t came.
 Think of the brsin-vork it took to bring all those things into line. There was no hitch. no slip. and nothing was overlooked. They picked their time. and fl vas a moment when We were absolutely helpless I had filed our charter, but our local organiza- tion was still incomplete They had their jadge and the needful case in his court. pending and ready for use at the precise moment They had Hawk on the ground. armed and equipped: and they knew that unless a miracle intervened they would have nobody. but an unprepared local attor- ney 10 ohstruct them
 'Ts that slI7" she asked.
 -No. The finest bit of sculpture is on the espstone of the pyramid. Since we have had no hearing on the merits. Guilford Is only temporary receiver. subject to discharge if the allegations in Hawks amended petition are nos sustained After the major has suf- fcisntly smashed the stock. Judge NscFsrisns vfII come back. the hssr- ing on the merits viIl bs given. vs shall dozb.iess make ozr point. and the rua5 ufII revert to the stock- holdsrs BIs by that tine enough Of the stock viii have ekargei hands a the 'rrscf price to put the Piants- sozId people safety ia the saddle. snt the frsezeogt vLI be fact accon- plissed-
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