The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-11-23

swell. now, want to say" said
Stafford. that you've a mighty long
head, anyhow, TO make counselor of
such girl rs Barbara Verne. It's the
very wiscst thing you ever did In your
ne ana the wiscst you ever will do till
W make her your wife. OF course
hat will come In due timer
e. hope SO. but am not sure l can
accomplish that"
why | had supposed it was all ar
ranged. Why haven't YOU
Perhaps | have. At any rate, the
doubt | spoke of Is not due to any neg
lect of opportunity on my part. But
we must get to business. 1t is 2
O'clock in the morning. We've found
out old Napper's game Now. what are
we going TO do about it?'
During this little side conversation
Hallam had been pacing the floor,
thinking He now began issuing or
ders, like shots from rapid fire gun.
go to the instrument there, Duncan,
and telegraph Temple to come to Cairo
by the first train. Tell him to give in
structions to his assistant as to the
running OF the mine during a long alb
sence on his part"
When Duncan had finished the work
of telegraphing, Hallam turned to him,
saying:
You, Duncan, are to start for New
York on the O'clock train this morn
ing. Leave your proxy with Stafford
to vote your stock in the present COM
pany, and
whats your plan, Hallam?" inter
rupted Stafford.
''To give old Napier Tandy the very
hardest lesson he's ever had to learn
at my hands. You and | will call a
meeting of the company Immediately
and make Duncan president"
"Sut how are we to get rid of Tan
dy?"
ASK him TO resign and kick him out
if he doesn't Bat listen! We've no
time to waste. Well reorganize this
company, making it IA real railroad
company to build the road instead of
being the mere projecting company it
is now. You and | and Duncan will put
all the money we can spare into ii, and
we'll make every man in Cairo who's
got anything beyond funeral expenses
put it in. All the subscriptions already
made to the inducement fund well con-
vert into permanent stock subscrip-
tons. Then, with the county, city and
town subscriptions in hand. well have
about $iO00,000 Of our stock subscrib-
ed. We must have $12,0O0,000 of stock
in all 1t is for you, Duncan, to find
the rest in New York You must see
capitalists and persuade them to go in
with us as Subscribers either TO the
stock or to the construction bonds that
We'll issue. You are to use your own
judgment. and well back you up"
What are you going to do with
Temple?'
Make him chief engineer to the com
pany and set him at work surveying
and locating the line at once. It's now
3 o'clock. You must go and pack your
trunk, Duncan. I'll telegraph you in
New York, telling you everything you
need to know. Take your copy of our
private cipher code with you, in case
we should have confidential communi-
cations to make Go, now. I'll smooth
your way by telegraphing our CORE
spondents in New York and the Off
GERS of the Fourth National asking
them to help you. Stafford, you'd bet
ter go home now. You're getting along
in life. you know, and need your sleep"
Stafford was about ten years younger
than Hallam.
SO ended conference that was des-
tined by the success or failure of its
purpose to decide the fate Of a great
enterprise and the future of thriving
city, to say nothing of the career of a
brilliant young man