The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-05-19
How the Contract
Was Filled
CHEMICAL WORKS Story
BY E. r. STEARNS.
Author OF Tho Girl from JepsoD's.
copyright. by Joseph y. Bowles.)

AS the CLOCK STRUCK ten, COWies-
Junior OF Caxton & Cowles, the manu-
featuring chemists-sent up his card.
Cowles was hidden to go up and enter
the sick-room.
"Well, what Is it," Caxton asked,
not too cordially. IT'S that internal
contract--eh?"
yep"
II knew It! I knew 1t! ! knew
we were in for muss, sooner or later.
II was fool thing from the very
start. You never should have made
it."
We'll. II was pretty broad con-
tract" Cowles confessed I'm not
denying that part-but 1t was the only
thing they'd sign, and we need all the
business we can grab this year. Let
me see We were to furnish them with
something like two thousand barrels
OF sal-soda during the twelve months.
the deliveries to be made when they
called for them. That's the sub
stance. Last week they wanted one
hundred barrels at one delivery. II
was all nonsense, of course. They
tOuIuH DbSolDiy uot ~ dii "' oh'N "h'
It nearly wiped out our stock of sal.
soda-but gave 1t to them"
Cowles avoided the eye Of the In
valid and stared across the bed, falling
into contemplation of the bottles on
the medicine table.
Now" he said softly, they want
two hundred and fifty barrels more,
before noon tomorrow"
Observation-Disclosures Cax-
ton shouted
"Um-m."
why, hang it," Caxton cried, test
uy. IL don't believe they've even got
storage facilities for another two hun
dred and fifty barrels there! It's a
put-up job"
"Of course It is. It's simply bluff,
to worm out Of that contract. Hewes
Is morally certain that we won't make
the delivery-and not having kept to
Que end of the agreement 1t let's them
out as well. DO you suppose I can't
see through that? | even know their
reason for the move. Day before yes
terday, the combine changed It's mind
and offered Hewes all the soda he
wants, whenever he wants 1t. for no
end less than he's paying u.s."
yes, | imagine that something of
the sort may have occurred" said the
senior partner, drily. II guess Hewes
Is open to 1t, so far as we're con-
cerned."
We'll don't!" said Cowles. and
the glitter OF war awakened In his
black eyes. "Hewes isn't freed from
that contract until noon tomorrow,
and not then II we should happen to
deliver his two hundred and fifty bar
rels.''
Redding, superintendent of the Cax-
ton 4 Cowles factory, staring out upon
the unpleasing landscape of Brooklyn's
uttermost end as he ate his lunch. was
startled by the abrupt intrusion of the
Junior partner.
"Redding," said that gentleman
there's the devil to pay again with
these Hewes people"
more soda? Terror appeared In the
superintendent eye Since the sign
ing of the Hewes contract, sal-soda
had absorbed an undue amount of his
time and attention.
1.-TWO hundred and fifty barrels be-
fore noon tomorrow! How does that
strike you?"
I'VE cant give 1t to them Mr..
Cowles-that's all There's only a
hundred and two or three barrels in
the place"
81 know 1t. How much soda Is
crystallzing now in the coolers?"
I'VE may take out So barrels this
afternoon"
Good. You have 20 coolers for
Glauber's salt, haven't you, and 10
more for Epsom's?"
"Yes."
"All right. Empty them-every one
and start more soda crystallizing,"
THAT won't give us the balance be-
fore noon tomorrow.
"Never you mind noon tomorrow,
said Cowles. IF you push everything
to the limit you can turn out the stun
by noon on Thursday-the day after
to-morrow-can't you?"
81 suppose So"
"All right That's what wanted to
know"
But will Hewes give us the day OF
grace necessary for that, Mr.. Cowles?'
I'm not going to ask for it-you
can gamble on that, Redding. Now
they want one hundred barrels with
our brand on-that's what they mean
to use themselves; and the other hun
dred and fifty are to be delivered with
no brand-that's what they intend e
resell, OF course. think Wen order
brand-new sugar barrels for that lot
They look nicer. and Hewesll be JUS
that much more likely to save then
for his customers. Can your barre
man give us that many tonight"
"Tll ask him" Redding turned Il
the telephone. Yes" he said, after
moment, I'VE can have them"
"All righs. Order 'em. Tell hin
they positively must be here before 81,
o'clock. And, by the way, before