Arizona republican., 1907-12-29

right. and am prepared to recommend
a dividend payment
I What" cried Welch. and then he
dropped back in his chair, muttering
Thank Cod"
Shinn and Herrick gazed at Dane in
a stunned silence: Tweed. his face liv-
! id and contOrted. his eyes wild with an
unbelieving fright. rose trembling. and
! in a low, shaking voice, said: is it
! true?"
( THE mine is perfectly good and
prosperous" Dane ansyered.
Then Tweed flung both arms above
his head and wide from his shoulders
and cried: I'm sold out, I'm sold out!
Get me Vance-quick, for Gods sake.
quick!" He stumbled round the end Of
! the table, his foot caught the leg Of
chair and upset it with a crash; he
shook off Welch's intercepting arm.
and opening the door cried out: Call
up Vance * Co.-quick, quick" Then
he closed the door. hung over welch's
desk and. gripping the standard Of the
desk telephone, turned again toward
Dane" he said Il would shoot YOU for
a hound
But. old man." said Shinn cajol-
ingly you're not sold out. you know;
how could you be-"
AT the window" Tweed answered
in a GREATNESS, quivering voice. Il
saw Vance. my broker. l suppose he
knew of this meeting and was looking
across. | gave him his signal-to
sell"
The telephone bell rang and Tweed
caught up the instrument.
This you Vance? This is Tweed. Did
you sell Valdez? What. all Of it? What
price? Down as low as what? Forty
five to .fifteen,"
He thrust the receiver roughly back
into place, cutting off the connection.
''Fifteenl" he cried. Fifteen. Less
than l paid for-and l counted on it
10 pull me through"
He went lettering TO the table. and.
sinking into a chair. laid his face upon
his outstretched arms.
We'll" said Welch. Fifteen is better
than nothing a little while ago. That
was a pretty foxy scheme you tried
to play on us-and that was why you
wouldn't come into the pool"
Hold on, Welch," Dane cried
sternly. Il might have let you send
your message from this room"
Welch turned on him furiously. And
by what right" he demanded, do you
come here to lie to us and tempt us
and sit in Judgment"
Yes" cried Shinn, stepping up be-
side the lawyer and confronting Dane,
How dare you trifle with us? You
lied-you lied-yOu will be held to ac-
count. Decent men will not speak 10
you"
He stopped. quivering with passion.
speechless for want of breath; his
chest heaved. his face was red and
swollen. his eyes flashed. Dane look
ed at him sadly, disregarding the law
I yer.
Il can't say anything, Dane admit
ed. Il want to do what | can
He turned suddenly and sat down at
/ Welch's desk. And while he was sit
ting there. Shinn stood over him. pour
ing out TRADE that had momentarily
been choked.
You dared-to play with us-tO
mock us-and torture us-for your
SPORT We'd done nothing to you
nOthing-we We're you're friends. BY
! bOus CdSpdi Ddies YOU re Il ulSETdCe
to humanity"
Dane, who had Endorsed three Of the
five certificates that he had handed to
the lawyer for safe keeping. sat silent
under this scourging. Now he rose.
with the papers in his hand. and said
quietly to Shinn:
You're right to feel that way-from
what YOU know; I'll say nothing. I'm
through with the game; you gentlemen
may think of me as you will"
He passed in front of Shinn and
went up to Tweed. who was still sit
ting at the table with his head on
his outstrtched arms.
Tweed" said Dane touching his
shoulder The old man did not look
up. Across the table. Paul Herrick
raised eyes. and Dane saw the conf
tempt and distrust in his glance
Tweed" said Dane again gently, you
and | have been friends good while I
And want to pay for my fun-mighty
poor fun I've found it, | don't know
how much you've lost-but here are
three certificates for thousand shares
each-and you've got to take 'em. In |
six months Valdez will be worth a
hundred dollars a share-and if | know /.
anything about mines. our great grand
sons will be drawing dividends from |
it as well as ourselves. Come. old man, |
you don't turn me down on this?"
Then as Tweed still did not raise his !
head. Dane forced the papers into the !
mans Outstretched hands.
For a moment Tweed looked up. /