The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1907-04-09

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LET Us NOT ARGUE"
poses getting concessions in Borona. l
am going to take run down there
and get the railroad franchise through
Camar. Camar Is on the coast, and
the company will have to pay me well
for what will cost me practically moth
ing. That is business. You might en-
large your fund of geographical infor-
nation, but it would never occur to
you to profit by what you learn"
There's hope yet" said Dan lightly
as he rose. Meanwhile / am to I'M
derstand that your consent to my mar
riage with Mabel is refused9"
Withheld" corrected Phillips. He
never gave a definite answer when he
could help it. perhaps in the fu-
ture"- Dan nodded. Perhaps In the
future his uncle might make him his
heir.
John Phillips turned to his desk, with
the consciousness of an unpleasant cpl
sode cleverly closed. 1t was not until
the next morning that his eyes were
opened. Mabel had run away. 81
have gone with DAN" she wrote. 81
want husband, not valuable addi-
ton to the firm of Phillips & Kent"
Phillips shrugged his shoulders and
went his way. Deep in his heart her
desertion hurt, but with several big
operations pending he could not afford
to waste time. He shut his ears to the
talk of his associates, but as the days
went on and Dan and Mabel did not
appear to ask parental forgiveness his
anxiety grew. He had supposed that
when the honeymoon was over they
would come back He was almost
tempted to delay his trip to Camar.
But there was no one else In the firm
who spoke Spanish well enough to be
trusted with the negotiations, and so
the Mabel, his Iuxuriously appointed
yacht, slipped down the bay and in
due course of time anchored in the
landlocked harbor of Porveda
1t took him two days to gain an audi
ence with the president of the tiny re-
public, for there had just been revo-
luton, and matters were slow in
Strengthening out Alvadora, the new
president, spoke English haltingly, but
English he would speak, and Phillips,
tactful, but impatient, chafed inwardly
at the delay. He spoke Spanish flu
emily, and in ten minutes he could
have approached the subject had the
president held to his native tongue, but
this was precisely what the president
would not do.
~ spik the English. Is 1t not so?" he
cried. "Bonato not one word could he
spk-he who would be presidente. It
is to chickle, is it not?'
Another language makes another
man." quoted Phillips from an adver-
Using card he had seen in the street
ears. Il compliment your excellency."
''My thanks" said Alvadora. "You
are my friend. Is it not SOP"
But about this concession" pressed
Phillips. "Of course a railroad would
not pay very much, but we are looking
into the future. when the road shall
have made Camar great"
.'Ah, yes, the railway" said Alvadora
dreamily. 'For him you shall see my
business manager"
"Your prime minister?' suggested
Phillips correctingly.
SIS it that | spik the English so badT'
demanded the president reproachfully.
mon. 1t is you who do not under
stand"
But a business manager is not an
official of state, but of commerce." per-
sisted Phillips.
MY frien'," pleaded the president
'let us not argue. See my business
manager in the morning. Look; shall
send him to you. Yes?"
THANK YOU SAID Phillips. But
meanwhile let me show you the advan-
tage Of such a proposition"
Alvadora waved him off. Business
matters were for the business mana
ger. He was the president. 1t was
not well that he should interfere.
Phillips went away thoroughly dis
gusted, and his bad temper held the
next morning as he waited at the hotel
for the advent of this mysterious Off
cial, nor did his wrath cool when a
card was brought to him and he read,
Daniel Carter Curtis, Business Man
ager, Republic of Camar."
81 have been instructed by the pres
ident that you wished to see me in the
matter of some conce -ion," said Dan
as be entered respleEdent in white
flannel. 81 presume that it has to do
with the project that we discussed in
your Office not long ago"
"How the devil did you get here"
demanded Phillips blankly.
"Dicky Etern had his yacht at Palm
Beach. He brought us over" explain
ed Dan. "You seemed irritated that /
had not jumped Mason's scheme. so /
came down here to get In on this rail
road matter"
"And brought Mabel with your
"Mrs. Curtis hopes that you will do
us the honor of dining with us this
evening""
an be hanged If / dor stormed
Phillips. "This caps the climax. You
steal my daughter and my Ideas and
then calmly invite me to dine with you
as though nothing had happened"
''Then .d4RQt let US air our private