Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-01-03
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help YOU. to further your interests, Mat
thew said he wheedlingly. Il know
no man Who has 4 brighter fuIure. But
not so fast. not SO fast, young man.
OF course. you: will appear as one of
the ~reorganizing conmi;tec-bu out we
could not afford to have the announce
ment come through any less strong ana
ole established house than the Nation
al Industrial bank"
AT least. you can make me joint
With them" | Wr@ed.
..ParEaps--yes-possibly-We see"
SAID he soo.hinyly. There IS plenty OF
time"
plenty of time" l assented. as If
quite content. II onlN wanted 10 pue
| the matter before you." And | rose TO
go. .,,-
Have YOU heard the news of Textile
co,nmon:' he asked.
Yes said l carelessly. Then. all
| IN an instant. a pan took shape IN my
mind. Il own a good deal of he stock:
and l must say. / don't like inns rise.
Why" he inquired.
Because I'm ure it's q stock-.1ob-
bling scheme replied l boldly. Il know
the dividend wasn't earned. don't IKE
that sort of thing. MIR. Roebuck. NOT
because it's unlawful--the avs are SO
clumsy that Il practical man often must
disregard them. But because ii is TAM
pering with the reputation and the sta
bility of a great enterprise for the sake
of a few millions of dishonest profit
I'm surprised at Langdon.'
Il hope you're wrong, Mathew was
Roebuck's only comment. He ques-
toned me no further, and | went away,
confident that, when the crash cainc IN
the morning. il come IL must. there
would be no more astoniShed man IN
Wall street then Henry J. Eoebuck.
How he must have laughed; o., rather.
would have laughed. if his sort OF hn-
man hycna expressed its emotions IN
the human way.
From him, straigh; to my LAWYERS.
Whitehouse and Fisher, IN 1t" Mills
building.
Il want you 70 send for The rewspa-
per reporters at once said l TO Fisher.
and tell them that in my belief you
are going to apply for an injunction
against the Textile trust. tnrbidding
them to take furtheI s.cps IowarI
that increase of dividend. Tell them l.
as a large stakeholder. and represent
ing n group of large stockholders. pur-
pose to stop the paying of unearned
dividends." :
Fisher knew how closely connected
), my house and the TeNtil" trust had
p, been: but he showed. and probably felt,
: no establishment. He was too expert
enced in the ways of finance n a
ciers. 1t was a matter of indifference
to- him whether l was trying TO assas-
! sinate my friend and ;illy. or was
Nii1tll cl -
. lie within reach so that we might. to-
: gether. fan upon it and make a battue.
. You lawyer is your trile mercenary'
J. Under his code honor consists IN max
ing the best possible fight IN exchange
for the biggest possible fee. lie Is
e frankly for sale to the highest bidder
y AT least so it is with those that lead
: the profession nowadays. give it what
: is called character" and tone
q Not without some regre, did thu
Il .,. ~. - q q ,al- "a. fpt1 ND in l1G q In
= sence. still" 1 reasoned, his blum.
der in trusting some lcaky person witt
mis- secret is the cause of my peril
and IN not hay" to justify myself II
him for trying to save myself VIVA
effect my Injunction would have I coul
not foresee. Certainly it could not saw
" me from the loss of my fortune; but
r, possibly. it might check the upWart
L course of the stock long enough t.
Ne enable me to snatch myself from ruin
l. and to cling to firm ground until til
O. Coal deal drew me up 10 safety.
lie MY next call was al the lntcrstat
vi Trust company. l oun Corey wait
er ing FOR me in a most uneasy state q
it mind.
IN is there any truth in this story ahou
g you was the question he pumped .
e me.
t. "yvhat story~ said i. and a hard fgf
e. had to keep my confusion anG alari
~ from the surface. For, apparently, IN
II, secret was out.
&c THAT you're on the wrong side {
u So it was out. Some truth I at
at mittcd. since denial would have bee
IN useless here. And I've come TO %
lie. for the money to tide ne over
He grew white, Il sickly White. az
ty into his eyes came a horrible. dro"ni.
ok look.
he II owe a lot to you. Matt" he plea,
lst ed. But I've lone you L s.e;,; mar
favors, haven't L"
nd THAT you have. Bob cordial
We agreed. But this isn't 4 favor. 1T
I'D business"
You mustn't ask it. Blackjack"
cried. I've loaned yoI more mon'
ye now than the law allows. and i caI
let you have any more
,Iv someone has beer lying to YOU, ~
you've been believing him." said
". when l say my request isn't a fave
ar but business. l mean il
ire II an let you have any more"
repeated. Il can't! And down car
ne his fist in a weak-violent gesture.
leaned forward and laid my ha,
strongly on his arm
~. I'm addition to the stock OF this co
,my Germ that l hold in my name" said
-, Il hold five shares in the name of
70 man whom nobody knows that l ev
know. If you don't let me have I
=. money. that man goes TO the distrl
~ attorney with information that Ian
you in the p~enitentiary. that puts yo
lne company out of business and IL
bankruptcy before tomorrow noon.
saved you three years ago. and &
me ,oncv -. this Rob Corey. And Inv q,
Don .,o,,.Ii to. tho no.rk,"
IN But we haven't done anything y
every ban in town doesn't do eve
vas day-doesn't nave to do. IL we did
d. lend money 20 dummy borrowers a
1en oyer.certifv accounts our custom,
as would go where they colld get accoI
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