The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-08-29

labor question, Galloway, a great man.
ufacturer or, rather huge levier
OF the taxes of dividends and interest
upon manufacturing enterprises. could
not hut be uneasy.
Before | rose that morning | had a
tentative plan for stirring him to nc.
ton. was celebrating IL OH the way
down town in my electric. It shows
how badly Anita was Gripping my
brain, that not until | was almost at
my office did It occur to me: THAT
was tremendous luxury Roebuck in.
duiged his conscience in last night.
IL isn't like him to forewarn a man,
even when he's sure he can't escape
Though his prayers were hot in his
mouth, still, it's strange he didn't try
to fool me. In fact it's suspicious.
In fact"
Suspicious? The instant the idea
was fairly before my mind. knew
| had let his canting fool me once
more. | entered my Offices, feeling
that the blow had already fallen: and
was surprised but not relieved.
when | found everything calm. but
fall 1t will within an hour or so-be-
fore ! can move to avert it," said |
to myself.
And fall 1t did. At eleven o'clock.
just as | was setting out to make my
first move toward heating old Gallo.
ways heels for the war-path Joe came
in with the news: "a general lock.
outs declared in the coal regions The
operators have stolen a march on the
men who, so they allege, were secret.
ly getting ready to strike. BY night
I every coal road will be tied up and
every mine shut down.
Joe knew our coal interests were
heavy, but he did not dream his news
meant that before the day was over
we would be bankrupt and not able
to pay fifteen cents on the dollar.
However, he knew enough to throw
him into fever of fright. He watched
my calmness with terror Coal stocks
are dropping like a thermometer in
a cold wave" he said, like a fireman
at sleeper in burning house.
Naturally" said |, unruffled, appar.
| piANiSs w litb Nil VIC w dDOul IL.
I'VE must do something!" he ex.
claimed.
yes we must" admitted. For
instance, we must keep cool, espe.
cially when two or three dozen PEG.
pie are watching us. Also. you
must attend to your usual routine"
What are you going to do?" he
cried. For Gods sake, Matt, don't
keep me in suspense!"
Go to your desk" / commanded
And he quieted down and went.
hadn't been schooling him in the fire
drill for fifteen years in vain.
went up the street and into the
great banking and brokerage house OF
Galloway and Company. l made my
way through the small army of guards
behind which the old beast of prey
was intrenched, and into his private
den. There he sat, at small, plain
table, in the middle of the room with
out any article of furniture in it but
his table and his chair. On the table
was small inkstand, perfectly clean
a steel pen equally clean, on the rest
attached to it. And that was all
not letter, not scrap of paper, not
sign of work or of intention tC
work. 1t might have been the desk
of man who did nothing; in fact
it was the desk of man who had sc
much to do that his only nope of es
cape from being overwhelmed was
TO despatch and clear away each mat
ter the instant it was presented tt
him. Many things could be read from
the powerful form, bolt upright in tina
stiff chair, and from the cynical, mas
terful old face. But to me the chic
quality there revealed was that quail
ity of qualities, decision-the great
est power man can have, eXcep
only courage. And old James Gallo
way had both.
He pierced me with his blue eyes
keen as youths, though his face wa'
scanned with scars of seventy tumul
tuous years. He extended toward IN,
over the table his broad, stubby whit
} hand-the hand of builder, of con
structive genius. How are you
: Blacklock?" said he. What can
do for your" He just touched m!
, hand before dropping it, and resumed
: that idol-like pose. But although
there was only repose and deliber
: ton in his manner. and not sugges
: ton Of haste, |, like every one whit
! came into that room and that pres
ence, had a sense of an interminabl,
procession behind me, procession
of men who must be seen by thi
master-mover that they might submit
) important and pressing affairs to hin
for decision. 1t was unnecessary TO
him to tell any one to be brief AM
pointed.
Il shall have to go to the wall to
day. said |, taking a paper from m,
pocket, unless you save me. Her
is statement of my assets and liza
bilities. | call to your attention m,
! Coal holdings. ! was one of tn
eight men whom Roebuck got roun,
him for the new combine-it is sc
cTet, but assume you know all abou
IT,"