The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-09-06

worth double my total liabilities with
In three mouths-as soon as the re-
organization is announced ! leave d
entirely To your sense OF Justice
whether ! shall have my part OF them
back when this storm blows over"
why didn't you go tD Roobuck7"
he asked without looking up
because % is Dee that stuck the
Knife into me"
Why"
81 don't know suspect the Man.
hsquaio properties. which I brought
into the combine. have some value.
which no one but Roohuck. aud per.
haps Laugdon. knows ubout-and that
I In some way was dangerous To them
through that fact They haven't Civ.
en me time 10 look into &c."
a grim smile fitted over the face
"You've Doon too busy getting mar
ritd, oh,'
Exactly" said g. 'lrs another case
OF unbuckllng Tor the wcddingfca0t
aud getting asslssInutcd gB pen.
atty. DO you wish mo 20 explain any.
thing ON that list-do you want any
details OF the combIuc-of tho Coal
stocks there
not necessary" hc replied. A I
had thought, with that enormous ma.
chino OF his for drawing in infoma.
ton. and with that enormous Nom.
DRY OF his FOR details, be- probably
knew moro about the combine and its
properties than ! dId
You have heard OF tho lockout?'
{ inQuircd-ior wished him to know
I had no intention Of docclvinE him
"a to the present market value OF
those stocks
"Rocbuck has boon commanded by
his God" he said. "to eject the free
American labor from the coal regions
and to substitute lmportatons OF
coolle Huns aud Bohomians. Thus.
the wicked American laborcrs will be
chastenod for trying to get higher
wages and cut down pious mans
dividends: and the downtroddcn cool.
t-- iii ba brouaht where thsy can
enjoy the blcaainga OF liberty aud OF
the preaching OF Rocbuck's mission.
aries"
laughed. though he had not smiled.
but had spoken as II stating color.
less facts And righteousness aud
Rocbuck will prevail" said !.
He frowned slightly. n sardonic grin
breaking the straight. thin. cruel line
OF his lips. lie opened his tables one
shallow drawer. and took out a pad
and a pencil. lie wrote 4 few words
Ia. - ha
folded H. tore on the part he had
scrubbed on. returned the pad and
pencil to the drawer, handed the scrap
OF paper TO me. u will do H." he said
"Glvc this to Mr. Farquhar. second
door 20 the left Good morning
And In that atmosphere OF vast anairs
speedily dispatched HIS consent with,
out argument seemed, aud was. the
mattorofcourBc.
bowed. Though he had not saved
me as favor 10 me. but because
Il fitted In with his plans whatever
they were, my eyes dimmcd. %
shan't forget this said /, my voice
not quite steady
Il know IT," said he CURLY u
know YOU"
saw that his mind had already
turned me out said no more ana
withdrew When / LETT the room u
was precisely as II had been when
entered it-oNccpt the Bit OF paper
torn from the pad But what dif-
ference 10 me. 10 the thousands, the
hundreds OF thousands directly aud
Indirectly interested In the Coal com
bine and lbs strike and its products,
was represented by those few, almost
illoglblo scrawlings on that scrap OF
paper
Not until ! had gone over the stu.
alton with Farquhar and we mad
signed and exchanged the necessary
papers, did I begin 10 relax from the
strain-how great that strain was
realized a few weeks later. when the
gray appeared thick at my temples
and there was In my crown what was,
for such a shock as mine, a thin spot.
IL am saved" said TO myself. ven
turing a long breath as I stood on the
steps Of Galloway establishment.
whore hourly was transacted business
vitality affecting tho welfare of scores
OF millions Of human beings. with
James Galloway's personal interest as
the sole guiding principle saved
! repeated, and not until then did Il
Hash before me, Il must have paiu a
trlghtml price lie would never have
consented TO interfere with Roebuok
as soon as | asked him 10 do IL. un.
less there had been some powerful
motive. II | had had my wits about
me, | could have made far better
terms" Why hadn't my wits about
me? Anita" wa, my instant answer
to my own questi.n Anita again I
had a bad attack Of family mans
panic" And thus II came about that
went back 10 my Office feeling as II
had suffered severe defeat, IN.
htead OF iubllant over my narrow es-
cape,
Joe followed me into my den
What luck?" asked he, in the tone