The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-07-11
nrra xVI.-Continued.

u w., rye done you a great many
y rou have, Bob" l cordially
. sRut this isn't a favor. It's
q Z, mustn't ask it, Blackjack" he
e \ awe loaned you more money
q A,n the law allows. And l can't
q h have any more"
U u ope has been lying to you,
Il ',nve been believing him." said
Tspu say my request isn't a
d MT business, / mean it."
d I'M let you have any more" he
d ~ II can't And down came
d 4 In a weak-violent gesture.
.,u.d forward and laid my hand
Z sly on his arm,
addition to the stock OF this con-
4 hat hold in my own name"
u hold five shares in the name
4 man whom nobody knows that |
know, If you don't let me have
nancy that man goes to the dis.
1 attorney with information that
YOU In the penitentiary, that
1 your company out of business
4 pto bankruptcy before tomorrow
| saved you three years ago,
,ot you this job against just such
1 Emergency as this, Bob Corey.
BY God, you'll toe the mark"
NJ we haven't done anything that
bank in town doesn't do every
\ doesn't have to do. If we didn't
d money TO dummy borrowers and
| certify accounts, our customers
/ 20 where they could get accom-
luOnS"
hats true enough" said /. But
M a position for the moment
h need my friends-and they've
b come to me- If don't get the
y from you, III get it elsewhere
over the cliff with you and your
The laws you've been violat.
bay be bad for the practical bank.
business, but there mighty good
bunshing ingratitude and treach.
sat there, yellow and pinched,
shiyered every now and then. He
no reply.
eseutly ! shook his arm impatient
hh eyes met mine, and fixed
m going to pull through" said L.
II weren't, I'd see to 1t that you
protected. Come, what's your
err Friend or traitor?"
cad round in the morning and get
honey said he, putting on re-
Z, hopeless look.
Fushed. IN feel easier If take
W. replied. Wen fix up the
and checks at once"
Ut It's too late" he said. You
deposit to-day"
e made special arrangements
them" replied.
lace betrayed him. | saw that
Stage of that proceeding had
WISER than in shutting off his
uahce TO evade. What scheme
IN mind don't know, and can,
ae' Hut he had thought out
alns' probably something fool
!" would have given me trouble
W saving him. A foolish man
ssn' place Is as foolish as ever,
uey was a foolish man---only a
inii's crimes that put him In
pSer OF others. The crimes OF
NY Dig captains of industry and
10 vi finance are of the kind
WIS others in their power.
up Corey" said |. DO you
IN the man to shut a friend in
~ ol a sinking ship? Tell ME,
Wv you was short on textile?"'
VI my men, he slowly replied,
VIA Traced himself together,
-'Ou one? Who?" / persisted
eaa'ed to know just how far
w.. was likely to spread.
\ s'euled to he thinking out lie.
truth" commanded 81
couldn't have been one of
pay" " II ho' sNe
ION Langdon." he finally
I9eu an exclamation of amuse-
baa, nau been assuming that |
H. betrayed by some one OF
uuy mischances that so often
H. oest plans into confusion.
d -ahgdon,' | said satirically. |
nc mat warned you against
eDd friendly act" said Corey.
4 are very intimate. And he
'Ao" how close you and |
~ eu That you call my loans,
mustn't blame him, Blackjack: |
mustn't" said Corey ear
H. ne was a pretty good friend |
1bapca ae liked, as friendship goes
ssoOw lie happened to hear.
ON 'ne Langdons keep a SHARP |
{ h A. operations in their stock. !
ynOpped in TO warn me as
.sana W. u do the same thing in
s. w.. circumstances. He didn't
O,u about my calling your
I'm =, W be frank-I instantly