The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-05-16

~yez," said Ne steadily. quite bsyon
suspicion You see. Mr.. Martin. In m
position l am compelled to Be liberia
The government xnnot set other employ
ers the example OF grinding men down b
io~ wages However. reasons apart. Their
Is the TACT We cannot 20 on withou
more money and l may tell you. In con
ndence. that the political situation make
1t imperative we should 80 on Not onh
my personal honor pledged. but the oppo
sition. Nj. Martin. led by the Colonel, l.
making itself obnoxious=yes. / may say
very obnoxious"
The Colonel. sir said /. with a free
dom e~ngendsred of dining, is a beast
We'll" said the President, with a toll
Grant smile. the Colonel. unhappily for
the country. Is no true patriot. But be
Is powerful he Is rich he Is. under my
self alone. in command Of the army. And
moreover. / believe he stands wei with
the ~Signorina- The situation. in fact
Is Desperate ! must have money. Mr..
Martin VII your directors make me a
new loanf'
l knew very well the fate thar would
attend any such application The diree
tors were already decidedly uneasy about
their nrst loan shareholders had asked
awkward questions and the chairman had
found no small difficulty in showing that
the Investment was likely 10 prove either
safe or remuneratire- Again. only a fort
nlsht before. the government had made a
formal application 10 me on the same sub
lect- l cabled the directors, and receiv-
ed a prompt reply in the single word.
~TootsumS" which in our code meant.
Must absolutely and finally decline TO
entertain applications I communi-
Don Antonio de Ia Casabianca. the min
lister Of finance. who had. Of course, com
them in turn to the President
/ rentured 10 remind his excellency Of
these facts He had heard me with silent
attention.
Il fear" I concluded, therefore, that
Il is impossible for me to be Of any assist
ance to your excellency-~
He nodded. and gave a slight sigh
with an air Of closing the subject,
he said:
i suppose the directors are past rea-
You occupy a very responsible po-
here for 50 young a man. Mr.. Mar :
in-not beyond your merits I an sure.
They leave you a pretty free hand. don't
l replied thar as far as routine busi
less went I did much as seemed good IN
~ own eyes
-RoGtias husinesss including invest
aents. for i~nstaness- be asked
Yes said 1: Investments in the or
coursc Of hu siness-discounting
ills and putting money out on loan and
over here ! place the money. \
nd merely no1fy the people AZ home Of |
hat / have done |
"A most proper confidence 70 repsse in /
on" the President was good enough 70 |
u ~Conhdence IS the life o. business |
0u must trust a man IL would be alb /
ird 70 make you send home the bills |
Id deeds. and certificates. and what not /
Z course. they wouldn't do that
Though this was a statement. somehow
also sounded like a question. 80 I an
As a rule they do ne the complinenf Il
taking my word The fact Il. they are. 1
your excellency says obliged to trust
melody"
Exactly as I thought. And you some
mes have large sums 70 place. \
AT this point. Notwithstanding ny r.
ect for the President ! began to smell
rat
-Oh. no. sir" ! replied. usually very =
all Our business Is not 50 extensirs z
We could wish ~
Whatever said the President. look -
me straight in the face, -whaterer -
be usual. Al this moment you have a
&c sum-a very respectable sum-of o
neg in Jour safe at the bank. waifing
Investment" aw
How do you know fhatg- I cried. TO
Mr. Martin, II Is no doubt ny fault &,
m TOO prone to ignore etiquette: but en-,
forget yourself 49,
FASTENED to apologize. although I was
tty certain the President was contem u
ting a queer transaction. II not Fat no.
glary. joli
Ten thousand pardons, your excellen- wit
for ny most ~unbeconing tone, bat BrC
: ] ask how you became possessed Of ub.
informationf, -
Jones told ne" be said. simply. =.
. II would not have been polite 70
-ess the surprise I felt at Jones' sim WE
ity in choosing such n ~confdant.
my peace Wa
(To be continued1