New-York tribune., 1908-10-04

permission to try It out You-1 gers laughed
Our pernission5" he echoed
Il thought that I hadn't any r1Ir- -o 90 ahead
without it. said Smith. because IN order TO putt
through shall have % look 70 YOU % back up an
thing that | may do
i am little surprised You thought you ougr
70 ask for that. said Allen
1 don't want anv man here to agree 70 t1
scheme" said Smith very slowly. who doesn- -se
that he can cOuntenance Illegal acts IN good ca1s
| don't want any man here % aSret -I It VINO 81
willing go 20 Jail If need arises am going 20 l
the devil with FIRE
He spoke very quietly. as ne always did. Ha-i-
a man in that room had ever heard rr- raise his
voice, had ever heard him even laugh aloud, and his
manner as he made this portentous declaration vas
Just what his manner always was.-gal-l- seril-s
mild, vet, in an undefnable way. strangely a1t11--
tative
His words produced an instant OF s-urefed silence.
then O Brien brought his hand down with cras1
on the table. - he shouted
And I,''-"And Ir'-"And L. vo--eyed -as
others
Young Rogers laughed aloud. like the boy he ~zs
AIleI had been the last man 20 speak, and his
voice had been quleter than the others though there
was no less determination IN It
Smiths face had flushed and his eyes we've shining
Thank YOU. he said. Then he turned to Allen
And YOU especially j know what IT. means % you
and don't think shall ler YOU do T.. You are -1a
different situation than The rest of US In a sense
of course. YOU are an employee OF the company rs
as the rest Of are, but YOU are the ..cal rnaS-
trate. and YOU hold the Governors commission
going 20 give You months vacation
Allen got 70 his feet III not take IT,. he sad
III stay with The rest Of YOU The cg--rsslo1ls ls-
piece of paper. and Il can he torn UP. Il the -le
comes when It Is necessary 90 do rha-. III 90 IT,
Thank YOU Just much, bur II stick
n cheer went up ar that.
That's all then, gentlemen. sand the manager
quietly.
But said Young Rogers. YOU are going TO I'll
us the plan, aren't YOU
No said his chief 1 am not. That Is pa--E
for Your sakes and partly for my owr--i- Won l7
willing to leave II 20 me
oh, II 1uSt curiosity protested Rogers
III say this much. Smith continued. and nov
faint and thoughtful smile appeared On MS II
The stockholders meeting is to be held N N7'
York a week from next FRIDAY. II for any reason
Mr. Beaumont should he unable t0 be- -lere. ,a5
particular bit OF high finance would ro- come or
learned this afternoon that Christopher Beaur1a-
has arrived IN Georgetown shall Invite nm 10 ~
a visit Il = possible | NAV 90 -r the s-o~A-
holders meeting instead OF Nr. Beauuuo-.
n look of half-nCredUlouS comVreher~.r m ta".sl
slowly on each OF their faces. save h-'tn s. i-'
had flushed deep with The excitement oI instant II
derstandIng. and his eyes Shone Ike Goals. f.
you"
THEY fled slowly out Of the rooru leaving Sa--h
alone with his lieutenant
o 'Bren strobe across the rporu to where his cl5-
was standing and clapped his hand down on o.
younger mans shoulder u always knew yoo "s-ss
true metal. ne SAID; but l didn't kno" YOU ---
thdt IN YOU
They are a good lot" said smith uodirrE ou- p
the window toward the retiring figures ot his >---
" Think what | asked Of them, Think Of The way
they took It ,'
y curious change came over the bI- lr~HIl~,
face; the excitement had died out of his ewes -
good lot. he aCqUIesoed thoughttullv- lHc '-'
one of us that YOU can { count on Is myself .,
His chief did not dissent but he smiled and S-..,
You are worth the whole lot of them -u-ct15I' 90
that
He paused. then asked. IN bruSk. matter q ~, ~
tone. How long are YOU good for, 10y relS'---'
Calculation,
You said that stockholders meeting was a "'S>