The Red Cloud chief., 1908-05-29

lie called over his shoulder. Euclskiu
rose and followed his owner. There
was no light in hi eye noNt: nr looked
thoughtful. He. zoo. limpcd. and
there w"g Il tricklr &C blood down his
nose. Verify II had hyoH Il hard
fought iic,d.
As beth llcn wee anxious e. see Che
lay &C the Land a." soon ~ possible
Rcd took his pace In the Wagon
that day. after the damages were t..
paired. content t. wait Until his leg
was less sore Tor horseback riding.
There followed Il busy two weeks
for them. Mr.. I'"miit had som" money
hc wished tn put into N" enterprise,
hut lis most >aluali" assistance was.
of course. his thorough knowledge of
the resources ur the country.
They found an admirable site for the
mill in an old stone larn which had
stood the ravlrCS of dcSOlation almost
uuimpaiicd. Reds mining experience
told him that the creek could easily
lc funnel to the harm. and rs that WAS
the only objection or Ill" others tu
4 this location they wrote the owner Of
III" properly to' Il price. They were
aStoniShCd when they received the liz.
urCs. II bad curlC u Inheritance tO
Il man to whom It was a white clc.
rhIut of the most cXaSpcrating sort,
s.1d II" was glad Ia get rid Of ii for
almost Il song. They We're Il i~uhilant
three at tlr news. II saved the cost
If building a min. AND. including that,
In" price was - low per acre as any
land they could have obtained. Red
closed the bargain instantly.
Lcttis' part of the business was
chiefly tO arrange for the disposal OF
their product. and when he explained
to his partners what he could reason
ably hope To do in that line the affair
lost its last tint Of unrcality and be-
"anlC Il good proposition. for lcttis
had IN excellent business acQuaint-
arcc who would lc glad TO deal with
III" STRAIGHTFORWARD Young fellow.
The night after the signing of the
deeds Rcd said to Miss Matte: we
ought To have II stockholders dinner
tomorrow night. Matte. If You could
hire that scow built girl who wears
her hair scrambled Ia come in and
Civ" YOU II lift. would y"u feel equal
tn it:"
You always put ii that I'm doing
YOU y great favor in such THINGS. VIII.
hut Won know perfectly we'll there's
nothing ld rather do" replied Miss
Matte. with Il dimpling smile. "IIow-
over, it adds (" the pleasure of II to
hav" II put I'm that way. So | wont
complain. I'll Just hay" my supper
first and then You men can talk over
your business undisturhcd."
You will not you'll eat with the
rest of MS"
Yves. but you Stockholders The
, word had an import 10 Miss Matte. q
something. If not regal. ut least II Kin
ship 10 IN" King. Under her dCmocra
cy lay n respect for the founded insti
tuition. impcrsonal. an integral part 81
the law Of the state in fact, II minol
sovereignty within an empire.
"Stockh"Idcr N"urs"lf.' rctorted Red
"Don'l you call me ramcs."
What do YOU mean, WIZ" askc,
Miss Matte. with wide opened eyes
II mean yOu'rc II stakeholder as goot
, ms anybody. You'y" got half my stock
Now. hold ON. Just listen. This f. 4;
' queer run. Matte. from the regulation
=, point IF view. this company of ours
!, know enough about film and back
=, In Ia know that. You ought 10 hay,
seen The pryin' and pokin' and noSin
around them Boston men did before
they took holt Of the Chanta Sccchc,
and made It II stock company, one
Teller was the abIcSt durn fool ! eve
y, con" acrosst. us"d Ia let ON | didn'
g. saVvy anything about 1t. Now. "N
plain IN me- says | to him. 'iou "a!
YOU have So many shares of then
, stock waving my hand 10 Il bunch u
=. critters in the distance. What par
do YOU take: mean, what's YOU
share Of each animal? ana does til
- last man get The hOofs and the tail
ooh. YOU don't understand says Ii,
III explain II to YOU so he start
Il I'm I" tell me that stock didn't neces
sarily mean beef critters aud Il lC
; more things. whilst old man Ferguson
who was putting the deal through
stood listening and chewing his teetl
thinking | was going Ia give our frien
the frolicsome hec hce at the wine
up. But | stood solemn and nevt
even drew a smile. for fear Of quee
:, ing Ferguson. Well, that's the propt
= way TO start n cOmpany-makc Ii @
10 drcary and long windcd as possible
- W. amt done that, and perhaps We
~ go broke for breaking the rules, an
, then your stock won't he worth n Gus
~ so don't you get excited about it.
:, wanted the Saunders family to be rel