Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04

permission to try it out" Young Rogers laughed
Our permisson?" he echoed.
II thought that hadn't any right to 60 ahead
Smith Ca in order to put
thing that may do
Il am a little surprised you thought you ought
to ask for that, said Allen.
Il don't want any man here to agree to this
scheme, said Smith very slowly, who doesn't feel
that he can countenance illegal acts in good cause
don't want any man here to agree to 1T who isn't
willing to 60 to Jail if need arises going fight
the devil with FIRE.
He spoke very quietly, he always did Hardly
a man in that room had ever heard him raise his
voice, had heard him even laugh aloud, and his
manner as he made this pOrtentOuS declaration
just what his manner always was,-calnl, serious.
mild, yet, in undefnable way, strangely authori-
tative.
His words produced instant of stupefed silence;
then o. Brien brought his hand down with crash
on the table ~! he shouted
And I!''-"And I!'-"And I!' volleyed the
others.
Young Rogers laughed aloud, like the boy he was.
Allen had been the last to speak, and his
voice had been quieter than the Others though there
no less determination in it.
Smiths face had flushed and his eyes shining.
Thank you,' he said. Then he turned to Allen.
And you especially know what it means to you.
and don't think shall let you do it. You in
different situation than the rest of In sense.
as the rest of us are but you are the local mags-
trate, and you hold the Governors commission.
am going to give you months 1,n vacation ~ - :
I'll stay with the rest of you. The commission is
piece of paper, and it can be torn up. If the time
comes when it is necessary to do that I'll do it.
Thank you just much but I'll stick!.
cheer went up at that.
That's all then, gentlemen" said the manager
quietly.
But said young Rogers, you are going to tell
NO, said his chief Il am not That is partly
for your sakes and partly, for my own-if you are
willing to leave it to me"
oh, it just curiosity" protested Rogers.
III say this much Smith continued and now a
The stockholders meeting is to be held in New
York week from next Friday If for any reason
Mr.. Beaumont should be unable to be there, this
particular bit of high finance would not off l
learned this afternoon that Christopher Beaumont
has arrived in Georgetown shall invite him to pay
us visit 1t is possible | may go to the stock
A look of haf-incredulous comprehension dawned
slowly each of their faces, o Briens. His
had flushed deep with the excitement of instant
derstanding, and his eyes shone like Goals.
That's all for to-day Smith continued. Thank
THEY filed slowly out of the room, leaving Smith
= alone with his lieutenant.
O'Brien strobe across the room to where his chief
was standing and c;lapped his hand down on the
true metal he said but didn't know you had
that in you
They are a good lot" said Smith, noddng out of
Think what l asked of them! Think of the way
they took it!'
A curious change the big Irishman's
face; the excitement had died out of his eyes "A
good lot" he acquiesced thoughtfully. The only
one of us that you can't count on is myself"
His chief did not dissent but he smiled and said
You worth the whole lot of them together, at
that
He paused, then asked, in a brusk, matter of fact
tone, q How long are you good for, by reasonable
calculation"
You said that stockholders meeting week
from next Friday?" questioned O'Brien.