Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-02

.obpli uCIiolly GaiSluliSi IlldCsu. IL lue
truth mustgbe told. by an unscrupulous
young manipulation in the: presidents Z;
own household. The Little Alicia was
In tho group, was the keystone in the
combination arch. as it CHANGED. and
Iunhappily Grigsby had parted with a
grteyous block of his share OF The
stock-a block which could neither be
recovered nor traced to its present
! holder. Not to make a mystery of
the matter, the certificates were safely
locked in a safety-deposit box in the
IYanlt of the Bank Of Copah. and the
the key of the box ratified in Adail' s
pocket, And because the Little
Alicia could not be included three
other necessary votes were. withhold
when the president tried to get &C,
ton.
Mr.. Colbrjth was in despair. A good
many OF his investments We're palpably
bad; and they could be recouped only
by the backing OF the combination.
And the combination obstinatelE &C.
fused to combine unless the Little
Alicia could be gathered in. At tho
lend OF ends MI. Coibritb appealed 10
his nephew
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gan accusingly. You needn't deny it,
was in hopes we wouldn't have to
ask him to sell us more than one
share of his stock, which he couldn {
decently refuse 10 doaif we let him
set his own price. But since we can t
trace that block that Grigsby let go,
we must have nearly all OF Fords Find
him: get his stock If you have. to pay
twice par for it. IL you don't, IL
shall be the heaviest loser in this
camp, Charles Edward. 1t was gan
and wormwood to the old man, but it
had to be swallowed.
so you are coming around to ask
la favor OF Ford % said the young man
Iunfeelingly.. He won't help you out.
You mustn't forget that you kicked
him out Of the family; or rather you
kicked him to prevent his getting into
it.
But think OF the profit to him,"
protested the president. He paid only
twenty cents for his half of the Alicia
he told me so himself At two hun
dred he'd clear ninety thousand; a
magnificent amount for so young a
mani"
Ford doesn't care anything about
money. You can't move him that
way"
We'll. then find him for me aud
IIll-Tll apologize" said Mr. Colbrith,
pressed now to the last extremity.
| He doesn't want your apologies,
Uncle Sidney. Your little tiff was be
tween man and man, and he'd never
think of holding you accountable for
anything you were foolish enough to
say
Then what in heavens name does
he want? "-irascibly.
oh, a lot of things: reinstatement;
your order to investigate the Denver
management: a chance to build his
railroad unmolestcd; and as a side
issue, a chance to whitewash Your adj
ADMINISTRATION of Pacific Southwestern
by conducting the housc-cleaning in
your name-this last because he thinks
something of the family honor. He
doesn't have to consider us. you
know AL tho next annual meeting he
can elect Brewster, president over your
head: then You will have to stand for
all the grating and dcyiltry that Will
be unearthed"
The ground for this duel between
President Colbrith and the determined
young pace-sstter was the lobby Of
the tar-paper covered hotel cleared
now of the impromptu mining stock
exchange. which had moved into per.
nlanent quarters The old man rose
stiffly and stood grasping the chair
back.
aThe same reckless charges against
Mi. North and his subordinates-and
now you are making them.p he rasped
They are groundless; groundless,
tell you.''
Adair looked at his watch, listened
moment as for some expected sound
from out-of-doors. aud motioned to.
ward the vacated chair.
Sit down, Uncle Sidney, and let
me tell you what happened at Horse
Creek camp q week ago last night, -
he said evenly: and then he told the
story of the attempt upon Ford's life,
of the siege Of the Nadia, of the ter.
rible catastrophe which had involved
all three of the MacMorroghs, the COM
nlissary staff, Eckstein, and the head
quarters camp. When he finished. the
president was shaking as if from a
chill, Yet on thread of the strong
strand of loyalty still held.
1T was horrible-flendish! ha
shuddered. But 1t was the Mac.
Morroghs fight. 1t does not ncces.
sarily incriminate North"
1t does said Adair, III the same
even tone. u told you that we left a
few men at the wrecked camp to warn
the incoming material trains They
found single survivor of the thirteen
men who tried to destroy US and the
Nadia. 1t was Eckstein. Norths sec
rotary. and before he died he amply
confirmed all Of orr guesses. They
had plotted to have you quarrel with
Ford. Ford had bought his half Of
the Little Alicia without any prompe
ing, but from that as a starting point
the entire scheme was worked up. The
MacMorroghs' boolkkeeper q mar
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