Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-10-07

Fenton and Saxton were almost n dlfti
! cult. He called Saxton stubborn
brute" to Saxton's face; but offered tc
continue him in a responsible position
with the company II he would help him
with the purchase. He still wanted te
control the company for political reasons
but there was also the fact OF his having
invested the money Of several Of his
friends In the Transcontinental director
ate, prior to the last annual meeting.
These gentlemen had begun to inquire
in respectful way when Margrave was
going to effect the coup which, he had
been assuring them, he had planned
They had, they were aware. no rights as
against the bondholders and as Mar
grace understood this perfectly well, he
was very anxious to buy in the property
at receivers sale for an amount that
would satisfy Porter and his allies, and
give him chance to square himself as
he put it. This required additional mon
ey, but he was able to command 1t from
his people, for the receiver had dem
onstrated tat the property could Dc
made to pay. While these negotiations
were pending, Saxton and Fenton were
able to satisfy their curiosity as to the
relations which had existed between
Wheaton and Margrave. Margrave had
no shame in confessing just what had
passed between them: he viewed 1t all as
a joke, and explained, without compunc
ton, exactly the manner in which he had
come by the shares w.Ach had belonged TO
EVELYN Porter and James Wheaton.
When Saxton came back from Colo
RADIO, Porter was i'll again, and Fenton
was seriously disposed to accept price
which Margrave's syndicate had offered
Margraves position had grown uncom-
Portable; he had to get himself and his
people" out of scrape at any cost. His
plight pleased Fenton, who tried to make
Porter see the irony Of it and this view
Of it, as much as the high offer, finally
prevailed upon him. He saw at last the
futility of securing and managing the
property for himself; his health had be-
come matter of concern, and Fenton
insisted that a street railway company
would prove no easier to manage than
bank.
Porter was, as John had said, "a pc
culiar brick" and after the final orders
of the court had been made, and Saxton's
fees allowed, Porter sent him a check for
five thousand dollars, without comment.
Fenton made him keep it; Porter had
done we'll in Traction and he owed much
to John; but John protested that he pre-
ferred being thanked to being tipped but
the lawyer persuaded him at last that the
diosyncrasies Of the rich ought to be
respected.
Porter felt his burdens slipping from
him with unexpected satisfaction. He
grew jaunty in his old way as he child
his contemporaries and friends for hold
ing on; as for himself, he told them, he
intended ito die rested" and he adjusted
his affairs so that they would give him
little trouble in the future. The cottage
which he had bought on the North Shore
was a place they had all admired the
previous summer. Porter had liked it be-
cause there was enough ground to afford
lawn and flower beds which he cultivated
with so much satisfaction at home. The
place was called Red Cables" and Por-
ter had bought it with its furniture, so
that there was little to do in taking pos
session but to move In. The Whippes
were their first guests going to them in
mid-July, when they were fully installed.
The elder Bostonians whom Porter had
met the previous summer promptly renew
ed their Acquaintance with him. He had
attained, In their eyes, a new dignity in
becoming a cottager. The previous own
er Of RED Gables" had lately failed in
business and they found in the advent of
the Porters a sign Of the replenishing
of the East from the West, which inter-
ested them philosophically. Porter lack
ed their own repose, but they liked to
hear him talk. He was amusing and in
teresting, and they had already found his
prophecies concerning the markets trust
worthy. The ladies Of their families
heard with horror his views on the In
dian question, which were not romantic
nor touched with the spirit Of Boston
but his daughter was love
ly, they said, and her accent was wholly |
inoffensive.
So the Porters were we'll received, and |
Evelyn was glad to find her father ac-
cepting his new leisure so complacently |
She and Mrs. Whipple agreed that he and |
the general were as handsome and inter
esting as any of the elderly Bostonians
among their neighbors; and they un-
were so.
(To be continued.)