The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-12-02

IL conferences Ia suite - lasted NJ
II nearly midnight. with Dycknan
painfully shadowing the corridor anA
swe&ting Hike furnace laborsr. thouxh
the night was more than autumn cool
The door was thick. tho transom waa
closed. and the keyhols commanded
nothing but square Of blank wall on
posite In the electric lighted sitting
room OF the suite Hence the book
keeper could only guess what We may
know.
You have let in food Of lisht "a
Mr.. Farley's proposition. MI. Gordon.
said the representative Of American
Aqueduct, when the ground had been
thoroughly gone over. II don't mind
telling you now that he made his firsr
c7ertures to us on his arrival from Eu-
rope. giving us to understand that he
owned or controlled the pipe making
plants absolutely"
AT that time he controlled nothing.
as have explained" said Tom. not
even his majority stock In Chiawassee
Consolidated. OF course, he resumed
control as soon as he reached home.
and his next move was to have me,
quietly sandbagged while he froxe my
father out But father did not transfer
the patents, for the simple reason thai
he couldn't. They are my personal
property. made over to me before the
firm of Gordon & Gordon came into az
istence."
"You are the man we'll have to do
business with. Mr. Gordon. Are you
quite sure Of your legal status In the
case?"
I have good advice. Hanchett,
Goodloe and Tryson. Richmond Build
ing, are my attorneys. They will put
you in the way Of finding out anything
you'd like to know"
'As I have said. I'm here to do busi-
ness. We don't need the plant Will
you sell US your patents?"
Yes; on one condition"
|. That you first put us out Of busi-
ness. You'll have to smash Chiawasses
Limited painstakingly and permanently
before you can buy my holdings"
The shreWd-eyed gentleman who had
unified practically all Of the pipe foun-
dries In the United States smiled
gentle negative.
THAT would be rather out OF our
line. If Mr. Farley owned the patents.
and was disposed to fight us-as. in-
vince him. But we are not out for
vengeance-anoeher mans vengeance.
at that"
Very well. then: you won't get what
you've come after. The patents go
with the plant You can't have one
without the other" said Tom. eying his
opponent through half closed lids
But we can buy the plant to-mor-
row, at a very reasonable figure. Far
ley is anxious enough to come in out
of the wet"
Excuse me. Mr.. Dracott but you
can't buy the plant at any price"
Eth? Why can't wei"
Because the majority of the stock
will vote to fight you to standstill."
But, my dear sir! Mr.. Farley con-
trolls 65 per cent of the stock!"
That Is where you were lied to ore
more time" said Tom. with great cool
ness. THE capital stock Of Chiawas-
see Limited IL divided into one thou
sand shares. all distributed. My faith
er holds three hundred and nifty
shares; Mr.. Farley and his son togeth-
er own four hundred and fifty: and the
remaining two hundred are held In
trust for Miss Ardea Dabney, to be-
come her property In fee simple when
she marries. Pending her marriage.
which IL currently supposed to DO near
at hand, the voting power of these Two
hundred shares resides In Miss Dab
ney's grandfather, and my father holds
his proxy.
This was the thunderbolt Tom had
been forging during those quiet days
spent on the mountain side: and there
was another pause while one might
count ten. After which the man from
New York spoke his mind freely.
your row with these people must
be pretty bitter, Mr.. Gordon. Are yon
willing to sec your father and these
Dabneys 90 by the board for the sake
Of breaking the president and his SON r
II know what am doing" was the
ouiet reply. Neither my father nor
Miss Dabney will lose anything that IL
worth keeping"
.Have you inquired that out. too7 Tho
field il too small for you down here.
Mr.. Gordon-much too small You
should come to New York"
..You will fight us?" he asked.
The short-circuiter OF corporations
laughed.
wen put you out Of business. II you
insist on it. Anything to oblige."
.You have It to DO, Mr.. Dracott- On
the dav YOU have hammered Chiawas-
see Limited down to dead PROPOSE
ton. you can have my pipe patents.
II you will meet me at the ONCE OF
Hanchett. Goodloe & Tryson to-mor-
row morning at 10 o'clock. we will put
4 In writing" Good-night"
fro ~ cent inuedl
what Happened to Bill.
Mrs. Dixon was putting Frank, aged