The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-09-23

The conference I'm Suite 80 lasted un,
| III nearly midnight, with Dyckmak
painfully shAdowing the corridor ana
| sweating like a furnace laborer. though
! the night was more than autumn cool,
| The door was thick, the transom was
closed, and the keyhnle commanded
nothing but a square OF blank wall OPP
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 flood OF Hight on
| Mr.. Farley's proposition, Mr. Gordon"
said the representative Of American
Aqueduct, when the ground had been
| thoroughly gone over ~ don't mind
telling you now that he made his first
| c'ertures 10 us on his arrival from Eu-
rope, giving us 10 understand that he
| owned or controlled the pipe-maklng
plants absolutely"
AT that time he controlled nothing
as l have explained" said Tom. not
even his majority stock In Chiawassee
Consolidated, or course he resumed
control as soon as he reached home
and his next move was TO have me
quietly sandbagged while he froZe my
father out. But father did not transfer
the patents, for the simple reason that
ne couldn't They are my personal
property. made over to me before the
firm of Gordon q Gordon came into eX-
lstence."
You are the man wen have TO do
business with, Mr., Gordon. Are you
quite sure OF your legal status In tho
case?"
II 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 / have said, I'm here 70 do busl-
ness. We don't need the plant WIN
you sell us your patents?"
Yes; on one condition."
That you first put US out OF busi-
ness. Youll have to smash Chiawassee
Limited palnstakingly 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. II Mr.. Farley owned the patents,
and was disposed to fight us-as, iu-
deed, he is nOt-we might try to con-
vince him. But we are not out for
vengeance-another mans vengeance.
at that"
Very well, then; you won't get what
q.
with the plant. You can't have one
without the other" said Tom, eylng his
opponent through half-closed lids.
But we can buy the plant to-mor-
row, at 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"
"Eh? Why can't we?"
Because the majority OF the stock
VIII vote to fight you to standstill"
But my dear sir! Mr.. Farley con
trolls Go 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 is divided into one thou
sand shares, all distributed. My faith
er holds three hundred and fifty |
shares; Mr.. Farley and his son togeth-
er own four hundred and fifty; and the |
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 Is currently supposed to be near |
at hand, the voting power of these Two |
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 you
willing to see your father and these
go by the board for the sake
Of breaking the president and his SOM"
Il know what l am doing" was the
luiet reply. Neither my father nor
Miss Dabney will lose anything that is
worth keeping"
Have you figured that out, too? The
ield is 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
aughed.
Wen put you out Of business, II you
INSIST on it. Anything to oblige."
you have 1t to do, Mr.. Dracott On
he day you have hammered Chiawas-
Zee Limited down to a dead PROPOSE
ion, you can have my pipe patents
z you will meet me at the Office of
Janchett, Goodloe & Tryson to-mor-
ow morning at 10 o'clock, we will put
t in writing" Good night"
ITO be continued)
What Happened to Bill.
NErs nivon uyaa uuttIng Frank aged |