Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-11-24

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Thank you. I prefer to walk alone
Declined with ~thanksr" he murmur-
ed. I'D need ear muffs and mittens
10 handle her. I think III build me
some bonfire and thaw out. She must
own the mint
At the upper cannery Mildred found
Alton Clyde with the younger Berry
girl She called him aside and talked
! earnestly with him for several min
utes.
"All right" he said at length. I'm
glad to get out. of course. The rest is
up TO you"
Mildred's lips were white and her
voice hard as she cried:
II am thoroughly sick of it ALI |
have played the fool long enoughT
"Now. look here" Clyde objected
weakly. 'yon may be mistaken. and it
doesn't look ike quite the square thing
To do" BuI she silenced him with an
angry gesture
Leave that to me. I'm through
with him"
an llS-hA &" uubt up tuC SVN-
ernor" Together they @ to the Of
fee In search of Wayne Wayland.
A half hour later when Clyde re-
Joined Miss Berry she noticed that he
seemed i'll at ease, gazing down the
bay with u worried. speculative look
In his colorless eyes
Boyd Emerson reused from his death
like slumber late In the afternoon. still
worn from his long strain and aching
In every muscle. He was In wretched
plight physically, but his heart was
aglow with gladness. Big George was
still at the trap. and the %unceasing
rumble from across the way told him
that the fish were still coming in. AS
he was finishing his breakfast a watch
man appeared IN the doorway.
There's a launch at the dock with
some people from above" he an
nounced. Il stopped them. according
to orders. but they want to see you"
SHOW them TO the Office" Boyd rose
and went into the other building. where
a moment later he was confronted by
Wayne Wayland and Willis Marsh.
The old man nodded to him shortly.
Marsh began:
I'VE heard about your good fortune.
Mr.. Wayland has come & look over
your plant"
1T is not for sale"
How many fish are you getting?"
THAT is my business" He turned
TO Mr.. Wayland Il hardly expected
to see you here Haven't you insulted
me enoughT"
"Just n moment before you order me
u I'm a stakeholder in this COM
pany, and ! am within my rights"
"You "A stakeholder? How much
stock do you own? Where did you
get it?'
Il own $4,000 shares outright" Mr.
Wayland tossed a packet of certif-
Gates upon the table. And have
options on all the stock you placed in
Chicago. | said you would hear from
me when the time came"
$50 you think the time has come to
crush me. eh?' said Emerson. "Well,
you've been swindled. Only one-third
of the capital stock has been sold. and
Alton Clyde holds $4,000 shares of
that"
The old man smiled grimly. II have
not been swindled."
Then Clyde sold out!" exploded
Boyd.
YES. | paid him back the $4,000 he
put In. and ! took over the $4,000
shares you got Mildred to take"
"Mildred.' Emerson started as If he
had been struck. Are you insane?
Mildred doesn't own Why. Alton
never told me who put up that mon
cyl"
Don't tell me you didn't known
cried Wayne Wayland. "You knew
all the time. You worked your friends
out and then sent that whipper snap
per to my daughter when you saw you
about TO fail. You managed
well. You knew she couldn't refuse"
How did you find out that she held
the stock? r
"She told me, Of course"
DOut ask me 10 DetieVe II III
she hadn't told you before she wouldn't
tell you now. All I can say Is that she
acted of her W free will. l never
dreamed she put up that $4,000. What
do you intend to do now that you have
taken over these holdingsT
"What do you think? | would spend
ten times the money to save my daugh
The old man was ~quivering.
"You are only q minority stock
The control Of this enterprise
still rests with me and my friends"
"Your friendsr' cried Mr.. Wayland.
THAT'S what brings me here-you and
your friends, I'll break you and your
friends II 1t takes my fortune"
II can understand your dislike Of
me. bur my associates have never
harmed you"
"Your associates! And who are
they? A lawIess rufian, who openly
threatened Willis Marsh's murder. and
q loose woman from the dance halls"
take carer cried Emerson In q
sharp voice.
The old man waved his hands as II
at a loss for words. Look here! You
be an utter idiot. You must
know who she Is"
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