Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15

duaintance with the mu1timillionairs
iron king who had founded 1t. Mr..
Clarkson did not believe that the dnan-
cial storm would grow to panic size.
AS for himself, Tom thought the haz-
ard was less in the times than in the
Farleys. Father Caleb was to keep his
finger on the pulse of the main office,
wiring Boston at the first sign or It's
weakening.
The junior metallurgical was In the
thick of the June examinations when
the catastrophe befell The brief story
of 1t came to Tom in the first dictated
letter he had ever received from MS
father, and the tremulous shakiness or
the signature pointed eloquently to the
reason. Chiawassee Consolidated was
out Of blast-"temporarily suspended
in the pleasant euphemism of the elder
Farley; the force, clerical and manual
was discharged, with only Dyckman
left in the deserted South Tredegar Of
fees to answer questions; ana the
three Farleys, with Major Dabney, Ar
dea and Miss Euphrasia, were to spend
the summer in Europe.
Caleb wrote in some bitterness OF
spirit. Though the Gordon holdings IN
the company, increased from time 10
time az the iron master had prosper
ed, amounted to g little more than
third of the capital stock, everything
had been done secretly. The general
managers own notice of the shut down
had come in the posted Notice to En-
ployes" When the Farleys should
leave, he would be utterly helpless; on
their return they could repudiate eV-
erything he might do in their absence.
Meantime, ruin was imminent. The az
fairs Of the company were in the ut
most confusion; the treasury was emp
ty, and there were no apparent assets
apart from the idle plant. Creditors
were pressing; the discharged work
men, led by the white coal-miners'
were on the verge Of riot; and Major
Dabney's royalties on the coal lands
were many months in arrears.
Tom rose promptly to the occasion,
and in all the stress Of things found
space to wonder how it CHANGED that
he knew instinctively what to do and
how to go about 1t. Before his infor-
nation was an hour old a rush tele-
gram had gone to his father, asking
from what port and by what steamer
the Farleys would sail: asking also
that certain documents be sent to a
given New York address by first mail.
This done, he laid the exigencies
frankly before the examiners in the
| technical school, praying for such len
iency as might be extended under tho
circumstances. Since all things are
possible for an honor man, beloved Of
| those whose mission it Is to grind the
human weapon to it's edge, the difficult
e. Ral1 nj Gordon
could go on with his examinations until
his presence was needed elsewhere;
and after the stressful moment WAS
passed he could return and finish.
The return telegram from Gordonia
| was a day late Knowing diplomacy
only by name, Caleb Gordon had gone
directly to Dyckman for information
| regarding the Farleys movements.
Dyckman was polite to the general
manager, but unhappily he knew moth
| ing of Mr.. Farley's plans. Caleb tried
| elsewhere, and the little mystery thick
ened. At his club, Mr.. Farley had
spoken of taking a Cunarder from Bos-
ton; to q friend in the South Tredegar
| Manufacturers Association he had con-
fided his intention Of sailing from Phil
adelphia. But at the railway ticket Of
| tons for six persons to New York.
This last was conclusive, as far as
1t went; and Japheth Pettigrass sup
piled the missing item. The Dabneys
and the Farleys made one party, and
Japheth knew the steamer and the
sailing date
Party will sail by White Star Line
Baltic, New York, tomorrow. New
York address, Fifth Avenue Hotel. Pa
pers to your care 271 Broadway by
mail yesterday" was the message
which was signed for by the door
| keeper at the mines and metallurgy
examination room in Boston, late In
the forenoon of the second day; and
Tom looked at the clock Nothing
would be gained by taking train
which would land him in New York
late in the evening; so he plunged
again into the examination pool and
thought no more OF Chiawassee Con-
solidated until his paper on qualitative
ANALYSIS had been neatly folded, dock
eted and handed to the examiner.
ITO be continued.)