Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-08

(CHAPTER XXV.-Continued.)
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 was hard as she cried:
81 am thoroughly sick Of 1T. have
played the fool long enough
''Now, look here" Clyde objected.
weakly. 'you may be mistaken, and
it doesn't look like quite the square
thing to do" But she silenced MIN
with an angry gesture.
Leave that to me. I'm through with
him."
Gall right. Let's hunt up the COVER
nor" Together they went to the office
In search of Wayne Wayland.
A half-hour later, when Clyde re-
Joined Miss Berry, she noticed that ne
seemed i'll at ease, gazing down the
bay with a worried, speculative look
in his colorless eyes.
Boyd Emerson reused from his
death-like slumber late In the after
noon, still worn from his long STRAIN
and aching in every muscle. he was
in wretched plight, physically, but MS
heart was aglow with gladness: BIZ
George was still at the trap, and the
unceasing rumble from across the
way told him that the fish were stu
coming in. AS he was finishing his
breakfast, Waterman appeared IN the
doorway. ..
"There's launch at the dock with
some people from above, ne an
nounced. II 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 con-
fronted by Wayne Wayland and Will
lis Marsh. The old man nodded to MIN
shortly. Marsh began:
4 eve have heard about your goou
fortune. Mr.. Wayland has come to look
over your plant"
cit is not for sale. :,
Glow many fish are you getting!
.That is my business" He turned
to Mr.. Wayland. 81 hardly expected 20
see YOU here Haven't you insulted me
enough?"
"Just a moment before you order
me ont. I'm a stockholder In this COM
many. and am within my rights,
"You a stakeholder? How much
stock do you own? Where did you get
it"
d II own thirty-fve thousand shares
outright" Mr.. Wayland tossed
.nacket Of certificates upon the table
1And I have options on all of the stock
yo,, have placed in Chicago said you
would hear from me when the time
came 800
+ $50 YOU think the time has come to
crush me eh?' said Emerson. wen,
you've been swindled. Only one-tnlrd
of the capital stock has been SOLO ana
Alton Clyde holds thirtyhve 1nous-'
and shares Of that
The old man smiled grlmly. ! nave
not been swindled."
.sThen Clyde sold QUIT exploded
Boyd. .,o,,a
and dollars he put in, and took, over
the twenty-five thousand shares you
got Mildred to take"
"Mildred!'' Emerson started as II ne
had been struck "Are you insane!
Mildred doesn't own-Why, Alton
never told me who put up the money.
"Don't tell me you didn't know.
cried Wayne Wayland. "You knew all
the time. You worked your friends OUT
and then sent that whipper-snapper 70
NV daughter when you saw you were
about to fail. You managed we'll; you
knew she couldn't refuse"
"How did you find out that she neld
the stock?"
"She told me, Of course.
"Don,t ask me to believe that. II
she hadn't told you before, she
wouldn't tell you now. never
dreamed she put up that twenty-five
Thousand dollars. What do you intend
to do now that you have taken over
these holdings?"
.'What do you think? | would spend
ten times the money to save my
daughter" The old man was qulVer r
ing. a..,.
holder: the control of this enterprise
still rests with me and my friends.
"Your friends!' cried Mr.. Wayland..
"That's what brings me here-you ana
your friends! I'll break you and your
friends If it takes my fortune"
~ can understand your dislike OF
me, but my associates have never
harmed you"
"Your associates! And who are
they? A lawless ruffiian, who openly
threatened Willis Marsh's murder, and
q loose woman from the dance halls. :
'.Take care!" said Emerson in
sharp voice.
The old man waved his hands as If
at loss for words. Look here! You
can't be an utter idiot You must know
who she is"
"Do you? Then tell me"
Wayne. Wayland turned his back in
disgust. ..Do you really wish to know?"
Marsh's smooth voice questioned.
II do"
ssshe is very common sort" said
Willis Marsh. 81 am surprised that you
never heard Of her while you were In
the upper country She followed the
mining camps and lived as such women
do. She is an expert with cards-she
even dealt faro in some Of the
camps