The Alaska citizen., 1910-09-26
George Randolph Chester
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 exact proportion to the invoices of our respective establishments Well, the Trimmer concern cant possi- bly, invoice as much as We shall, and I'll have the majority of stock. which is the same as holding all he trumrs. I had Mir. Barrister eX- plain all that to me With the major | ity of stock you can have every thing your own way. and the other chap cant even protest. Seems sort of shane. too
 T don't like him." said Agnes
 The ensuing week Bobby spent mostly at the polo match. though he called religiously at the office very morning. coming down few minutes earlier each day. II was an uneas, week. too, as well as a busy one for twice during it's pro 1 gress he saw Agnes driving with the unknown; and the fact that ill both instances a handsome young lady was with them did not seem to mend matters much He was as 1 tOnished to find that losing the great
 polo match did not distress him al all A year before it would have l broken his heart but the mutiplic-
 ity of new interests had changed | him entirely. AS a matter of fact.
 he had been long ripe for the
 change, though he had not known it.
 AS he had matured, the blood of his
 heredity had begun to clamor for is | expression. that was ali
 At the beginning of the next week l Mir. Trimmer came in to see him
 again. with a roll of drawings un-
 der his arm. The drawings display ed the proposed new bridge in ele-
 walton and in cross section. They
 showed the total stretch of altered
 storerooms from street to street, and
 clcyerly-drawn perspective made graphically real that splendid length. 1 They were accompanied by an es-
 estimated cost. and also by permit
 from the city to build the bridge. l With these were the preliminary | papers for the organization of the
 new company, and Bobby. by this l inc intensely interested and con
 yinccd that his interest was business activity. went over each detail with | contracted brow and with kindling
 enthusiasm.
 | It was 10 o'clock in the morning
 when Silas Trimmer found Bobby
 It his desk; by | Mir. Johnson and
 AIr Applerod, in the outer office, 1 were quite unable to work; by 12
 they were snarling at each other; al 12:3O Johnson yentured to poke his head in at the door, framing
 some trivial excuse as he did so,
 but found the two merchants with 1 their heads bent closely over the 1 advantages of the great combined | store. At 1:15, returning from a nasty lunch, he tiptoed to the door | again. He still heard an insistent, | high pitched voice inside Mir Trim
 mer was doing all the talking. He | had explained and explained until l h's tongue was dry, and Bobby, with
 a full sense of importance of his de
 cision, was trying to clear away the
 fog that had grown up in his brain.
 MT Trimmer was pressing him for
 a decision. Bobby suddenly slipped his hand in his pocket, and, unseen, | secured a half-dollar, which he
 shook in his hand under the table Opening his palm he furtiyely look
 ed at the coin. Heads,
 | Get your papers ready, Mir. Trim
 mer," he announced, as one finally
 satisfied by good and sufficient ar
 gument, and we'll form the organi-
 zation as soon as you like"
 No sooner had he come to this de-
 cision than he felt strange sense of elation. He had actually consummat
 ed big business deal He had made a positive step in the direction of car rying The John Burnit Store beyond the fame it had possessed at the time his father had turned it over to him. Since he had stiffened his back, he did not condescend to take Johnson and Applerod into his confidence, l though those two gentlemen were quiVering to receive it, but he did order Johnson to allow MT. Trim | mer's representative to go over the John Burnit books and to verify | their latest invoice, together with the purchases and sales since the date of stock taking. To MT. Applerod he assigned the task of making a like eX- animation of the Trimmer establish | ment, and each day felt more like a really-truly business man. He af fected a Traders Club now, formed an entirely new set of acquaintances and learned to go about the stately rooms of that magnificent business annex with his hat on the back of his head and creases in his brow. Even before the final papers were completed, huge gang of workmen, consisting of as many artisans as