The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-08

Edith. and while was in the south
Biffby actually convinced them that
the entire thi..g was practical. The end
. of it all is that ! have seen my attor-
ney. and he tx to help you fellows whip
the new organization into shape. and.
hang it ALL Ill finance it according to
Bifhy's plan. Anyway. the boy sur
prised me when those out of town
chaps were here Every time tried to
talk business they said, Much obliged.
Brooklane, but Tommy for ours. "
That night Dunkin went home to do
some tall thinking. as he expressed it
His time mad come Biffby's hare
Drained proposition by miraculous
combination of circumstances had gone
through, and he. Dunkin. was as good
as president of the company.
Biffby was certainly clever. and he
would suggest to Mr.. Brooklane in
the morning that Tommy be promoted
to the position of general manager in
the new company
Within few days the preliminary
papers had been drawn for reorganiza-
ton. and Mr. Brooklane invited the
three gentlemen into his private office
Boys" said he. Pm off to Europe
just as soon as can fix you fellows
up. What have you decided to do
about offering the new company
why. we-er-have not concluded
definitely" said Schmidt You see
er-Biffby's been awful busy. but-er-
Mr.. Dunkin and have talked the mat
ter over. and I'm quite sure that Mr..
Biffby will concur with me when l
say Mr., Dunkin will make a very ca
pable president, sir, and-er-that is
your opinion, is 1t not, Mr.. Biffby?"
"Why, | think that we had better
vote upon that matter later on, in the
regular way" replied Biffby.
"Of course. gentlemen. can assure
you that the twenty-eight shares of
stock which. by virtue of our agree
ment. will remain in my family will
be voted according to the decision you
arrive at That will be satisfactory to
you, will it not, Mr.. Biffby"
''Why-er-I trust that you will ap-
preciate my position, Mr.. Brooklane,
but l frankly confess to aspirations
for that Office myself"
But. Biffby, don't you understand? y
began Schmidt. 'Dunkin will have
tWenty-four shares. ! will have TWEEN
| ty-four shares. and with the twenty
eight shares pledged by Mr.. Brook,
lane you see the matter is virtually
settled by a majority that
Pardon me- gentlemen" said Tom
my. with great dignity. but perhaps
Mr.. Brooklane will kindly inform us
who owns the twenty-eight shares of
stock he speaks of"
Certainly | will They are in the
possession of my daughter Edith
''Weil-er-excuse me. Mr.. Brooklane,
but-er-that is, with your permission,
sir expect to control that stock
shortly" said Tommy. with immense
dignity
What gasped Mr.. Brooklane.
Yes. sir-that is-er-you see. Miss
Edith
say, young man. nave your per-
mission 10 take my daughter to Eu-
rope?' asked the president, looking
Biffby through and through.
's0h. yes. sir; you see. it viii be two
years at least before we-er-we''-
well. what do you think of that?"
said Mr.. Brooklane. addressing the
question apparently to himself. Then
he looked at Dunkin and Schmidt. and
from these gentlemen he turned his
gaze upon Tommy again. and finally,
turning back to Schmidt and Dunkin.
he said:
Gentlemen. if you will shake hanGs
with your new president | will shake
hands with my prospective son-in-Iaw
Then the three gentlemen adjourned
to the cafe
Tommy said Dunkin. you will ad-
nit that several almost miraculous