Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1910-11-25

money by doing 1t. But, on the other
hand. it might leak out, and there'd b.
TO end of a row. Then there is anoth-
er thing: there is somebody behind this
who Is bigger han the old soldier Or
this young football tough. It's too
nicely timed"
But you wouldn't turn the property
over to Gordon, would your"
The younger mans smile was a mere
contortion Of the lips. It's a sucked
orange" he said. Let the old man
have it. He may work a miracle of
some sort and pull out alive. l should
call 1t a snap, and take him up too
quick. If he wins out, so much the
better for all concerned. If he doesn't.
why, we left the property entirely in
his hands, and he smashed 1t. Don't
you see the beauty of it?"
The president wheeled short on Tom.
What you may think you are extort
ing, my dear boy, . are going 10 gel
through sheer goodwill and a desire
to give your father every chance in tn
world" he said, blandly. I'VE discuss
ed the plan of electing him vice presi-
dent, with power to act, before we left
HOHSf "a SttllGu ~ De EOIle OD-
Jections. We are willing to give him
full control-and this altogether apart
from any foolish threats you have seen
mt to make. Bring you legal counsel
to Room 327 after breakfast and we
Will go through the formalities. Are
you satisfied"
Il shall be a lot better satisfied after
the fact" said Tom, bluntly; and he
turned away to avoid meeting Major
Dabney and the ladies, who we're COM
ing from the elevator to join the two
early risers. He had seer next to
nothing of Ardea during the three Bos-
ton years, and would willingly have
seen more. But the new manhood was
warning him that time was short, and
that he must not mix business with
sentiment. So Ardea saw nothing but
his back, which, ~curiously enough, she
failed to recognize.
Picking up his cab at the curb, Tom
had himself driven quickly to the Of
flee of the corporation lawyer whose
name he had obtained from Mr.. Clark
son the day before, and with whom he
had made a wire appointment before
leaving Boston. The attorney was
waiting for him, and Tom stated the
case succinctly, adding a brief of the
interview which had just taken place
at the hotel.
You say they agreed to your pro-
posal?" observed the lawyer. Did Mr.
Farley indicate the method?"
No"
Have you a copy of the bylaws OF
your company"
Tom produced the packet of papers
received that morning from his father
and handed the required pamphlet to
Mr.. Croswell.
"H'm-ha! the usual form. A stock
holders meeting, with a resolution,
would be the simplest way out of it;
but that can't be held without the pub
lished call. You say your father is a
stockholder?"
He has four hundred and three OF
the original one thousand shares. ]
hold his proxy"
The attorney smiled shrewdly.
You are a very remarkable young
a You seem to have come pre-
pared at all points"
The conference in Room 327, Fifth
Avenue Hotel, held while the carriages
were waiting to take the steamer party
to the pier. was brief and businesslike.
Something to Toms surprise, Major
Dabney was present; and a little later
he learned, with a shock of resentment
that the Major was also a minority
stakeholder in the moribund Chiawas-
see Consolidated. The master of Deer
| Tra 90 wa q G uraniptrS 70 Co1ah 60,
don's son as only a Dabney knew how
to be.
Nothing could give me greateh
pleasure, my deah boy, than this plan
of having youth father in command at
G%ordonia," he beamed. shaking TOMS
hand effusively. Il hope you'll have us
all made millionaihs when we get back
home again; I do, for a fact, sub"
Tom smiled and shook his head.
1T looks pretty black, just now, Ma
jor. I'm afraid we're in for rough
weather"
The l~eave-takings were brief, and
somewhat constrained, save those OF
the genial Major. Tom pleaded bust
ness, further business, with his attor-
ney, when the Major would have had
him wait to tell the ladies good-by;
hence he saw no more of the tourists
after the conference broke up.
Not to lose time, Tom took a noon
train back to Boston, first wiring his
father to try and keep things in order
at Gordonia for another week at all
hazards. Winning back to the techni-
cal school, he plunged once more into
the examination whirlpool, doing his
best to forget Chiawassee Consolidat-
ed and its mortal sickness for the time
being, and succeeding so we'll thai he
passed with colors flying.
But the school ask done, he turned
down the old leaf, pasting 1t firmly In
place. Telegraphing his father to meet
him, on the morning of the third day
following. at the station in South Ire