The Forrest City times., 1910-07-15

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 and the stockholders ot the rail toad don't cone into the story a all They only eaFnished the sineWs of war which fact Is aban. dant proc. that the story is true
 Pat o Brien's town calls him he cardinal In moment Of angry defeat, siIk-stockinged enc my. too polite 70 uken Pat to he devil sourly dubbed him second Cardinal Richelfe1. The name tckled the towns fancy and it stuck
 The cardinal didn't mind He was roo hvsv to eavil at mere names His business as a stock broker grew with the town he had for customers men like John. the son and henchman Of Joe Dale, and when John bought and sold stocks f. was to be supposed that the cardinal nroated through Inside knowledge Other business friends were powerful and their friendship financially WAS worth while Colonel Legarde who controls the Superior railroad. is also president of the Interstate Electric railway an electric road win terminals and local lines in the town The cleo. srte road needed many political fayors and the cardinal obtained them for l. or for his friend Colonel Legarde. Really there was 10 other way to get anything Unless and until Pat nodded his head there was nothing doing for the town council led out Of his hand and state legislators followed out his orders
 Pat 0Brien waxed rich But one generation away from the @ould sod" his clothes snatlad American business man, but his neekties faded the solar spectrum to neutral tint and marked the politician who bought and sold franchises and dealt out jobs at will. Knowing the times to
 
 fy enemy, he made money for his stock.dabbling customers. serenely grating his political way as The surest means to a desired end and was worth million and half at least. He owned the town.
 As John Dae's business of owning the railroad grew greater and more complex he was more and Enore away from Lacedaemon-for that is better dfsek than the real name of the town anyhow 1t became necessary for him to ask favors of the cardinal and the tavors were given with open hand Dale found il necessary too to have a daily local organ and q voice wherewith 10 fool the people He bought the Daily Planet Publish. Ing company. and made Pat O'Brien president Dale regarded the presidency a reward for favors received and a final binding of the town boss 10 his chariot tail. The cardinal knew that Pollock the editor received all his orders from Dale. and regarded the presidency as something oI a joke. Grown to full stature among the other railroad kings ruling had become a habit with Joe Dale. He made and unmade towns and the people in them at will. and expected no other in terest than Joe Dae's To be thought of. or moved an, or lived for by any one connected with him Sometimes he misfook his man as when one day he went into the office ot one Of his eminent and wellpaid legal aids and found the lawyer dead to the outside world and Joe Daless busf. ness in volume of Balzac.
 The railroad king blew tip 4aI don't pay you to eead dun French novels" he roared The law ger looked al him a long moment.
 MT Dale h. finally said You pay me for what know, not whatI do Fl read dam French novels seendo-aor do any other dun thing --forto-any dunn time or any dunn rlace"-for- tissimo-"I dun peaset ending with a Wagnerian bang on Inc table
 Whereapon Joe Dale changed the subject
 Dale thought h. owned the president of the Daily Panet company but the cardinal had other thoughts about the matter Colonel Legarde wanted q new franchise for an extension Of the Interstate to summer resort. some @ miles The DrOuDSed through another town or two on is way to the lake and would parallel Joe Dales steam road Now Jee Dale and the colonel were bitterly at outs over various grabbings and suatehings each had made at the others magnateship The car dinaI could not see that this concerned him at all The extension would be benefit and a convenience to the town. There was money in it for him. The deal was on.
 Then Joe Dale came from New York and sent for the cardinal The two men faced each other with the eyes of poker players in game keen. deep. unfathomable For the rest r might have been a whiskered farmer in his Sunday suit meeting q city man, otherwise correctly clad. wearing red red ascot tie
 T hear" said Dale. That the Interstate peo- pie want franchise for that foolish summer re- sort extension Of theirs"
 T hear SO too" the cardinal replied
 Well. lets cut 1t short. They cant get it"
 The extension would be a good thing for the town. Mir. Dale"
 T don want II. It parallels my road Your city council must refuse the franchise. Here slushy talk thought Of the rights of peo- pie CT of stockholders. l. my road and your council The cardinal undisturbed. The people want il. AIr Dale" he said. It will be a great convenience for travel between the towns and the lake"
 Dale measured his man again. There were the cool, unfathomable eyes, the correct elothes the red tie. The red neckte settled it OBrien was only a cheap politician after all. He must be shown.
 You know OBrien. the Planet will oppose this thing 10 the bitter end and you are the president Of the Daily Planet Publishing com pany It will place you in a nasty light" This vas no news to the cardinal and his eyes were accustomed to nasty lights But he said in the sone of a who half surrenders. T hadn't fl ought Of that