Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-09-16

til nearly midnight, with Dyckman
painfully shadowing the corridor and
sweating like a furnace laborer. though
the night was more than autumn cool.
The door was thick, the transom was
closed, and the keyhole commanded
nothing but a square of blank wall OPP
posite in the electrical lighted sitting
room of the suite. Hence the book
keeper could only guess what we may
know.
You have let in a flood of light on
Mr.. Farley's proposition, Mr.. Gordon"
said the representative of American
Aqueduct, when the ground had been
thoroughly gone over. II don't mind
telling you now that he made his first
overtures to us on his arrival from Eu-
rope, giving us to understand that he
owned or controlled the pipe making
plants absolutely"
AT that time he controlled nothing,
as I have explained" said Tom, mot
even his majority stock in Chiawassee
Consolidated. OF course, he resumed
control as soon as he reached home,
and his next move was to have me
quietly sandbagged while he froZe my
father out. But father did not transfer
the patents for the simple reason that
he couldn't. They are my personal
property, made over to me before the
firm of Gordon & Gordon came into ex
stence"
you are the man we'll have to do
business with, Mr.. Gordon. Are you
quite sure of your legal status in the
case?"
Il have good advice. Hanchett,
Goodloe and Tryson, Richmond Build
ing, are my attorneys. They will put
you in the way of finding out anything
you'd like to know"
LAS l have said, I'm here to do BUSH
ness. We don't need the plant. Will
you sell us your patents?"
Yes; on one condition"
That you first put us out of busi-
ness. You'll have to smash Chiawassee
Limited painstakingly and permanently
before you can buy my holdings"
The shrewd-eyed gentleman who had
unified practically all Of the pipe foun-
dries in the United States smiled a
gentle negative.
THAT would be rather out of our
line. If Mr.. Farley owned the patents,
and was disposed to fight us-as. in
deed, he is Motive might try to con-
vince him. But we are not out for
vengeance-another mans vengeance,
at that"
Very we'll, then; you won't get what
kyou've come after. The patents go
with the plant. You can't have one
without the other" said Tom, eying his
opponent through half closed lids.
But we can buy the plant to-moc-
row, at a very reasonable figure. Far
ley is anxious enough to come in out
of the wet
Excuse me, Mr.. Dracott, but you
can't buy the plant at any price"
Eth? Why can't we?"
Because the majority of the stock
will vote to fight you to standstill"
But, my dear sir! Mr.. Farley con-
trolls IS per cent of the stock"
That is where you were lied to ore
more time" said Tom, with great cool
ness THE capital stock of Chiawas-
see Limited is divided into one thou
sand shares, all distributed My faith
er holds three hundred and fifty
shares; Mr. Farley and his son togeth-
er own four hundred and fifty; and the
remaining two hundred are held in
trust for Miss Ardea Dabney, to be-
come her property in fee simple when
she marres Pending her marriage,
which is currently supposed to be near
at hand, the voting power of these two
hundred shares resides in Miss Dab
news grandfather. and my father holds
his proxy"
This was the thunderbolt Tom had
been forging during those quiet days
spent on the mountain side; and there
was another pause while one might
count ten After which the man from
New York spoke his mind freely.
Your row with these people must
he pretty bitter, Mr.. Gordon. Are yon
willing to see your father and these
Dabneys go by the board for the sake
of breaking the president and his son?"
Il know what I am doing was the
ouiet reply. Neither my father nor
Miss Dabney will lose anything that is
worth keeping"
Have you figured that out, too? The
field is too small for you down here.
Mr.. Gordon-much too small. You
should come to New York"
You will fight us?" he asked.
The short circuiter Of corporations
laughed.
wen put you out of business, IL you
insist on it, Anything to oblige."
you have it to do, Mr. Dracott. On
the day you have hammered Chiawas-
see Limited down to a dead PROPOSE
ton, you can have my pipe patents.
IF Won will meet me at the office Of
Hanchett, Goodloe & Tryson to-mor-
row morning at 10 o'clock, we will put
It in writing" GOODNIGHT"
(To be continued.)
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