Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-07-13
CHAPTER xlv.-tcontinued.,


throng In the Grand Central station
and found cab. The sailing hour Of
the Baltic was 10. and he picked his
cabman accordingly.
sshall want you for couple OF
hours. and it's double fareNif you don't
miss. III Broadway. first" was his
nllip for the driver; and he was speed
ny rattling away to the downtown
address.
Tne taking OF the cab was his first
mistake. and he discovered 1t before
ne mad gone very far, Time was pre-
Slons. and the horse. pushed to the po-
nee limit. was too slow. Tom signaled
his Irishman.
Get me over to the Elevated. and
tnen go to Madison Square and wait
tor me-" he ordered; and by this
.change OF conveyance he obtained his
ilail and won back to the Fifth Ave-
nue. Hotel by late breakfast time.
From that on, luck was with him.
me Farleys. father and son, were in
the lobby OF the hotel. waiting for the
,otners to come down to the cafe break
1asI Tom saw them. confronted them.
ana went at things very concisely.
have come all the way from Boston
70 ask for few minutes OF your time,
Mr. Farley" he said to the president.
WIN you give 1t to me now?''
SURELY" was the genial reply. and
sne promoter signed to his son and
grew apart with the importunate one.
wen, go on. my boy; what can do
Z Tor you at this last American moment?
some message from your good faith
err
NO" said Tom. shortly; sits from
me. Individually You know in what
shape you have left things at home;
they've got to be stood on their feet
oefore you go aboard the Baltic
what's this-what's this? Why. my
dear young man! what can you possl-
bly, mean this in buttered tones of
the gentlest expostulation.
mean Just about whatrI say. You
have smashed Chiawassee Consolidat-
ed. and now you are going ,off ito leave
my father to hold the bag. Or. rather.
should say, you are taking the bag
with you"
Why. Thomas-you must be losing
your mind You've-you've been
studying too hard; that's 1.-THE term
work up there in Boston has been too
much for you
Cut It out, Mr. Farley" said Tom,
saYagely. all the Gordon fighting blood
singing IN his veins. You've got
.nihs 70 do. ana II Is going % be done don!
DeIore you leave America. VIII you
tA rs straignt business. or mo-!
AND II ! decline to discuss business
mAtters with 2 rude school-boyT ne
ihtimated mildly.
Inen q VIII be rather the worse fos
YOU was the denant re1pinder Act
0 Ing TOT my father and the minority
+ stocKnoiders snali Try TO naye you
and your son neid IN America, pending
an expert examination OF the com
panysss anatrs. &. "
81 Il was long shot withsa thousand
s9nances q missing. ~ there was any
tn.ng crinlnal ~ the : ra = admints
Strasion the evldences We're doubtless
: Wen buried. 6nt rom was looking
deep. INFO the sniity pme eyes OF his
antagoniss wnen ne nred. ana he saw
tnet ne fnad nos wnoily missed. None
sne less tne pres'deht attempted to
carry u on lightly.
What 90 you eh,nk or this Vin-
cent?! ne said. turning to his son.
Here is Tom Goroon--our Tom-talk-
Ing wildly about inSestigations and a:-
rests, and don't Know what all Shall
we give MIN MS breakfast and send
him back 70 schooli
Tom cut In quickly before Vincent
could make reply.
1T you're sparring to gain time. IT'S
no use. Mr.. Farley. mean what say.
and I'm dead In earnest" Then he
tried, another long shot: Il tell YOU
right now we've mad this thing cooked
and primed ever since we found out
what you and Vincent meant to do. You
must turn over the control OF Chiawas-
{ see consolidated, ieeaLy and formally.
to my father before you go aboard the
Baltic. or-you don't go aboard!"
LET me understand" said the treas
urer. cutting in. Are you accusing US
Of crime? s
you will md out what the accuss-
tion is. later on. said Tom. taking vel
another cartridge from the long range
box What want now 10 plain.
STRAIGHTFORWARD yes or no. II either oi
you ID capable OF saying It."
The president took his son aside.
do you suppose pyckman has been
talking too much 2" he asked, hurriediy
Vincent shook his head.
'.You can tell II looks a
little rocky. OF course. we had a right
to do an We pleased with our own, bu,
we don't want to have an unfriendly
construction put on things"
..But they can't do anything" pro-
tested the president. Why. I'd be per-
fectly willing to turn over my private
papers. II they were asked for!"
YES. of course. But there would be
misconstruction. There Is that con.
tract with the combinat ton. for exam.
pie: we had right to manipulate
things so we'd have to close down. and
Il might not transpire that we made
money by doing 1t. But, on the othe,
band, 1t might leak out. and there'd 81
no end Of a row. Then there is anoth.
Or ching: there 10 somebody behind this
who Is bigger than the old soldier ol
this young football tough. IT'S to-
nicely timed IS x 3
S.But you wouldn't turn the property
over to Gordon. would your" 4
The younger mans smile was mere
contortion of the lips. IT'S sucked
orange" he said. Let the old mar
have It. He may work q miracle Of
+ a0m0 sort and null ont alive I.aho,,l-