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guns were spiked. He had no other local means
Of attacking the franchise or the cardinal. and
any way the deed was done. AL wondered what
he would do.
They didn't wonder long As fast As . rail-
road king can get the rails. Joe Dale came
to Lacedaemon. He almost literally threw the
Daily Planet out Of Its once windows. murdered It
and Jumped on Its corpse. He hred Pat O'Brten
from the presidency with force and arms. II would
have been tragic. II everybody had not been grin
ming at Dale's futile wrath AZ It was. the only
satisfaction the irate railroad king got out Of II
was to tell q few. party leaders who besouGht
him to continue the paper sell. that he would
let the Western Associated press franchise *
pire rather than see another fool paper like
that In Laeedaemon Even this small satdsfae-
ton was lessened when Pollock insisted on his
salary being continued to the end Of an iron-elad
four.year contract Mr.. Dale went back to New
York with new ideas about city bosses and their
ways
The episode for II was only an episode In the
life OF busy Lacedaemon. was soon almost forgot.
ten. The cardinal had shown Joe Dale that he
was boss of the town Joe Dale had chopped OF
the cardinals presidential head in retaliation.
John Dale continued his business friend and Gus
toner. and the whole affair was dismissed from
the cardinals busy mind as closed. with honors
But Joe Dale was not through with Pat
o'Brien It Is c railroad kings prerogative to
punish. as well to reward. and for the punish
ment Of O'Brien. Dale laid a trap the effective
of which lay entirely in Its simplicity.
Came John Dale one day to the cardinal and
said Pat have private tip that big kill
ing is coming OF In NippSr stock. Buy me ten
thousand at the market and hold on until I
tell you to let go
AN right said the cardinal. and bought an.
other ten thousand well for his own account
Nipper advanced q point He called in q few
chosen friends who formed a pool and invested
heavily. Nipper advanced two points. FIVE points.
Pat bought more: he would pull out when John
Dale did and retire from active business with his
profits
John Dale himself had gone to New York on
the day he gave his order to o'Brien- Within .
day Nipper began to sag. Then It dropped below
the buying point The pool put up more mar.
gins. The stock still dropped. swiftly now. and
the other members Of the pool became alarmed
Pat reassured them They're shaking ou, the
small blocks of stock he said. Then you'll see
her sky-rocket
Nipper continued to toboggan- Pats friends
were seriously concerned. They talked Of SELL
Ing and pocketing their losses. but he showed
them his hand. Look here he said. John Dale
is in this thing up to his neck and We know where
he gets his private dps Here's what he
has on my books alone. As long he holds on
and keeps up his margins, I'm satisfied His
friends knew the cardinal; they knew he. too.
was up his neck" they held on.
Suddenly Nipper went down like mercury In
blizzard weather. The friends were wildly
alarmed. They insisted that John Dale was giving
Dick the double cross" Though he did not be-
lieve 1t. he wired to New York for special and
private Investigation Of John Dales movements
there. And after little delay tidings came that
made the poolsharers very sick men John Dale
had gone to New York. had a short talk with his
father, then gone straightway to his broker and
sold short ten thousand Nipper at the market The
profits on the sale a. the stock went down would
pay his losses on the Lacedaemon purchase
Meanwhile Joe Dale would see to It tha. Nipper
did go down until Pat oBrien was utterly
swamped-
OF course the pool made haste to sell out John
Daie's private up had been . prophecy. killing
had been made and O'Brien and his friends were
the slaughtered ones When the debris was anal
ly swept up the cardinal. who had plunged nerce-
ly on his own private account. found himself Door
By some S750.0oo. II had cost him that much
to disobey the mandate Of . railroad king But
he still owns Lacedasmoa-