The Alaska citizen., 1910-11-28
 5 bOBBY'S ILLUMINATION 5
>aet eoee S1er S,eS Ser r7ee,

secured all the secret information that he could tua,e.H.L- t.. Brighrlight Electric 'G- Ufha- tu is detriment rraasuIrei n that il- yestigation. and h,u lu returned Bobby. very scHsibly a~ He thought completed his investment. He f1j. his two hundred and ul-v .housau [ collars into tLe ,oE,r- ui rNa com p1ny. and a the irsr stockholders. meeting. voting this stock and tAe ten shares he had bought from Sharpe a q hundred and seventy two. he elected his own hoard ot directors. consisting of Chalmers. Johnson. Applerod and Bin Ea-g- and himself. giving one share af stock to eacl of the former gentle. men so that they would be eligible. The remaining two members whom he allowed to he elected were Sharpe and ] w. Williams. and the board of directors promptly elected Bobby president and treasurer. Johnson secretary and Chalmers yiCe-pTesi- dent-a result which gave Hohhv great satisfaction. Once he had been frozen out of q stock company, this time he had absolute control and he found great pleasure in oN- ercising it. though against Chalmers protest With swelling triumph he voted 10 himself. through his dunn my" directors. the salary of t2C former president twelve thousand dollars a year though he wondered a trife that President Eastman suu- mitted 10 his retirement Hjth such eQuanimity, and after he walked away from the meeting he consider ed his business career as accom- plished He was settled for life if he wished 10 remain in the business the salary added to the dividends on two hundred and sixty thousand dollars worth of stock hringius his own individual income u9 to a quite respectable figure If there were no further revenue 10 he derived from the estate of John Burnl'. he felt that he had a yery ia'r prospect in life. indeed. he could. no doubt make his way very nicely.
 He had been unfortunate en.aEh to find Agnes Elliston mot Ht home upon the two occasions uhCH he had called since their Gisagrccmfur upon the subject of rhc SharHo= but now he called her mp by tcle- phone precisely as if nH.Iins had happened. and explained 10 her ho" good his prospects were, good enough to look matrimoav very squarely in the eve.
 Allow me to congraful9fe yoU'' said Agnes swce'ly. T presume I'll read presently about inc divorce fha' precedes vour marriage" and shT hung up the receiver; all of wHi'E had Bobby paused 10 reflect Un1n il was a very fair indication 'ha a}l he had 10 do was tO jump into hi- automobile and call on Aunt Con stance Elliston force his way upon the attention of Agnes and frpWHoa' that young lady into an immediate marriage He chose. on the con trarv. to take the matter more eloomily. and Johnson. af'er worry ing about him for three dismal dav-. consulted Riff Bates. Bnt Biff. when the problem was propOUnded to him. only laughed
 His skirt has lemoned him" de clared Biff Any time a guys mak- ing plenty of money and got good health. and ain't married. and gee around with an all-day grouch, von can play it for a one to a hundred favorite that his entrys been scratched in the solitaire diamond stakes"
 "Uh huh" responded the taciturn Johnson. and stalkcd back with grim purpose 10 the Electric company's office. of which Bobby and Johnson and Applerod had taken immea!a e possession.
 The next morning Johnson hand ed Bobby one of the familiar gray envelopes, inscribed
 TO MY SON UPON THE OCCA-
 SION OF HIS HAVING A MISUN-
 OUTSTANDING WITH AGNES
 FLLISTON.
 He submitted the envelope with many qualms and misgivtnes- though without apology, but one glance at Bobby's face as that young man read the inscription relieved him of all responsibility in the mat ter, for if ever a face showed guilt, that face was the face of Bobby Burnit In the privacy of the presidents office Bobby read the hriefest note of the many that his forethoughted father had left be hind him in JohnstOn's charge:
 YOU'RE A BLITHERING IDIOT,
 That was all Somehow, that brief note seemed to tighten the gloom, to lift the weight, to re move some sort of barrier, and he actually laughed Immediately he called up the Ellistons. He re ceived the information from the housekeeper that Agnes and Aunt Constance had gone to New York on an extended shopping trip. and thereby he lost his greatest and only opportunity to prove that he had at last been successful in business That day. transfers of all the stock which Frank L. Sharpe had held began to come in for transfer, in small lots of from ten to twenty shares. and inside of a week not certificate stood in Sharpe's name All the stock held by Williams came in for transfer. Bobby went immediately to see Sharpe. and. very much concerned incurred into the meaning of this. Mir Sharpe was as pleasant as Christmas morning
 "To tell you the truth MT Bur nit" said he. there were several very good reasons. In the first place. I needed the money; in the second place, you were insistent upon the control and abused it; in the third place, since the increased capitalization and change of man. agement the quotations on Bright light Electric dropped from one-sev-