Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-11-05

to see you here. Haven't you insulted
me enough"
Just a moment before you order me
out. I'm stakeholder 20 this com
pany. and I am within my rights"
"You a stakeholder? How much
stock do you own7 Where did you
get itT'
Il own $4,000 shares outright" Mr.
wayland tossed a packet OF certifl-
Gates upon the table. And I have
options on all the stock you placed in
Chicago. said you would hear from
ne when the time came"
$50 you think the time has come to
crush me. eh?" said Emerson. well.
you've been swindled. Only one-third
Of the capital stock has been sold. and
Alton Clyde holds $4,000 shares OF
that"
The old man smiled grimly. Il have
not been swindled."
Then Clyde sold outr' exploded
Boyd
Yes. paid him back the $4,000 he
put in. and I took over the $4,000
shares you got Mildred to take"
"Mildredr' Emerson started as IL be
had been struck. Are you insane?
Mildred doesn't own Why. Alton
never told me who put up that mon
eyr'
Don't tell me you didn't knowg'
cried Wayne Wayland You knew
all the time. You worked your friends
out aud then sent that whipper snap
per t0zny daughter when you saw you
were about 10 fail You managed
well. You knew she couldn't refuse"
How did you find out that she held
the stock
'She told me. OF course"
Don't ask me 10 believe that II
she hadn't told you before she wouldn't
tell you now. All I can say Is that she
acted OF her own free will. never
dreamed she put up that $4,000. What
do you intend 70 do now that you have
taken over these holdingsT"
What do you think? I would spend
ten times the money 20 save my daugh-
ter" The old man was Quivering.
You are only a minority stock
holder. The control OF this enterprise
Itill rests with me and my friends."
Your friends cried Mr.. Wayland.
That's what brings me here-you and
your friends, III break you and your
friends II II takes my fortune"
Il can understand your dislike OF
me. but my associates have never
harmed you"
Your associates. And who are
they1 A lnwless ruflan. who openly
threatened Willis Marsh's murder. and
a loose woman from the dance halls"
Take carer' cried Emerson In a
sharp voice.
The old man waved his hands as n
at loss for words. Look here! You
can't be m utter idiot. You must
know who she is"
40 youl Then tell me-
Wayne waylaud turned his back I'm
disgust. do you really wish to
known Marsh's smooth voice ques-
toned
Il do"
she Is very common sort :, said
Willis Marsh. - am surprissC thar
| you never heard 81 her while you were
I'm the upper country She followed
the mining camps and lived aS such
women do. She il nm expert With
cards. She even dealt faro in some OF
the camps"
How do you known
II looked NJ hers history In Seattle
She II very-well. notorious
People talk like that about nearly
every woman I'm Alaska"
IL didn't come here TO argue about
that woman's character" broke In Mr..
Wayland
You have said enough now. so that
you will either prove your words or
apologize"
IF you want proof. take your own
relation with her. It's notorious
Even Mildred has heard OF IT,"
Il can explain TO her In a word"
Perhaps you can also explain that
affatr with billiard. II so you hac
better do e. suppose you didn't
know anything about that either. I
] suppose you don't know why he ad.
! vanced that loan after once refusing
1t. They have Il name for men like
you who take money from women OF
her sort"
Emerson uttered terrible cry. ana
his face blanched to gray paIlor.
"Do you mean 70 say-I sent-her-
TO Hllliardy'
4 billiard as good as told me so him
self DO you wonder that am willing
10 spend fortune TO protect my girl
from man like, your I'm going TO
break you. I've got n foothold in this
enterprise OF yours. and I'll root you
out II II takes a million. I'll kick you
back into the gutter where you be-
long"
Boyd stood appalled, at the violence
OF this outburst The nan seemed
insane. he could not end words to
answer him.
You did not come down here 10 tell
me that" he said at last
4 NO. came here with a message
from Mildred. sac has told me TO dis
miss you once and for ALL" ~.
II shall take my dismissal from no
one but her. can explain every
| thing
"T expected you 20 sayrthnt. II Won