Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-22

| quick. If he wins out, so much the
better for all concerned. If he doesn't,
why, we left the property entirely in
his hands, and he smashed it, Don't
you see the beauty of it?"
The president wheeled short on Tom.
what you may think you are extort
ing, my dear boy, you are going to get
through sheer goodwill and desire
to give your father every chance in the
world" he said, blandly. I'VE discuss
ed the plan Of electing him vice presi-
dent, with power to act, before we left
home, but there seemed to be some OBJ
1ections. We are willing to give him
| full control-and this altogether apart
| from any foolish threats you have seen
hit to make. Bring your legal counsel
to Room 327 after breakfast ana We
Will go through the formalities. Are
| you satisfed?"
| i shall be lot better satisfied after
the fact" said Tom, bluntly; and he
turned away to avoid meeting Major
| Dabney and the ladies, who were COM
| ing from the elevator to join the two
! early risers He had seen next to
nothing of Ardea during the three Bos-
ton years, and would willingly have
| seen more. But the new manhood was
| warning him that time was short and
that he must not mix business with
sentiment. So Ardea saw nothing but
his back, which, curiously enough, she
| failed to recognize.
| Picking up his cab at the curb, Tom
had himself driven quickly to the of
flee Of the corporation lawyer whose
name he had obtained from Mr.. Clark
son the day before, and with whom he
had made a wire appointment before
leaving Boston. The attorney was
waiting for him, and Tom stated the
case succinctly, adding a brief of the
interview which had just taken place
at the hotel.
You say they agreed to your pro-
posa1?" observed the lawyer. Did Mr..
| Farley indicate the method?"
NO"
Have you a copy of the bylaws Of
your company"
Tom produced the packet of papers
received that morning from his father,
and handed the required pamphlet to
| Mr.. CrosWell.
"H'm-ha! the usual form. A stock
holders meeting, with a resolution,
would be the simplest way out of it;
but that can't be held without the pub
lished call. You say your father is a
stockholder?"
He has four hundred and three Of
the original one thousand shares. l
hold his proxy"
The attorney smiled shrewdly.
You are a very remarkable young
man. You seem to have come pre-
pared at all points,
The conference in Room 327, Fifth
were waiting to take the steamer party
to the pier, was brief and businesslike.
Something to Toms surprise, Major
Dabney was present; and a little later
he learned, with a shock of resentment,
that the Major was also a minority
stockholder in the moribund Chiawas
see Consolidated. The master of Deer
| Trace was as gracious to Caleb Cor
don's son as only a Dabney knew how
| to be.
Nothing could give me greateh
pleasure, my deah boy, than this plan
of having youh father in command at
Gordonia," he beamed, shaking Toms
hand effusively. Il hope you'll have us
all made millionaihs when we get back
home again; 1 do, for a fact, suh.'
Tom smiled and shook his head
TT looks pretty black, just now, Ma
1or I'm afraid we're in for rough
| weather"
| The leave takings were brief, and
somewhat constrained, save those of
| the genial Major Tom pleaded bust
| ness, further business, with his attor-
| new, when the Major would have had
him wait to tell the ladies good by;
| hence he saw no more of the tourists
| after the conference broke up.
| Not to lose time, Tom took a noon
| train back to Boston, first wiring his
father to try and keep things in order
at Gordonia for another week at Ill
| hazards Winning back to the techni-
cal school, he plunged once more into
| the examination whirlpool doing his
| best to forget Chiawassee CONSOLIDATE
ed and it's mortal sickness for the time
being. and succeeding so we'll that he
passed with colors flying.
| But the school task done, he turned
| down the old leaf, pasting it firmly in
place. Telegraphing his father to meet
| him. on the morning Of the third day.
| following, at the station in South Ire
degar. he allowed himself few hours
| for a run up the North Shore and a
conference with the Michigan iron
| king: after which he turned his face
southwark and was soon speeding 70
| the battle field through a land by this
| time shaking to it's Industrial foundL
| tons in the throes of the panic earth
quake.
CHAPTER XIV.
AS early as l o'clock in the after
noon, the elder Helgerson, acting as
| OF 6o Il