Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-16
CHAPTER IV.-Continued.

Craiehin frowned fiercely with the eff
fort of memory.
who was this man that took my part
He must have followed me out of the
club
Nit: he was new talent. and listen
he was a Bible-barker.''
"A Minister
Sure. He wore his collar buttoned be-
hind and a three-story vest. He wasn't
as tall as you or me- but lie was good
and husky. and lie lined out three on the
cops mug, snappy and Zippy, like Il
triple play i'll tied game.
"a priest? II wasn't Father Ryan,"
1T wasn't the father: it was new tai
ent. I tell you. The gent who came up
here to see You the night you broke
loose. He was out looking TOR YOU
Thursday night: guess he heard You We're
going some. And after he spiked the
cop and we got off in the machine there
he stood bowling and tipping his dice To
the cops and handing 'em his card
Light suddenly dawhed upon Wayne.
Paddock: o Lord he calculated
A clock tinkled five on the mantel and
Wayne's manner changed. He pointed
to the outer door.
YOU'D better clear out. Stop in the
front Office and tell Mr.. Wash m here,
do You understand?
say Mrs Rlair's been ,ookin' for YOU
SHE'S had the phone Goin for two days.
She few in her machine to Rosedal" to
look for you, but they were on ana olnn''
give it awsy. You better call her up
Yes I'll attend to il: clear out
Already Col. CraiGhil had quietly en-
tered the adjoining room. followed 10y
an office boy bearing a travelling bag. Oh
his desk lay dozen sheets OF paper,
these he examined with the swift ease of
habit. They were reports, condensed
10 the smallest compass. and expressed
in bald dollars ard tons all the Craighiil
enterprises. II was thus that Roger
Craighill like Il great commander. viewed
the broad field of his operations through
the eyes of others. Bank balances: to-
tals of bills payable and receivable: so
much coal mined at one point: so many
tons of coke ready for shipment at an
other: the visible tonnage in the general
market: the days priceS-these bare DATA
We're communicated to the chiei daliy
at the close of business. and in his fre-
auent. absences We're Sent 10 HI" ny
wire. He summoned boy. .
please say to Mr.. Walsh that I'm
ready to see him.
Walsh appeared instantiy-he had. in
deed, been awaiting the summons ana
attended every return Of the chief To MS
HEADQUARTERS He invariably called
Walsh his chief Of stan: and thereafter
was ready to see his son. In every busl-
ness office the nigh powers al iicI :!
tolerated by the suDordinates, TO whom
the senior partner or the president is usll-
ally the boss or 1.-The old man. Roger
CraigfaI was not to be apostrOphized
even behind his back-he was the cob
oner' TO every one. To few coteni-
poraries only was Craighill Roger. and
these were citizens bound together by
memories of the old city, who as young
men had cheered Kossuth through the
streets in 1851 and who a decade later
bod mot in the committee OF safety or
marched south with musket or sword in
hand.
.Ah. Walsh how is everything going
see that the pumps at No. Is arc out
OF order again. | think I'd better go
after the Watkins people personally
about that: we've been patient enough
with them
Walsh nodded. lie was short and thick
and quite bald. He had formerly been
the credit man of one of the Craighill