The Alaska citizen., 1911-02-20
8Bobby Burnit Settles in Full 5
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| the immense anu DuSA Ndlel NOI h . site. and then glancing at the in terVEning hill across which lay ! RObby's property. You're lucky 10 have had this chance, Mir. Platt." and he shook hands cordially with Jimmy. I'm perfectly satisfied, Do you want to sell that property? 2"
 If can get out at a profit" re piled Bobby. otherwise I'll re grade the thing and split it up into building lots as originally in tended"
 Let's go back to the hotel and talk turkey" offered Shepherd briskly. What do you think of the plan, Ferris? Will it do?" Fine" said Ferris. The prop erty lies so low that We won't have to cart away a single load of our excavation. If We can only get a right of way through that natural approach to the north "I think l can guarantee right of-way." interrupted Bobby. smiling. with his mind upon the city coun- i cil which had been created by his own efforts.
 All right" said Shepherd. We'll not talk price until have browbeat- en you as low as you will go. Then | I'll prepare plat of the place and send it on to headquarters. You'll 1 have an answer from them in three l days"
 ! As they whrred away BObby's eyes happened to rest upon a young man and young woman rowing | ;r, -lyIf and hp i smiled as he recognized Biff Bates | and Nellie Platt.
 On the day Bobby got the money l for his Westmarsh property old l Applerod came up from the office 1 of the Brightlight Electric company,
 where he held a lazy. sleepy after noon job as manager" with an l ingratiating smile handed Bobby a i check for five thousand dollars. What's this for?" asked Bobby i puzzled.
 i "I have decided to give you back l the money and take up again my l approximate one-fifth share in the i Applerod Addition" announced that l gentleman complacently. | Bobby was too much surprised to l be amused
 You're just a trihe too late, Mir. i Applerod" said he, Had you come l 10 me two weeks ago, when l
 thought the land was worthless. out ! of common decency l would not i have let you buy in again. Since i then, however, have sold the ! tract al a profit of forty thousand 1 dollars"
 You have?" exclaimed Applerod. 1 II heard you were going to do something of the kind. Pm entitled i to one-fifth of that profit, MT Burnt eight thousand dollars "You're entitled to a good. swift
 poke in the neck" exclaimed the
 voice of wizened old Johnson, who stood in the doorway. and who. since his friendship with Bin Bates.
 had absorbed some of that sentleman's
 vigorous vernacular. 'Applerod, I'll l give you just one minute to get 1 out of this office. If you don't I'll l throw you downstairs."
 MT. Johnson" said Applerod with
 great dignity, this office does not i belong to you. I have as much | flSNl HeIe
 Mir Johnson, taking a trot be-
 hind Bobby's desk so as to get l Mir. Applerod between him and the 1 door made threatening demcn- 1 stration toward the rear, and Apple
 rod. suddenly deserting his dignity,
 rushed out. Bobby strengthened his l face as Johnson, still blazing, came
 'n from watching Applerod's igno-
 minious retreat.
 Well, Johnson" said he, ignor- i ing the incident as closed, what
 can l do for you today?"
 "Nothing!" snapped Johnson. "l have forgotten what l came for!'
 and going out he slammed the
 door behind him.
 In the course of an hour Bobby
 was through with his morning al
 lotment of mail and his daily con-
 sultation with Jolter, and then he
 called Johnson to him.
 Johnson" said he. T want you
 to do me a favor. There is one
 block of Brightlight stock that l l have not yet bought up, It is in the hands of J. w. Williams, one of the old Stone crowd. who ought to be wanting money by this time | He holds one hundred shares, which 1 you should be able to buy now for | fifty dollars a share. l want you l to buy this stock in your own name and I want to loan you five thous- and dollars to do it with. l merely want voting power; so after you get 1t you may hold it if you like and still owe me the five thousand, | or Jll take ii off VOur hands at any time you are tired of the obli- gation You'd better go to Barrister and have him buy the stock for l you"
 Yes, sir" said Johnson.
 Bobby immediately went to De Graf.
 II came to subscribe for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
 worth of additional stock in the New Brightlight. have just de- posted two hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars in your bank You're becoming an expert said De Graf with quizzical smile. With the million dollars valuation at which we are to buy in the pres ent Brightlight, the two hundred and fifty thousand subscribed for by Dan Elliston, and the ten thous- and held by your wife, this new subscription about gives you con- trol of the New Brightlight, don't it?"
 That's what I want" Bobby ex- ulted. You don't object, do you?" Not on my own account, De Graf assured him; but you'd bet I:- t,H fO