The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1911-05-27

graded corporation tax and then have
Mr.. Breeds carefully tanned legisla.
tors frame that suggestion into bill
and pass it into law. The Weather
the corporation the more it will be
taxed pro rata until toward the top
the tax will become prohibitive. The
law is already as good as passed, and
imagine that it will be quite shock
to your old friends Hepperdon and
Valentine and Raymer, Speed, Melton
Sears & Co. and a few others. Eth,
Mr.. Breed?"
But Henry Breed did not hear Phil
lip. He had just taken from the
drawer of his desk handful of pho
tographs, piece of red wax crayon, a
hammer and some i, tacks and was
starting for the rear study. As he
passed Phillip caught glimpse Of the
top photograph. 1t was a portrait of
Hepperdon.
A cheaply dressed fellow, big man
with thick neck and broad shoulders
bows. alighted at little wilderness
station on the Long Island railroad
behind Kelvin and Sam. A farmer
like native approached the more pros
porous appearing Phillip.
"You. Mr. Kelvin?' he demanded.
'"The same" replied Kelvin. This
Is Mr.. Purser. believer
II reckon so.'' admitted the other.
"Old Hayseed Purser."
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of dilapidated surrey. Mr.. Purser
fixed upon Kelvin contemplative
gaze.
"You don't want to see that scrub
oak land we wrote each other about"
he suddenly advised. with engaging
bluntness. You're no cheap lot
boomer. You're lookin' for summer
home"
NO." objected Kelvin, still smiling.
'I'll look at the scrub oak property.
think"
At this moment the big. workman
looking fellow stepped up to Mr.. Pur-
ser. Gould you tell me where I'd find
a few acres of cheap ground fit for
market gardening" he asked.
"There amt any such property left
on Long Island" declared Mr.. Purser
emphatically. "The land between this
railroad and the water amt cheap,
and the land back O. that you couldn't
grow anything on. 1t is all sand
Dunes"
I'll look at what you have any
how" replied the other.
"All right said Mr.. Purser reluc-
family. Just crawl in the buggy
there"
They drove from the station and,
turning from the highway by and by
struck off into scarcely defined road
through the wilderness Of stunted oaks
and pines.
"Well. here you see it." said Mr.
Purser deprecatingly. II might drive
you for hours. and it's all just like
this"
What is.it worth?" asked Kelvin.
~ reckon could turn over a thou.
sand acres of it runnin' around forty
and fifty dollars an acre.
IA thousand acres" unused Kelvin.
"How much money. on the average. do
make Il year?"
"That's pretty nigh personal ques.
ton. amt it?"
'Its business question:" returned
Kelvin. II want to buy all this sort
of land you can secure within eighty.
five miles of Broadway. I'd like to
hire you for one year to represent me
exclusively in this matter How much
do you want?"
SWELL" said Mr.. Purser, slowly cal
culating. last year I made nigh on to
$4,000 III commissions
VERY good" said Kelvin. "1'll give
you FIVE thousand for this year. be-
ginning now. Do you suppose you
can save me the amount of your sal.
ary?"
II reckon I could" said Mr. Purser.
II reckon there amt anybody on this
island can decker for property as good
as can"
"It's bargain, then, is ity' inquired
Kelvin.
Eyes, 1 reckon it is. Begins right
now. don't it?"
"Begins right now"
II think that will be about all for
the present." said Kelvin and rose to
igo.
CHAPTER XVI.
" HE stranger went back to New
York on the same train with
Kelvin. AS was quite natural,
L he took the subway where Kel.
win did and followed into the same
car. He also left the train at the same
uptown station. and Kelvin noticed
with frown that he followed up the
street. When Kelvin and Sam turned
in at their hotel, however. the man
passed on, and Phillip convinced him
self that the thing had been merely a
coincidence. 1t did seem to him, how.
eer, that wherever he went recently
he found some poorly dressed stranger
with him. always different man. but
always having that indefinable air OF
being a workman out Of job.
That night the stranger In an obscure