Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-03-02
CHAPTER xIv-(Continued.1

Inc nandS OIL MS Watcn were point
ing to 8 o'clock the following morning
when Tom made his way through the
throng in the Grand Central station
and found a cab. The sailing hour of
the Baltic was 10, and he picked his
cabman accordingly.
Il shall want you for a couple of
hours, and it's double fare if you don't
miss 271 Broadway, first" was his
FLIP for the driver; and he was speed
lily rafting away to the downtown
address.
The taking of the cab was his first
mistake, and he discovered 1T before
he had gone very far. Time was pre-
cious, and the horse, pushed to the po-
lice limit, was too slow. Tom signaled
his Irishman.
Get me over to the Elevated, and
then go to Madison Square and wait
for me-" he ordered and by this
change of conveyance he obtained his
mail and won back to the Fifth Ave-
nue. Hotel by late breakfast time.
From that on, luck was with him.
The Farleys. father and son. were in
the lobby of the hotel, waiting for the
others to come down to the cafe break
fast. Tom saw them, confronted them,
and went at things very concisely
Il have come all the way from Boston
to ask for a few minutes of your time,
Mr.. Farley" he said to the president.
will you give it to me now?"
Surety" was the genial reply, and
the promoter signed to his son and
drew apart with the importunate one
well, go on, my boy; what can l do
for you at this last American moment?
some message from your good faith
err?
NO. said Tom, shortly its from
me, individually. You know in what
shape you have left things at home;
they've got to be stood on their feet
before you go aboard the Baltic
whats this-what's this? Why my
dear young man! what can you posi-
bly, mean ?"-this in buttered tones of
the gentlest expostulation.
Il mean just about what say. You
have smashed Chiawassee Consolidat-
ed, and now you are going off to leave
my father to hold the bag. Or rather,
1 should say, you are taking the bag
with you"
Why Thomas-you must be losing
your mind You've-you've been
studying too hard; that's 1.-THE term
work up there in Boston has been too
much for you"
"Cut it out, Mr.. Farley" said Tom,
savagely, all the Gordon fighting blood
singing in his veins. You've got a
thing to do, and it is going to be done
before you leave America. Will you
talk straight business. or not?"
And If 1 decline to discuss business
matters with rude school boy?" he
intimated mildly.
Then it will be rather the worse for
you," was the defiant rejoinder Act
I'm IA n1
stockholders, I shall try to have you
and your son held in America, pending
an expert examination of the COM
pany's affairs"
1t was a long shot, with a thousand
chances of missing. If there was any
thing criminal in the Farley admins
tration, the evidences were doubtless
we'll buried. But Tom was looking
deep into the shifty blue eyes of hi:
antagonist when he fired, and he saw
that he had not wholly missed. Nom
the less, the president attempted t,
carry it off lightly
What do you think of this, Vim
cent?" he said, turning to his son
Here is Tom Gordon-our Tom-talk
ing wildly about Investigations and az
rests, and don't know what all. Shall
we give him his breakfast and sem
him back to SCHOOL,"
Tom cut in quickly before Vincen
could make a reply
IF you're sparring to gain time, it.
no use Mr.. Farley. 1 mean what I say
and I'm dead in earnest" Then h
tried another long shot: II tell yol
right now we've had this thing cocke
and primed ever since we found GU
what you and Vincent meant to do. Yo
must turn over the control of Chiawas
see Consolidated legally and formally
to my father before you so aboard tn
Baltic, or-you don't go aboard"
Let me understand" said the treas
urer, cutting in. Are you accusing u
of crime?"
"You will find out what the accuse
ton is, later on" said Tom, taking We
another cartridge from the long-rang
box. what l want now is a plaiI
straightforward yes or no, if either I
you is capable of saying it."
The president took his son aside.
do you suppose Dycl1man has bee
talking too much?" he asked, hurried.
Vincent shook his head.
you can't tell 1t looks
little rocky OF course, we had rigt
to do as we pleased with our own, bl
we don't want to have an unfriendl
construction put on things"
But they can't do anythingi" pro
tested the president. why I'd be pei
fectly willing to turn over my priva
papers, if they were asked forl"
yves, of course. But there would |
misconstruction. There is that cor
tract with the combination, for exam
nile. we had a right to manipula