Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-14


sr1nIy. a. r IS meant the query % be
apoIo9edc- 4 I'm sorry. I DIDN'T
mean to, but Mira. Gordon said I
would nnd ron hers. and 10 / took the
liberty of-er-foilowing ron. I'm
needing q iittle Strengthening out you
know. and-er-wouid you mind let
tng me talk business with you for a
minute or two. Mrs. Blountrs
Certainly not II you can talk bust
ness in ouch a place az this" she said.
making for him on the rustic
settee.
Perhaps It isn't business; perhaps
it's only politics." he resumed. First,
I wish you'd tell me what I've been
doing to get myself into your bad
books"
She laughed easily. "Who said you
had been doing anythingTr she asked.
1.-THE senator" he answered shortly.
HE said l would have to make my
peace with you. I want to be put next
! In this pigs In clover railroad puzzle.
Our contract with the Transcontinen-
tai is about to expire, and I'd Ike to
get 1t renewed on the same terms as
before"
"Well." she said ENORMOUSLY. why
don't you do itT"
II can't" he clustered. Everybody
has suddenly grown mysterious. Kit
tredge. the general superintendent,
| doesn't seem to remember that we ever
hn1 oork~orf and Cnntru ia i1tct
as bad. And when l go to the senator
he tells me | must make my peace
with you, / can't understand what
everybody is driving at. I've got
something to sell that the railroad
company needs. Where's the hitch7
You can put me next. Why can't !
get my contract renewedT"
The little lady was opening and shut
ting her fan slowly. What was your
%contractf" she asked innocently.
eff / thought you didn't know !
wouldn't tell you,' he said bluntly.
"It's a rebate rate east and west from
all OF u sawmills, n 1t was given
US two years ago, a few days before
election"
and the consideration 2" she asked,
looking up quickly.
You know that. too, Mrs. Blount.
ployees' vote of the Twin Buttes Lum-
Der company over to the railroad
ticket
"And you wish to make the same ar
rangement again 7" she asked.
Exactly. We've got to have that
preferential rate or go out Of bust
ness
with whom did you make the con-
tract two years agof"
with Mr.. Mcvickar, verbally. OF
course there was nothing put down In
black or white, but the railroad folks
Gid their part. and we did ours"
"A gentlemen's agreement she
murmured. "You have tried Mr.. Nc
Vickar AGAIN.
Eyes. He referred me to Gantry."
"And what did Mr.. Gantry sayf"
II couldn't get him toSsay anything
with any sense In 1t. The most l
could get out of him. was that I would
nave TO see the D0Ss.
'And instead Of doing that you went
to see the senatorT' she asked.
@Who else would Gantry mean BY
the bossY" demanded the befogged
one.
Possibly he meant tho senator's
son." she ventured, tapping q very
pretty cheek with the folded fan.
"Have you been leaving Evan Blonnt
out In all OF this?"
x didn't know where to put him In.
That's what brings me here tonight
The senator or Mr.. McVickar or both
Of them together have set the whole
state to running around in circles with
this appointment Of young Blount
Some say It's a deal between the sena-
tor and McYicksr, and some gay it's a
hght--Haif of the professional spell
binders are walking in their sleep over
1t right now. l thought maybe you