The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-06-23

| has finally decided that as banK'
ing proposition we cannot take it
| but one of our heaviest stockholders
| is inclined to consider your loan as g
! private matter He will see you In
there" and he nodded to room with
a glass door on the right on which
was inscribed the familiar legend
Private
Dunno stepped quickly toward the
door, but Warnock halted him with a
gesture.
You will possibly be surprised, Mr..
Dunno, when you learn who the gen.
tleman is waiting inside; but as
sure you In advance, that his inten-
lions are not in the least unfavor-
able to your cause"
The effect of this apparently I'M
necessary speech was to make Dunno
wonder who he was to find within
the room marked Private" and to
be suspicious Of his intentions, what
ever they were.
He knocked.
Come" said gruff, familiar
voice.
Dunno quickly entered, closing the
door behind him with one motion.
There, at small table, with the in
evitable stub Of cigar in his mouth,
his great, sleepy eyes regarding Dunno
curiously, was Daniel Tank!
Jealousy and murderous rage might
under the circumstances be supposed
to have taken possession Of Dunno at
the sudden sight of the man who had
beaten him at his reform campaign
and then stolen the heart of the
woman he loved. almost from out Of
his arms. But Dunno was too great
man for this.
In that wild ride of the night be-
fore he had fought with himself, until
everything, even his love, was thrust
for the time, under his feet. He real
lied that the only way to avoid plac-
ing himself in a humiliating position
was by keeping clearly in view the
object of his call.
Il came here" he said, huskily,
to arrange for loan Of one hun
dred thousand dollars on my news
paper property with the option of
taking another hundred thousand
under the same mortgage If I should
later desire it"
That's all right" responded Tank,
his cigar tilted up, while his eyes
were tilted down to where he made
indentations on a blotter with paper
cutter. That's all right, I'll take
your loan. Second mortgage, amt
it? And say, if you want to lump in
them two hundred thousand to pay off
the first mortgage. securing them, and
make it one first mortgage to me of
three hundred thousand or four, on
that property, I'd like 1t better that
way"
He said it with such an air of as
ooAI alh Sdoudi AldiIty ludL Duuu6
almost gasped and feared a trick.
Do | understand that the accept
ance of this loan from you ties my
hands in any way as to the policy of
this paper in its attitude toward your
administration, or anything of that
sort?" Az
Nothin' to that idea," said Tank,
"The papers your'n. If
you don't pay your mortgage when it
comes due and don't feel like re-
newin' it, I'll close you out, that's
ALL"
Well, you'll not close me out"
said Dunno, the fighter, but he
added, while want money badly
and am anxious to float this loan at
once for business reasons, you are the
last person in the world from whom
l would expect any consideration,
and feel that l must know what
your object is"
Since you are so blame particu-
lar, I'll tell you," replied the Boss.
AS you may remember, me and them
three gray wolves, Donnelly, Macy and
who have howled together
on the trail goin' on fifteen years,
had a fallin'-out few months ago.
They thought was done for, and
they tried to give me the toboggan.
Well, | beat 'em out, and now we
have workin' agreement"
Dunno ground his teeth.
thought as much" he said.
We have workin' agreement
but l don't trust them any more
Now, with you out of the way, or in
bad condition to fight, they are IL
able to be too strong for me. don't
want to risk it. You go ahead with
your paper Tend to your own bust
ness more and other peoples less. and
your paper'll soon be up and comm
you can keep up your newspaper
hight all you want to. AS long as the
people are what they are, you have
done your worst to me and I'm still
in the saddle. But you can hurt them
h1gher-ups, as you call them, lot.
They want to get you, and when they
do, they'll turn around and try to get
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