The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-06-15

Ii but he came near It. you have
IN tried that, haven't your he ven
a n tured.
"Only in minor degree" declared
Breed, but found no trouble about
It."
NO" admitted Phillip. you had no
trouble about 1t. When your agents
found they could not influence certain
papers they took others. and they took
the easiest ones and the ones least
worth while. Remember that the ma
jority stockholders of practically every
one of these roads are the public. In
order to reach them you must com.
pletely control almost every paper In
the land. and even you have not
enough money. You cannot subsIdize
the press of the United States. Count
that as final"
Breed nodded. He remembered one
or two disastrous experiments during
his early operations. "Wbat. then. do
you propose?" he asked From your
attitude you evidently have in mind a
plan of action"
II am not quite ready to lay Il be-
fore you" replied Phillip. at still re-
quires some figuring"
Breed frowned. Don't get too high
handed. young man." he warned.
Remember that. after all. am pro-
viding the weight which gives our
plans momentum"
"Mr. Breed" said Phillip. rising,
"any time you object to my methods
tell me to go. and II won't require
your private militia to put me out of
the grounds. | was worth two and a
half million dollars when | came to
you. and this you cannot take from
me. l am here with you, however. be-
cause ! want to use the enormous
power of your money for purposes of
my own. Aside from these purposes,
which are not matter of life and
death to me. assure you. don't need
you or your money"
Breed looked at him a moment, then
lay back in his chair and rubbed his
hands together and chuckled until it
threw him into fit of coughing. Go
ahead, my boy. and see who gets the
most out Of it. wouldn't part with
you for anything. This two million
and half of yours. by the way. is 1t
In cashT'
mo" replied Phillip; ut is in highly
profitable oil. coal and iron lands. into
the extension of which my profits are
going as fast as | am making them
l hypothecated them In order to get In
on our Stock Exchange deal. but i'm
mediately removed that incumbrance
as soon as the deal was concluded. So
far as the cash is concerned. | would
rather you should have It than 1; It
has so much more weight when thrown
into one pile"
Again Henry Breed lay back and
chuckled, and he followed Phillip out
of the room with extremely friendly
eyes.
Mrs. Rensselaer,. always drowsy aft
er a meal and always fighting Off that
drowsiness for reasons not entirely un-
connected with embonpoint, sat upon
the balcony outside her own apart.
ments after the early dinner custom
ary at Forest Lakes Young Rensse-
laer and Elsie White came strolling
from toward the back Of the house,
talking quite earnestly, and struck out
into the southwest roadway. Mrs.
Rensselaer, stiffened. II was perfectly
disgraceful Of Herbert so far to forget
his station in life.
From the front porch Phillip and
Lillian. stepped down and strode up
the northwest path. Lillian clinging to |
Phillips arm and chattering volubly. |
even excitedly. Mrs Rensselaer,. es. |
Unable lady, arose at once.
"How indlscreetp she murmured. II