Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-07-07

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GUST tt. same
.ArsI .,. president reached over and
Pressed thc bell rush which signaled to
III. t.un CONDUCTOR
That Is an l have 10 say he con
GUIDED Keep your eye on young
Blount ana get rid Of him for a few
days. III leave the details to you.
Get orders for me as you go up, Kit
.r,de. and let me ont as soon as pos
siuir. ought to be halfway to AlkalI
- ;AiS time"
J, was 5oung Kanictt. a reporter for
tho DAILY Capital, who told Evan
Blount of the arrival Of the presi-
of the overland.
Ranlett had tried Intellectually to get
to the private car. having for his OBJ
ject the interviewing of the vice presi-
dent
Blount thought it little singular
that the vice president should come to
the capital secretly, but he did not
stop TO speculate upon this.
Having something more than a SuS
picion that Gantry was not passing
his threat of exposure up to McNickar.
he determined at once to seek an in
terview with the vice president.
Walking rapidly down to the Sierra
avenue station, he saw light in Gan
try's Office. and, meaning to be fair first
and severe afterward. II needful. he
the traffic managers office. 1t opened
under his hand. Gantry was at his
desk.
"Ranletr tells ME that McVickar Is
In town. he began abruptly. Where
is he?'
"Ranlett is miStaken-about twenty
minutes mistaken" was Gantry's re-
ply. MIR. McVickar passed through
here few minutes ago on his way to
Twin Canyon City. His special has
been gone some little time"
when is he coming back?
II don't know"
Did you see himY
a" did"
Did you take up with him the mat
ter Of issuing new tarlffs-to do away
with the preferentials or to level the
public rates down to them?"
Gantry shifted uneasily in his chair
and tried to evade. There was very
little time" he said. "Mr McVickar
was in great hurry. and his special
was held only a few minutes"
Blount crossed the room and sat
down.
"Dick, we've come TO the last round
up" he said gravely. "In the nature
Of things can't give you any more
time. You've got to do something and
do it quickly. Let's go up and see the
editor Of the Capital"
What fOr?" demanded Gantry.
Il want you to give him an inter
view to the effect that a revision OF
the freight rates IS in process and
that shippers having grievances should
present themselves at once. That will
at least start the ball to rolling In til,
right direction"
Il should think 1t would" scoffed tn,
traffic manager. What you dom
know about the making Of freight tar
IFS would sink a ship, Evan. Thes,
things can't be done while you wait
But they've got to be In this in
stance" Blount insisted. "If you dom
withdraw the preferentiaIs given t,
the corporations you must do the Other
thing. Post your legal notice Of Il re
duction Of the rates on the commoditie.
upon which you are now allowing re
bates. and I'll fight straight through OF
the line I've been taking"
and II we don't" queried Gantry
III you don't do one or the othe
there will be an explosion. just rs Nv,
told you. OF course you know tina
my safe was broken open last night
wrecked with dynamite"
Yes"
well. unlucklly for you. the packe
Of papers which might otherwise hav,
been taken or destroyed didn't happier
to be In the safe. The documents ar,
still where they can be used ut a mo
ments notice. And, Dick. I'll use IN,
ammunition II you don't play fair"
Gantry, long suffering and patient t,
a fault In a business affair, was not al
together superhuman.
| s'EUon n 70
You stand up so straight that you leal
over backward. Don't you know tina
the Transcontinental is big enough ant
strong enough to chivvy you from on,
end CT this country to the other IL 70,
turn traitor? love a fighting man
but haven't any use for fool"
Blount laughed.
IF / have succeeded In making 70,
angry perhaps there is chance tina
you Will do something. You may ours,
me out all You want to, but the fact re
mains. I'm going to explode the bomb
and 1t will he touched off far enough
before election TO do the work If yol
keep on refusing to make my word t.
AAAt iN'l'it EppA. i HAT - dll-ulI IHl
all. Now, will you so up TO the Capita
Office with me and dictate that bit o
Information that mentioned:"
Not In n thousand years" ragged
Gantrv. Not in thousand years.
Nevertheless he rose closed his desh
and prepared TO accompany the i'm
Fortunate political manager Half
way along the first block he said
There is no use IN our going to The
Capital Office IT this time of night
Blenkirsop doesn't get around to hi.
desk much before H. Let's go up Il
the club"
At the railway club the traffic man
aGer developed n keen desire to xii
the intervening time in n game Of bill
lizards. BlOunt INDUCED him, beat
him three games In succession and
consistently refused TO drink Will
him. Al the end Of the third game
Gantry gave n terse definition of q
man who would force his friend to &C