The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1911-08-26
Rollins looked troubled. II don't {
Nike It" he said. t 7

Rollins looked troubled. II don't
IKE It." he said.
"Nonsensew declared Kelvin. "we're
using II to good end. You can estab.
hsh your 6at rate now as you planned
In the nrst place. We're going to be-
gin the battle of the trusts In earnest
1.-THE battle Of the trusts" repeated
Rollins musingIy. ut sounds interest.
ing at least"
1T won't be, though" replied KEEL
vim, with contempt There will be no
battle whatever I'm merely going to
chloroform them on the eve of the
presidential nomination. About the
most popular idea that was ever put
before the vast, unsuccessful MAORI
ty Of the voting public is the graded
property tax. Well, I'm going to fame
into print with the suggestion for
graded corporation tax and then have
Mr.. Breeds carefully tanned legisla-
tors frame that suggestion into a bill
and pass 1t into law. The weather.
the corporation the more It will be
taxed pro rata until toward the top
the tax will become prohibitive. The
law ID already as good as passed, and
] imagine that 1t will be quite shock
to your old friends Hepperdon and
Valentine and Raymer. Speed, Melton
Sears & Co. and a few others. Eth,
Mr.. Breed?''
But Henry Breed did not hear Phil
Mp. He had just taken from the
drawer of his desk handful of pho
tographs, a piece Of red wax crayon, a
hammer and some tacks and was
starting for the rear study. AS he
passed Phillip caught glimpse of the
top photograph. 1t was portrait OF
Hepperdon.
A cheaply dressed fellow, big man
with thick neck and broad shoulders
and arms that hung crooked at the ell
bows, aligited at little wilderness
station on the Long Island railroad
behind Kelvin and Sam. A farmer
like native approached the more pros
porous appearing Phillip.
"You, Mr.. KelvinT he demanded.
'The same" replied Kelvin. "This
n Mr.. Purser. believer
81 reckon So" admitted the other.
s-Old Hayseed Purser."
Kelvin clambered into the front seat
Of dilapidated surrey. Mr.. Purser
fixed upon Kelvin contemplative
gaze.
You don't want to see that scrub
oak land we wrote each other about"
he suddenly advised, with engaging
bluntness. you're no cheap lot
boomer. You're lookin' for q summer
home"
mo-" objected Kelvin, still smiling.
It'll look at the scrub oak property. ]
think" -@,. @-.-
Fat this moment the big, workman
looking fellow stepped up to Mr.. Pur-
ser. Gould you tell me where I'd ind
a few acres Of cheap ground nt for
market gardening" he asked.
"There amt any such property left
on Long Island" declared Mr.. Purser
emphatically. '"The land between this
railroad and the water amt cheap,
and the land back O. that you couldn't
grow anything on. 1t is all sand
dunes" =
TN look at what you have any.
how" replied the other.
z IAN right" said Mr.. Purser reluc.
family. "Just crawl In the buggy
there" DE- ',ss.,s
Z. They drove from the station and.
turning from the highway by and by,
struck OF into a scarcely defined road
through the wilderness of stunted oaks
and pines.
"Well, here you see It," said Mr..
Purser deprecatingly. II might drive
you for hours, and it's all just like
this ~ ="
"What is It WORTH" asked Kelvin.
81 reckon / could sturn over thou
sand acres Of 1t runnin' around forty
and fifty dollars an acre"
"A thousand acres" unused Kelvin.
"How much money. on the average, do
make year,"
THAT'S pretty nigh personal ques-
ton. amt it?"
"It's a business question" returned
Kelvin. 81 want to buy all this sort
Of land you can secure within eighty
FIVE miles of Broadway. I'd like to
hire you for one year to represent me
exclusively in this matter. How much
do you want?"
"Well," said Mr.. Purser, slowly cal
culating, last year made nigh on to
$4,000 in commissions"
every good" said Kelvin. It'll give
you Eve thousand for this year, be-
ginning now. Do you suppose you
can save me the amount Of your sal
aryT
81 reckon I'could," said Mr.. Purser.
'T reckon there amt anybody on this
island can decker for property as good
as / can"
TITS bargain. then, is itT' inquired
Kelvin.
. "Yes. reckon 1t II. Begins right
now, don't it?r
Begins right now"
1T think that will be about all for
the present" said Kelvin and rose to
90.
CHAPTER XVI.
" HE stranger went back to New
York on the same train with
Kelvin. As was quite natural