Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-06-09

Henry T. Wilson of Philadelphia and
Andrew F. Raines of New York Even
more curious, however, was the fact
that Messrs. Wilson and Raines were,
with Morton Rogers, the important in
terests in the Urban Traction system.
This coincidence did not escape
John, who telegraphed the news of the
meeting of the traction men to Willis,
Barr & Co. in the firms cipher, and
received an answer bidding him to be
alert for developments. So far as
John could learn, however, there was
no prolonged conferences of the three
men, although they were much to-
gether in public.
At the end of the appointed ten days
| the banker left for the north, and on
| the following day the young people,
who had seen little of each other dur
ing his visit, shouldered their golf bags
and set out for an afternoon on the
links.
When they had holed out on the
ninth green, Elizabeth, who had for
some time been in the grip of a mood
that puzzled John sorely, suggested
that they rest for a moment. Once at
| ease on the soft turf she opened the
pocket of her golf bag and withdrew
from it with an air of mystery two lit
tie packets. Turning back the sleeves
of her jersey, after the recognized can
| ons of legerdemain, she held up the
| packets before Johns wonder-flled
eyes.
Il have here in my hands," she be-
gan, in the staccato of the variety
stage, "tWo little packages"
HAS anyone in the audience a high
hat?' called John, bowling deeply to
the amazed caddies, who were pitching
pennies near by.
"One of them,' continued Elizabeth,
bestowing a whitening look on the en-
thusiastic young man, lis a map pr
Westchester county, and the other a
copy of telegram sent by Morton
Rogers of the Urban Traction system
to the roads counsel"
''Whew-oo-o,' whistled John, serious
this time at least.
Both of them,'' went on the girl, in
the stacy voice, which was breaking
just little now, "my contribution to
the syndicate that is to crown John
Marshall as the young Napoleon Of
finance"
"Bess, what in the world do you
mean-what does this, mean?"
ct means I'm traitor to my dad.
Oh, John, isn't it horrible. But you
must promise me one thing. 1 don't
care about your old deals-I want you
to get all the glory you can, because
we'll, just because-but 1 just insist
that you promise not to make dad lose
any money"
Il do promise" said John, very
earnestly. Il promise even without
knowing the consequences-even if
lose the glory"
That's good boy Now you tell
me what these things mean. I've puz-
zled over them for days"
why, the map shows the streets
and roads of Westminster county-by
Jove!-they've marked the line of the
Suburban Trolley system in blue, and
here's a long, red line from the ter
minus of the Suburban down Bingham
avenue to
Lets see the telegram, Bess. UNI
um That's right-listen: Go ahead
with Bingham franchise; (signed)-
M. r.
That's it. The Urban is going to
get franchise to lay tracks up Bing-
ham avenue to connect with the Sub
urban system-here where the blue
line ends, Bess, see? The red line
shows where the new road will run.
That means they're going to buy
out the Suburban, either in the open
market or from the big holders pri-
vately. Maybe they've bought it al
ready"
NO." broke in the girl, who was
looking over his shoulder. 81 know
they haven't bought it yet. They're
waiting to see how the franchise is
coming out They're asking for it in
the name of fictitious company
"Bess, I don't know about this. If
anyone else knew what we know there
would be trouble in plenty for the Ur-
ban-and your father It's a pretty
dangerous experiment."
"You promised dad shouldn't lose
anything. It's only fame we want, you
know"
Yes, but-by Jove!-I've got it.
Well send for Mr.. Barr. Well tell
him frankly just why we want to put
through this little deal-if you don't
mind his knowing-about you and me,
Bess. You know he was an old friend
of my father. He'll help us out. He
just pines for deals like this. He'll put
it through without harming hair of
-anybody's head. You don't mind his
knowing, Bess, do your
moo Not if you tell him-but
that makes three in our syndicate"
she added, with a pout.
but he's only our broker-the syn