Arizona republican., 1911-04-19
THE LONG ARM
 OF BOSS TANK
Copyright, 1909. by tue Pearson Pub
 fishing Company.
By p. C. Msefarlane.

which we are bound to respect, who are opposed to MT. Holman, very much op- posed, and are unwilling to see the banks capital used in any business that makes traffic for him. Do you see?"
 Some spite game, is it?" snapped Mir Jones, with gasp of relief, when he understood that his own credit was only arbitrarily impaired.
 "I shouldn't call 1t that" said Mir. Vining.
 Well, by lingo, I dol" declared MT. Jones, and I'll just stand by him. He's always done our business in a satisfactory way. I'll not see him brow beaten over my shoulders. I'll raise my loan elsewhere. A man goes first to his own bank, of course"
 And Mir, Jones waltzed out with something approaching as near to asperity of manner as that very good hearted gentleman could accomplish.
 But he was back the next day.
 By the way" said Mir. Vining, seiz- ing the first speech, you are not to forget, Mir Jones, that we are depend ing on you to reduce your indebtedness by taking up a part of those notes which come up for renewal next week.
 Since MT. Vining knew from private advices of his own the occasion of Mir. Jones's return to him, this speech was like an unwrung blanket in It's effect upon the spirits of his visitor.
 But" said MT. Jones, "I can't do it, Vining. I have to have more money to put through my deals. I've been to every house in town. They are cold shouldering me. There's lots of money and know 1t. But they all say. Not just now, Mir. Jones. We can only take care of our own customers So that runs me back to you, and confound 1t, Vining, you've got to take care of me. You have no right to destroy my credit by refusing my legitimate loans when I have been banking with you for twenty years"
 "You are destroying your own credit MT. Jones, as I have explained to you already"
 How? Oh, You mean Holman: Why, confound it, Viningl How can ] do that?-break of with him, l mean Why. we're neighbors. We belong to the same clubs. Our daughters are in society together. Besides. don't wan: to turn on him, just now. He tells me he's in some kind of trouble with the city authorities about a spur track or something to one of tis warehouses. That interruptions grafter, Dan Tank is after him and making all sorts of trouble for him. ] wouldn't want to turn against him, now"
 "Of course not" said MT. Vining pushing a button. His jaws had snapped as he spofe with the dry, juiceless click of a steel trap His words were reassuriDg, but the man ner of them was not.
 Bring me the statement of our bills receivable from Jones 6 Company" he said to the clerk who answered his ring. s
 The precipitation started on Mir Jones's brow His eyes, too, bulged in their sockets.
 Really, Mir. vining!" he gasped.
 Really, MT. Jones'" observed Mir Vining.
 Do you mean that I've got to break my teaming contracts with W. A. Hol' man; an old friend, who has done our hauling for twenty years. hefore l can get my notes renewed and secure the additional reasonable credit that l re quire?"
 "It would simplify matters, think if you should do that" Mir. Vining said absently, while scanning q financial re view.
 Gan it be possible that Dan Tank can use this bank ard use me b punish a man of the standing iii this commit nifty of William A. Hoimsn? asked Mir Jones, with something Of amaze ment and something of resignation in his voice.
 Daniel Tank use this banko" ex' claimed MT ViniEg in great surprise and a trace of indignation. Absurd! As I have explained to you, powerful interests among our stockholders whom we are bound 10 respect, feel that NIT. Holman has not treated them right: perhaps. I might say. he is a competitor of them iG an unfair way to certain extent, aud they are ex- ceedingly anxious that none O. their capital be used even remotely to de velop the business of competitor That looks reasonable, doesn't 1t? "
 "Yes, mus. say it does" confessed Mir. Jones. But I hate it, all the same"
 "So do l." said Nr N'ring. And fervently he spoke the tt7ith-
 Well, I'll do it." said Mir. Jones with a fine show of resignation and latent resolution, but I'll explain all about 1t to Billie Holman, just the same. and tell him it's hard lines for me to do it, but everybody's got to take their medicine these times, l guess"
 That is the philosophical way to look at it," said MT. Vining.
 On top of this a mortgage of Hol mans came due. It was for fifty thou sand dollars and represented the last rayment on the purchase price of the coal yards and the two red star ware houses that thrifty gentleman had acquired three years before. That Holman could meet it in his present condition seemed utterly impossible Tank had Cwatched the days creer by with hungry eyes. His bank. the l Traders. had bought the mortgage