Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-27
met al \ station ten miles OUT or rown
by his energetic ex-lieutenant.

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give us away to Colonel Duxbury. So,
without telling him much OF anything
l got him to agree to meet you at his
rooms in the Marlboro tonight after
dinner. Then l was scared for fear
my wire to you would miss"
You are white man, Fred. and a
friend to tie to-" said Tom; which was
more than he had ever said to Nor
man by way of praise in the days Of
master and man. Then as the train
was slowing into the South Tredegar
station: IF this thing wins out, you'll
come in for something bigger than you
had with Gordon & Gordon; you can
bet on that"
1t was ordained that Gordon should
anticipate his appointment by meeting
his man at the dinner table in the
Marlboro cafe; and it was accident or
design, as you like to believe, that
Dyckman should be sitting two tables
away. choking over his food and listen
ing only by the road of the eye. since
he was unhappily out of ear range.
When the two passed out to the eleva-
tor. the bookkeeper rose hastily and
made for the nearest telephone. This.
at least. was not accidental.
| The conference In Suite 32 lasted I'M
| til nearly midnight, with Dyckman
painfully shadowing the corridor and
sweating like furnace Iaborer, though
the night was more than autumn cool.
You have let in food of light on
Mr.. Farley's proposition, Mr.. Gordon"
said the representative of American
Aqueduct when the ground had been
thoroughly gone over. Il don't mind
oil limo
overtures to us on his arrival from Eu-
rope, giving us to understand that he
owned or controlled the pipe making
plants absolutely"
AT that time he controlled nothing,
as have explained" said Tom, mot
even his majority stock in Chiawassee
Consolidated. OF course, he resumed
control as soon as he reached home,
and his next move was to have me
quietly sandbagged while he froze my
rather out. But father did not transfer
the patents, for the simple reason that
he couldn't. They are my personal
property, made over to me before the
firm of Gordon & Gordon came into ex-
istence."
fou are the man Wen have to do
business with. Mr.. Gordon. Are you
ease?"
Il have good advice. Hanchett,
Goodloe and Tryson, Richmond Build
Ing, are my attorneys. They will put
you in the way of finding out anything
you'd like to know"
AS have said, I'm here to do busi-
ness. We don't need the plant. VIII
you sell us your patents?'
Yes; on one condition"
That you first put us out Of bust
ness. You'll have to smash Chiawassee
Limited painstakingly and permanently
before you can buy my holdings"
The shrewd- gentleman who had
unified practically all of the pipe foun-
dries in the United States smiled a
gentle negative.
That would be ra Their out of our
line. If Mr.. Farley owned the patents.
and was disposed to fight us-as. in-
deed. he is Motive might try to con-
vince him. But we are not out for
vengeance-another mans vengeance,
at that"
Very well, then; you won't get what
you've come after The patents go
with the plant. You can't have one
without the other" said Tom. eying his
opponent through half closed lids.
But we can buy the plant to-mos-
row. at very reasonable figure. Far
ley is anxious enough to come in out
of the wet"
Excuse me. Mr.. Dracott, but you
can't buy the plant at any price"
Eth? Why can't we?"
Because the majority of the stock
Will vote to fight you to a standstin."
nt,t IT.
trolls 65 per cent of the stock!"
That Is where you were lied to ore
more time said Tom. with great cool
ness. The capital stock of Chiawas-
see Limited is divided into one thou
sand shares, all distributed. My faith
err holds three hundred and fifty
shares; Mr.. Farley and his son togeth-
er own four hundred and fifty: and the
remaining two hundred are held In
trust for Miss Ardea Dabney to be-
come her property in fee simple when
she marries. Pending her marriage
which is currently supposed to be near
at hand, the voting power of these two
hundred shares resides in Miss Dab
neys grandfather. and my father holds
his proxy"
This was the thunderbolt Tom had |
been forging during those quiet days
spent on the mountain side; and there |
was another pause while one might |
count ten. After which the man from |
New York spoke his mind freely.
Your row with these people must |
be pretty bitter. Mr.. Gordon. Are You |
willing to see your father and these |
Dabneys go by the board for the sake |
of breaking the president and his SOM"
Il know what 1 am doing" was the |
quiet reply. Neither my father nor |
Miss Dabney will lose anything that Is
worth keeping
Have you figured that out, too? The