The Alaska citizen., 1911-02-13
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ISSS (SSS (jSS }SSS \SSS ]SSS GS intelligence. for presently he slap ped his hand upon his leg and jump ed toward the group of employees in the corner.
 Say" he demanded. Who tgur- ed on this job for the Middle West company?
 Dan Bubble, l suppose" answer ed a lanky draftsman, who, still wearing his apron. had slipped his coat Cn over his oyersleeves and retained his eye-shadc under his straw hat At least, he seemed to know all about the plans. Hes the boss contractor There he is now"
 Looking out cf the window Dilling ham saw brawny. rei-haired giant issuing from the tool-hOuse, carrying a cylindrical tin case about five feet long. He pulled eff the ] cap of this as he came and began 10 drag from the inside of the case a thick roll of blue prints. He was hurryfng toward big asphalt cal dron underneath which blazed hot wood fire.
 Come on Bin." yelled billing ham. and hurried out of the door, ! closely followed by Bates.
 They both ran with all their might toward the caldron. but before they could reach the spot Bubble had showed the entire roll into the fire. Bin wasted no precious moments, but, glaring Mir. Bubble in the eye as he ran. doubled his fist with the evident intention Cf damaging that gentlemans CountenanCe with it. He suddenly ducked his round head as he approached. however. and plung- ed ii into the middle of MT Rub hle's appetite; whereupon MT. Rub ble grunted heavily. and sat down quite uncomfortably near to the caldron Riff. though it scorched his hands. dragged the blazing roll of blue prints from the flames and, seizing a nearby pail of water. started for the drawings, just as big Dan regained his feet and made a rush for him.
 Dillingham;. slight and no fighter, but full of sand, jumped cross wise into that melee, and with a flying leap literally hung himself about Bubbles neck. Big Dan roar ing like bull at this unexpected and most unprofessonal mode of warfare. placed his two hands upon Dillingham's hips and tried to force him away; failing ill this. he ran straight forward with all this living C. z hanging to him. and planted a terrific kick upon Biff's ribs, just as Bif had dashed the pail of Wa ter from end to end of the blazing roll of drawings. He poised for another kick. but Riff had dropped the pail by this time, and as the foot swung forward he grabbed it. Bubble losing his balance, pitched forward. landing squarely upon the top Cf the unhappy Dillingham;, who sgnifed his retirement from the game with an astoundingly large "Woof," to come from so small a body; moreover, he released his arms: but Bubble freed from the weight on his chest, found another one on his back Biff was quite com petent to manage him, but by this time half dozen men came running from different directions, and as there were a hundred or more of them on the job, all beholden for their bread and butter to Mir. Rub ble, things looked bad for Biff and Dillingham;.
 Back up there. you mutts. or I'll make peek-a-bOo patterns out of the lot of yOu!" howled penetrating voice. and Mr Feeney. heading the relief party, which consisted only of Bobby and MT Ferris. whipped from each hip pocket a huge blue steel revolver, at the same time brushing back his coat to display his badge.
 Those men might have fought Mir. Feeneys guns, but they had no mind 10 fight that badge, and they held back, while Bobby and Mir. Ferris helped to calm MT Bubble by the simple eXpedient of sitting on him.
 Gentlemen of the Middle West Construction company said Bobby Burnt, in the office of the Bulletin, II am sorry to say that you are not telling the truth when you claim that you figured in good faith on this absurd and almost unknown three-tenths-inch scale, when all the others figured on the same drawings at onefourth inch The rescue of these prints, covered with Bubbles marginal figures, does not leave you leg to stand on" and Bobby tapped his knuckles upon the charred- edged blue-prints that lay unrolled on the desk before him. Fortunately the three inside prints were left fairly intact, and these were plain ly marked one-fourth inch to the foot Moreover, rolled up inside the blueprints was even better evi- dence," went on Bobby; "evidence that MT. Trimmer has perhaps for gotten. Nothing has been said about it until now, and nothing has been published since We saved them from the fire"
 From the drawer of his desk he drew several sheets of white paper. They were letter-heads of Trimmer & Co.,, and were covered with Rub ble's figures.
 Here's note from Mir. Trim mer to MT. Bubble, requesting him to prepare a statement showing the difference in cost between three tenths and one-fourth' He does not say three-tenths or one-fourth what, but that is quite enough, taken in conjunction with these summaries on another sheet of paper They are set down in two columns, one head ed threetenths and the other one- fourth. I have had MT. Platt go over these figures, and he finds that