Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-11

nounced had entered his office T am a busy man this morning"
 The young man moved a chair close 10 GarTison's desk, sat down. ad- justed a pair of rimless nose glasses, and eyed him keenly.
 You sent for me. he replied
 Who iu the dickens are you?"
 Gilbert Paul Gilbert
 70, liou are Gilbert. the secret service agent was expecting to see an older man. I am glad to see you. MT. Gilbert, very glad. indeed was his frank expression and the warm grasp of his hand convinced Gilbert that he was sincere.
 Then l take it that the coal trust is pushing you hard. Men are gencr- ally in tight place when they send for me-" said Gilbert
 Yes. they have me in a tight place They have told me that they will run me out of business or break me. They may break mel am beginning to fear they will--but I swear thell new CT run me out while I've got a cent left to fight with" replied Garrison excitedly. There have been times when l would nave sold out to them for a fair price. but that time has passed. It's dght to finish now,"
 That's the proper spirit. Mir. Gar rison,' said Gilbert quietly. but you are talking too loud. The manager of the trust in Pittsburg may hear you Its only fifty miles and We have wire less telephony now, you know.
 He already knows as much about my business as l dO, answered Gar Tison more calmly. He finds out where send quotations and under bids me. He finds out when my con tracts expire and prevents my renew ing them. He knows my exact outpUt, and my profit and loss on ever trans action. Every move of mine is antiC- ipated and obstacles put in my way. So difficult is 1t for me 10 get and hold customers that the cost of my sales department eats up all the prof its If l don't get @ check on them somewhere it's oniy question of time until l 20 to the wall. I mus find out how they learn my carefully guarded trade secrets. It is for that purpose l want to engage your serN- ices. I'll have 10 fight the devil m his own way
 Indeed?" queried Gilbert.
 T did not refer to you,' replied Gar rison with Q laugh.
 If you will tell me the exact steps that have been taken in the fight said Gilbert, q sHlil know where 10 begin work. It is perhaps unnec essary to remind you that you must trust me implicitly"
 When they parted two hours later Gilbert knew the situation thoroughly. lie went directly to Pittsburgh, the head quarters of the bituminous coal trust
 The next day Garrison had stroke of luck The United steel and Manu- featuring company Of Pittsburgh opened negotiations with him for their supply of coal. They had pre- vicusly obtained all their coal from the trust They now desired 10 make five years contract with Garrison for a weekly supply that vas about the average output Of the mines. They offered a price that would be exceed fngly profitable to Garrison, for if he secured the contract he could Go away with his expensive sales depart ment and defy the trust for at least i've years.
 The only feature in the contract that he did not like was the eXces sive penalty imposed on him for fail ure 10 deliver weekly the amount specified That penalty would mear ruin if for any reason he could not deliver the coal. The '. s. & NJ Co would not yield one jot on that point They are afraid though Garrison that if l fail them the trust will re fuse to sell them coal at any price
 He could see nothing however, thai could prevent him from supplying the required amount. lie owned the coa land and could mine that much witt his present equipment He could keeI a sufficient quantity in reserve 10 tide him over any short delay caused b' a break in the machinery or other ac cident His profits would be lare' enough to prevent any threatened strike by granting an increase to hi miners. He decided to accept tn, terms and close the contract.
 He wired Gilbert: Unnecessary tC proceed further. Come here at once.
 In two hours he received this reply Don't close contract with [. s. G Nj. Co. Keep up negotiations Import ant developments here Cannot leave now. Under no circumstances clos' the contract. Gilbert"
 -The dickensi" exclaimed Garrison How does he know anything abou this contract2 The United Steel an, Manufacturing company seemed to de sire secrecy even more that I. No man in my office knows about it l thought this was one transaction that even the trust would know noth ing of until it is closed
 Then it occurred to him that If h' delayed the trust would probabll learn of it. Perhaps they knew of i already. What if they had bribe' Gilbert to block the deal? Why shoul, he be guided by Gilbert? Assuming that Gilbert was honest in his inten tions. he evidently did not know al the facts in the case, or else he wal using poor judgment
 The United Steel and Manufactur ing company was pressing him for final decision.
 The morning after his conference with Garrison. Gilbert in his private office on the fifteenth floor of sky scraper on Smithdeld street, Pitts