The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-07-19

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IN" ing the short pause. what
I6TT5 do you want?"
Szz@3 Il want to speak TO you
alone" answered Standish.
Come up to my study. Gaines. tell
the groom 10 keep Dunderberg NOV
ing. I'll be down In ten minutes"
In silence the Railroader led the
way upstairs He passed into the
study, leaving Give 20 follow. Nor,
as he seated himself in his big chair,
did he request his visitor TO sit down
Ignoring these sights. Give took up
his stand on the opposite side OF the
desk.
Now, then" said Caleb, get
through your business as quick as you
can. What do you want7"
ITO speak to you In reference to
this campaign"
Had enough, eh?"
Altogether too much OF the sort
you've inflicted on me-"
"Goodl You've got more sense than
thought There's two kinds OF
fools: the kind that put their heads
in hornets nest once and then have
sense enough to admit they've been
stung, and the kind that keeps their
heads there because they're too daffy
to see the exit-signs or too pig-headed
TO confess that hornet-stlngs Amt the
most diyerting form OF sassage. I'm
glad to see you belong to the first
class. I'd placed you in the second"
but l."
but you want to get out OF this
p'ticular hornets rest, s'pose. with
out giving too life-like an imitation
of a man shining down from tree.
Ell? Well. guess that can be fixed.
| Sit down. Well"
You're mistaken" broke in Stand
ish, resenting the more civil tone OF
his host as he had not resented his
| former rudeness, I'm in this fight to
stay. L"
Want your cash losses made good?
II you"
"Mr. Conover,- said Give calmly.
though the knuckles that gripped the
table-edge we're white with pressure,
when your laekey, Shevlin, made
that same proposition TO me, he
thought he was making a perfectly
straight offer. And. Judging by the
standards you've taught him, sup
pose the suggestion was almost holy
compared with the majority OF his tao
tics. SO I didn't thrash him. He knew
no better: for the same reason don't
thrash you"
THAT and maybe few Others
laughed Conoyer. 10 no wise offended.
II climbed up from yard-boy TO rail
road president by frequently tanning
my fists in where they'd do the most
| good l guess you'd have faint
s'spicion you'd been in n fight before
you was through. But ! presume you
didn't come here tonight to give an
encore performance OF your grand
stand play at Grafton. II seems
started on the wrong idea just now
You don't want to drop out gracefully
or to sell out. and you prefer the
yoothing attentions OF the hornets
! to-"
yes, II you put IL that way. Mr.
Conover--"
Hold on n second"
The Railroader crossed 10 screen
at the farther end OF the room.
rhrusting II aside he said 10 stem.
ographer who sat behind IL. pencil
ind pad In hand:
I'VE won't need you any longer.
This amt going 70 be that kind OF in.
terview after all. You can 20 now.
Just little precaution of mine," he
added 10 Give as he returned 10 the
table. Now you can go on talking"
You were setting spy to take
down what said?" gasped Give, In
credulous.
mo. stenographer to report our
little chat. We were a bit short on
campaign litterchoor. But I see II
won't be needed now. Go ahead"
1--WE Just returned from a tour of
the State" commenced Standish. once
more forcing himself to keep down
HIS temper
Conoyer drew a typewriter bundle
from drawer.
IF you were counting on telling me
all about H." he observed, II can save
you the trouble. Here's the whole
count"
Does your account include the re.
cital OF a mob melted 70 smash furni.
ture. insult women and attempt muir.
der2 Or OF suborned town officials.
bought policemen and muzzled edi-
tors? II not. IL is incomplete. / went
on that tour prepared to meet all
legitimate obstacles. I met only
fraud. violence and the creatures OF
! boss-bought conspiracy. II is TO call
you TO account for that and to ask