The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-10

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here. As you said. Ack, let's hold a
little informal meeting, and talk over
what we had better dol"
"How much did you SELF" demand
ed STANDBY casually.
Twenty thousand last week. You
sold about double that"
Yes, It's leaking out, no use deny
Ing that! You don't need to list this
thing-it leaksl"
OF course, Vans buying It," said
Sandley, nodding toward the slender
figure of the ex-director. First time
ever knew him to go out for revenge.
1t doesn't very often pay"
well, | can't figure IL out" ventured
Alderman. THE stock won't do him
any more good than 1t does us. He
can't get control over that old bone
head Rawn-T mean our respected
president-anyhow, any more than
we can. He's sitting tight. with the
papers In his box. l admit that / let
go a little, because | figured 1t was
time we were doing something better
than six per cent. with that stock, and
all Rawn has done is to make one ex-
PLANTATION on top Of another. He can't
keep on putting that across with me,
anyhow. But he can sit there. as /
say, with the control In his hands,
looking at those nice pictures of the
Lady of the Lightnings, which he had
engraved az our trademark"
He's awfully gone on her." spoke
up one. "Not that | blame him, either.
! hate to sell my stock, because | like
the looks Of u engraved goddess 30
much!"
There's most always a lady stand.
Ing around somewhere, with the light.
ming In her hands," ventured the gray
bearded man solemnly. They looked
at one another again suggestively, but
no n spoke more definite words than
that.
well, we've had high-sounding talk
put up to us about long enough" com.
mented Alderman, at length. 81
was one of the first to go in for this,
and l believe In it yet, but | don't want
this thing with RawnI In control. Why,
look at him-he was Just a clerk when
he came to us, and here he's putting
on more side than any other man In
he town. He's taken advantage of
his situation TO play the market In and
out. all the time. which couldn't have
done If IL hadn't been for friends like
us. He squeezed us into backing him
after we gave him that first httlefiyer
in Rubber, and some Oil-that hadn't
cost us anything and didn't look worth
anything. In return he's handed us
promises and explanations and hot air,
and nothing else. I've just got an
idea that there's q man-sized niger
somewhere around this ~woodpile. For
me, ! prefer being hung as a little
lamb rather than as a full-sized goat.
Yes. ] let go a little Internationally
Van-IW admit. Time enough to get
back into the game when we've put
Rawn opt!"
Standley nodded slowly. That's a
good deal the way / felt about It," he
said. "It rifles me to see the airs hat
fellow puts on. / remember him when
he didn't have two suits of hand-me-
down clothes to his name, and now
he Seems to have a hundred, all done
by the best tailors In New York. He
used to tie his drawers with white
tape strings. and now he wears spe-
cially shaped silks. Where'd he get
it2 You talk about the Kelley motor
this thing has got ii beat a mile for
mystery. And we fellows have been
standing for that! That is. unless we
can stand from under. somehow"
"Yes, seemingly" ventured the last
speaker. But how is that somehow ?
There isn't any market for Interna,
tional."
The gray-bearded man laughed jubi.
lantly at this. Have you found tina,
out2"
yes, ! certainly have found II out
OF course, the market has been Van
yonder. But he won't take on over
a certain amount. He wants to break
the control. OF course. But he's going
to wait until he gets up to the point
and then do something quick. He's
not going to hold our bag for us-oh,
no! Not him!"
well. I've a suspicion" said the
older man finally, that that secret
we've been after has been In the hands
of our superintendent for a long time"
why didn't Rawn tell us. Them
demanded n OF his companions
HAS he sold US out?"
mo, Rawn hasn't sold US out. Al
least / don't think So"
"Who has, them
Il don't know. The young man who
made the wheels go for US whenever
Rawn wanted him to-he's the real
key to this situation, II I'm a good
guesser, There's your c~ontraband,
and you a locate him somewhere In
this particular woodpile. or I'm NO
Judge"
"Rawn's pretty we'll spread out in
the general Market" quite irrelevant.
ly suggested STANDBY.
81 should say he was!" growled Ack.
erman. Hes been In on all the good
things in the last two or three years.
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