Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17
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KIND OF man 10 YOU take me forc | tell You
ii : not clean.
"Do YOU mean to infer
Harics' voice had risen to a roar; but his
sentence was interrupted.
Il mean Just this don't like Your meth
DDS. You employed me to do engineering.
I've done it. No man who knows his bust
ness can say haven't But I'll do nothing
else, nor will participate in ANYTHING that
is SIX and undcrhandcd. | rcsign-hcre and
now, You get another man. Moreover,
I'll make these men wise if YOU undertake
10 carry this through Understand"
Jim heard a hand slapped emphaticallv
on the table, and pictured to himself the
scene. There was heavy silence. He tool,
4 step forward and looked into the room.
Farjes was seated by a table, scowling up
ward at the engineer, who was standing OPP
posite and leaning forward with IN angry
face, resting both hands on the table IS if
about to lean farther across and clutch his
employer by the throat. Suddenly, with an
abrupt change Of front, the promoter leaned
back in his chair and grinned.
well. if YOU feel that way about it, he
said in a conciliatory tone, well drop that
scheme. There are plenty of Others. The
world full of en- Maybe you're right.
don't want YOU to quit.
I'll quit if you don't promise me that
this plan is abandoned right now, insisted
the engineer.
He started to walk round the room, and
lin stepped back into the darkness, loath
to be an eavesdropper, eager to hear what
this portended, and thinking that perhaps
it would be best for him to go to the front
of the hotel and walk boldly inside. Yet
Hollowavs voice, Modified, came to him.
a need employment, Mr.. Harjes. live
by it. My profession and professional repu-
ton are all | have to live for. lnasmuch as
you promise that you will drop this line, |
shall be glad to work. Otherwise, no"
@'Then it IS dropped, my young friend,
Harjes replied.
I'M slipped back out of earshot and re
} traced his steps toward the front steps
He mounted them and walked bravely III,
to meet Eve Waters almost at the door. She
FASTENED to greet him.
a was hoping you would come over" she
said. a am eager to know when the tunnel
is to be finished. | have heard 50 much Of
it and watched it 50 long that have come
to take personal interest IN it. DO ! get
an opportunity to buy some Of the stock OF
that fabulous mineo'
"The tunnel" he replied, "is to be opened
through tomorrow, if | know anything at
all Of engineering. That is one reason |
came over. | thought you and Mr.. Hol-
lowav would like to be over there when the
shots are fired. | am sure he would, just be
cause he IS an engineer.
"But YOU don't mention me, she said,
smiling at him. "Don't YOU think am more
interested than Jack Holloway"
Perhaps it was we'll for his peace Of mind
that she was standing III a room where there
were a score Of others. He felt his heart
beat more rapidly, and, regardless OF any
who might be watching, looked deeply into
her eyes He was oblivious to everything
save that she had spoken to him with a st1g-
gcstion that his success meant much to her
Almost as if terrified by his earnestncss, she
withdrew her hand and FASTENED to lead him
10 talk. He did SO, explaining the progress Of
the work and letting some Of his fervid hope
and faith CLEAN here and there to show how
much success meant to him. He was inter-
ruptcd by maid, who came to tell Eve that
her aunt, who had been indisposed for two
or three days, wanted her, and the girl held
out her hand to bid him goodby.
Even as She was promising him to come
to the mine on the following day, the door
behind them opened, and the engineer, look
ing very grim and drawn, entered the room.
Jim studied his expression for marks Of the
encounter that ne knew had taken place in
the promoters room but there were none