The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-06-10

Benson turned on his heel and went
back through the shops To the pattern.
room From his desk there. which he
unlocked. he took a device in polished
wood and steel and nickel This he
slipped under his coat. for IL was too
bulky 10 carry in his pocket; then he
went straight 10 his nephew's office
where he wasted no time In explana
ton.
Il want to buy Bently out. Jake,
he said briefly. I've got moncy
enough put by TO meet his price.
Now'll you 90 in with nc? for | must
have partner with capital Wait u
minute want you should see this
before you give me your answer;
and he placed the mechanism he had
brought from the pattern room in the
| lawyers hands.
DO you know what you got there,
Jake. he asked. after moments 81.
lence.
Its the stock and breech OF a gun,
said the lawyer, turning il over
It's repeating rife, Jake-my own
invention, and even if do say il. it's
the greatest weapon ever made Put
| that in the hands OF one Yankee. anv
he'll be match for twenty rebels; do
you think the government going TO
stand of when | get il in shape TO
offer? sha'n't be able to fll the con-
tracts Look here, IL loads with this
| special dge-automatic-do you
see? And feeds from the stock where
ten rounds will be carried. and them
ten rounds will be available in almost
as many seconds. Jake. once begin
TO manufacture them rifles, secession s
got its death blow; nothing will make
good the difference between muzzle-
loading musket and that weapon,
Once that's In the hands of the Yam
KEGS, they will be hunting JEFF Davis
In his own Notwithstanding stop
en-"
But what do you want me TO do?"
asked Benson.
Join me in making that arm III
ask you for no money now. all | want
Is that you should stand ready 10 put
In few thousands--saye eight or ten
In case we're slow in realizing on our
contracts
How soon will these demands be-
GIN"
Not under Ave or six months.
Very well" said the lawyer. You
can close with Mr.. Bently while he's
In the humor to sell later We can
| draw up papers covering the partner
ship-there's no hurry about that
And before the two hours for which
he had stipulated had elapsed, Tom
Benson had closed with Mr.. Bently,
and rather less than twenty minutes
| later he was back at the shops and
had given orders to have the old sign
which read "Bentlys Foundry paint
ed out, and The Benson Iron Works"
the new firm name. under which he
intended to continue the business,
painted in its stead.
Before Stephen left Camp jackson,
near Columbus, where he was muster
ed in, he was displaying so great an
aptitude for his work. that McKeever,
now advanced to colonelcy, urged
his claims to such good purpose, that
when he was wounded in skirrhsn
al Romney, Virginia. and was sent
home on sick leave. lieutenant S
, commission shortly followed him
thither
! His first homecoming his aunt re-.
membered long afterward with entire
satisfaction. Their little estranSe-
ment was forgotten; he was frank and
affectionate as he had always been.
! He had developed wonderfully; his
shoulders had broadened and he was
brown and muscular. the boy had be-
come a man. He had quite lost his
air OF troubled preoccupation born or
his doubt and foreboding of the future,
for his future no longer troubled him.
Virginia made much OF him, and he
accepted her solicitude and James.
with infinite good nature
"A fellow don't have any chance
with you two" he told them laugh
ingly. Especially when his arms
| tied up as mine Is !"
But, dear, this Is all we can do"
said Virginia signing. and adjusting
his bandages with tender caressing fin
gers. When we heard that your regi-