The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-04-24

I'm glad to meet ynu. Mr., Stuart.
You've done Us Il good turn in sending
some Of our crooks to the prn;entiary
You've cleared the air and made 1t
possible for an Old fashioned banker to
breathe in New York It's pleasure
to shake hands with you"
The king passed on into the crowd.
the focus Of hundred admiring eyes
Rivcns cOnld scarcely believe his ears
when he listened with open mouth
whi!c his majesty spoke to Stuart
Great Scott. Jim" he .:Slut.l ut last
That's the longest speech ever heard
him make knew you had scored tn"
biggest hit any lawyer has made in
| this town in Il generation. Int ! never
dreamed you'd capture the kings i'm
nginntion I'm beginning to think my
offer wasn't so grncrons after all Look
here. you've got to promise me on"
thing right now When yon d" <" in
t." make your pile it shall be- with m"
and n" other man"
Nan passed and threw him 81 gra
ciO,ls smile
''It will be with yOn if l go. Cal. l
promise AT least the king is one ex
ccption to your Indictment of all great
fortunes"
That's the funniest thing Ut ALL
Rivcns whispered Hes not an ex
ception. Understand. Pm loyal to the
king He's wonder. | like him
Iik" his big head. his big shaggy eye
brnws. his big hands and big feet.
like to hear him growl and snap his
anSwer-'YeS.' 'NO'-that means life nr
death to men who kneel at his feet
He's a dead game sport. But he. too
has his little blots in his early copy
books ut school if you care to turn the
pages"
NO" Stuart interrupted incrcdu
iously
Yes. sir; he turned the slickest tricl
on Uncle Sam of all the bunch. HI
was syoungster. and it was his frs
deal. When the civil war broke out th'
government had no guns for the volnn
teers. He learned that there were
5000 old Hall carbines stored ava!
amsng the junk in one Of the nationa
arsenals in New York He bough
these guns ION credih for song
about So apiece. and shipped them t
General Fremont. who was in st. LOui
bowling for arms. Fremont agreed t
pay $3.50 each for the new rifles an
closed the deal at once by drawing u
the government for enough to enabl
the young buccaneer to pay his thre
dollar contract price to Uncle Sam i
New York and lay aside snug sur
for rainy day besides.
when Fremont found that the gun
were worthless he advised the gov
ernment to stop payment on the ba
ance. 1t was stopped on the ground Q
fraud. And then the yonngstcr show
ed the stuff be was made Of Did h
: crawl and apologize? Not much. H
sued the United States government to
the full amount and pushed that SUI
to the supreme court In the face 9
the sneers Of Ills enemies he won all
took the full amount with interes
: He's the king today because be WA
UOEu Il hlHS. I1IS ldtuel WIS tullItOA
aire before him. He's the creates
financial genius Of the century"
:. Bivens paused and dreamy loo
came into the black eyes.
i "Jim." he continued with slow en-
phasis. I'D rather get my fingers Q
his throat in a death struggle tina
" lead the combined armies of the wOr
to victory"
Stuart was silent.
: The soft tones of hidden orient
" gongs began to chime the call for di
ner The chimes melted into a Dea
;. tiful piece OF orchestral music whit
y seemed to steal from the sky. so ski
fully had the musicians been cOncei
Il ed. Nan suddenly appeared by Stuart
! side. and he was given the honor
leading his hostess into the banqu
hall before even the king. while Il
y great ones of earth slowly followed