The San Francisco call., 1913-10-25
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understand--I have not been lucky
this time--pretty near the first time,
too. / sold cotton too early, on the
advice Of that fool Harding in Liver
pool. I fired him. Then held on to
| tin too long / don't often get two
facers like that in q row, and I'm
sorry-but Til have ii all cleaned up
and healthy balance showing by the
first Of the year.
'I hope we WILL" said Allan.
| grimly
| Il am sure we WILL" declared Wolf.
Il said 'we,' not YOU, Allan corr
rected him with icy precision.
Wolf gulped and chewed his cigar.
/ Il don't think you ought to take
1t this way, Mr.. Allan" he pleaded.
| unsteadiIy. II have made millions
for the syndicate, and 1t isn't fair to
talk about embezzling when / make
a mistake. I knew you needed
money, and was desperate to get 1t,
and it led to making mistakes that
/ / couldn't"
That's enough, wolf" interrupted
the chief, half raising his head. You
know perfectly well that the Syndi-
cate will back you up without word
In any losses you incur when you arc
handling the Syndicate's money for
the Syndicate's profit to the best of
your ability. In this case you were
not doing that
But. Mr.. Allan, that isn't truel"
cried Wolf. desperately. II have al
ways worked for the Syndicate in
Everything that"
Drop It, Wolf" snapped Allan. I'm
tired OF listening to these lies. You
aren't even man enough to own up.
You have been speculating on your
own account with the Syndicate's
money. You have deposited these
sums. aggregating something Ike
$40. .000. .000--and we don't know yet
how much more-in European banks
in the name OF Wolfson--not the Tun-
mel Syndicate. You have been gam
1 bling with money that we need--cash
that we need badly, and you've lost
alive by this time tomorrow you'll be
arrested. Now-get OUT"
/ At these words VOLTS returning
confidence dropped from him like a
mask He got unsteadily to his feet.
| WHAT" he gasped- Near
rested
II hope not" replied Allan. with
sinister meaning. 1t was sentence
OF death--and so Wolf understood 1T.
But he saw one ray OF hope and
grasped II.
But you can't mean that he
pleaded, desperately. Think OF all
| the work that / have done and that
remains for me to do for the syndi-
cate Why. I've made millions for you
and
THAT was your duty" cut in Allan
mercilessly. You were paid well for
that"
Certainly! Certainly" agreed
Wolf, with pitiful eagerness. But
| this--this last--doesnt amount to
very much. Mr. Allan. 1t can be
| fixed up in few months-and am
| the only man who can do It."
There was no softening in AIlans
grim face and Wolf played his trump.
"All rightr no cried. have me ar
rested--have me triedi I'll go down
but the syndicate will go down with
met"
Now Allan knew that this was the
mere truth. In its present shaky,
| financial condition the syndicate
GOULD not stand a blow like the ar
| rest or even the suicide Of Wolf.
| Ranson's sudden death had been
made to appear an accident-pubiicly,
at least. But, privately, It was be-
! lieved to be a suicide in just the
quarter where such belief could work
| the most harm.
! II VOLTS death or arrest--and on
such q charge--came on top OF the
Ransom incident. nothing could save
! the syndicate from q crash and a
money panic would follow such as
the world had never seen before.
! But Allan was human and he was
swayed by human weaknesses at
times Being a strong man, he was
a strong hater.