The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-06-27

You've CLEARED the afr and made it
possible for an old fashioned banker to
breathe In New York. les a pleasure
to shake hands with you"
The king passed on into the crowd,
the focus Of hundred admiring eyes.
Bivens could scarcely believe his ears
when he listened with open mouth
while his majesty spoke to Stuart.
"Great Scott, Jim?' he gasped at last
"That's the longest speech ever heard
him make. 1 knew you had scored the
biggest hit any lawyer has made in
this town in a generation, but l never
dreamed you'd capture the kings i'm
agination. Pm beginning to think my
offer wasn't so generous after all. Look
here, you've got to promise me one
thing right now. When you do go in
to make your pile 1t shall be with me
and no other man"
Nan passed and threw him a gra-
cious smile.
at will be with you If l go, Cal, l
promise. At least the king is one ex-
ception to your indictment of all great
fortunes"
That's the funniest thing of ALL"
Bivens whispered. Hes not an ex-
ception. Understand, Pm loyal to the
king. He's a wonder. l like him. !
like his big head, his big shaggy eye
brows, his big hands and big feet. l
like to hear him growl and snap his
answer-'Yes,' 'No'-that means life or
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 at school If you care to turn the
pages"
Nor Stuart interrupted incredu-
lousy.
Eyes, sir; he turned the slickest trick
on Uncle Sam of all the bunch. He
was a youngster, and 1t was his first
deal. When the civil war broke out the
government had no guns for the volun-
teeEs. He learned that there were
5000 old Hall carbines stored away
among the junk in one of the national
arsenals in New York. He bought
these guns ION a credit for a song,
about SO apiece, and shipped them to
General Fremont, who was in ST. Louis
bowling for arms! Fremont agreed to
pay $3.50 each for the new rifles and
closed the deal at once by drawing on
the government for enough to enable
the young buccaneer to pay his three
dollar contract price to Uncle Sam in
New York and lay aside a snug sum
for rainy day besides.
"When Fremont found that the guns
were worthless he advised the gov
ernment to stop payment on the bal
ance. 1t was stopped on the ground of
fraud. And then the youngster show
ed the stuff he was made of. Did he
crawl and apologize? Not much. He
sued the United States government for
the full amount and pushed that suit
to the supreme court. In the face of
the sneers of his enemies he won and
took the full amount with interest.
He's the king today because he was
born king. His father was million
aire before him. He's the greatest
financial genius Of the century"
Bivens paused and a dreamy look
came into the black eyes.
"Jim," he continued with slow en-
phasis, I'D rather get my fingers on
his throat in a death struggle than
lead the combined armies of the world
to victory"
Stuart was silent.
The soft tones Of hidden oriental
gongs began to chime the call for din
ner. The chimes melted into a beau
tiful piece of orchestral music which
seemed to steal from the sky, so skill
fully had the musicians been conceal
ed. Nan suddenly appeared by Stuarts
side, and he was given the honor of
leading his hostess into the banquet
hall before even the king, while the
great ones of earth slowly followed.
Continued in Tuesdays Issue.)