River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-09-25

/ ID facts in the case that they
~ will shrek out some well
E|mli tried message. 5 n
/ AIglI have behaved as If they
bMNgl thought the moral here,
NsSS1 but faulty Colonel Loree
of the Solar Selling Com
pany. however thinks the AFFAIR ficn
in the hic-fabuladocet element. 50
does Williamson, soliciting agent
FOR the Mid-Continent Life; ana
! so-emphatically so-does the MID
| Continent itself Trudean, the breed
! guide, has had so few years In
| which to turn it over in his slow
! moving mind as he has lain roll
ed in his blankets while the snow slft-
| ed through the moaning pines, that ne
has not made up his mind. AS for Eos
ter Van Dorm and Gwendolyn, thelf
oDinions-but the story itself is not
long
| Williamson says tlfat when he left
Van Dorn's office with his application.
he was as near walking on air as liz
surance men ever are. People had
been so slow in writing their auto
graphs on the dotted line-and here
vas 8 six-figure application, with a
check. These accompanied by the
wide-eyed Williamson, exploded into
tie mid-December calm of the agency
headquarters like the news OF Tono-
rah strike in the poker-playing ennui
of a Poverty fiat
Wh&t's that, williamson" e1acu-
lated the cashier. Five hundrcd--you
don't mean thousand?'
Why. coniound you sneercd VIII
iiarnson. look at that application"
Lei me see it," painted the man
ager, bursting in. Foster G. Jon
Dorm half 2 million! Holy cat, Will
Hanson; but this will put you and
the agency in the lead, for Is he
good for it, williamson"
Why, don't You see that check?"
inquired the lofty solicitor. Il tell you,
fellows. there's always way to land
any man. Why, for year, Tve--by
George, I'm forgetting &c send DR..
Watson over to make the eXamina-
tn Van Dorn's going on hunting
tip, and we've got to hustle, and get
kin nailed before he gOes!'
The manager stood by Williamson
during the te.ephoning. Who is Mr..
Van Dorm" he asked. as the agent
hung Up the receiver.
president Of the Kosmos Chemical
Company" replied Williamson Son
in-law and enemy of Colonel Loree Of
The Solar Selling Company you know"
said the cashier
"Oh-h-h-h!" replied the manager. as
if recalling something. Il remember
the 'roman@c' in the newspapers; but
/ thought the young fellow was poor
Fixed it uE with the colonel, | sup
pose-the usual thing"
Net on your life!" replied William
son. 'LOree would kill him ii he
dared-old aristocrat, you know; but
Van D0rn's too smart for him You
remember he WAS an engineer for
I4oree's company, and met the daugh-
ter on some inspection trip Love at
first sight-mconIight on the noun
tains-runaway and wedding on the
sly ---ietJucI y CuIS6--CuFutsu Oul 10
stavyc, and all that"
81 remember" answered the mana
ger; but it doesn't seem to lead log
ically un to this application"
We'll" went on Williamson. wan
Dorm turns up with company formed
to work q deposit OF the sal-ammoniac,
or asphaltum, or whatever the stuff
the Solar Company had cornered may
be, and began trust busting. The colo
rel swore the new deEosit really be
lOnged TO his company, because Van
Dorm found ii while in Lis employ, and
called him all sorts of a scoundrel
Put The young mans gone on, ali the
same, floating his company, and flying
high"
Il heard that Loree was sure to ruin
him" interDoeed the cashier
Ruin rothing!" said Williamson.
1T was 4 case Of the whale and the
swordhsh. Van Dorns got him lick
ed--why don't you see that check!"
THAT does look like success" re-
Piled the manager. 81 hope his siren
uous life hasn't hurt his health-Wat-
son is fussy about hearts and lungs"
That's the least OF my troubles"
replied Williamson. Van Dorn's an
athlete, and a fiTst-class risk There's
nothing the matter with Van Dorn!"
And yet, Trudeau the guide, far up
in the Minnesota woods, locked at the
young man and wondered if there
wasn't something the matter with Van
Dorm. They had come by the old tote
road" to the deserted lumber camp
svmed a-:d equipped to hunt deer
Most young men in Van Dorn's situa-
ton We're keen-eyed, eager for the trail
and The chase-at least until tanned by
weariness. But Van Dorm was like a
SolGISmbUlist. Once Trudeau had
lest him behind on the road, and on re-
tracing his steps to find him. had dis
covered him standing by the path,
gezing at nothing, his lips slowly NOV
Ing as If repeating something under
fis breath-and he had started as il
in fright at Trudeaus hail. He had
been careful to give Trudeau his card,
eud admonished him-to keep it; but
he seemed careless of all opportuni-
ties of following up the acquaintance.
Most of these city hunters were anx-
ious to talk: but what troubled Tru-
deau, was the manner in which Van
Dorm sat by the fire. wrote 10 book
from time to time, and gazed into
the flames Now that they had reach
ed the old camp, Trudeau hoped that