Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-03-09

SOLO ABOUT OONDle mat.
Yes. it's leaking out, no use deny
ing that You don't need to list this
thing-it leaksi"
'of course. Vans buying it," SAID
STANDBY. nodding toward the slender
figure of the ex-director. First tim,
ever knew him to go cut for revenge
It doesn't very often pay"
well, can't figure It out" ventured
Alderman. THE stock won't do him
any more good than Il does US. He
can't get control over that old bone
head Rawn-I mean cur respected
president-anyhow, any more than
we can. He's sitting tight. with the
papers in his box. | admit that ! let
go a little, because / figured it was
/, time we were doing something better
| than six per cent with that stock, and
all Rawn has done is to make one ex-
/ PLANTATION on top of another He can't
! keep on putting that across with me.
| anyhow. But he can sit there, as !
say. with the control in his hands.
| looking at those nice pictures of the
Lady of the Lightnings. which he had
| engraved as our trademark"
He's awfully gone on her." spoke
up one. mot that blame him, either
/ hate to sell my stock. because like
the looks Of our engraved goddess so
| muchi"
There's most always a lady stand
ing around somewhere, with the light.
ming in her hands," ventured the gray
bearded man solemnly. They looked
at one another again suggestively, but
no one spoke more definite words than
| that
We'll, we've had high-sounding talk
| put up to us about loag enough" com
mented Alderman, at length 81
was one of the first 10 go in for this,
and believe in it yet, but don't want
this thing with Rawn in control Why,
look at him-he was just clerk when
/ he came TO US, and here he's putting
| on more side than any other man I'M
| the town. He's taken advantage of
his situation to play the market in and
out, all the time, which couldn't have
| done if it hadn't been for friends like
US. He squeezed US into backing him
after we gave him that first littlefyer
| In Rubber, and some Oil-that hadn't
| cost US anything and didn't look worth
anything In return he's handed US
| promises and explanations and hot air,
| and nothing else. I've just got an
/ idea that there's a man-sized niger
somewhere around this woodpile For
me, l. prefer being hung as a little
] lamb rather than as full-sized goat.
| Yes, let go a little Internationally
! Yan-I'H admit. Time enough to get
back into the game when we've put
RawR QUIT"
/ STANDBY nodded slowly. That's a
good deal the way felt about it," he
said. ut rifles me to see the airs that
1 fellow puts on. / remember him when
he didn't have two suits OF handme-
! down clothes to his name, and now
he seems TO have a hundred, all done
! by the best tailors in New York He
| used to tie his drawers with white
tape strings, and now he wears sps-
| eially shaped silks. Where'd he get
| 1t? You talk about the Kelley motor
| this thing has got 1t beat a mile for
| mystery. And we fellows have been
standing for that! That is, unless we
can stand from under, somehow"
| Yes, seemingly" ventured the last
speaker. But how is that somehow?
There isn't any market for Intefna.
tonal."
The gray-bearded man laughed jubi-
lantly at this. Have you found that
out?"
yes. certainly have found it out
| Of course, the market has been Van
| yonder. But he won't take on over
! a certain amount. He wants TO break
the control, of course. But he's going
| to wait until he gets up to the point
and then do something quick. He's
not going to hold our bag for us-oh,
no! Not him!"
We'll, I've a suspicion" said the
older man finally. that that secret
we've been after has been in the hands
of our superintendent for long time"
/ why didn't Rawn tell us. them"
demanded one of his companions
HAS he sold us out?"
NO, Rawn hasn't sold US out. At
least / don't think So"
who has, then?'
Il don't know. The young man who
made the wheels go for US whenever
Rawn wanted him to-he's the real
key TO this situation, If I'm a good
guesser. There's your contraband,
and you can locate him somewhere in
this particular woodpile. or I'm no
Judge"
'Rawn's pretty well spread out in
the general market" quite irrelevant
ly suggested STANDBY.
Il should say be Sasl" growled Aek'
erman. He's been in or all the good
things in the last two or three years.
He must have made Millions don't
know how much"
TN the general market-not Inter
national, OF course. He's got all his
holdings in that He has been spend
ing money. thought" STANDBY wagged