New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-14

HIM and me II understand JiEtJ part Ol OIlN
came and get along together, and he shall
get the same money. Mr.. Smith gets the
fees from the law business that's bound 10
come. Mr. Pickett gets the first newspaper
in Port Hatch, and we give him the plant
70 start with. The others get salaries, and
can be on the inside Of what ought to make
MS all rich. SO there you are!'
THERE was not one Of them, college bred
L as they were, which he was not, cultured
nc tbev we're which he was not, educated TO
dress. which he was not, who could tell why,
yhen he made this fat, uncompromslng
statement. they had no vocal objection to
offer All they knew was that IN the man
was some quiet leadership, some ndclnaDlc
mover. that made them accept anything ne
said as an ultirnatum. There was but one
who WAS not disappointed, and that was
K;rhv Smith. who had been given his am
hilton Yet Kirby Smith understood that
for some reason he could not tathom ne had
been squarelv placed outside the breast
works of profit. ,,. =
He. as well as the others, SurmSed that II
they had risen together and voiced PLGIe ',.
this same fat, badly dressed man WOULD nave
told them that he had no desire save to meet
their wishes, and that in accordance nc
would Immediately present them WIN tiliec
little wooden houses in Port Hatch, leaNn'S
each of them to recover from beneath ltiiIl-
Der pile his brave Single and hang 1t ilutter-
ing TO the winds TO crcak itself INTO rusty
uselcssncss. Each would have been per-
mittcd TO practise law as best he might
knowing all the time that this strange, ia''
inscrutable man, vulgar and Napolconc'
would see TO it that al business WAS trans
acted hy Seattle lawyers. They tld not III
the least pause to consider that taVorS mao
been bestowed in exact proportion 10 laEoi9
given. Little Billy had become the nan
sans right-hand man because he had been
the first to show his faith with money
Tommy had come next because he had been
second, Pick third because he had been
third. and Kirby Smith was cut oil rs beng
the one who was not amcnablc.
"Now." the quiet voice OF Burmah went
on. Eve shall each give the other teller al the
assistance we can. If Mr.. Smith has libra
ry. ne will want to send for it, or il he hash t,
he may want TO find one that he can buy
Cheap There was a certain suggestive EN-,
pbasjs on the last word. "Nlr. Pickett Will
probably want to 20 out and find plant for
printing q ltNoIIt 4hlbt' ~ 0A'N 49,
Think you'd better buy a linotype. We
can't tell how soon the paper will have to
print a daily issuc.
Pick began to see rainbows. .,,
And my new immediate assistants will
come to me this afternoon SOS we can dis
cuss our campaign, asserted Burmah, thus
arily dismissing them. 90,
Surely he was welding them all to his will,
and that was merely that he, Burmah ones,
should get III there was to be had, and then
step away, silently and gently, always
within the law, before the great air castle
crumblcd. r.
They separated, and Burmah was, left
alone to mediate, and to arrange his plans.
EVERYTHING now was to be bent TO one point,
to get action as fast as possible.
RURMAH was at the dock to meet the
- Colonel and Arabclla when they arrived,
that ne might be the first to inform the bios.
somiug iinancicr Of the arrangements he had
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