The Dolores star., 1914-07-31

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70 ~ Mn - come through. anA D
doesn't come through. What's 1efsS
Why, the diamoaa lightnings Of the
Lady Of the Lishtnins-and Biz Inter
national Power stock.
meantime, al this thing can't -
kept entirely secret: that b - say.
the market part Of Il can't be. But
W cit tight. an Of ~. We hold our
regular directors' msetings Of the In
tsrnational board. and we smile. ana
look pleasant We don't know . thing
about his hot water experiences In
the open market He explains to ~
Why this and that happens. or doesn't
happen. IN International; and We smile
and look pleasant. and we don't know
a thing. After . time It's up 70 him
and tho Lady Of the Lishtnings. Some
thing popsl Her up against II. all
except his International Power. Then
Van, and you. STANDBY. and you. Ack.
and you. and you and |. and al, Of US
why we're stiil pleasant a. pie to him
and we say. Well. Mr.. John Rawn. II
you'd only sell us two or three shares
Of International. we'd pay you twenty
times what it's worth--but It's very
much cheaper now--by reason Of
Vans competing company!
That's about all, I think!"
The others nodded silently. The
game was not new to them. and eves
in its most complicated features might
have been called simple, with ~
sources such a. theirs. II these re-
sources had made Rawn. they could
unmake him. II was all In the days
work for them.
80 I'll tell you wat wen do" con-
cluded the old nnanciss sitter = time.
Wen Just let you and Van look
around here . little bit and see what
more you can learn. You're one OF the
real directors Of International Power
to-day, Van. Mr.. Rawn Is on the mi
nority and the toboggan list. or il go
ing to BE- there. Well take the frst
steps when we see the boys down
East. The country's getting right
now for . little speculttion-things
have been dead long enough. There1l
be q market When the market starts.
I think you know which way II win
20 for . certain person ! needn't
name"
They rose, stood about loungingly
for q time, and at length slowly sepa-
rated. the older man and the eI-difec.
tor with the pointed beard falling back
Of the others for Just an instant.
What's the truth about the row.
van." demanded the old man. laying
a large. pudgy hand ON the others
shoulder.
Il don't know. honestly. what It 10.
can tell you this .much--your factory
10 closed. Your superintendent. Hal
sey, has quit his work and left his old
residence. Didn't Rawn tell you that?"
mo! What's up now-some trouble
with q woman? Wasn't he married TO
Rawn's daughterf"
Yes, and she went to live with
Papa. Papa had the COIN" ,.....
"And the superintendent II going
the chorus girl route here or In New
York;"
mo. sir, not in the least-nothing
Of the sort. You can't guess where's
he's gone"
The other shook his head.
well, I'll tell you then. since you
are one OF the directors Of the Inter.
national and I'm not! He's gone and
taken his other pair Of pants and his
celluloid collar. and moved over to
the North Shore! He's living In the
same house with Papa J. Rawn right
now; that 10 to say. he has been for
two or three weeks"
well. what do you know about
TINT. tool" commented his friend.
II don't know much about It. A. !
told you, there's something In here
I don't understand. can't for the
life of me figure out that chap Hal
sey's motives or his moves. But /!
don't care about him. It's Rawn I'm
sfter-and I'm going to get him!"
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