The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1914-05-23

who Is standing out for some reason
best known TO himself, and he tries
to get him TO come through. and he
doesn't come through. What's left?
Why. the diamond lightnings of the
Lady OF the Lightning-and his Inter
national Power stock
Meantime. all this thing can't be
kept entirely secret: that is to say.
the market part OF it cant be. But
we sit tight. all of us. We hold our
regular directors meetings of the In
ternational board. and we smile. and
look pleasant We doh't know a thing
about his hot water experiences In
the open market. He explains to us
why this and that happens. or doesn't
happen. in International; and We smile
and look pleasant, and we don't know
thing. After time it's up to him
and the Lady OF the Lightnings. Some
thing pops, He's up against it. all
except his International Power. Then
Van, and you, Standley, and you, Ack.
and you. and YOU and l. and all of us
why we're still pleasant as pie to him
and we say, Well. Mr. John Rawn. II
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 abou, all, | think"
The others nodded silently The
game was not new to them, and even
in it's most complicated features might
have been called simple. with re-
sources such as theirs. If these re-
sources had made Rawn, they could
unmake him. 1t was all in the days
work for them.
so I'll tell you what well do" con-
cluded the old tinancier after time.
Well just let you and Van look
around here a 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 Is 60
| ing to be there Well take the first
steps when We see the boys down
| East. The country's getting right
| now for a little speculation-things
| have been dead long enough. Thereli
| be a market When the market starts.
| think you know which way 1t will
90 for a certain person ! needn't
| name"
They rose, stood about loungingly
for time, and at length slowly sepa-
rated. the older man and the ex-direc-
tor with the pointed beard falling back
| of the others for just an instant.
Whats the truth about the row.
Van?" demanded the old man. laying
large, pudgy hand on the others
shoulder.
| 81 don't know, honestly. what it is
can tell you this much--your factory
| is closed Your superintendent. Hal
sey, has quit his work and left his old
residence. Didn't Rawn tell you that?'
NO! What's up now-some trouble
with a woman? Wasn't he married to
Rawn's daughter?"
"Yes. and she went to live with
Papa. Papa had the coin"
"And the superintendent is COINS
the chorus girl route here or in New
York;"
NO. sir. not in the least-nothins
Of the sort. You can't guess where
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 ]. Rawn right
now.-that ia to say. he has been for
| two or three weeks.
well, what do you know about
| that, too" commented his friend.
Il don't know much about 1t, AS
told you, there's something in here
7 don't understand. l cant 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
after-and I'm going to get him.
I