The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-03-19

AAcab hau burned the mluulEDt OIL
The older man had turned back TO
the desk TO draw a narrow typewrlt.
ten clip OF paper from a plgeonhole.
Here" he said, rs list OF the bonds
OF the subsidiary companies recorded
In your name These are all. Of
course, engulfed In the larger failure.
You have. however, your private for
tune. II you take my advice, by the
way" he added significantly. "you1l
make sure OF keeping that"
What do you meang" John Va
slant faced him quickly
The other laughed shortly A word
TO the wise. he quoted ITS very
coed living abroad There's boat
leaving tomorrow.
dull red sprang into the younger
face; "You mean"
Look at that crowd down there
you can hear them now. There1i be
a legislative investigation. OF course
And the devilli get the hiHdmost"
He struck the desk-top with his hand
Have you ever seen the bills for this
furnitnre9 DO you know what that
rug under your feet cost7 Twelve
thonaand--it's an old Persian. what
do sou suppose the papers win do to
that? DO ycu think such things viii
eoem amusing 20 that rabble down
there?" His hand swept toward the
window Its been going on for too
many years, | tell you. And now
some one'll pay the piper The Hight.
ming won't strike me--Im not tall
enough. You're vIcepresldent."
DO you Imagine that | knew these
thlngs-that have been a party 10
what you seem to believe has been a
deliberate wreeklng7' Valiant tow.
cred over him HIS breath coming fast,
his banda clenched hard,
your" The manager laughed again
IAN unpleasant laugh that scrapud
the others quiyering nerves like hot
sandpaper "Oh. lord MOI How should
you? You've been too busy playing
polo and winning bridge prizes How
many board meetings have you at.
tended this Year, Your vote Is prox-
Tod as regular as elockwork, Hut
you're supposed TO know. The people
down there IN the street went ask
questions about patent,leather pumps
and ponies. theyll want to hear about
such things Us rotten irrigation loans
| in tho Stony River Valley~-to market
an alkali desert that Is the personal
property of the president OF this cor
poration"
Valiant turned blank white face.
'Sedgwick?"
Yea. You know his principle, 'It's
all right to be honest. II you're not
too damn honest, He owns tho Stony,
River Valley bag aud baggage. II was
big gamble and he lost"
Valiant was staring at the other
with strange look. Emotions TO which
| Ia all his Relflndulgent life he had
been stranger were running through
his mind. and outre passions had him
BY the throat Fool and douhly blind.
A poor pawn. a catspaw radng the
chestnuts for INSCRIPTIONS men whose
lgneminy he was now called ON, per
force. 10 share! In his pitiful egotism
he had consented TO be ilgurehead
and he had been made tool A red
rage surged over him. No one had
ever seen on John Naliants face such
look as grew ON IL now.
He turned and without word
opened the door. The older man tooh
step toward him-he had sense oil
dangerous electric gorees lin the air
but the door closed sharply in his face
he smiled grimly. Not crooked h,
said 10 himself: merely eallow A
woll-moanlng. manieured young for
wholly surrounded by men who knew
what they wanted" lie shrugged his
shoulders and went back to his chair
Valiant plunged down IN the eieya
tor TO the street lilo pushed past the
guarded door. and threading this
crowd. made toward tho curb. whers
his bulldog. with bark OF delight
leaped upon tho seat OF FURNISHED
ear. rambling and vibrating with pent
up power There were those In the
sullen anxious crowd who know whose
was that throbbing metal miracle. tbs
chauffeur spiek and span from shining
cap visor TO polished brown pattees
aud recognized the white face that
went past. pelted Il with mutterot
sneers But he scarcely saw or heart
them. as he stepped into the seat. tool
the wheel from the chaureura hanC
and threw GA the gear,
He drove mechanically past hun
dred familiar things and places. but h
saw nothing. TIN the massive marhl,
fronts of the upper park side eeaset
their mad dance as the car halted be
fore tall iron-grlllod doorway Will
vide eltstenlpg steps. between win
doNs strangely suffered aud dark
he sprang cut aud touched the boil
The heavy oak parted slowly the con