Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-08-12

"Tle mob scene" returned Wallin.
ford "ndtmvOrng to smile in suite
his Growi:l@ resentment
The man considered that for Il mo
nlent in careful silence. What do yo,
want" he finally demanded his eye.
however. still remaining at the Il.
;nond level.
"Civility." snapped Wnlingford
Who's running this mine:
THE DOu"albobller hrot hers" VIZ
the prompt and rather emphatic J.,
Spouse.
where will find one of them
This time there WAS Il conSderahl
hesitation before he replied:
well. I'm Alec Dougalbobber.
WaIin"ford inspected his man anew
and in spite of his habitual diplolnac
be- grinned. why. Alec. I'm aSln,me.
of YOU lie blutfed. having estimate
Dou.:llbobber to he the arrant cuwa:,
that he was "You never shonld allo,
such Il peevish impulse to get the bes
ter OF you. You should he chrerf,.
and happy. as am. and when you ar.
iii Il pleasanter frame of mind I'd lk
to talk Il little business with YOU
What do you want?" again demand
&c Alec. but This time in Il much milde
and more conciliatory tone.
They tell me you own the Ian;
across the track there" and Walina
ford waved his arm in the general d;
rpction of the fiat desolation.
Mr.. Dou"a bohbrr. with Il nod tho
tilted his ears upward and forwart
like the sweep OF an aeropIane. aumi,
sed that such was the case
You expect to have Il town Over
;here by and by?"
The acroi,!;np tilted once more. it.,
thin wafer of fore rudder cleavina
the way
"Thr sooner it's there the better it is
Cor your mine:"
Another tilt.
We'll | own over 500 brand new
portable houses. If you'll sell me that
llnd ut Il reasonable figure Al cut ii
nj into b,liltlng lots. have my 500 odd
houses erected within two weeks. help
sou in your advertising. and there's
FoEr town ready made" And by WAY
If Introduction he handed Alec his
card
Mr. Dou@albobber dropped his eyes
~ the card and let them rest there in
cautious speculation. IN have to So.
Frank about this" he stated after ma
Ralph. too. Int he's in the east" And
farming toward the ravint with II sid,
glance To see that WaIIingforl wa>
s,rnin" With him. he started in the dI
"ection of the incipirnt mine.
Are You selling amy Stock?' asked
Nallingfnru
"A little" admitted Alec. THAT
DrOpuSitiOn is too big for individllai
capital. That's RaIphS department.
Waliin"ford glanced ut his compan
investors. | SUPPOSE" he venturrd.
mot very much" was the SLOW re-
ply. as Alec shifted his gaze from side
70 side upon The ground. You see. the
propoSition'S too good. We got the
government sociological survey the min
nte it came "lii and bought up the best
iron veins il showed. This is the rich
est iron field since the MeSaba range
was opened Look ut this survey.
s,nd he produced Il pocket worn. gov
ernmentni. cross section map. showing
an iron ore bearing stratum thick
enough to take up half of the draw
ing.
"Some iron there guess" Walling-
ford admitted, passing back the paper.
Enough t" hAi|d all the engines. To-
comotiveS. d"nam,,r. mttleShipS and
cannonS in the world for the next fifty
years" asserted Alec. pulling his eyes
up to the cravat level again. Our
mining claims cover all the thick part
Of that deposit. and here's the assay
we've had made Of the ore
Just then. rounding the rocky corner
Of II red streaked hill. they came face
to face with Frank Dougalbobber.
Walingfnrd would have known him
anywhere. With the exception of the
hair. WHICH In Franks case was the
color of well bleached hay. the broth