The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-04-04

aud explaining inSdetaiI The diitieulties
he had surnicuhied III securing such
liberais hgnres from, Slr Thomas
were read 20 iake ibe contract
for q .30l 1000. as you viii remember,
6ulBS the exercise OF some diplomacy
Lie coaslied modestfy -..l ii,ay say, by
the display % SOME iirmness and IN.
dependence; succeeded in seenrlrs
clean l,rotit OF $500 over what W.
had expected g lie accepted their CON.
gratulations with becoming ditiidenre.
QfS,courses his statement ercaed
sensation. butt was as nothing the
sensation that followed upou ais IL.
.eeipt OF cablesram The next day
which read;
At-kyylte! Newark. New Jersey.
TerJtblei mistake somewhere! we have
lost Am coming home today
Mr.. Jackson W'ylie, St:. also went
home thai Hay By carriage, for. after
raving Wildly OF treachers aud eufS
ing the iiame OF some English noble
man.. unknown 70 most OF his hearers,
he collapsed. throwing the office ii,to
coufpsipn There were r,imors Of IN
apoplcetlc stroke. solle one teie-
phpuel for o physician. but The presi-
dent OF tue Atlantic Bridge Scomf,any
only howled AT him when he cane
What bit the old man deepest Was
the fact thar heScould NOT explain 10
his associates: bat be could moi even
explain 10 himself as yet He could
make neither beads nor lalls Of tiie
affair. Tor bis son was ON line hiTh
seas and could not be reacheil! Esen
when thai sorrowful young man ar
rived. a week d fer the sliock. the fas
thor could satiivr lotilmg exret,i .ths
bare dctails al ltrst. s.df !.
III seemed thai The i,otdl Bsrra,r
bftlsc edinmisslon! liati inet on tile
c5thS DAY 81 May for ilie sefcud ttiiio
mills History viii Sir Thomas Drum.
lnond IipSthe chair. lnftlir midst of mn
,ultratBfitlsli soleinnlts ibe bids WIRE
opened and rcad4nlne % them. two
Belgium. one German. Two French. mo
English. ono Scottish and two Ameri.
can !. 4 \; Z. z 4
{ III ||
The only proposals thai conformed
to the specifications ID every respect
were the last named. They were per-
feet The Atlantic Bridge company OF
Newark. s.. j.. offered ~ do the work
MS specified for 1.0o0.0OD, The Pat
'terson Bridge COMPANY. through It's au.
thorlzed agent. Mr.! Henry HDnfotd.
named prise Of tli550, 600, The rest
vas ibntil matter of detail, ~
jackson M'ylies tile second spread his
,hapds In a gesture Sot despair.
And q thought 4 bud II cinchcd all
the time said ia doIef,iiIy
You had It clnched.. beloved his
father, icu ruined Ii NIL! WIZ In
sL-l ibid sop send him over herel'
!, II ? Senl 'who7i 80 b
That man With the boots. Thsf ly-
Ing. lhlesiny seopndrel. Sir THONGS
,Druminopd OF COURSE 49,, 4
Tile younger wylle's face showed
blank, MISUNDERSTANDING antlzeipent,
;:.slr 1'botnas Drummond wasin Lon
don all the time. saw him daily"
said be. s5 /;
And then iwsile senior begun u sre
clearly for tile first time. He did INST
rave. however lie WIS stunned. II
took hin months 10 taste the full Bit
teriless o. lt. Aud even then be might
never have understood the mater thor.
oushlyt bud mot been fora rptssire tle
received through the mail. II was
bill from a London slioe store for
twelve pairs of boots OF varying styles
nude out TO Henry Hanford anu
marked Paid,
Mr. Jackson yNylie. ST.. noted with
unspcakablec hagrIn that the last word
was heavily lnderseored III ink. rs if
by 3anothers hand.