Pocahontas star herald., 1914-03-06

That was the real reason he ne. r. .e
20 TO the trust. tho judge uonurtca.
THAT and his regard for this con
munity@
1T must be an immense fortune
Judge ian't IT," asked Wallace.
"The Consolidated people orerc9
him twelve hundred thousand dollar.
for the plant and trademark"
"Yes: We know that" said Jackson
Mr.. Wallace means aside from ths
gum business"
We'll" said the Judge reaeetlrely
you zee these trust fellows have been
so anxious TO get the Jones Gum that
they've been making business proit,
warm OF late They knew. FOR instance
that we hal furd for advertising
and they killed thnt fund FOR us Two
years ago With one OF their shrevd
bualness tricks"
Wallace was interested. How was
.lints"
We'll. they sent In such n demand
, MS that we added TO the slze OF the
liant and spent the money for ma.
Sninery. We thought /, vas the pub.
lie. We never realized that II was any.
thing but a legitimate increase TN
the smash came. They quit all their
fake orders. We went back to our nor.
NAL business. laid OF our extra force
and found ourselves with lot Of use
less machinery and half dozen super.
fiuous packing houses on our hands
and no advertising dono at all that
year. shrewd game. eh2"
"can you beat that?" asked Jackson
of his friend.
Just shows you" Wallace answered
what chance a little fellows got"
None at all. unless he's got big capl
tai. That would have ruined a small
manufacturer"
What did uncle do them" Jackson
asked. and he fingered for second on
that word uncle" He was beginning
to have new ideas about both gum and
uncles.
Turned everything he personally
had in all the world into hard cash and
put Il bang into the business"
This was somewhat startling you
mean that, 2side from the actual chew
inggum business. he left very little7"
Nothing at all. Well. won't say
that. for believe the plant did actual
ly show a profit last year. When Miss
Richards comes she'll tell YOU. She's
got Il at her finger tips"
Josie? Does she know as much as
that? What's her position in the fac
tory?"
she's chief accountant. practically
manager now. You remember her? OF
course you do. She'll tell you all there
is to tell." the judge explained. as
Dave came with the cigars.
Their mere arrival made both Wis
itors nervous. and when the judge pre-
scented them to Broadway he was glad
to find II reasonable to disclaim cigar
smoking entirely and light a cigarette
Wallace had no such excuse. lie had
been smoking steadily since his ar
rival until within ten minutes. lie
never felt Ike thinking save when hs
was smoking and there would be much
hard thinking to be done this evening
But 10 smoke one Jonosviile perfectc
would. he doubted not. end all thinking
for all time. so he declared with
fervor that he had. already smoked
as much that day as he was allowed tC
smoke by his physician.
The Judge chuckled as he delved into
the bundle ofslegal papers Sam had
brought Then: Here II is. It's q
long will Take you quite little while
TO read IT, Better put It in your
pocket and look II over when you 20 tc
the hotel And this other stuff Wen &c
through later.
There's some one at the door. II
see who II is. Mons making lemon
ade and Sans practicing his banjo
Hear him?"
Broadway looked at Wallace with q
shaking head while the judge was from
the room. You see? Nothing but tn,
plant I've got to sell all right"
WaitaCt uouucu III bioN am hndatoh
Yes. but not at their price. Didn't
you hear? The plant showed a prom
last year without any advertising
Heavens. man! Think of that II
these days,"
Broadway recalled his very pressing
needs. Il can't afford to take a chance
This is Thursday. Pembroke saiC
they'd have TO know by Saturday
noon"
That's a bluff."
Broadway looked at him reprovingly
You don't seem to realize the enor
nifty of the offense-I mean Of th'
amount it's twelve-hundred-thou
sand-dollars."
Il tell you to hold out"
But l tell you l can't afford to holt
out. L"
"Pianol" Wallace warned. Mrs. s
Is coming"
And indeed she entered with tral
on which there we're pitcher and tive
glasses. Here's some nice, cold lemon
ade." she explained Hospitality. Then
did the judge go to the door?"
Broadway nodded.
She dropped her voice to a lou'
whisper. II put a drop Of whisky II
the lemonade. The judge would hay'