The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-06-11

Uhe Is standing out for some reason
best known to himself. and he tries
to get him to come through. and he
ooeent come through. What's left:
Why. the diamond lightnings Of the
LAZY 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 can't be. But
We Sit tight. all of us. We hold our
regular directors meetings of the In
tern2tional board. and We smile. and
look pleasant We don't know q 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 a 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 1. and all Of US
why were still pleasant as pie to him
and We say. Well. Mr.. John Rawn. II
you'd only sell us two or three shares
OF International. we'd pay you twenty
times what it's worth--but it's very
much cheaper nOw-Dy reason Of
Vans competing company"
"ThatS abou: all. | think"
The others nodded silently The
game was not new to them, and even
in its most complicated features might
have been called simple. with 10
sources such as theirs. II these re-
sources had made Rawn. they could
unmake him. 1t was all in the days
work for them.
so III tell you UAat wen do" con-
cluded the old tinancier after time.
We'll 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
uO" lbl llt'iC
have been dead long enough. Thereli
be a market When the market starts.
think YOU know which way It will
60 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
a large, pudgy hand on the others
shoulder
Il don't know. honestly. what 1t Is.
I 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 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 going
the chorus girl route here or in New
York 90 -
mo. sir, not in the least-nothing
of the sort. You can't guess where 8
hes gone"
The other shook his head.
Well, I'll tell you then. since you
are one Of the directors of the Inter
national and Pm 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 J. Rawn righ!
now;-that is to say. he has been for
two or three weeks"
We'll, what do you know about
that. tool" commented his friend.
81 don't know much about 1t. AS
told you, there's something in here
| don't understand. | can't for the
life Of me figure out that chap Hal.
seys motives or his moves. But
don't care about him. It's Rawn I'm
after-and I'm going to get him."