The Dermott news., 1914-07-09

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why. yes" Slade admitted, with
maddening calmness.
"What?" Strickland almost shouted.
completely astounded.
"But-but 1t cant be done" Merritt
was so excited now that he suffered
his words.
1T cant be done" echoed Hunt. He
WAS we'll paid for being an eche.
Our best people live there" pro
tested Merritt.
Il live there" Hunt added, with &C
cumulated emphasis.
All of u.s., Merritt continued. take
: pride in the view along the water
front. It's damnable. Why. out OF
ommon decency. man What do
you want of factories. anyway ?" he de
manded, completely angered and out
of patience.
SHADES voice was almost a drawl.
1t was SO low pitched and SO %prOvok-
ingly calm. Why didn't you and your
associates protect your ~holdings?" he
inquired
How'd we know a man with mil
lions would come along and buy up
the whole beach" Merritts wrath
was getting beyond the control that
katherine's presence demanded.
'Slade, II you persist in this he
Numbered. I'm going to take of my
coat and hit back. My paper has an
enormous outside circulation. and I'll
basic you once every day. II you pro
pose running for governor. you won't
get n vote in your own town. And
IN one month. or less. you'll find San
Francisco has a gorgeous climate"
Slade was unperturbed by Merritt's
threats or Merritt's b|ulldozing. All
right, Merritt" he advised. good-na-
turedly, go ahead with your paper.
I'll take my chances"
You will. eh?" Merritt's tone was
ominous. What sort of factories are
you going to build?"
Well" drawled Slade. coolly. Il was
thinking of putting up glue factories."
Glue" The II word jumped from
~everyone's mouth at onCe. Glue"
they all repeated. and looked at each
other in CONSERVATION.
The HI you say" the remember
Ing himself. Il beg your pardon. Miss
Strickland
1T cant be done" Merritt went on.
You can't build glue factories here"
and he emphasized every word with
an angry shake of his finger.
by God. you
He broke OF as he saw Boil Hayes
stride into the DOM. Hayes. as SHADES
lawyer and almost a member OF the
family. had the entree to the house at
all times.
Here's my lawyer" remarked Slade.
dryly. ask him"
"Of course It can be done Hayes
informed them, c%onyincingly. It's per-
fectly Legitimate"
Then. as If to dismiss a perfectly
obvious subject. he turned to the girl.
who had been enjoying every point
that Slade had scored.
Katherine's eyes lighted with warm
welcome. 1t was the first time she
had seen Hayes since she had re-
turned. He was the man she had once
oAANNA ~ ZIG 0iAAt btAOit Z
father had given her the choice OF
Hayes or a finishing school in Paris
and a tour OF Europe. Now she greeted
him with cordial friendship. but with
none Of the sweet tenderness he might
have expected from her. Once she
had looked up into his eyes and thought
him a god. Now. her eyes blinded by
tho ola - Of a FthYftAp gh, EavY gAlu .,
good looking chap. a struggling law
yer. a man who hadn't made any par
ticular mark In the world She re-
turned Hayes burning. penetrating
gaze with cool, unrufled fraukness In
another moment she had turned from
him and vas earnestly watching Slade.
listening to his every word with eager
intentness.
You see, I'm a very simple sort of
fellow" Slade was saying. don't drink
don't smoke-don't keep yachts or
horses. don't keep wo-" he stopped In
his ~ott-repeated formula as he remem
bered Katherine's presence. don't
keep horses. so | must do something,
as / was saying 10 Mrs. Slade today.
/ uOn I WIFI " OokutI NY
so I'll build high chimneys. so the
smoke won't trouble you much. I'm
going into the glue business. That is.
of course" and he paused and sur
veyed the group about him with n com
placent elevation of his eyebrows.
that Is, unless you gentlemen can
keep me busy In some other way. I'm
a very active man"
Katherine leaned forward with tense
expression TO see how the mans op-
ponents would take his game. The
senator was smiling. Merritt tapping
his foot restlessly.
Well, boys. it looks as though he
had us-strong?" Strickland broke the
silence. Glue! Whew!"
Are We going to be had ," demanded
Merritt. testify, are we going 10 stand
for this holdup?" and he turned dis
gustedly toward the door.
Don't you think we'd better keep
Mr.. Slade busy in some other way"
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