The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-04-16
ention which very greatly discomfort

tention which very greatly disconcert
ed him.
II returned by appointment to your
New York apartment, with my law
yers and papers ready to sign, and
upon inquiring from an insolent butler
az to your whereabouts | received the
information that you were on your
way to Egypt"
Good old Rankin!" muttered Broad
way, and decided, then and there, to
raise his buffers wages once more.
HE said the only word that you had
left for me was a profance request
that l go to-er--well, We'll not re-
peat it,"
"I'll make that raise twenty, not
a ten," Broadway reflected.
believing you to be man of in
tegrfty," Pembroke went on, "unfor'
tunately for me l had no witnesses
present at our closing of the bargain.
Broadway continued to smile ex
pansively.
STILL" said Pembroke, Il ask you
as man to man, is your word worth
less?"
Broadway looked at him with an
intensity of gaze which required three
stretchings of the neck to bring about
when I'm doing business with IN
scrupulous people, yes" he answered
Pembroke, shuddering, turned to his
stenographer. Have you got that
John?" And John nodded.
Got that, Henry?" Broadway de
manded of his man. And Henry nod
ded.
Then Broadway walked the floor
keeping the astonished Pembroke fix
ed with glittering eye. That care
full, able, very modern business per
son was rather notably surprised by
the young man. Somehow he seemed
to have developed since the hour, so
short a time before, when first he had
encountered him in New York city.
when l fell for your rush football
business methods yesterday and
agreed to SELL" said Broadway, his
voice assuming an extraordinary sing
song, to his friends unusual, to him
self astonishing, to Pembroke discon.
certing, and, in later years, a cele-
brated thing, Il wasn't aware of the
low, contemplate tricks to which your
company had stopped in order to put
my poor old uncle out of business. y
His voice thrilled with feeling when
+ t~h,oh IN words I'M "
poor old uncle" His poor old uncle
would have been emphatically sur.
prised had he been there to hear that
thrill.
II didn't know it was the result of
the business blows you'd dealt him
that sent him to his grave" q am
endeavoring, by means of hyphens, to
indicate the lingering, scathing en-
phasis which Broadway, this day sat
urated in the soul of oratory, was Civ
ing now to certain words.) Il didn't
know it was the purpose Of the con
Germ with which l was dealing tc
throw out of work hundreds of mel
| that owed to that thing l was selling
their very means of livelihood, food
for their babies, education for thel1
growing sons and d-a-u-g-h-t-e-r-s.'
Even Wallace looked at him amazed
The tremolo, the emphasis, the feeling
which Broadway was putting into this
extraordinary line of talk to the trust
agent were all new and beautiful to
him.
Lots of things I didn't know yester'
day, Mr.. Pembroke said the young
man in conclusion, "but I've found
them out since then, and that is why
I've broken my word"
Pembroke's impassiveness was ruff
fled: there was not the slightest doubt
of that.
On Josie's face there was look OF
admiration which was balm to Broad
ways soul; the judge had listened
with a mouth continually opening
wider; Wallace was frankly triumph
ant
You didn't think that l could talk
that way, did you?" asked Broadway
of his adversary. Then, to Wallace:
How was it,"
Great!
"Great?" said Jackson. ut wal
wonderful! l never knew it was ir
me-" He was completely satisfied
with Broadway Jones. He whirlet
again on Pembroke. go on, say some
thing else"
But Pembroke kept stony silence
Tell you what I'll do" cried Broad
way, "I'll talk you for thousand dol
lars a side.'
Pembroke scorned this proposition
Plainly he was not sport. Then
am to understand the price is"
1.-THE salesman will state the price
I'm the owner"
IT don't consider any Commercial
trademark worth million and a hal
of dollars" Pembroke said with en-
phasis.
Neither do l." said Wallace cheer
fully.
STILL" said Pembroke slowly AM