Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-01-30

who is standing out for some reasos
best known to himself. and he tr1e4
to get him to come through. and rs
doesn't come through. What's IeIl 4
Why. the diamond lightnings OF the
Lady of the Lightning and his Inter
national Power stock.
Meantime. all this thing cant 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
!, ternational board, and we smile, ana
| look pleasant We don't know q thing
about his hot water experiences IN
the open marnet 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
a thing. After 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, STANDBY, and you. Ack,
and you, and you and |. and all of US
why we're 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-by reason OF
Vans competing company
That's about all, Think"
| The others nodded silently. The
game was not new to them, and even
| in it's most complicated features might
have been called simple, with re-
sources such as theirs. If these re-
sources had made Rawn, they could
| unmake him. 1t was all in the days
work for them.
so I'll tell you what we'll do" con-
cluded the old financier after a time
| We'll just let you and Van look
around here 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 NIL
nority and the toboggan list. or is 60
| ing to be there. Wen take the first
steps when we see the boys down
East. The country's getting right
now for a little speculation-things
have been dead long enough. There'n
! be a market. When the market starts,
think you know which way it will
go 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
large, pudgy hand on the others
shoulder.
81 don't know, honestly, what it is.
l 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 a woman? Wasn't he married to
Rawns daughter?"
yes. and she went to live with
Papa. Papa had the CON-
.And the superintendent is going
the chorus girl route here or in New
York;"
mo. sir, not in the least-nothing
Of the sort You can't guess where's
he's gone"
The other shook his head
sWell, I'll tell you then, since you
are one Of the directors Of the Inter
national and I'm 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 right
now;-that is to say, he has been for
two or three weeks.
"Well, what do you know about
/ that. tool" commented his friend.
81 don't know much about it. AS
told you, there's something in here
don't understand. I can't for the
life OF me figure out that chap Hal.
sey's motives or his moves. But ]
don't care about him. It's Rawn I'm
after-and I'm going to get him."
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