The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-04

police Eff I had to lock hinn up I'd give him the southeast cell, put a cas nary bird, geranium and a sideboerd in it and spend most of my time there I'm glad Hes back. He's live mem ber''
 .'He beat ms out of SIo,oooi'' com plained Scallop. You're a fine admin istrator of the law! Your duties meaRl nothing to youf'
 sI guess I have been slaek,'' agreed Tawney, Tor I'd have pinched you for having $1O,Oool in the first place, You never had a cent till you stole your partners patent
 Hello, MT. Scallopi'' cheerfuliy call- ed WaIlingford, entering the door. Beg your pardon for interrupting. Finish your conversation
 s.Do you know what was teIephon- ing about ?s was the return greeting of MT. EcaIop as he slammed the receiver on the hook was just talking with the police department bout your ar rest.s
 ssIs that so7' inquired wallingford { interested Es Jack Tawney still chief of policesp
 The hopeless injustice of things dawned upon Pete SealIop. Where s my $10.o0O7y he demanded.
 
 'sBy 5eorgei can't remember what [ did with 1t,g he acknowledged tsWhat did we spend 1t for, Blackse2''
 Why, don't you remember F return; ed Blackie reproachfully i've paid our bar bfll.''
 It's really not a thing to- be joked about, Mfr ScalIop.'' stated WaIling- ford. changing from his JuYial air to his gravest business impressivenes tATen thousand dollars, while trifing enough amount to q man of your IIl- dustry and enterprise and ambition and especially to a man of your ability, is stsu worth Keeping track of or course hold many times the stock that you do in the Bang Sun Engine company, and have returned to Gin derburg to look after nay investm ment''
 Mr Scallop clicked back his teeth three times before he could answer Your inYestEn nt!s he howIed Why, doggone It. you never put up cent, and you took $6O. GOO clear away from this town. besides all the money Of ours you wasted while you was here
 inv ested lply time, m brains and my undisputed talent for promotion,' insisted MT FaIling gford, with vast dignity. These are capital, and from their investment I have 3 right to ex+ ! pect return equal to their value. I'm very much disappointed in Cinder- burg
 The emotion is mutual ?, retorted MT ScaIlop. @If you mean, though, that because you was disappointed I you've come back after more, you re 1 going to be fooled r
 Fl neither expect nor wish more, ex- cept in the Y ay Of legitimate dividends upon my st0el TO make these divi- i iRdends possible have paid this visit to your city, and wish the hearty co. l opera lion of all the stockholders.
 That's good joke, returned MT Seallop, laughing bitterly You don't expect ma f0 believe that the stock in the Bang Sun Engine company will ever be worth the paper it's printed on Why, Ed Bang light back in my shop I lnoN making my patterns at SIS 8 week; and if you say sun engine tc him you want to dodge.
 Eve no doubt that you've devilee the life out of him, acknowledged allingford It is MT. Bang whom ] came to see, how ever, and tonight as the majority stock holder Of the Bana Sun Engine company, intend to cal meeting Of all the stockholders at the \ New Auditorium. Wen discuss tn, affairs of the companies over q nice little dinner s I'd rather have you vote my stock sneered MT. Seallop. sWhat'n you give I me for it
 "A thousand dollars. replied Wal Hngford promptly
 Set your money ready, directed
 Mir Scallop, and grabbed the knob oi lis safe, which he began to turn witt , feyerish activity. He overran two oH k3,r[ K slowed down a little oveEran one or
 the second was deliberate upon ths [ third and opened the safe. He glanced over his shoulder as he did so. Wal Hngford big, impressive solid ani
 prosperous looking. had the money il his hand and was waiting quietly, bu l eagerly MT Scallop scratched hi:
 head and deIved into the papers in little steel drawer. He drew out tn. { Bang Sun Engine certificates slowly 2 What do you intend to dor" ne asked Buy your stock, ' returned Waiiing ford crisply, laying down the none, upon MT. Scallops dfngy old desk ' N9'I mean about the engineY correct ed MT. ScalIop, now holding his cez [ tincates against his stomach
 Tt won't cost you anything to com ! up to the meeting tonight at and dn RI out" WaIIingford suggested. .1'd b glad to nave you, even if you are no
 stodkhold er. | suppose you have al the certificates there" and he quietl reached ont for them
 Pete Seal1op mashed those certif
 cates against his vest T don't thin I'll sell till after the meeting. ayariciously decided and put his eel tincates back in the safe. You war q to see Bang, don't you r and. going { the door, he called, Hey you, Run1 2 send Ed Bang hereT
 r Ed Bangs habttual deep crease | frovvn disappeared when he saw Wa f Hngford
 .Pm delighted to see you again. : b ? said. shaking hands heartily with tn ru-l,4l1a taies face hehfad wit