White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-10

pocket to make room, deposited the
fourteen neatly In a vacant net, col
lected a quarter from each man and
returned to Blackie.
.You will. however, sell out your N
tire holdingsY' ne guessed
AT seventy" responded Blackie.
Aren't you going to play any moref'
mo. ! think not" decided Poynter.
with a quiet smile. I'll buy a drink
with my I'll gotten gains, however;
then ! have to attend a business meet
Ing"
He walked back up into the lobby
presently and found Paul Pollet mood.
ly studying eight pieces of paper stuck
tafy.
II don't suppose you'd sell ten shares
of your bath company stock7" be pro-
posed
"Oh. nor returned Paul. III I sell
at all | want to break my entire con-
nection with the company"
81 guessed it." replied Poynter and
went back to the padded alcove, where
the Indignation vas still going around
In a highly incandescent circle.
well. gentlemen. l have 1t all 6g-
ured out what we are to do" be cheer
fully stated I'VE are TO obtain con.
troll Of the bath company at a cost of
exactly S139.S6O. that amount being
the combined holdings of Mr.. Daw and
Mr.. Pollet at $40 a share"
1T would be cheaper to buy out
Wallingford." snapped Hittam.
you couldn't buy out Wallingford
for less than par" calmly announced
Poynter. After all. though. boys.
now that we're this far, it isn't SO bad
as IT looks. For less than a hundred
and fifty thousand out OF our treasury
we gain control of the bath company.
which has assets of $4,000 cash and
owns the property"
A speculative silence fell on the i'm
promptu stockholders meeting.
Looks like the best thing we could
do" judged the man with the mole on
his nose. especially since we're In it
this far and have that hundred thou
sand guarantee fund tied up"
with control of the bath company"
unused Mr.. Poynter. Il fancy we can
fnd some way to release that guaran
tee fund"
Move we 60 into executive session"
offered Hittam.
Second the notion" said the quiet
little statistician In the corner.
]. Rufus W~allingford, who had sat
as the manipulation of SO many stock
| holders and board of directors meet
ings, found himself In a lonesome MI
nority at the called meeting Of the
Neptune Sun Bath company. There
was not a friendly face to cheer him,
| for Blackie Daw and Paul Pollet were
not present. and 1t was inconvenient
for his Office boy and his butler to at.
tend. so, being positive that a jolt was
brewing for him. be relinquished bis
gavel to Vice President Nayler and
sat among the common members.
81 hold in my hand an oner from thu
Neptune Hotel company for the pur
chase of the Neptune Sun Bath com
pany's real estate" said Secretary
Poynter through bis thin nose wher
called upon by the chair for his report
That company offers us ten thousand
for a clear deed and title to the prop.
erty. The offer is couched in sufa'
ciently legal phraseology and Is 90
| clear and definite that understand II
perfectly. As a matter of fact. l wrote
II myself. Accompanying this docu'
ment Is Q certified check for $4,000,
also quite Ineligible shall nov
read the Offer" which he proceeded to
| do with evident relish.
"Move we accept" said the mole
nosed man indiferently.
Second the notion" snapped Hit.
tam. still at a tungsten glow of indig-
nation.
Question" demanded Waltngford
with equal nonchalance. and one-half