Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-02-11

You've saved your company nun
dred thousand, we've dragged dowr
what we ought to have for our work
olsdge gets the hook, and your stock
bounces up to par. Why. man, you'll
not only be where you were before
but you'll clean up close to hundred
thousand profit on the stunt
.>Order some whiskey," Marley sug
gested to his host.
CHAPTER XXI.
Several People Have the Laugh on the
Boss.
siedge, In the luxurious little room
which he occupied for an hour each
day q president of the First Nation
q. gazed stonily at Bendix as he
punched the button on his desk.
''Chamberlain's house, he specu
lated "T1unh!''
cot course, Marley gave notes for
It. Thirty, sixty, and ninety days
and four months; four payments, OF
seven thousand dollars each
IN answer to the bell, Cashier Davis
eamo In, with the pomposity Of the
owner Of the mint mingled with the
obseuuiousness of a messenger boy.
Frank Marley" rumbled sledge
accunsing1y. Hes got money. Where
did he get it,"
"Not here SIR" smiled Mr.. Davis.
rubbing his fsh-fat hands together in
the satisfaction of deeds well done.
"Find out" directed Sledge: and
Davis took his sleek white sideburns
and his white waistcoat out or the
room.
Hes using cash, even in the pay
ment Of his grocery bills" supple
mented Bendix. Young Keene tells
me that he saw into Marley's pocket
book. and it was stuffed with big bills;
thousands and five hundreds. keene
estimates that he must have had thir-
ty thousand dollars with him,
.'Why don't the stock go DOWN.
demanded Sledge, the accusing look
this time boring into Bendix.
ii pass declared Bendix, turning
both palms upward. "I've had stuff
in the papers every day about the new
equipment and better schedules, and
the general Gripping OF the old line,
but in place Of going down to twenty
Ave. the stocks around thirty-seven
now. and at that I can only find a
little Of it. After hard days work
chasing 1t down yesterday, I picked
I'D less than hundred shares. We
started after the control too late"
who's buying it,"
Cheap young brokers and has
beens whom we haven't kept in line.
They won't say who it's for. except
that it's scattering orders. The gen.
aral impression seems to be gaining
ground that. no matter what happens
the stock is bound to be worth more
than thirty-hve. Spectators nave
grabbed it, I guess
They'd make noise" objected
sledge. glazing down at the cuspidor
which. in this room, took the place OF
the hand-hOle in the gate as source
Of inspiration.
"Tve tried my best to trace some
thing back to his crowd, but l can't
flnd a connection any place.
Sledge was silent for moment.
"Bozzam's in It," he stated decisive
II don't like to think So" defended
Bendix "He seems to work clean
"You found him." explained Sledge.
.Hes in it. He's crook
Even Bendix grinned.
II don't deny that, but he's too wise
to start anything with you. That's
what bank on"
aHe thinks I'm on the pan" judged
eledge. Hes a stranger"
Davis came in. .
eve have telephoned all the banks
he reported None of them has made
any recent loans to Mr.. Marley. nor
have any checks been drawn in his
favor"
"Hunh!" grunted sledge. He stolid.
" walked out of the Office, followed
by Bendix and climbed into his wait
ing runabout, over which the cross.
ing policeman stood guard. Don't
buy any more Stock" he directed Ben
dix, and drove off, Sell it.
He strobe into the Offices OF the
traction company, and stopped at
Hunts desk.
MARLEY drawn any money here?"
he wanted to know.
ellis salary" replied Hunt, fawning
servilely on the big man who STOOD
1t his side.
SIS he selling any stock
Not that l know of, sir
Making any flash?"
mot particularly He has been
whistling."
Making any threats?"
''Not that I heard
"Hunh!" and Sledge turned from
the desk. anybody in with him.
II think his daughter, SIR smirk-
ed Hunt, "and Mr.. Glider, unless they
have gone out the other way
Sledge looked down at his lapel
The red rose was an excellent specl-
men except that it had one struggling
petal In which was worm hole. He
ierked off that petal, and walked un-
announced into Marley's office, paus-
ing just inside the door, struck dumb
nv tableau being enacted at the OPP