Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-15

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EclS away from mo"
80 I've been told" commented BOZ
"uII' Smlilng with Keen appreciation of
some unlimited joke. ut seems to me
,nls is now UP to Muodson," and he
touched n bell
a girl entered.
send Mir Moodson In. please" said
ho@1anL and Sedge looked at his watch.
MI Moodson arrived, and took a chair
opposite Sledgc, and on the other side
ui i'o2zam, his mouth so tightly closed
tnat one wondered how he could induce
nllnselI to eat lie looked at his watch.
but held the face toward him like a poker
nahu' ana dropped it stealthlly back i'm
ms pocket, as If he feared that some one
iniShI get the time Of day away from
him.
We queer little puzzle for you,
| Moodson,' said Bo2zam cheerfully. "Mr.
| Sledse has determined to make a bona
nde company out of the Ring city Rapid
| transit and, of course, will not sell the
franchises lie has put UP his seven
hundred and fifty thousand dollars and
| requests us to put up our two hundred
thousand to complete the capitalizatiun
| lie knows that you financed tho drama
| at the recent stockholders meeting, that
| you bought n thousand shares of stock
| Tor thirty-live thousand, aud loaned NIFTY
! thousand on two hundred thousand dol
] s.,
| inc case in a nutshell; If YOU nut up
the two hundred thousand dollars to pay
for the stock in this new company, It
! VIII drive the other one out of business
ana you can get half cent a pound for
! your etghty-nvc thousand dollars worth
or stock certificates I'm the old company
| II you don't make good on this subscrip-
| tion, you get exactly tho same price for
your old stock as you would if you did
| Now, what is the answer, in view of the
iact that Mr.. Slcdgc Is absolutely I'M
placablc, and means to do us harm?
shall leave you gentlemen to discuss the
question"
lie left the two experts in silence, fac
ing each other glumy pcross his desk,
and went into the adjoining room, where
he surprised the meek little stcnugraphcr
by sinking on the arm of a bench and
laughing noiselcssy until he grew purple
In the face.
Timbers came in, looking much dis
tressed for a fat man. and surveyed Boz
zam In astonlshmcut.
slip mo the good one" he begged. 81
need a laugh worse than | ever needed
drink on the fourth of January"
We've stung Moodson" snortcd Boz
aam. For that matter, We all get stung,
but I'm willing to lose my end of it in
order to see that Inhuman ghoul get
his"
Timbers grinned to his full capacity,
which was much.
didn't know You hated Old Gloom as
bad as l do. Where did he 80 to dic?"
Have look" offered Boz2am, point
ing to the frosted-glass partition
In corner of one of tho paues there
was little clear space, made by the
scaling of the glass, and to this Timbers
applied his eye. MoOdsOu's face had
turned sallow yellow and had taken
on an expression as If he had Just swal-
lowed quinine, but beyond this he had not
moved, and neither gentleman had said Il
word-Sledge, sitting in comfortable en-
joyment. waiting, and Moodson suffering
intense contraction Of all his vital organs
TImbers leaned against the woodwork,
to chuckle. BoZznIn Jrry him IindIv
away.
a.. .,
,.,,i,S tlte i looN' ne Steu i'tS'ues'
SIu 'o, SI,'NIlls ,s lle P4I 4II'1'oH'
az, ~ guigt .,.i. Joy, ne NaltI,Su lho WoIu'eSS
,l, uuSI Wllhln Nor lor a moment ana tnen he
iS auuuel,S 'ui nou u t,'e H,ecN lItt'p sue,
hoErapher who was pleCidiy reading and
asked hcr 10 call up Marley
What do you want with the nun, in
this pathetic hour" inquired TlmbCrs.
.V-hv does onybodv rot russv y,.,th
SIodEoq TIn turns ono Iitt1o tricl, ond
unwhIsIxsrs the whole bunch of MS clear
down to the village hcartbreokcr
..Fancv ,ertg'' GUESSED rImbers
"yvboro doee tb,t b5rher,s rrtdc como
I'm -,
1I dor,+ tb,rl, eon-i,-r,u,. mile off HE
amusement mark; does hc?'' Bozzan rc
Minded hin, roocbtnr Cor tho teisnhoro
,IIair VIr,tI,.,,, iI,G 81, ,'
nriscd IN boar vour voiro ."
..Xyb,p,, Inn,,ircd Marley stirnv bcirp
o,,,,,t,,tiorsIi,. oT,csod 10 or,,trinr, ~,
tI1n natnro ~ ninrnr, and hcin,, oI,
,,., so,,o,,a ,,,th I2ogg,,,, for that vow,
r,asn,,
..Rcrouso you.rc do,d" Rozz,m IN.
rorn,od Ijr, ',tt,d,,,t ,o,, heard A. yot o."
..I Gon't urdorstand Won ronroyed
,I,,,o,, or, -, he, LET ,o1,, NIr
Tgoi.,oy, - 'N''
oIGbat,s tho uso,. Laughed that nan
tIemon '.TotbInp Won can do will save |
o, ers', nco,n ' sodso Sou has % inst y" decided not
10 sell those franchises at any price"
..f tbought Won were the duIv author |
tzoj aa,ant =, nou,er ~ oct . nroteqt- |
90 Nrorro,y
,T was as long as II was n phonv |
comnany" explained Bozzam, but |
SUiiiPa"S s,,i i i,,st nia,,od IoT,-doyvn trick
9Ieuse mas just p'''' W. -
'ITow couId he? What has he done?"
"Put mn his money, Made the COM
many Legitimate. He's going to build"
pay 49,. s'.r,i.pr .,rnrisod Rozzsn,
.T,, .,Io,taI tLot" he calmly an
,i.,n9 iap t,G',nnoso he doeso,
y a,,y,,.,rcJ Rnz,,r, with
,,nndoTime nov Glance ar Timbcrs Hell