The Washington times., 1915-12-07
Continued from Yesterday

VII.
Dingleville awoke to the fact that It
ford a new citizen Of great value. For
buslness--a little. one-horse. factory
doing nothing at all. Wallingford came
70 capacity and Was shipping goods as
fast as the railroad could handle them,
making money hands over fists.
., some business man. too. Wallingford!
stance. This fellow by the name Of
Daw tried to sting him. didn't he? Came
along WITH contract giving him the
exclusive sale of Pushman's egg beat.
All the. goods Pushman had sold to
those big New York j1bbers, Paul Pol
let q Co. You bet Wall.hgford showed
up up this Daw person, all right! Showed
OF goods: not a dollars worth; while.
less than a MONTH, Pushnnan had
a,sd made shipments to his big .jobber
such profit In the egg heater bust
ness? Fringinm al Those books to court
was a mighty fina education in the pos
urns pSnt WILL fSs pssbmsn fac
tory had cleared over $14,OCO since Wal
llWngifoard lWsfad had backed it! Two. thirds:
sGal,ingford's share was Wouldn't old
a change to back that fine business and
get all that profit! Old Slcokum was
Sck. There was no dispute in that. OLD
ss,22oknm was not only desperately i'll,
VIII.
O. w. ,slookum sat at his back door,
The apples were picked. and there was
nothing t. watch; but he sat there and
n".rhsTe's a stranger. paw" 1t was
Mrs. SIookun1, but not even her voice
vas meek In the past two weeks she
had been aggravated to the point of re-
Mumbling and grumbline. q. w went
into the horse-hair room. and the
stranger proved to be none other than
Horace G. Daw. who. with his head
Slack snt aPd Pnee ns hbadt hfads essped behind his
onaliN across the room
r, S,r' said Horace g.. Daw. II am a
mnch abused mani and he deliberately
sed se1t ir.srte6 the end: Of his spiked mpstache
h,Un-hunh!' agreed Slookum, and he
~ am the victim of injustice ranted
n,:r ar. Law hi tousling his black hair down
venge' Revenge. Mr.. Slookum, Re
weafe,9r,, wwSnge On that scoundrel, J. Rufus Wal
"un-hunh!' agreed Slcokum. But
tnere was more animation in his tone.
HaVe YOU. or have YOU not two
mmf1trtgase-notes mftSs against the Pushman
y t1,nsShen non Ltensil Company. each for
Mr.; Slookum studied Blackie Daw
slowly.
What about it2" he asked. rubbing
ms clawlike hands over each other as
Y. y ne were trying to wiring an idea from
listen" Blackie Daw stopped and
held one hand aloft. II wish to pur-
chase those notes"
Again. long and deliberate thought on
INC part Of Mr.. Slookum.
Why?" he asked.
you?' 'e''
Well. maybe"
=, Then here 1t is. Those notes are in
the name of Pushman Kitchen Ttensl
Company. That company has grown
ott OF existence. having been merged
into the Pushman Kitchen Ctensl Com
pahy, now Incorporated. Since the
original company does not exist. 1t can
not take Up those notes, and you can
refuse settlement from any other per-
soh. The mortgage can still stand MS a
company. and can be held until such
time. as that company might be in tenn
porary difficulties. Then. bv thunder.
can make trouble with ther,,"
That's dang nonsense" cracked
Slookum. 'io ou don't know the law. or
you wouldn't think up a scheme like
that. | tried It once"
It was Blackie DAVIS time to pause.
and he did it most crestfal!on,y
You're cocksure I can't do that
AS sure as gospel"
Then. there's only one other way"
Blackie now sat down. with his hands
on his knees and his neck bolt up
right. I'll have to buy enough stock
in the Pushman Kitchen Utensil Com
pay to vote my enemy out OF Office"
Mr.. Slookum. who was en- excellent
listener. cooked his head sideways at
that.
How much money would that takc?"
"Fifty-one thousand dollars or more. I"
Blackies reply was prompt and sharp.
The company'S incorporated for n
hundred thousand. and FushInan has
the sale Of the stock. THEY'RE swapping
It up like hot cakes around town today
because the company. in my suit against
them. showed profit. even on u hum
dred thousand dollars capitalization. OF
over $50 per cent a year,
G. W. SlOokum gulDed, and a spasm of
pain twitched at al his wrinkles.
Yes; I figured that out myself" he
tofroborated.
We'll. Pushmsn don't like Wallins-
ford"
"I'll simply get Pushman to sell me
81 per cent of that stock, as soon as my
money gets here next week. Then I'll
call a meeting and vote Wallingford out