The Ordway new era., 1915-12-31

= 1t. as she had done when she was a
). ay. sSd>slot down the hill, to the
k.. Slisapprovaf OF Reverend Boyd!
int TX ever aleft.in his chosen
.sic> Ef>->,ed a Iiebt. stee, racer
pro: ~. erab~, bank, and. with a
from the edge of ths-NJ bIrae,, m
magnificent run. slapped LII The
the sled and darted in pursds - a.
rector's lip curled the barest raSsSso
one corner. but Edward e. Allison
looking down the hill. grinned. and lit
cigar.
Coming Allison?" called Cunning
ham. There's room for you both.
DOCTOR
81 don't think I'll ride this trip.
thanks" returned Allison. and. as the
rector also declined with pleasant !
thanks, Allison gave the voyagers q
hearty push, and walked back to the
camp fire.
~ received the ultimatum Of your
vestry today. Doctor Boyd" observed
Allison when they were alone. still
that eventual fifty million"
well, yes," returned the rector
briskly, and backed up comfortably to
the blaze. He was . different man
now. I'VE discussed your proposition
thoroughly, and decided that. In ten
years, the property Is worth fifty mill
lion to you. for the purpose you have
in mind. Consequently why take less?"
Allison surveyed him shrewdly for
moment.
THAT'S the argument OF a bandit"
he remarked. why accept all that
] the prisoner has when his friends can
raise little moreT
Il don't see the sse Of metaphor"
retorted the rector. who dealt profes-
sionally in It. Business Is business"
Allison grunted. and hicked his
ashes into the fire.
"By George. you're right" he agreed.
1--WE been trying to handle you like
q church, but now I'm going after you
like the business organization you
are"
Rev. Smith Boyd Redeemed. The
charge that Market Square church was
a remarkably lucrative enterprise was
becoming too general for comfort.
"The vestry has given you their de-
. cision." he returned, standing stih and
straight, with his hands clasped be-
hind him.. You may pay for the We'd.
der court tenement property cash
:. sum which, in ten years. will accrue
to fifty million dollars, or you may let
1t alne," and his tone was as force
, fully crisp as Allisons. though he
could not hide the musical timDre
|, of 1t.
, "T won't pay that price, and I won't
, let the property Alone Allison snap
r ped back "The city needs it."
. For a moment the two men looked
!. each other levelly In the eyes. There
r seemed to have sprung up some new
, enuity between them. A thick man
!. with a stubby mustache came pufiins
. up to the dre, and sat down on his sled
d with a thump.
r Splendid exercise" he gasped. hold
I Ing his sides. Il think about ..sf
4 it would either reduce me hVins
A skeleton. or kill me-"
"Your yestry's an %. allison LOOK
!, Measure in infor-ing MIN.
"s.r,o to yud and many Of them"
Q i,sos y:u Sargent. What's the trou-
l. HI, with youe Trying to take busi-
mess advantage Of a church
.I'd have better chance with a
lew" was Allison's contemptuous re-
7 ply.
l "Oh. see here, Allison!" remonstrat-
ed Jim Sargent seriously. He even rose
p IN his feet to make 1t more emphatic
+ "You mustn't treat Market Square
church with so much indignity."
why not? Market Square church
8 nuts itself In a position to be consid
K cred in the light of any other graspint
organization"
Rev. Smith Boyd. finding in himsel
IT the growth of a most unclothlike an
It. ger, decided to walk away rather thai
TT suffer the aggravation which must en-
q, sue in this conversation. Consequent
,o ly, he started down the hill, dragsisl
lsr Jim Sargent's sled behind him for CON
H. pany. There were no further insult
70 to the church. however.
ne Jim, what are the relations Of tn
ne Towando Valley to the L. and c.?
ao asked Allison. offering Sargent cisa'
Largely paternal," and the pres
ial dent of the Towando Valley grinne'
m. I'VE feed 1t when it's good and span
,ss it when 1t cries"
nd Hold control OF the stock?"
leo mo. only its transportation" r
Co turned Sargent complacently.
Stock is good deal scattered.
Ill suppose?"
the Small holdings entirely, and mol
lar of the holders proud" replied SarseI
at starts no place and comes rig
Al back, and the shareholders won't p
rill postage to send in their anur
his proxies"
to Then the stock doesn't seem to
ere worth buying" observed Allison. WI
and vast apparent indifference.
lon. "only to piece out collection
YER. chuckled Sargent. 81 didn't know y
was were interested In railroads