The Washington times., 1915-12-07
tCautInued frOm Yesterday)

VII.
Dingleville awoke TO the fact that It
FORD ne% seS SfEs0n Sctsen 81 Of z great aVT Value PS
Instance, look at Harry Pushman's
puslness--R 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, WallinBford!
Take the matter of that lawsuit, for in
stance. This FELLOW by the name OF
Daw tried to sting him, didn't he? Came
along with q contract giving him the
exclusive sale of Pushman's egg beat
ers. Wanted to collect commissions on
All the goods Pushman had sold to
those big New York iobbers Paul Pol
let q Co. You bet Wall.hgford showed
up this Daw person. all riGhtl Showed
ot goods. not a dollars worth; while.
" less than MONTH, Pushnap had
made made shipments to his big Jobber
such profit In the egg heater bust
hessF Hringing al Those books to court
was Sss,, 2 mighty fins education in the pos
tupInne tIlII1ties e. Of well-condrGted manutac-
tory had cleared over $4,000 since Wal
InngIord had backed I'll rwo-thirds,
Msailngrord's share was. Wouldn't old
q chance to back that fine business and
get all that prOfti Old SIookum was
SICK. There was no dispute in that. Old
sI9okum was not only desperately i'll,
out ne WAS franticl
VIII.
q. w. Slookum sat at his back door.
The apples were picked, and there was
wsteResd It it. "a'0"' out ne sat there ana
,'erhere's a stranger. paw" It was
MIS-. Slookum, but not even her voice
was meek In the past two weeks she
h had been aggravated to the point of re-
Mpnbling and grumbiing. G. w. went
stranger proved to be none other than
Horace G. Daw. who. with his head
Spent a9d his hands clasped behind his
SrH;.S o,aGk Frince Albert. was stalking dag
Onaliy across the room.
SIR, said Horace @. Daw, "I am
Snch abused manV' and he deliberately
oent the end Of his spiked mustache
ana inserted 1t between his teeth
"Un-hunhr' agreed ,SIookum, and he
81 am the victim of injusticer, ranted
1T. paw, tousling his black hair down
venge! Revenge, Mr.. Slookum! Re.
S,,say W,Snse on that scoundrel. ]. Rufus Wal
"Un-hunh!' agreed Sicokum. But
tnere was more animation in his tone.
Have YOU, or have you not. two
mortgage-notes against the Pushman
tNStShen : S6n ptensil Company. each for
slowly.
What about it2'' he asked. rubbing
his clawlike hands over each other as
ne were trying to wiring an idea from
.Erdsten!'' Blackie Daw stopped and
neId one hand aloft. II wish to pur-
chase those notes"
Again, long. and deliberate thought on
nj ~ rNH
Why?" he asked.
you?'
Well, maybe"
the name of Pushman Kitchen Utensll
Company That company has grown
out of existence. having been merged
INTO the Pushman Kitchen Utensl Com
original company does not exist. 1t can
not take Up those notes, and you can
refuse settlement from any other per-
SOP. The mortgage can still stand MS
company, and can be held until such
time. as that company might be in tenn
porary difficulties. Then. by thunder, I
can make trouble with theni!"
"Thats dang nonsense, cracked
Slookum. You don't know the law. or
YOU wouldn't think up a scheme like
that. ! tried it once"
II was Blackie DAVIS time to pause.
anu lie Qll IL most CEeSlINliPn-Ns
You're cockSure can't do that
,AS sure as gospel"
"Then. there's only one other way!"
BlRckie 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"
Blackie's reply was prompt and sharp.
The company'S incorporated for a
hundred thousand and FushTnan has
the sale of the stock. They're snapnins
1t mp like hot cakes around town today.
BECAUSE the company. in my suit against
them. showed a profit. even on hum
dred thousand dollars capitalization, OF
over $50 per cent a year!'
G. w. Slookum gulped, and a spaSm OF
pain twitched at al his wrinkles,
Yes; I figured that out myself" he
'CEVSH 'WeIi. PGshman don't like walling-
ford"
"I'n simply get Pushman to sell me
81 per cent OF that stock, as soon as my
money gets here next week. Then II
call rnaaffnr and v0ta WailinRfOFd out