The Monticellonian., 1916-11-09

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 were at that time the matter of great est interest in the pulp and paper world. These lands had been some thing of a mystery for their owS IS were evidently sitting tight and ed l ins their time.
 T had depended on my subject to ineassst you" said Gard. q came all | the way ssom Canada to get acuuaint- ed with the men who are going to con I sume my product. I would like to at i tend your convention and address it.
 Cards preparation for this ap- 1 proach and bid for seat on the floor of the convention, had been most thor ough. Upon receipt of his orders he 1 had found himself with a week in l which to make ready. His first step had been to get in touch with the publisH3r of a great New York daily who had reported to tho department his be- | lief that there was white paper trust. That publisher spent hundreds of thousands of dollars every year for | paper. He had therefore carefully studied the paper situation. He had all the facts as to the supply of pulp timber He knew just the crisis that the paper manufacturers faced. These facts he imparted to Gard and the special agent saw, through them. his opportunity to reach the conf dence of the manufacturers and get all the facts with relation to their organization.
 The convention was yet week off Gard had time to accumulate a sunburn and he went fishing down the bay three afternoons in success sion, wore no hat and rolled up his sleeves He was a young man of lobster red for a day or two but of a deep bronze at the end Of the week. With a touch or two of the woods such as a stout pair of shoes and | hunting knife which he found occa- sion to produce, just the right impress sion was created
 There is nobody that the conven- tion would rather hear talk" Pres ident Van Dorn was saying. There is nobody who has a subject of more interest. But admission to the con vention is provided for in the eonsti- tuition and bylaws. Only members may be admitted. Our work is strict 1 ly confidential
 However, nothing is impossible. insisted Gard. "A constitution can be amended"
 The manner in which it can be amended is also provided for in the l bylaws It cannot be done in four days"
 The special agent saw himself bound to fail to get himself admitted to the convention. There was the ad- vantage, however, of having been de- nied a courtesy to which he had strong claim and this left the way | open to the asking of other important | favors.
 Even though you cannot attend the meetings Van Dorn suggested, T want to see that you meet all our lead ing people and In this way you may accomplish practically as much. would be glad if you would dine with me tonight"
 'I will be very glad to do so" said the special agent. Tn the meantime you can probably provide me with a 1 list of your members. In that way 1 can at least communicate with them all"
 That list is quite confidential" said the president. T have no copy of it myself
 But your permanent headquarters in Fourth avenue will have 1t, sug- gested Gard. Cant you give me d note to the secretary"
 To this the president assented some what hesitatingly. The note he wrote was also bit indefinite. It was not instructions to give copy of the list. It might be so interpreted if the sec retary were inclined to be friendly.
 So Gard went for his list with some inward trepidation, although the man | who pretended to hold the fate of the paper manufacturers of a nation in his hand could afford to show no outward manifestation of it.
 The secretary of the Northern Pulp & Paper Manufacturers association was a most courteous young Virginian | bearing the name of Randolph. The | special agent knew the secretary was a southerner as soon as he met him. | The former had originated in Balti- more. After the manner of southern CTS the two discussed names and fam flies. The special agent knew great deal about the Randolph family, In fact. he said his family had married into the Randolphs in one of it's branches. The lines were followed until it seemed that the men might well believe that they were cousins several times removed. Incidentally they had started to be friends in the way most accredited among southern | CTS.
 Gard delivered his note from Pres ident Van Dorn and took great pains l to explain the position of the Cana dian Northwest Timber company He made it clear that his people were on l the eve of playing a large part in the paper pulp world. He wanted to ask Randolphs advice about certain mat ters and he wanted to get i'll touch with some enterprising young man who 1 knew the manufacturers. To such young man he might offer an enyi- able business opportunity. In the meantime he would like a copy of the membership list of the association.
 It developed that there was but one such list in existence. It had to be dug LID from the associations safe and