The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1916-07-07

time his hint had grown to rumor size
-. rEcrHtkFt had mhts p, Bfosil-
.Rull-u up a-ehaiT end have a cigar, ?
said the great man when Brouillafd
had penetfated to the nerve-center of
the Metropolitan activities in the Metto.
|sRole= suite And til A.xzEos Electromagnetic s
had been curtly dismissed. %,Have
I you hsarF tie talR OF the Street? There
is nr,rmori thstrthe RAILROAD grading
.lhlas been rstopped."a al, n; 4uo rooEa7
Brouillard, busy with the. work Of
setting the third series OF forms on
his great wall, had heard nothing
81 dP' five Noticed that they haven't been
bblastihgsfofltwo or Tires 9days n1But
tAat, may nsane nothing more f'thau4a
$s AZ 5ssa3n shsPRsRts ct dynamite
81 "1e dIookss badhdesiifsho bad. s'dt The
promoter: WAS planted heavily in This
pivot chair, and the sandy-gray eyes
dWfndled to pin points. I'VE are up
against It, that's ALL Read that" and
the Hpronoter .handed ias Telegram
aeross theedesk. fs1i4 edt nj 9re'ugi4
The wire, was from Chicago, was
signed "Ackerman," and was still
damp from The receiving operators
copying press. It read: }f7-1
Work on P. S-W.'s uBuckskin. ex.
ttensfoh has sBeen isdspende H for the
pFesenta Il Reason assigned, shrinkage
In. securities and uncertainty of bust
l6ess outlook In N1ddo4a.ysd bsT1 /
.brMr. Cextwrightss ffrewn figured Iase "a
fleshly mask Of irritability, Let it
once get out that the railroad people
don't believe In theD future Of Mifapo.
lis and we're done" /
BrouilfarHdi' retort was was the si express.
an dpnash ofsaifiry b9f9ee
"Mirapolis 9 has MOI failure; 9 u tihas
only an exceedingly precarious pres
For aa mnoamnesanf fhs satndyS.egr ~ eyes
became fnscrutable. lThenothe9m mask
OF irritation slid aside revealing the
face which Mr.. ]. Wesley Cartwright
Ordinarily presented to his world
the face of)impersifbable good nature.
}, rsYou'se right, oBrouiiIard; MiFaRoiis
is. only a. good. joke, after all. Some
times / get bamfoozled into the idea
that it isn't-that it's the real thing.
That's bad for the nerves. But about
this railroad fzzle;; I don't relish the
notion of having our little joke, sprung
on us before we're ready to laugh, do.
you? What do y6ut hfnk?' J = q "
i2rIt is netfmy turn to think Mr.. fcort'
"Oh, yes, It is; very pointed1y. You're
one ofousa .to1a certain extent; 9and II
you were,nott you would still be inter
ested. A smash Just now would ham,
Der the Reclamation service likes the
mischief, the entire works shut downi
no cement. mo lumber, mo. power;
everything tied up In the courts until
The, Iastrcredttor quits taking appeals.
Oh. no, BrouiIlard;. you don't want to
see the end OF the world come before
It's riiue.sdW .yGbrcT no nVo3 ~ /
at, was 1.-The consulting engineer OF
he power company rather than the
exclamation service chief who rose
md went to the window to look down
lpon the morning briskness of Chi
sringo avenue. And 1t was the man
Who saw one hundred thousand dol
airs, the epffoes of freedom, slipping
way from him, who turned saftere a
minute OF. two Of the absent street gag
ng and said - what do you want me
o do, Mr.. CortwTrfight? I did put my
houlder ITO the wheel, when Ford was
lere. ], told him if were in his place
d take the long chance and build the
xtension." .YebruteC j2gl nwf)t Il
did you-and before you had a
take in the gamer That was a white
aan'sa boost, right! Think you could
manage to get Ford ON the wire and
ncourage him a little more?" 20 =
at isn't Ford; it is the NewnYork
ankers. You can read that between
be lines in lyeqr man an A .f arrrf tsle'
ram" Ii
The stock gentleman in the pivot
hair thrust out his Jaw and tilted his
,eshlyJighted cigar to the aggressive
ngle. -, |!
SAY, Brouillard, we've got to throw
fresh piece of bait into the cage,
3mething that viii make the railroad
rowd sit. up and, take notice. By
gorge, If those gold hunters up on
ack's mountain would only stumble
cross something big enough to advers
seTun09 ,ml0f.Crd &..D 70 .t.c,
Brouillard started as II the wishful
agic had been a blow. Like hot
ave from q furnace mouth it, swept ,
yer .him-the sudden realization that
e means, the one alllpowerful, earth
6ving lever theU promoter was SO I
lxiously, seeking, lay in his hands,
1.-THE Buckskin people, yes" he said.
aking talk as the rifernan digs a pit I
hold his own ON the firing line. IF {
ey should happen to uncover a gold ,
ef Just now it would simplify mat !
rs Immensely for MirapoIis, wouldn't 8
The railroad would come on, then r
thout a shadow of doubt. All the :
mixers in New York couldn't hold it I
OK" syf4parl =
Now: came Mr.. Cortwright's turn to /,
t up and walk to one Of the win