The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-13

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The quiet retort jolted the stocky
I man in the armchair as If 1t had been
blow. But he recovered quickly.
I've been looking for that" he said
with nervous twinkling Of the little
gray eyes. You've no business being
out of business. Brouillard. II you'd
quit pudding sand and cement and lit
tie rocks together and strike your gait
right in ten years you'd be the richest
man this side of the mountains III
be open-handed with you: This time
you've got us where we can't wiggle.
We've got to have more time. How
much IS it going to cost us?"
Brouillard shook his head slowly.
"Odd as it may seem to you, I'm our
of your market this time, Mr.. Cort-
wright-quite out of it"
ooh, no, you're not You've got
property to sell-a good bit of it. We
can turn it for you at figure that
will"
No; you are mistaken" was the
quick reply. 81 have no property in
Mirapclis. am merely squatter or
government land, like everyone else
in the Niquoia valley"
For heavens sakel" the promoter
burst out. whats got into you?
Don't you go around trying to stand
that corpse on its feet; it's dead one.
| tell you! The Coronida titles are all
right"
.s,r,I, - 80 M Coronida +i4las VI,
have known it al along, ard know it
now. / have 1t straight from the bu.
reau Of land statistics in letter from
a nan who knows. The nearest
boundary OF the old Spanish grant is
Latigo peak, ten miles south Of Chi
gringo. The department knows this
ard is prepared to prove it. Ard il
the very beginning you and your asso-
ciates were warned that you could nor
acquire homestead or other rights in
the NiGuoia."
LET it goi" snapped the gray-eyed
king of the pack We've got to get
out alive and we're going to get out
alive. What's your price,"
81 have answered that question once.
but I'll make it little palmer if you
wish. It is beyond your reach; if you
should turn your money-coining soul
into cash you couldn't pay it this tine
Mr.. Cartwright"
That's OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ingi You want something's it that
daU.ned Massingale business again?
don't own the railroad. but if you think
/ do, I'll sign anything you want to
write to the traffic people. Let Mas
singale sell his ore and get the money
for it. He'll go gamble it as he did
yours"
Brouillard looked up under the
shaded electric globe and his hand
some face wrinkled in sour smile.
You are ready to let go, are you?"
he said. you are too late. Mr.. Ford
returned from Europe week ago, and
have a wire saying that tonight's
through freight from Brewster is chief
ly made up of empty ore cars for the
Little Susan"
The sandy-gray eyes blinked at this.
but Mr.. Cartwright was Of those who
die hard.
What I said still holds good. Mas /
singale or his son, or both Of them, /
Will gamble the money. And if they |
don't, we've got EN- tied UP in hard
knot OF the stock proposition"
q was coming tc that, said Brcuil-
lard quietly For a long time you
have been telling me what l should do !
and l have done it. Now I'll take my
turn. You must notify your associ-
ates that the Little Susan deal is eff.
There will be called meeting of the
directors here in this room tomorrow
evening at eight o'clock, and"
who calls it?" interrupted the
tyrant.
The president"
President nothing!" was the snort
bier who hasn't got sense enough t.
go in when it rainsi Say, Brcuillard,
III cut that pie so there1l be enough
to go around the table. Just leave
Massingale out of it and make up
your mind that you're going to sit in
v ltH 10. we We JOuSAl tue LiiilC oiA~
paid for it. I've get the stock put
away where it's safe. Massingale
can't touch a share of it, or vote it,
either
Brouillard shook his head.
You are stubbornly hard to con-
yince. Mr. Cartwright, but I'll try one
1sore time. You will come here to-
evening, with your confeder-
ties in the deal. prepared to take tie
money you have actually spent in bet
erments and prepared to release the
tock. If you fail to do so you will {
Jet nothing. Is that explicit enough?"
You're crazy!" shouted the promo ]
er. you talk as if there wasn't any /
aw in this country"
There isn't-for such men as you; j
you and your kind put yourselves
.bove the law But that is neither J
lere nor there. You don't want to go {
nto court with this conspiracy which {
-ou have cooked up to beat David Mas
ingale out of his property. It's the
asst thing on earth you want to do.
30 you'd tetter do the other thing