Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-08

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i BrouiIlard sat back IN his pivot chair
and began to play with tho paper.
knife.
/; And II don't choose to string It
tout'-if even confess that am strain
ing every nerve to do this thing that
you don't want me to do-what then.
tMr. Cortwright?''
The quiet retort jolted the stocky
man in the armchair as II It had been
a blow. But he recovered quickly.
y eve been looking for that he said
with nervous twinkling Of tho 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. I'll
be open-handed with you: This time
you've got Us where NO can't wiggle.
We've got to have moro time. How
much u It going to cost u.s."
Brouillard shook his head slowly.
"Odd % Il may seem to you. I'm out
OF your market this time, Mr.. Cort-
wright-quite out Of It"
"Oh, 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. II have no property in
Mirapolis. I am merely . squatter on
government land, like everyone else
in the Niquoia valley"
"For heavens sake!" 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.
I tell you! The Coronida titles are an
right"
There are no Coronida titles. You
have known it all along, and know it
now. have it straight from the bu.
reau Of land statistics, in q letter from
man who knows. The nearest
boundary Of the old Spanish grant is
Latigo peak, ten miles south Of Chi
gringo. The department knows this
and is prepared to prove It. And in
the very beginning you and your asso-
ciates were warned that you could not
acquire homestead or other rights in
the Niquois.s
Let It go!" snapped the gray-eyed
king Of the pack. We've got to get
out altpe and we're going to get out
alive. I. What's your price?"
II have answered that question once.
but I'll make It . little palmer II you
wish. It is beyond your reach: II you
should turn your money-coining soul
into cash you couldn't pay It this. time.
Mr.. Cartwright"
That's Observation-Disclosures
ing! You want something's It that
damned Massingale business again? l :
don't own the railroad. but II 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 1t. He'll 60 gamble it a. 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 80. are your
he said. "You are too late. Mr.. Ford
returned from Europe week ago, and
! have wire saying that tonights
through freight from Brewster is chief
~ 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 said still holds good. Mas
singala or bis son, or both Of them,
will gamble the money. And II they
don't, we've got 'em tied up in hard
knot on the stock proposition"
Il WAS coming to that" said Brouil-
lard quietly. "For . long time you
have been telling mo what should do
and have dohe It. Now I'll take my
turn. You must notify your associ-
ates that the Little Susan deal Is on.
There will be q called meeting OF the
directors here in this room tomorrow
evening at eight O'Clock, and"
who calls 1T" interrupted the
tyrnnt.
The president"
President nothing" was the snort
ed comment. "An old, drunken gam.
bier who hasn't got sense enough to
60 in when It rains! Say. Brouillard,
I'll cut that pie 30 therell be enough
to go around tho table. Just leave
Massingale out Of It and make up
your mind that you're going TO- sit In !.
with 10. We've bought the mina and
paid for It. I've got the stock put
away where It's safe. MassinSale
can't touch q share Of 1t, or vote It,
either"
Brouillard shook his head.
You are stubbornly hard to con-
vince. Mr.. Cartwright. but Ill try one
more time. You will come here to-
morrow evening. with your confeder.
ates in the deal. prepared to take the
money you have actually spent in bet
terments and prepared to release the
stock II you fail to DO SO you viii
get nothing. Is that explicit enough"
You're crazy!" shouted the promo
ter. "You talk as il there wasn't any
law in this country"
There isn't-for such men as you;
you and your kind put yourselves
above the law. But that Is neither
q.