Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-05-26

Not more than that?
On yes; you say the Hillman check is
In; l had overlooked it. All right,
thank you"
When the waiter had removed the
desk set, the engineer leaned toward
his table companion:
Mr.. Massingale, I'm going to ask
you to tell me frankly what kind of a
deal it was you made with Cartwright
and the bank people"
1t was the biggest tom-fool razzIe
that any Twin live man out of a luna
tic 'sylum ever went into" confessed
the prisoner of fate. Il was to stock
the Susan for half million-oh, she's
worth it, every dollar of it; you might
say the ores in sight for it right now"
this in Difference to BrouiIlard's
brow-lifting of surprise. "They was to
put in a hundred thousand cash, and |
was to put in the mine and the ore on
the dump, just as she stood"
The engineer nodded and Massingale
went on.
Il was to have two-thirds of the
stock and they was to have one.third
The hundred thousand for develop
ment we'd get at the bank, on my
notes, because was president and the
biggest stockholder, with John Yves,
as indorser. Then, to protect the bank
, ftccordin' to law, they said, we'd put
| the whole bunch O. stock-mine and
their'n-into escrow in the hands of
Judge Williams. When the notes was
paid, the judged hand the stock back
to u.s."
Just moment" interrupted Brouil.
lard. Did you sign those notes per
sonally, or as president of the new
company"
That's where they laid for me-"
said the old man shamefacedly. Right
there is where John Yves ten.dollar-a-
bottle sody-pop stuff we was soppin
up must "a foolished me plumb silly
so it amounts to this: You have
given them clean third of the Susan
Tor the mere privilege of borrowing
one hundred thousand dollars on your
own paper. And if you don't pay, you
lose the remaining two.thirds as we'll
That's about the way it stacks Ut
to sober man. Looks like needed a
janitor to look after my upper story
don't it? And reckon mebby l do"
"One thing more" pressed the re
lentless querist. did you really handle
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. develop
ment fund yourself, Mr.. Massingale ?"
We'll, no; not exactly. Ten thou
sand dollars of what they called a
contingent fund was put in my name;
but the treasurer handled most of it.
nachurly, we bein' a stock company"
Brouillard took Que his pencil ant
began to make figures on the back O.
the menu card, He knew the equip
ment of the Little Susan" and hi,
speciality was the making of estimates
Hence he was able to say, after min
ate or two of fguring:
It's bcd business any way you al
tack it. What you have really got 70
yourself out of the deal is the ten thou
tsand-doilar deposit to your personal az
count, and nothing more; and they
probably try to make you debtor TO
that. Taking that amount and a fai
estimate of the company's expend
lures to date-say thirty five thousan
in round numbers, which is fairl
chargeable to the companys assets a
a whole-they Still owe you about fifty
five thousand of the original hundre
thousand they were to put in.
there were time-but you say this /
the last day?"
"The last half o. the last day." Ma!
singale amended.
THAT being the case, there is n
help for it; you'll have to take you
medicine and pay the notes. Do thaf
take an iron-clad receipt from the ban
iii write it out for you-and get tn
stock released. After that, Wen Civ
them a whirl for the thirty-three an
third per cent they have PRACTICAL
stolen from YOU
The old mans face, remindful nov
of his daughters, was a picture of dff
mayed incertitude.
Il reckon you're forgettin that
hain't got money enough to lift on
edge o. them notes." he said gently.
Brouillard had found piece of blanl
paper in his pocket and was rapidl
writing the ''iron-clad" receipt,
mo, hadn't forgotten. have some
thing over a hundred thousand dollar
lying idle in the bank. You'll take /
and pay the notes"
1t was bolt out OF clear sky 70
the old man lettering on the brink o
his fourth pit Of disaster, and h,
evinced his emotion--and the tens,
strain of keyed-up nerves-by drop
ping his lifted coffee cup with crasi
into his plate. The little accident wal
helpful in its way-it made a diver
sion-and by the time the wreck wal
repaired speech was possible
Are you-are you plumb sure you