The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-06-16
NOVELIZED FROM THE NOV.
ING PICTURE PLAY OF THE
SAME NAME. PRODUCED BY
THE SIGNAL FILM CORPORA
TICN. COPYRIGHT, 1915. sY FRAN. i SPARTAN

cave peer all ever Nevada. 1t WOulQ
have been too late to sell the property
at any price to anybody"
III the vein could be recovered,
what difference would that make
asked one Of the disaffected share
holders.
1t would make the difference that
0 would be holding the sack instead
Of the other fellow" retorted Seagrue,
blunt.y.
The chairman, n of the larger mi
nority stockholders. proved one Of the
least tractahle OF the dissatisfied. He
rose to reply to Seagrue's address.
You are telling us he said cOldly,
that you disposed Of one of the best
quartz properties In the Superstition
mountains for q song because your
foreman told you the vein had pinched
cut. And you say your expert ccrrob-
Grated his statement. BY what right
did you go ahead In this fashion with
cut calling us together tc decide
whether we did 0 want further ex-
pert advice en- the possibility Of To-
eating the vein."
That part Of the matter has been
threshed out already" said Seagrue
angrily.
NO, it hasn't" retorted the chair
man. Not to our satisfaction. Where
the investment is SO large, our inter
ests should have been given the NEST
careful consideration before you dis
posed Of them"
You wouldn't have got ten cents
out of our interests" exclaimed Sea
grue, III you had tried what you now
propose
Even that wouldn't have been a Sc
rious matter persisted the chairman,
as compared to what you have done.
More OF US here are dependent on
dividends from the Superstition mines
for our bread and butter. We feel. as
business men that We are entitled to
consideration. You haven't given US
that. BY you own confession. YOU
have disposed Of HIS property under
false pretenses. You have, by your
condnct toward your competitors, JUS
titled h suspicion that has arisen
among your own associates, Mr.. Sea
grue."
i don't wish to make any unfair IN
situations or to assert what | cannot
prove, but fnterposed a second share
folder from the foot of the table. 4
want to call forth your attention and
the attention of every man in this
meeting to the fact that the m
il is discovered by the Tidewater PEG
pie that this mine was salted. we shall
tie called on to refund every dollar
IF TIE money paid to us"
If tnat is the case sneered Sea
grue. Il should say you fellows hal bet
ter stop talking. Your greatest safe
ty," he added, without nauch display
Of sympathy for the uneasy ones, lies
ic keering you mouths shut
1T is a matter CT no moment what
ever declared the stubborn chair
nan, "hcw Tluch the thing is dis
cussed. You know the men in this
roCE, Mr.. Seagrue. we'll enough to
know that we sh~uld all take the same
position concerning what you confess
You. yourself, have done in this RIA
ter. Nc matter what happened, we
should never approve sucn proceed
ings."
AS things stand, l don't know what
else you can do" sail Seagrue. sui
lenlv. You talk here as if y1u ownea
this mine. | var you t. understand
that hold the control of it, and you
will do as l say"
No" declared ono stakeholder.
jumping Up, Il won't do any such
thing"
Then ycu may do as you WISH re-
plieS Seagrue. loftily, but / ar
through with the Superstition mine.'
The heated discussion continued.
Almost everyone in the room DOL
ides against Seagrue. Finally, at bay
himself. and realizing the trouble the
minority stockholders could put him
to, he made . further coEciliatory pro-
posal. As we cannot agree" he said,
Il al willing to buy your shares In
the mine at their par value
This seemed to pour a little oil upon
the troubled waters. After some fur
Their %wrangling, details were actually
arranged then and there for the trans
fer Of the minority shares, and the
meeting closed in a better feeling than
it had opened.
At the mine, Helen and George
Storm were talking together when the
foreman joined them. Helen asked
about the work.
If you'll come this way he sug-
gested. I'll show you exactly where
we're going to drill today"
A messenger handed Helen a dis
patch. 1t was from Rhinelander an
nouncing the completion OF the trans
fer and advising Am be would arrive
No. 8.
First. we'll 90 down and meet Mr..
Rhinelander," said Storm to the fure-
man. When WI come back wen see
where you're working"
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