The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-12-01

I love-prompted disloyalty to his SER
vice, that Cartwright, whose finger
was on everybody's pulse. had in
sisted on buying In the thousand
shares OF power company's stock
at par.
Brouillard had transferred the
stock, minus single share. to
cover his official standing on the
power company's board, to Cort-
wright and had received the mil
lionaire's check in payment. Now
the time was coming to use the
money In the emergency to had
foreseen when Amy told him oil
the loan made by her father.
But 1t was a bolt out of a clear
sky for the old man tottering on
the brink of disaster.
The check cashed and the trans
fer of the money made, Brouillard
did not wait to see Massingale as
tonish the Niquoia National
cashier.
Expecting to have to do with
Hardwick, the brusque and bust
ness-like cashier, Mr.. Massingale
was Jared little aside from his
own predetermined attitude by
finding Schermerhorn, the presi-
dent, sitting at the cashiers desk
'I've come to take up them
notes o. mine with John WEISS
name on EN-" Massingale began,
pulling out the thick sheaf of re-
demption money.
ooh, yes; let me see; are they
due today?" said the president
running over the portfolio.
Massingale nodded.
HIN, yes, here they are
Brought the cash, did you? The
Little Susan has begun to pan
out, has It? l didn't know you
had commenced shipping ore yet u
1--WE haven't" David Massingale
made the admission and regretted
1t in one and the same breath.
you've borrowed to meet these
notes?" queried the president,
looking up quickly. THAT won't
| do, Mr.. Massingale; that won't do
at all. We can't afford to lose an
old customer that way. What's
the matter with our money ?
Doesn't it look good to you any
more?"
Massingale stammered out some
thing about Cashier Hardwick's
peremptory demands of a few
hours earlier, but he was not per-
mitted to finish.
"Of course, that is all right
from Hardwick's point of view. He
was merely looking out for the
maturing paper. How much more
time will you need to enable you to
get returns from your shipments.
Sixty days? All right, you needn't
make out new notes; I'll endorse
the extension on the back of these,
and I'll undertake to get Cort-
wright's approval myself. No; not
a word, Mr.. Massingale. AS long
as you're borrowing, you must be
loyal and borrow of us. Good after
noon. Come again when We can
help you out"
David Massingale turned away,
dazed and confused beyond the
power of speech. When the mists
of establishment cleared he found
himself in the street with the thick
wad Of banknotes still in his pock-
cts. Suddenly, out of the limbo
into which two years of laborious
discipline and self denial had
pushed 1t, stalked the demon of the
ruling passion, mighty, overpow-
ering, unconquerable.
by Cash! I'd like to try that
old system O. mine Jest one more
time!" he muttered. Cali 1t takes
is money enough to foller 1t up
and stay. And I've got the money"
The gray dawn of a new day
was flushing the sky when Amy,
after a night of agony over her
fathers absence, went in search of
him. She found the old man in
Haley's place, the Monte Carlo of
the Niquio. He was lying across a
faro table, and when she touched
him he looked at her half dazed,
cts all gone-all
gone!"