Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-04-14
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CHAPTER x-contInued.
at looks like a run on a bank" said
BrouilIard.
"It is was the crisp reply. Garner
has beaten everybody else to the home
plate, but he couldn't keep his mouth
shut. He's been talking, and every
man in that mob is a potential panic
breeder. That thing has got to be
nipped in the bud right now!"
"Yes," Brouillard agreed. He was
still wrestling with his own besetment
the prompting which involved de-
liberate plunge where up to the pres
ent crisis he had been merely wading
in the shadows. A little thing stung
him alive to the imperative call of the
moment-the's sight of Amy Massingale
walking down the street with Tig
Smith, the Triangle Circle foreman. II
was of the death of her hopes that he
was thinking when he said coolly:
you have sized IL up precisely. Mr..
Cartwright; that is a panic in the max
ing, and the bubble won't stand for
very much pricking. Give me a free
hand with your check book for few
minutes and I'll try to stop IT,"
II spoke volumes for the millionaire
promoters quick discernment and de-
cision that he asked no questions. do
IT," he snapped "IGl cover you for
whatever II takes Don't wait; that
crowd Is getting bigger every minute"
Brouillard ran downstairs and across
the street. It was no part OF his inten-
ton to stop and speak to Amy Mas
singale and the ranchman, but he did
II. and even walked little way with
them before he turned back to elbow
his way through the sidewalk throng
and into Gamers dingy little office.
~You are selling Mirapolis holdings
short today. Garner?" he asked when
he had pushed through the crowd to
the SPECTATORS desk And when Gar
ner laughed and said there were no
takers he placed his order promptly.
you may bid in for me. at yesterdays
prices. anything within the city limits
not options. you understand. nut the
real thing. Bring your papers over to
my Office after banking hours and
wen close for whatever you've been
able to pick up"
Tie said II quietly, but there could
be no privacy at such time and in
such a place. 50
What's that Mr.. Brouillard?" de-
manded one in the counter jam.
You're giving Garner blank card to
buy for your account2 Say. that's
plenty good enough for me. Garner,
cancel my order to sell, will you Z
When the chief engineer of the gov.
ernment water works believes in Mir.
hpolis futures and bets his money on
'em. I'm not selling"
The excitement was already dying
down and the crowd was melting away
from Gamers sidewalk when Brouil
lard rejoined MIR. Cartwright in the
second-foor room across the street.
We'll. It's DONE" he announced
shortly. adding: ''It's only a stop
gap. To make the bluff good, you've
got to have the railroad"
That's the talk" said the promoter
relighting the cigar which the few
minutes Of crucial suspense had extin
guished. And then, without warning
You're carrying something up you
sleeve. Brouillard. What is it?"
1T is the one thing you need. MI
Cortwright. II / could get my owl
consent to use 1t | could bring tn
railroad here in spite of those Nev
Workers. who seem to have an attac
OF cold feet"
Mr.. ]. Wesley Cortwright's hesits
tion was so brief as to be almost in
perceptible. Il suppose that is you
way OF saying that your share in tn
tabls stakes isn't big enough. A
vighi; the gam can't stop in the init
die ~ a bet How much is 1t goin
20 cost US to stay in?"
The cost isi.t precisely in the kin
Of figures thai. you understand bes
Mr. Cortwrighg." Brouillard said ha
musir gly. Tn ~. with sudden veh
mencC: 1T is altogether a question {
motive with ne. Mr.. Cortwright. of
motive which you couldn't understan
I'm a thousand years II that motiN
prevails, you ret your railroad and
little longer leJse of life. If 1t doesn
MirapoIs will 80 to the devil some fe
weeks OF months ahead o. its schedu
and I'll take my punishment vii
tie remainder of the fools-and Il
knaves."
He was on his feet and moving {
ward the door of exit when the pr
moter got his breath.
Here. Aoli. on. Brouillsrd-f
heavens SAKE. don't go off and lea
st up in tho air that wayl" be pr
tested.
But the corridor door had open,
and closed and Brouillard was gone
Two hours later Mirapolis the phi
netic had a new thrill. a shock so elt
trifying that the rumor of the ra
roads halting decision sank into ins
nihcance and was forgotten. The 81
derly-evoked excitement focused in
crowd besleging the window Of I
principal iewelry shop-foeussed me
definitely upon a square Of white