Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-13
Copyrisht 81 Chas. scribner's Sons

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Copyright 81 Chas. scribner's Sons
Smith nodded. He was getting his
second wind now, and the race prom
Used to be a keen Joy.
"But they would have to be shown
you think7" he suggested AL right;
we'll proceed to show them. Now we
can come down to present necessities.
We've got to keep the work going
and speed 1t up to the limit: We ought
10 double williams force at once put
on a night shift to work by electric
light"
The colonel blinked twice and swal-
lowed hard.
"Say, john" he said. leaning across
the table-desk: you've sure got your
nerve with you. Do you know our
present bank balance is under five
thousand dollars, and good part of
that is owing to the cement people y
.'Never mind; don't get nervous"
was the reassuring rejoinder. 1--WE are
going to make it bigger in few min
utes, hope. Who is your banker
here?'
aDave Kinzie Of the Brewster City
National"
"Tell me little something about
Mr.. Kinzie before we 60 down to see
him; just brief him for me as man.
mean"
The colonel was shaking his head
slowly.
Hes what you might call a twenty
ton optimist, Dave is; solid, little
slow and sure. but the biggest boomer
IN the West, II you can get him sta RI
ed-believes In the resources of the
country and all that. But you can't
borrow money from him without secur-
ity, II that's what you're aiming TO dc"
"Can't weT' smiled the young man
who knew banks and bankers. LETS
70 and see. You may Introduce me to
Kinzie as your acting financial secre-
tary, II you like. Now one more ques-
Hon: What is Kinzie's attitude toward
Timanyoni Ditch"
AT first he was all kinds Of friend
"; he Is stakeholder In small way.
But after while he began to cool
down q little, and now-well, l don't
know; I hate to think 1t Of Dave, but
I'm afraid hss leaning the other way,
toward these Eastern fellows. He
tried to cover Stanton's tracks in the
stock-buying from Gardner and Boil
Hing"
'srhat IL natural, too" said Smith,
whose point Of view was always un-
obscured In any battle Of business.
''The big company would be better
customer for the bank than your little
one c1pld ever hope to be. I guess
that's I'LL for the present. II you're
ready, we'll 60 down and face the
music.s
'By Janders I" said the colonel with
an open smile; II believe you'd just as
soon tackle q banker as to eat your
dinner; and "a about as soon take a
horsewhipping. Come on; I'll steer
you up against Dave. but I'm telling
you right now that the steering is
about all you can count on from me-"
Il was while they were crossing the
street together that Mr.. Crawford
stanton had his third morning caller,
thickset, barrel-bodied man with
little piglike eyes, closely cropped hair,
bristling mustache. and wooden
leg Of the homemade sort. The men
Of the camps called the cripple 'Peg-
leg" or aBlue Pete indifferently,
though not to his face. For though
the fat face was always relaxed in a
eood-natured smile, the crippled sa-
loonkeeper was Of those who kill with
the knife.
Stanton looked up from his desk
when the pad-and-cllck Of the cripple's
step came In from the street.
"Hello, Simms," he said, in curt
greeting. want to see me? Sit
down."
Simms threw the brim Of his soft
hat up with a backhanded stroke and
shook bis head. 1T amt worth while;
and gotta get back to camp. blew
In to tell WI there's fella out there
that needs tn sandbag."
.Who is it?'
'Tella name Smith. Hes shown
EN- how to cut too many corners
pace-settin', he calls it. First thing
they know. they'll get the concrete up
to where the high water won't bust 1t
out
Stanton's laugh was impatient.
.sDon,t make any mistake Of that
sort. Simms." he said. eve don't want
the dam destroyed; we'd work just
as hard as they would to prevent that.
All We want II to have other people
think It's likely to 60 out-think It
I hard enough to keep them from put
ting up any more money. Let that go.
Is there any more fresh talk-among
the menf" Stanton prided himself a
little upon the underground wire-pull-
ing which had resulted In putting