The Carlisle independent., 1917-02-08
NOVELIZED FROM THE NOV. ING PICTURE PLAY OF THE SAME NAME. PRODUCED BY THE SIGNAL FILM CORPORA TON. copYnoAr. le,s. BY FRANK H. spEARrAN

 what difference would that make?" asked one of the disaffected share holders.
 It would make the difference that you would be holding the sack instead of the other fellow" retorted Seagrue, bluntly.
 The chairman, one of the larger mi nority stockholders, proved enc of the least tractable 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 a song because your foreman told you the vein had pinched cut. And you say your expert corrob- orated his statement. By what right did you go ahead in this fashion with out calling us together to decide whether we did not want further ex- pert advice on the possibility of To- eating the vein?"
 That part of the matter has been threshed out already" sai3 Seagrue angrily.
 'No, 1t hasn't" retorted the chair man. Not to cur satisfaction. Where the investment is sc large, our inter- ests should have been given the most careful consideration before you dis posed of them
 You wouldn't have got ten cents out of your interests" exclaimed Sea grue, eff you had tried what you now propose"
 Even that wouldn't have been se- rious matter" persisted the chairman, ''as compared to what you have done. None 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 your own confession, you have disposed of this property under false pretenses. You have, by your conduct toward your competitors, jus tified the suspicion that has arisen among your own associates, MT. Sea grue."
 T don't wish to make any unfair in- situations or to assert what I cannot prove, but" interposed a second share holder from the foot of the table, "I want to call forth your attention and the attention of every man in this meeting to the fact that the moment it is discovered by the Tidewater peo- pie that this mine was salted, we shall be called on to refund every dollar of the money paid to us.'
 "If that is the case" sneered Sea grue, T should say you fellows had bet ter stop talking. Your greatest safe ty." he added, without much display of sympathy for the uneasy ones, "lies in keeping your mouths shut"
 Tt is matter of no moment what ever," declared the stubborn chair man, "how much the thing is dis cussed. You know the men in this room, MT. Seagrue, well enough to know that we should all take the same position concerning what you confess you, yourself, have done in this mat ter. No matter what happened, we should never approve such proceed ings."
 AS things stand don't know what else you can do," said Seagrue, sul- lenly. You talk here as if you owned this mine. I want you to understand that I hold the control of it, and you will do as I say"
 ''No,' declared one stockholder. jumping up, T won't do any such thing"
 Then you may do as you wish" re- piled Seagrue, loftily. "but I am through with the Superstition mine."
 The heated discussion continued. Almost everyone in the room took sides against Seagrue. Finally, at bay himself, and realizing the trouble the minority stockholders could put hlm posal. AS we cannot agree" he said, T am willing to buy your shares in the mine at their par value.''
 This seemed to pour little oil upon the troubled waters. After some fur ther 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 him about the work.
 ''If you'll come this way" he sug- gested, "Ill show you exactly where we're going to drill today"
 A messenger handed Helen a dis patch. It was from Rhinelander an nouncing the completion of the trans fer and advising her he would arrive on No. 8.
 First, we'll go down and meet Mir Rhinelander," said Storm to the fore man. When we come back we'll see where you're working"
 Rhinelander returned well pleased