Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-08-31

have to admit that I've been outiigur- I
ing the whole bunch of you, right from
the start" he retorted brazenly. But |
let's get down to business. This is
practically Stanton's last day of grace.
If he can't get some legal hold upon
us before midnight tomorrow night,
or work some scheme to make us lose
our franchise, his job is gone"
"Show me-" said the mine owner sue
cinctly.
"It's easy. With the dam completed
and the water running in the bitches,
we become at once a going concern,
with assets a long way in advance of
our liabilities. The day after tomOr-
row-if we pull thrOugh-yOu won't
be able to buy a single share of
Timanyoni High Line at any figure.
As d natural consequence, public senti-
ment which, we may say, is at pres
ent q little doubtful, will come over
to our side In a landslide, and STAN
toms outfit, If 1t wants to continue the
fight, will have to fight the entire
Timanyoni, with the city of Brewster
thrown in for good measure. Am
making it plain?"
fright you are, so far. Go on"
"Billy, I'll fell you something that
l haven't dared to tell anybody, not
even Colonel Baldwin. I've been
spending the company's money like
water to keep in touch. The minute
we fail, and long before we could
hope to reorganize a second time and
apply for new charter, Stanton's COM
pany will be in the field, with it's char
ter already granted. From that to TAX
ing possession of our dam, either by
means of an enabling act of the leg
islature, or by purchase from the pa
per railroad, will be only q step. And
we couldn't do a thingI We'd have
no legal rights, and no money to fight
within
! Starbuck pushed his chair away from
the table and drew long breath.
"Good glory!" he sighed. 81 wish to
goodness 1t was day after tomorrow |!
Can you carry it any further, John?"
"Yes; a step or two. For a week
Stanton has been busy on the paper
railroad claim, and that is what made
me buy q few cases of good rifles
and send them out to Williams; l was
afraid Stanton might try force. He
won't do that If he can help it; he'll
go in with some legal show, if possible,
because our force at the dam far out
numbers any gang he could hire, and
he knows we are armed"
"He can't work the legal game" said
Starbuck definltively. 1--WE known
Judge Warner ever since l was knee
high to a hop-toad, and squarer man
doesn't breathe"
'"That is all right, but you're forget
ting something. The paper railroad is
l-or was once-an interstate corpora
tion, and so may ask for relief from
the federal courts, thus going over
Judge Warmers head. I'm not saying
anything against Lorching, the federal
Judge at Red Butte. I've met him, and
he is q good jurist and presumably an
honest man. But he is well along in
years, and has an exaggerated notion
of his own Importance. Stanton, OF
} rather his igurehead railroad people
have asked him to intervene, and ne
has taken the case under advisement
, That is where we stand this morning.
Starbuck was nodding slowly. 80
see what you mean, now," he said. III
! Lorching jumps the wrong way for US
} you're looking to see a United States
marshal walk up to BARLEY William:
. onvno ftroa tO1au ond foil him 60 nVvit
That would put the final kibosh on us
wouldn't itT'
} Smith was rising in his place.
r "Tm not dead yet, Billy" he re
joined cheerfully. 81 haven't let 1t ge
e this far without hammering out few
D expedients for our side. If / can man
age to stay in the fight today and to
morrow"
{ A little new under clerk had come IL
from the hotel Office and was trying t,
|. give Starbuck q note in a square en-
S velOpe, and Starbuck was saying: "No
that's Mr.. Smith, over there,
; Smith took the note and opened II
e and he scarcely heard the clerks ex
e PLANTATION that it had been put in hi
box the evening before. and that tn
t day clerk had been afraid he woul
d get away without finding it. 1t wa
d from Verda Richlander, and it ha
neither superscription nor signature
e This is what Smith read:
+ my little ruse has failed miserably
Mr.. KS. messenger found my fathe
u In spite of it, and he-the messenger
e returned this evening. 1 know, bt
n cause he brought a note from father t
e me. Come to me as early tomorro,
" morning as you can, and we'll pla
what can be DONE"
le Smith crushed the note in his han
to and thrust it into his pocket. Sta