Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-06-25
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fcopvrioht, 1918, bv Harper BrosJ
THIS STARTS THE STORY

fCopvrtoht. 1915, BY Rdrpcr Bros.)
THIS STARTS THE STORY
Fleda Druse. daughter of Gabriel
Druse, attempts to shoot in a ca.
noe the wild Carlton Rapids on the
Sagalac river. where it flows between
the new towns of Manitou and Lcb.
anon in the Canadian northwest
Her attempt is watched cxctcdly from
the shores by OStcrhaut. a Jack of
all trades at Lebanon .Iowett,
horse dealer. and Tckewani chief of
the Blackfeet Indians on the Mani
tou reservation. Having run the
rapids Fleda Druse is on the verge
of losing her life in the whirlpoolS
below. There goes to her rescue Max
1ngolby. tnaDCier. contractor. man
ager of great interests. "disturhPr
OF the peace Of slow minds. who has
come to Lebanon to amalgamatC three
railroads. unite the two towns aud
make them the center of trade and
commerce in the western north. On
the shore Madame Bultccl, of her
fathers household. takes her into
her arms She is insultcd by Felix
Marchand, the son of old Hector
Marchand. money lender and capital
list of Manitou. IngOlby hurls him to
the ground and he VOWS revenge
AND HERE IT CONTINUES
GO 1T came that his face was seen no
Omore in the oriel window With
mere handful of dollars. and some debts.
he left the world Of scholarship and Su-
perior pedagogy and went wh"r" the
head Offices Of railways were. RallwavS
were the symbol of progress in his mind.
The rnilhead was the advanC" post of
civilization. It was like Cortcz and his
conuuistadores overhauling and Hppro-
priating the treasures of long genera
tions. So where should he 60 if not to
the railway?
His first act. when he got to his
feet inside the Offices of the president
of big railway. was to show the great
man how two "outside" proposed lines
rould be made one. and then further
merged into the company controlled by
the millionaire in whose Office he sat.
He got his chance by his very audaclty
the president liked audacity. In at
tempting this merger. however. he had
his fast failure. but he showed that ne
could think for himself. and he was
made increasingly responsible.
After a few years of notable service
he was offered tho task of building
branch line of railway from Lebanon
and Mapitou north. and northwest. and
on to the coast: and he had accepted
it. at the same time planning to merge
certain outside lines competing with that
which he had in hand. For over four
wears he worked night sand day. steadily
advancing toward his goal. breaking
down opposition. msncuvering. concll-
sting. fighting
Most men loved his whimsical turn
of mind. even those who were the agents
of the financial clique which had fought
him in their efforts to get control OF
the commercial, industrial. transport
and banking resources Of the junction
city of Lebanon. In the days when vast
markets would be established for Cana
dian wheat in Shanghai and Toxic,
then these two towns of Manitou and
Lebanon on the Sagalac would be ike
the swivel to the organization OF trade
Of continent.
Ingolby had worked with this end in
view. In doing so he had tried to get
what he wanted without trickery: to
reach his goal by playing the game ac-
cording to the rules. and this policy
nonplussed his rivals and associates.
They expected secret movcS. and he laid
his cards on the table. Sharp. quick.
resolute and ruthless he was, however.
II he knew that he was being trickcd.
Then he struck. and struck hard. The
war of business was war and not
"Gollyfoxing, as he said.
One or two of his colleagues saw the
drift of his policy and would have
thrown him over. if they could have
replaced him by man as capable, who
would. at the time, consent to grow rich
on their terms.
They could not understand a man who
would stand for a half hour watching
a sunset. or morning sky dappled with
all the colors that shake from 4 prism
they We're suspicious of business
mind which could gloat over the light
falling on snow peaked mountains, while
1t planned a great bridge across a gorge
in the same hour: of a man who would
quote a verse of poetry while a flock of
pine girt valley in the simmer of the
sun.
On the occasion when he had quoted
a verse of poetry to them, one of them
said to him, with a sdelong glance,
"You see to be dead struck on ma
ture, Ingolby."
To that, with a sly quirk of the
mouth, and meaning TO mystify his
wooden headed questioner still more, he
answered: Dead struck? Dead
drunk, you mean. I'm natures dip
somaniac-as you can SEE he added
with sly note of irony.
Then instantly he had drawn the
little circle of experts into discussion
upon technical questions of railway
buildings and finance, which made de-
mands upon all their resources and
knowledge. In that conference he gave
especial attention to the snub souled
financier who had sneered at his love
of nature. He tied his critic up in
knots of self assertion and bad logic
which presently he deity, deliberately
and skillfully united, to the delight of
all the group.
''He's got as much in his ten years