Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-06-04

Chamber of Commerce buIlding-a
splendid fellow, Mr.. Ogilvy, and most
desirable. And II may be pardoned d
dash Of paternal ego, there is my son
Henry PoundstOne. junior. While
Henry Is young man, his career. IN
the law has been most gratifying al
though he hasn't had as broad an ex'
perlence as the others | mentioned, and
perhaps your choice had better lie be
tween Cadman 4 Banes and Rodney
McKendrlck."
"Thank you thousand tines" Mr.
Ogilvy murmured, and hung up. 1--WE
thought So Buck. we thought So" he
s0liloquized. "Yes, Cadman & Banes
or Rodney McKendrck may do, but
Lord have mercy on the corporate soul
Of the N. c. o. If | fail to retain Henry
Poundstone junior. What wise plan
1t Is to look up the relatives Of a
public official! Well! Forward, men,
follow me--to Henry's Office
Henry Poundst0ne, junior, proved to
be the sole inhabItant of one rather
bare Office In the Cardigan block. Buck
had fully resolved to give him re-
talner of thousand dollars, or even
more, If he asked for 1t, but after one
look at Henry he cut the appropra-
tion to two hundred and fifty dollars.
Young Mr.. Tombstone was blonde and
frail, with large round spectaces, rab-
bit teeth, and the swiftly recedlng chin
Of the terrnpin. Moreover, he was In
such Il flutter Of anticipation over the
arrival Of a client that Buck deduccd
two things--to-wit, that the Mayor
had telephoned Henry he was apt to
have client. and that as a result Of
this miracle. Henry was in no fit state
to discuss the sorGld subject of fees
and retalners. Ergo. Mr.. Ogilvy de-
cided to obviate such discussion now
or In the future. He handed Henry a
check for two hundred and fifty dol
lars. which he wrote out on the spot,
and with his bright winning smile re-
marked: "Now, Mr.. Poundstone, we
will proceed to business. That retain
err isn't large one, / admit, but neither
is the job have for you today. Later,
If need of your services on larger
scale should develop, we shall Of course
expect to make new arrangement
whereby you will receive the customary
retainer of all of our corporation at
torneys. | trust that is satisfactory"
"Emlnently So gasped the young
disciple of Blackstone.
every well. then; let us proceed to
business Buck removed from small
leather bag a bale of legal-looking
documents. II have here" he an
nounced, agreements from landowners
along the proposed right of way Of the
y. c. o. to give TO that company, on
demand, within one year from date,
satisfactory deeds covering rights Of
way which are minutely described in
the said agreements. | wish the deeds
prepared for signing and recording at
the earliest possible moment
you shall have them at this time
tomorrow Henry promised.
The head of Henry Poundstone,
Junior, was held high for the first time
since he had flung his modest shlngle
to the breezcs Of Sequola six months
before and there was an unaccustom-
ed CLEAN of importance in his pale
eyes as he rushed into his fathers
Office in the city hall.
"By jinks, Dad" he exulted. ave
hooked fish at last-and he whop-
per. Read this" and he thrust yell
low telegraph-form under the Mayors
nose. The latter adjusted his glasses
and read:
Imperative building operations COM
mence Immediately. Local skepticism
injurious ana delays dangerous. We
must show good faith to our New York
friends. ]. Z. M. insists upon know
ing promptly where we stand with
Sequoia city council. See them i'm
medlately and secure temporary fran
chlse, If possible, to enable us to cross
Water street at b street and build out
Front street. II your judgment indi-
Gates no ho!d-up on permanent fran
chlse, commence active operations I'M
mediately upon acquisition of perman-
ent franchise.
"HOCKLEY."
This telegram. as the Mayor 0bserv-
ed, had been filed at San Francisco
subsequent to Ogilvy's visit to him that
afternoon.
"Ah-h-h !" breathed His Honor. "That
accounts for his failure to bring the
matter up mt our interview. Upon his
return to the hotel he found this tele-
gram--and got busy at once. BY
Jupiter, this looks like business.
Henry, how did you come into posses
sion of this telegram?
1T must have been mixed up In the
documents Ogilvy left with me. l
found II on my desk when | was sort
ing out the papers, and in my capacity
of attorney for the N. c. o. | had no
hesitancy in reading it."
swell, dc declared Wonder who
Hockey is"
"Hockley doesn't natter young
Henry declared trlumphantly, "al-
though I'd bet hat he's one 81 those
heavyweight Wall street fellows and
one of ]. p. Ms vice-presidents, PROB
ably. J. P. NJ, of course. Is the man
behind"
"who the devil is ]. P. MI"
Henry smiled tolerantly upon his
ignorant parent. "Well, how may J.
Pierpont Morgan do for a guess?" he
queried.
"Hell's bells and panther-tracks"