The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1920-09-09

hiS hoptiui NubktSleu.
Guarantee it," his father shouted.
Guarantee ~ Well I should smoker
Wen just show ]. Z. NJ. and his crowd
that they made no mistake when they
picked you rs their Sequoa legal rep
resentatlve. I'll call a special meeting
OF that little old city council OF mine
and jam that temporary franchise
through while you'd he saying Jack
Robinson ="
lie carefully made a copy OF the
Telegram
Him !" he grunted wants 10 cross
Water street at u and build out Front
street. Well. dare say nobody will
Kick over the tr1lces at that. Nothing
but warehouses and lumber-drying
yards along there. anyhow. Stlll come
to think Of It Pennington will probably
raise howl about sparks from the
engines Of the n. c. o. setting his
lumber piles afire."
"IIe'll be dead against t." Henry de-
clared. ~ know. because Mt the We'd
nesday meeting Of the Lumber Manu-
facturers association the subject Of
the n. &. q. came up and Pennington
made talk against II. He said the
n. c. O. ought 20 be discouraged, II
II was n legitimate enterprise, which
he doubted. because the most feasible
and natural route for n road would be
from Willis. Mendocino county, north
to Sequola. l tell you he's dead set
against IT,"
"Then we won't tell him anything
about II. Henry. Wen Just pull on
this special session OF the council and
forget to invite the reporters; after
the job has heen put over, Pennington
can come around and howl all he
wants. We're not letting chance like
this slip by us without grabbing
handful OF the tail-feathers, Henry.
No, slr-not II we know IT,"
"You bet" said Henry earnestly.
At eleven-thlrty Thursday morning,
young Henry Poundstone, having work
ed the greater part of the previous
night preparing the deeds. delivered
both deeds and franchise to Buck
Ogilvy at the latter's hotel. II was
with difficulty that the latter could
conceal his tremendous amazement
when Henry casually handed him the
franchise. True. he had slipped that
fake telegram among the contracts as
bait for Henry and his father, but his
fondest hope. at the time he conceived
the brilliant idea. was that Henry
would show the telegram to his father
and thus lnculcate In the old gentle
man a friendly feeling toward the n.
| G. o. not unmlxed with pleasurnble
nntIcIpatIons OF the day when Henry
Poundstone junior, should be one Of
the most highly priced members OF the
legal stafr OF n publlc-service corpora
| tiOn.
When he could control his emotions,
Mr.. Ogilvy gazed approvingly upon
Henry Tombstone. "Mr. Poundstone."
he said solemnly. II have met some
meteoric young attorneys In my day,
but you're the first genuine comet I
have seen In the legal armament. Do
you mind telling me exactly how you
procured this frnnchlse-and why you
procured II without explicit orders
from me2"
| Henry did his best 10 look puzzled.
"Why." he said. "you left that tele-
gram with me, and / concluded that
| you regarded II as self-explanatory or
else had forgotten TO mention II. I
knew you were busy. and didn't want
to bother you with details so Just
went ahead and filled that order for
you. Anything wrong about thatT
Certainly not. It's perfectly won
derful. But how did you put II Over?"
Henry smlrked MY dads the engi.
neer," he said bluntly. III thirty days
amt enough time, see me and I'll get
you thirty days more. And In the
meantime nobody knows thing about
this little deal. figured Colonel PEN
nlngton might try to block you at that
crossing, so L"
Buck Ogllvy extended his hand IN
benedlctlon and let II drop on Henry
POundstones thin shoulder.
MY dear POundstOne," he said ear
nestly, IL am not man 10 forget
clever work. Az the proper time |
shall" He smiled his radiant smile
you understand, OF course, that am
speaking for myself and can make you
no firm promises. However," lie
smiled again. AN | have 60 say is
that you1l dor
THANK YOU" said Henry Pound.
stone. Jr. "rhank you ever 80 much"
An experience extending over very
active business career Of thirty years
had convinced Col Seth Pennington OF
the futlllty VI wracSing his brains I'm
win speculation over mysteries.
When, therefore, the Northern Callfor-
MIA Oregon railroad commenced 10
encroach on the Colonels time-appro-
priatiOn for sleep, he realized that
there was hut one way In which to
conserve his rest and that was by
engaging TO fathom the mystery for
him specialist In the unravellng Of
mysteries. In times gone by. the Colo
mel had found certain national de