The Jones County news., 1920-10-07

/ that temporary franchise mentioned In
HIS telegram, It might help me to get
in right with J. P. M. at the start"
his hopeful suggested.
"Guarantee I'll" his father shouted.
"Guarantee itl Well I should snickerl
Wen just show ]. p. M. and his crowd
that they made no mistake when they
picked you as their Sequoia legal rep
reaentative. III call a special meeting
OF that little old city council Of mine
and jam that temporary franchise
through while you'd be saying Jack
Robinson 7"
He carefully made a copy Of the
telegram
Him /" he grunted. wants to cross
Water street at + and build out Front
street. Well, dare say nobody will
kick over the traces at that Nothing
but warehouses and lumber-drylng
yards along there. anyhow. Still come
to think Of It, Pennington will probably
raise a howl about sparks from the
engines Of the N. c. o. setting his
lumber piles adre."
Hell be dead against IT," Henry de-
clared. II know, because at the We'd
nesday meeting OF the Lumber Manu-
facturers association the subject Of
the N. G. o. came up and Pennington
made q talk against It. He said the
N. G. O. ought to be discouraged, If
It was a legitimate enterprise, which
he doubted because the most feasible
and natural route for a 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 It, Henry. Wen just pull of
this special session Of the council and
forget TO invite the reporters; after
the job has been put over. Pennington
can come around and howl all he
wants. We're not letting chance like
this slip by us without grabbing a
handful of the tail-feathers, Henry.
No, sir'-not II we know It."
"You betw said Henry earnestly.
At eleven-thirty 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. It 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 inculcate In the old gentle
man a friendly feeling toward the N.
@. o. not unmlxed with pleasurable
antlcipations Of the day when Henry
Poundstone junier, should be one Of
the most highly priced members Of the
legal stan OF a publlc-service corpora
tion.
When he csuld control his emotions,
Mr.. 0gilvy Kazed approvingly upon
Henry Poundstone. 'Mr Poundstone, .
he said solemniy, "I have met some
mcteorlc young attorneys in my day
but you're the first genuine comet
have seen in the legal armament. Dc
you mind telling me exactly how you
procured this franchise-and why you
procured 1t without explicit order:
from mef"
Henry did his best to look puzzled
"why," he said, ''you left that tele
gram with me, and concluded tha
you regarded 1t as self-explanatory O.
else had forgotten TO mention 1t.
: knew you were busy, and didn't wan
} to bother you with details, so / jus
went ahead and filled that order fo
you. Anything wrong about thatr
"Certainly not It's perfectly won
: derful. But how did you put 1t overY
) Henry smirked. "My dads the engl
: neer," he said bluntly. "If thirty day
7 amt enough time, see me and I'll &c
]. you thirty days mere. And in tn
: meantime nobody knows a thing abou
this little deal. figured Colonel Pen
Q nington might try to block you at tina
! crossing, so T."
Buck ogllvy extended his hand 4
| DeheulClloH anu icl ~ uiup oh ANAt
D Poundstone's thin shoulder.
my dear Poundstone." he said eal
0 nestly, Il am not a man to forge
clever work. At the proper time
9 shall" He smiled his radiant smile
Z "You understand, Of course, that / ar
e speaking for myself and can make yo
4 no nrm promises. However," H
= smiled again. "All have to say
n that you'll dol"
"Thank your said Henry Pound
stone, Jr. "rhank you ever so much.
S
/. An experience extending over yer
e active business career Of thirty year
had convinced Col. Seth Pennington 9
F" the futIlity Of wrscking his brains /
; vain speculation over mysterie
d When. therefore. the Northern Califoi
a mia Oregon railroad commenced
It encroach on the Colonels time-appr'
prfation for sleep. he realized ths
: there was hut one way In which
q conserve his reet and that was b
4 o.