The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-24

was smart enough to know which SIDE
his bread is buttered on and VINO uoes
the butterImg."
"If | could guarantee Mr.. Ogilvy
that temporary franchise mentioned Id
his telegram, it might help me TO get
ir right with J. 7. NJ. a. the start
his hopeful suggested.
Guarantee it," his father shOuteu.
Guarantee It! Well I should smoker
Wen lust show J. 2. NJ. and his crowd
tn they made no mistake when they
picked you rs their SequOia legal rep
resentative. I'll 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 ="
He carefully made copy of the
telegram
Him." he grunted. "WantS to cross
Water street at b and build out Front
street. Well. | dare say nobody VIII
Kick over The faces ut that. Nothing
but warehouses and lumber-drying
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 afire."
Hell he dead against It," Henry de-
Clared. II know. because at the We'd
,esday meeting of the Lumber Manu-
facturerS' association the subject OF
the n. G. q. me up and Pennington
made a talk against it. He, said the
y. c. O. ought to be discouraged, II
/ II was q legitimate enterprise, which
: ne doubted. because the most feasible
! and natural re ute for road would be
r from Willis. MendOcinO county, norts
D to Sequoia. l tell you he's dead Sc
I against it,"
e "Then we won't tell him anythin'
$ about it. Henry. Wen just pull OF
: this special session of the council ant
Y forget to invite the reporters; afte
a the job has been put over, Pennington
+ can come around and howl eli h
L wants. We're not letting chance lik
= this slip by us without grabbing
e handful Of tn tail-feathers, Henry
l. No. sir-nOt if we know IT."
r "YOu bet" said Henry earnestly
r, At eleven-thirty Thursday mOrniT"
r --oung Henry POundstone, having w9t'
e ed the greater part of the Prev
II night preparing the deeds. deliY u
Y both deeds and franchise to II
t. Ogilvy at the latter's hotel. IT, Il
=" with difficulty that the latterI II
e conceal his tremendous amal
when Henry casually handed - n
to franchise. True. he had SlipH ns
III fake telegram among the conf "a, n
lg bait for Henry and his fatheL vod lt
n fondeSt hope. at the time he onr,, r.
RS the brilliant idea, was tf ,hor L
le would show the telegram to Ill Z
IN and thus inculcate in the ~ 81
e. man a friendly feeling toy,,rohlo W
- l. -. ho' "'iii,'At" 49, Henry =,
DIS Poundstone Junior, shous 90 .ha W
at tie most highly priced NJ oor,,o.a A
legal staff of public-sf 3
ne ton. -. *
When he could comfy. +
IT, Mr.. Ogilvy gazed ap,nIs+onon to
he Henry Poundst0ne. mo, so,,,o !"
'le he said sOlemnly, a., a
rs meteoric young attQna oorot M
III but you're the first omopt no
'le have seen in the lea+1,, r., -, l.
rs you mind telling I'LL ,,,h,, ,o,,
procured this fran nIio,+ 3D. al
We procured it WITH III
up from me?' lool, nuzzIod Fl
ef Henry did his oft +bot +o,o |"
RS why" he sal oono,rdad +ho. 10
Ses gram with Inc, fovrIora+or,, - W
you regarded mention - DC
I'M o,eo bod forpe il'e"ll"h IT, In
III else ""u ''' Tfand didn't want 20
SIN knew you werdot,iIs so ,,,.t re
we 10 "o''ie' Fed that order for IN
Drk went ahead oho,,+ .bot,r III
wv you. Anythd1.,a u.oo4,,, -
'".,' gid you put ii Over?" On
i'm derful. BW .n,,- IA. A. =, -
an Horny 81 Wy r'," VI" 'Sr III
oss rieliiH Unity. IF thirty days p,