Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-27

telegram to his father and thus In
culcuate In the old gentleman q
friendly feeling toward the N. c. o.
not unmixed with pleasurable anti
cipations OF the day when Henry
Poundstone junior. should be one OF
the most highly priced members OF
the legal stan Of q public-service
corporation.
When he could control his
emotions. Mr.. Ogilvy gazed ap-
provingly upon Henry Poundstone.
''Mr. Poundstone." he said solemnly,
Il have met some meteoric young at
torneys in my day, but you're the
first genuine comet I have seen In
the legal Permanent. Do you mind
telling me exactly how you procured
this franchise-and why you pro-
cured 1t without explicit orders from
me?"
Henry did his best to look puzzled.
Why" he said, you left that tele-
gram with me. and | concluded that
you regarded 1t as self-egplanatory
or else had forgotten to mention 1t.
l knew YOU were busy and l didn't
want to bother you with details, so
just went ahead and filed that order
for you. Anything wrong about
that?"
Certainly not. It's perfectly Won
derful. But how did you put 1t
over?'
Henry smirked. my dads the
engineer" he said bluntly. IF 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 Pennington might try to
block you at that crossing, so L
Buck Ogilvy extended his hand In
benediction and let it drop on Henry
"reminiscences thin shoulder.
MY dear Poundstone," he said
earnestly. Il am not a man to for
get clever work. At the proper
time I shall" He smiled his
radient smile. You understand, of
course, that ] am speaking for my
self and can make you no firm
promises. However," He smiled
again. "All have to say Is that
you'll dol"
Thank you," said Henry Pound
stone. Jr. THANK you ever so
much"
An experience extending over n
k<ery active business career of thirty
years had convinced Col. Seth PEN
nington of the futility of wracking
his brains in vain speculation over
mysteries. When, therefore, the
Northern California Oregon railroad
commenced to encroach on the COL
oneps time-appropriation for sleep,
he realized that there was but one
way in which to conserve his rest
and that was by engaging to fathom
the mystery for him q specialist in
the unraveling of mysteries. In times
gone by. the Colonel had found a
certain national detective agency an
extremely efficient aid to yell-known
commercial agencies, and to these
tried and true subordinates he turn
ed now for explicit and satisfying in
formation anent the Northern Call
fornia Outrage!
The information forthcoming from
Dun's and Bradstreet's was vague
and unsatisfying. Neither of these
two commercial agencies could as
certain anything of interest regard
Ing the finances Of the N. c. o. For
the present the corporation had no
office, its destinies in San francisco
being guarded by well-known at
torney who had declined to make
any statement regarding the COM
pany but promised one at an early
date. The board Of directors consist
ed Of his attorney, his two assist
ants. his stenographer, and Mr.
Buchanan Ogilvy. The company had
been incorporated for five million
shares of par value Of one dollar
each, and five shares had been sub
scribedl
cit looks fishy to me-" the Colonel
commented to his manager, land I'm
more than ever convinced it's a
scheme Of that Trinidad Redwood
Timber company to start a timber
boom and unload. And that is some
thing the Laguna Grande Lumber
for the reason that one of these
bright days those Trinidad people
will come to their senses and sell
cheap to us. However, to be sure is
to be satisfied. Telephone the San
Francisco office to have the detective
agency that handled the longshore-
mons strike job for us send cou-
pie Of their best operatives up on the
next steamer, with instructions to
report to me on arrival"
When the operatives reported, the
Colonels orders were brief and ex-
plicit. II want to know all about a
man named Buchanan Ogilvy,~ who
Is up north somewhere procuring
rights Of way for the Northern Cali
fornia Oregon railroad. Find him.
Get up with him in the morning and
put him to bed at night. Report to
me daily"
Reports yielded the Colonel moth
ing until the first day of Bucks re-
turn to Sequoia, when the following
written report caused the Colonel to
sit up and take notice. It was head
ed: Report of Operative No. A."
and 1t read:
"Ogilvy in his room until II o'clock
noon. At 1905 entered dining room.
leaving at I p. m. and proceeding di-
rect to office of Cardigan Redwood
Lumber Company. Ogilvy remained
In Cardigan's private office half an
hour, spent another half hour con-
yersing with young lady in general
office. Young lady a. brunette. O..
! ;iuen returned " iIosc: sSSIuo:c'
where he wrote several letters III