The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1920-06-24


dignity he could muster.
Upon his return from the Office that
night. Bryce Cardigan found his IA
cher had left hisbed and was seated
b..ore tie library tire.
"Feeling a WHOLE lot better today
eh. pslT" his son queried.
John Cardigan smiled. "Yes son.
he replied pIaingively. Il guess III
manage TO live till next spring
.oh, knew there was nothing
wrong with you, John Cardigan. that
q healthy check wouldn't cure. Well,
We can afford 10 draw our breath ROW,
aud that gives US a fighting chance,
partner. And right after dinner. you
aud will SIT down and start brewing
pot Of powerful bad medicine for
the Colonel"
Accordingly, dinner disposed OF. IA.
ther and son sat down together 20 pre-
pare the plan OF campaign. For the
space of several minutes silence set.
tied between them. the while they
puffed meditauvely ursbn their cigars.
Then the old man spoke
'We1l have TO fight him In the
dark"
"whyf"
Because n Pennington knows, or
even suspects the identity OF the man
who Is going TO parallel his logging
railroad. he will throw all the weight
Of his truly capable mind, his wealth
and his ruihlessness against you-and
you will be smashed. You have one
advantage starting out. The Colonel
doesn't think you have the courage 10
paallel his road in the first place; In
the second place, he knows you haven't
the money; and in the third place Ire
Is morally certain you cannot borrow
II, because you haven't any collateral
10 secure your note. So, all things
considered the Colonel will be slow
10 suspect us ot/haying an ace in the
,hole; but by ilnks we have II, and
we're going to play IL. You must en-
gage some reliable engineer to look
over the proposed route Of the road
and give US an estimate Of the cost of
construction"
"FOr the sake ~ argument we viii
consider that done, and that the esti-
mate comes within the scope Of TIE
sum Gregory IS willing 10 advance us.
"Now. then, you are going 10 ~
corporate q company 10 build a road
twelve miles Iong-and a private road
at thar. That would be a fatal step
Pennington would know somebody W.
going 70 build a logging road and w |
gardless OF who the builders were, hc |
would have TO tight them in self-pro
lection How are YOU going to cove
your trail, my SOM"
Bryce pondered Il will. 10 begin
have dummy board of directors /
Also. my road cannot be private
since we must be common carrier I
we might as well carry our deception
stiIl further and incorporate for the
purpose OF building a road from So Z
quota TO Grants Pass, Ore. there e
connect with the Southern PacifcS
John Cardigan smiled. 'The OBI
dream revived. eh? Well the old
Jokes always bring a hearty laugh
People viii laugh az your company
because folks up this way realize thai
ifre construction cost Of such a road
Is prohibltive."
We'll, since were not going to build
more than twelve miles of our road
Turing the next year. and probably not
more than ten miles additional during
he present century. we won't worry
,ver IL. II doesn't cost cent more 10
procure q franchise TO build road
rom here 20 the moon. lf we fan 10
'uild TO Grants Pass. our franchise TO
'uild the uncompleted portion Of the
Dad merely Iapses and we hold only
hat portion which we have construct
d. That's all we want 10 hold More.
'ver. deeds TO rights Of way can be
rawn with time-limit. after which
hey revert 10 the original owners"
Good strategy. my son And GER
slnly as a common carrier We will be Z
Telcomed by the farmers and cattle 4,
ben along our short line" '
"well that about completes the Z
ough outline OF our plan. We have
year in which To build our road: n .
= do not hurry. the mill will have 10
but down for lack 81 logs. when our
Ontract with Pennington expires
'You forget tie manager Tor our Z
ew corporaiiOn-the vice president I
I'd general manager. He must be }
ian of real ahility and q person you I
10 trust implicitly" )
Il have the vefy man. Hls name l. IN
uck ogilvy and onls rhis very day ; \
nceivei 9 letter from him begging mo v
= small loan. ] have Buck 90 ice 4
j ffth-eiass Ssn Frnnciseo hotel" i
Tell rne shout him. Bryce" :
"iii rad you bis letter. ciafm \.
'e7e Is more character 10 letter than :
face
Continued Next Week. IA
EAST RUPERT
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