Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1920-06-04
By
PETER ID. KYNE
OF 'CHRDY RZCHcS'
COPYRIGHT, 81 PETER BkYfE

6ntfy. II play the lead IN this act.
You remember me. hope. played
q bit In Act Two"
| an so far as my information goes,
sir, you've been cut out OF the cast In
Act Three. don't seem to find any
lines for you TO speak"
"one line, Judge; one little line,
What profit does your client want on
that quarter-section2
"That quarter-section is not in the
market, Colonel. When IL Is, I'll send
for you. since you're the only logical
prospect should my client decide to
sell And remembering how you butt
| ed In on politics In this county last
fall and provided slush fund to beat
me and place crook on the Superior
court bench. I'm order TO give you an
edge in the many suits you are al.
ways filing or having filed against you,
rise to remark that you have about
ten split seconds In which to dlsap
pear from my office. II you linger
longer. I'll start throwing paper
weights" And as IL to emphasize
his remark, the judges hand closed
over one OF the articles in question.
The Colonel withdrew with what
dignity he could muster.
Upon his return from the Office that
night. Bryce Cardigan found his fa
Their had left his bed and was seated
before the library fire.
Feeling a whole lot better today,
Ell, pair" his son querled.
John Cardigan smiled. Eyes. son.
he replied plaintively. II guess I'll
manage to live TIL next spring"
"Oh knew there was nothInt
wrong with you, John Cardigan, thai
q healthy check wouldn't cure. Well
we can afford to draw our breath now
and that gives us a fighting chance
partner. And right after dinner yor
and ! will sit down and start brewing
a pot Of powerful bad medicine foi
the Colonel"
Accordingly, dinner disposed of. IA
Their and son sat down together to pre-
pare the plan OF campaign. For th'
space Of several minutes silence set
tied between them. the while they
pufred metitstively upon their cigars
Then the old man spoke.
"weTl have to fight him In the
dark"
"whyr'
Because II Pennington knows OF
even suspects the identity OF the mar
who Is going TO parallel his logging
railroad. he will throw all the weight
Of his truly capable mind, his wealth
and his ruthlessness against you-ano
you will be smashed. You have one
advantage starting out. The Colonel
doesn't think you have the courage &c
parallel his road in the first place; In
the second place. he knows you haven't
the money; and In the third place he
Is morally certain you cannot borrow
II. because you haven't any collateral
to secure your note. SO. all things
considered the Colonel will be slow
TO suspect us of having an ace in the
hole: but by links we have II. and
we're going to play II. 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 OF argument we VIII
consider that done. and that the estl'
mate comes within the scope of the
sum Gregory Is willing to advance us,
snow. then, You are going to III
corporate n company TO build roat
twelve miles long--and private road
at that. That would be fatal step
Pennington would know somebody wa
going TO build logging road, and re
CARELESS OF who the builders were, h,
would have to fight them In self-pro
lection. How are you going TO cove
your trail, my SOM"
Bryce pondered. II win, TO begin
have a dummy boarl OF directors
Also. my road cannot be private
since we must be a common carrier
we might as well carry our deception
still further and incorporate for the
purpose OF building n road from s,
quota TO Grants Pass, Ore. there &
connect with the Southern Pacific"
John Cardigan smiled. 'The ole
dream revived. Ell? Wen, the OLE
jokes always bring n hearty laugh |
People will laugh at your company
because folks up this way realize tina
the construction cost OF such a roaC |
Is prohibitive."
swell. since we're not going TO build
more than twelve miles OF our road
during the next year, and probably not
more than ten miles additional during
the present century. we won't worry
over it. 1t doesn't cost cent more to |
procure a franchise TO build road
from here TO the moon. II we fail 10 |
build to Grants Pass, our franchise to |
build the uncOmpleted portion OF the
road merely lapses and we hold only
that portion which we have construct
ed. That's all we want 10 hold. More.
over deeds to rights OF way can be
drawn with a time-limit, after which
they revert to the original owners"
Good strategy, my son And GER
tainly as common carrier we will be