The Jones County news., 1920-10-07

Il - .t ~ AMf- -F
public oficial Well Forward, men,
follow me--to Henrys office"
Henry Ponndstono, junior proved to
be the sole luhabltant Of one rather
bare Office in the Cardigan block. Buck
had fully resolved to give him re-
talner Of q thousand dollars. or even
more. If he asked for H. but after one
look at Henry he cut the approprla-
tlon TO two hundred and fifty dollars
/ Young Mr.. poundstone was blonde and
| frall, with large round spectacles, rab-
BIT teeth. and the swiftly recedlng chin
/ Of the terrapin. Moreover, he was In
such hutter Of anticipation over the
arrlyal Of a client that Buck deduced
two things -to-wit. that the Mayor
had telephoned Henry he was apt to
have client and that as a result Of
this miracle. Henry was IN no at state
to discuss the sordld subject Of fees
and retalners. Ergo, Mr. Oglvy de
clded 10 obylate such discussion now
or in the future. He handed Henry 3
check for two hundred and fifty dol
/ iMIAf WHICH ne NiUNE Jul 0AA AAAI HkNA
and with his bright winning smile re-
marked: "Now. Mr.. poundstone, we
VIII proceed to business That retain
er isn't large one, admit, but neither
is the Job | have for you today Later
lf need Of your services on q larger
scale should develop we shall Of course
expect to make a new arrangement
whereby you viii receive the customary
retainer Of all Of our corporation at
torneys. trust that Is satisfactory"
"Eminently So" gasped the young
disciple of blackstone.
"Yery we'll then; let Us proceed to
business" Buck removed from n small
leather bag bale Of legal-lookng
documents. 'T have here" he an
nounced. agreements from landowners
along the proposed right of way Of the
N. G. o. to give to that company. on
demand, within one year from date,
satisfactory deeds covering rights Of
way which are mlnutely described in
the said agreements. wish the deeds
prepared for signing and recording at
the earliest possible moment"
'You shall have them at this time
tomorrow" Henry promised
The head of Henry Poundstone,
junior, was held high for the first time
since he had flung his modest shlngle
to the breezcs OF Sequola six months
before, and there was an unaccustom-
ed CLEAN OF Importance in his pale
eyes as he rushed into his fathers
office in the city hail.
'By 1inks. Dad" he exulted. "rve
hooked fish at last--and he whop-
per. Read this" and he thrust a yell
low telegraph-form under the Mayors
nose. The latter adjusted his glasses
and read:
Imperative building operations com
mence Immediately. Local skeptlcism
Injurious and delays dangerous. We
must show good faith to our New Yorh
| friends. j. +. M. insists upon knew
ing promptly where we stand witi
Seuuoia city council See them i'm
medIately and secure temporary fran
chIse, IL possible, to enable us to eros
Water street at b street and build on
Front street. II your Judgment ind
Gates no hold-up on permanent fran
chise, commence active operations i'm
mediately upon acquisition of perman
ent franchise.
"HoCKLEY."
This telegram. as the Mayor obserN
cd, had been filed at San Francisc
subsequent to ogilvy's visit to him tina
afternoon.
"Ah.h-h I" breathed His Honor. "rha
accounts for his failure TO bring tn
matter up at our interview. Upon hi
return to the hotel he found this teas
gram--and got busy at once. b
Jupiter, this looks like business
Henry, how did you come into posses
sion Of this telegram?"
1T must have been mixed up In tn
documents Ogllvy left with me.
found It on my desk when ! was sor
ing out the papers, and in my capaeit
OF attorney for the n. G. 0. / had n
hesitancy IN reading it"
"Well, l do declared Wonder VIII
Hockey is"
"Hockley doesn't matter" youn
Henry declared triumphantly, "a
though I'd bet hat he's one Of thos
J heavyweight Wall street fellows an
one Of ]. p. MS vice-presidents, pro-
ably. J. z. NJ. OF course. is the ma
behind"
"who the devil is ]. p. M7'
Henry smiled tolerantly upon h
i ignorant parent. "wen, how may
, Pierpont Morgan do for guessr'
/ queried
t "Hens bells and panther-tracks
/ Mayor Poundstone started as II snak
! bitten. II should say you have hook'
, a big fish. Boy. you've landed
j whale Did ogIlvy say anything abo'
: future businessf"
! "He did. Said II proved Satisfa
3 tory. he would probably take me
; and pay the customary retainer give
y all of their corporation attorneys"
"well. by golly. he'd better take "
:. onl had q notion that chap ogtl'
a 1 ..se- sy,4. rA ns,ov.rh "a, lnnxv which Nfl