The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1920-08-26

his hopeful suggested.
Guarantee ltp' his father shouted
Guarantee III Well | should snicker
Wen just show J. p. NJ. and his crowd
that they made no mistake when they
picked you as their Sequoia legal rep
rese0tatlve. I'll call special meeting
OF that little old city council of mine
and Jam that temporary franchise
through while you'd be saying Jack
Rohinsonr"
He carefully made a copy of the
telegram
HIN! !" he grunted. wants TO cross
Water street at Il and build out Front
street, Well. | dare say nobody will
kick over the traces at that. Nothing
but warehouses and lumber-drylng
yards along there. anyhow. Still come
to think OF II Pennington Will probably
raise howl about sparks from the
engines of the n. C. o. setting his
lumber piles afire."
Hell be dead against IT," Henry de-
clared. 81 know, because at the We'd
nesday meeting of the Lumber Manu-
facturers' association the subject of
the n. c. o. came up and Pennington
made talk against It. He said the
n. C. O. ought TO be discouraged II
II was legitimate enterprise, which
he doubted. because the most feasible
and natural route for road would be
from Willis. Mendoclno county, north
to Sequoia. / tell you he's dead set
against IT,"
''Then We won't tell him anything
about 1t, Henry. Wen Just pull off
this special session OF the council and
forget to invite the reporters; after
the job has been put over, Pennington
can come around and howl all he
wants. We're not letting chance like
this slip by us without grabbing
handful of the tail-feathers, Henry.
No. slr-not II we know It,"
"You bet!" said Henry earnestly.
At eleven-thirty Thursday morning,
young Henry Poundstone, having work.
ed the greater part of the previous
night preparing the deeds, delivered
both deeds and franchise to Buck
Ogilvy Mt the lntter's hotel IL was
with difficulty that the latter could
conceal his tremendous amazement
when Henry casually handed him the
franchise. True, he had slipped that
fake telegram among the contracts as
bait for Henry and his father. but his
fondest hope, at the time he conceived
the brilliant idea, was that Henry
would show the telegram to his father
and thus Inculcate in the old gentle
man friendly feeling toward the n.
c. o. not unmiXed with pleasurable
anticipatlons of the day when Henry
Poundstone Junior should be one of
the most highly priced members OF the
legal staff of a publlc-servlce, corpora
tlon.
When he could control his emotions.
Mr.. 0gilvy gazed approvingly upon
Henry Poundstone. "NIr. Poundstone,"
he said solemnly, 81 have met some
meteoric young attorneys In my day.
but you're the first genuine comet I
have seen In the legal armament. Do
you mind telling me exactly how you
procured this frnnchise-nnd why you
procured 1t without explicit orders
from me7"
Henry did his best to look puzzled.
"Why." he said, "you left that tele-
gram with me, and | concluded that
YOU regarded II MS self-explanatory or
else had forgotten to mention 1t.
knew you were busy, and didn't want
to bother you with details so | Just
went ahead and filled that order for
you. Anything wrong about thatY
Certainly not. It's perfectly won
derful But how did you put It overf"
Henry smirked "My dads the engi.
neer," he said bluntly. III thirty days
amt enough time, see me and I'll get
you thirty days more. And in the
meantime nobody knows a thing about
this little deal. figured Colonel Pen
nington might try TO block you at that
crossing, so i"
Buck Ogllvy extended his hand In
benedictlon and let 1t drop on Henry
Poundstone's thin shoulder.
MY dear Poundstone," he said ear
nestly. II am not man to forget
clever work. At the proper time |
shall" He smiled his radiant smile.
"iou understand, of course. that am
speaking for myself and can make you
no firm promises. However," lie |
smiled again. "All | have TO say is |
that you'll dot"
THANK YOU" said Henry Pound |
stone, Jr. "rhank you ever so much" |
An experience extending over very |
active business career OF thirty years |
had convinced Col. Seth Pennington of
the futlllty of wracking his brains IN
vain speculation over mysteries.
When, therefore, the Northern Califor-
mia Oregon railroad commenced TO
encroach on the Coloners time.appro-
prlation for sleep, he realized that
there was but one way In which 10
conserve his rest and that was by |
engaging 10 fathom the mystery for