Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-18
Sometimes, Mr.. BryoAs
Flows my fathsrf"
ss0ntnvS~alA TsvA takA~ ~

MORA. you're . sweetheart Of .
girl. I don't know how We ever
managed to wiggle along without
you." Fraternaliy - almost pater-
nally-hs save her radiant check
three light little pats a. he strobe
past her to the private Office. He
was In q hurry to ret to his desk,
upon which he could SEQ thru the
open door q pile OF letters and orders.
and 4 moment later he was deep In
q persuai Of them. oblivious to the
fact that ever and anon the girl
turned upon him her breeding. Ma
donno like glance.
That nisht Bryce and his father, as
was their custom aftor dinner re-
paired to the library. where the
busting and motherly Mrs. FULLY
served their coffee. John Cardigan
opened the conversation with con-
tented grunt:
"I believe you have something on
your mind"
Bryce clipped a cigar and held a
lighted match while his father
Smoked up" Then ne slipped into
the easy chair beside the old man.
well. John Cardigan" he began
eagerly, fate ripped big hole In
our dark cloud the other day and
showed me some OF the silver In
ing. rye been making bad medicine
for Colonel Pennington"
Whats In the wind, hoyT'
We're going to parallel Pcnnins-
tons locging-rcad."
"Inasmuch as that will cost close
TO three quarters Of million dol
lars. I'm OF the opinion that we're not
going 10 do anything Of the sort"
Perhaps. Nevertheless, n I can
demonstrate 70 certain party that
il will not cost more than three
quarters OF n million. he'll loan me
the money"
The old man shook his head. 81
| don't believe It. Bryce. Who's the
| crazy man.
His name il Gregory. He's
| Scotch"
Now ! know he's crazy. When he
hands you the money. you'll End he's
talking real money but thing of
| Confederate greenbacks"
Bryce laughed. Pal" he declared.
III You and have any brains, they
must roll around in our skulls like
buckshot in tin pan. Listen. now:
with all your ears. When Bill Hen
derson wanted to build the logging
railroad which he afterward sold to
Pennington. and which PENNINGTON Is
now using as club 10 beat our
brains out. did he have the money
to build itr'
mo. ! loaned II to him"
How did he pay you back"
| why. he gave me ten year con-
tract for hauling our logs ut dol
lar and half thousand feet, and
merely credited his account with
the amount OF the freight bills he
sent me until he'd squared up the
loan, principal and interest"
well, II Bill Henderson financed
himself on that plan. why didn't we
ed plan for financing n road to paral-
lei Pennington's?"
John Cardigan sat up with a jerk.
by thunder" he murmured. That
was as close as he ever came to ut
tering an oath. 30
"All right, John Cardigan forgive
you. Now. then, continue to listen:
To the north Of that great block Of
timber held by you and Pennington
lie the redwood holdings Of the Trim
dad Redwood Timber company"
Never heard Of them before"
well. timber away in there in
back of beyond has never been well
advertised. because II is regarded as
practically inaccessible. You will re-
member that some ten years ago a
company was Incorporated with the
idea of building a railroad from
Grants Pass. Ore, on the line of the
Southern Pacific. down the Oregon
and California coast to tap the red
wood belt" .,. ..
IT remember. There was >,big
whoop and hurrah and then the
proposition died abornin'. The engi-
lneers found that the cost Of construc-
ton thru that mountainous country
was prohibitive" .a.t
well, before the project died
Gregory and his associates believed
that Il was going to survive. They
quietly gathered together thirty thou
"a nd acres Of good stun and then sat
down to wait for the railroad. And
they are still waiting. Gregory, by
the way. 10 the president OF the Trim
Iidad Redwood Timber company. He's
ON Edinburgh man, and the fly Am
orican promoters got him to put up
the price Of the timber and then
mortsaged their interests to him Al
security for the advance. He fore
closed on their notes I'VE years ago
"And there he II with his useless
timber" John Cardigan murmurec
thoughtfully. 1.-THE poor Scooter
sucker!"
He isn't poor. The purchase Of
that timber didn't even dent his
bank roll. But he would like to sci
his timber. and being Scotch, nat
urally he desires 10 sell II at profit
In order to create market for 1t
however. he has to have an outlet
to that market. We supply the outle,
with his help: and what happens
, Why, timber that cost him fifty and
seventy Ave cents per thousand feel
stumpage--and the actual timber vii
Cverrun the cruisers estimate ever,
t...iIIe-wii:; DC 1o1t;i twv dollars ai'o
fifty cents-perhaps more.
"He loans US the money to build
our road. We build ton thru oul
timber and into his. The collatera
security which we put up will be g
twenty five year contract to haul
his logs to tidewater on Humboldt
bay at base freight rate Of one
dollar and fifty cents with an in
crease Of twenty-five cents per thous-