Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-03-27

This telegram, as the mayor OBJ
served. had been filed at San Fran
cisco subsequent TO Ogilvy's visit to
him that afternoon.
'Ah-h-h!" breathed His Honor.
"That accounts for his failure to
bring the matter up at our interview.
Upon his return to the hotel he found
this telegram-and got busy at once.
BY Jupiter. this looks like business.
Henry, how did you come into pos
session Of this telegram"
1T must have been mixed up In the
documents Ogilvy. left with me. I
found 1t on my desk when I was
sorting out the papers. and in my
capacity of attorney for the N. G. o.
I had no hesitancy in reading It,"
well, do declare! Wonder who
Hockey U.s."
''Hockley doesn't matter" young
Henry declared triumphantly, "altho
I'd bet a hat he's one Of those heav-
yweight Wall street fellows and one
Of j. p. Ms vice presidents, prob
ably. J. P. NJ. of course, is the man
behind"
"Who the devil is J. p. NJ"
Henry smiled tolerantly upon his
ignorant parent. "Well, how may j.
Pierpont Morgan do for guess?" he
queried.
"Helrs bells and panther tracks!"
Mayor Poundstone started as il
snake bitten. 81 should say you
have hooked big fish. Boy. you've
landed whale! Did Ogilvy say any
thing about future business?"
'IIe did. Said If proved satisfac-
tory, he would probably take me on
and pay, the customary retainer Civ
en- all of their corporation attorneys"
well. by golly, he'd better take
you on! had a notion that chap
Ogilvy was smart enough to know
which side his bread Is buttered on
and who does the buttering."'
III could guarantee Mr.. Ogilvy
that temporary franchise mentioned
in-his telegram, it might help me TO
get In right with ]. p. NJ. at the
start" his hopeful suggested.
"Guarantee IT," his father shouted.
Guarantee It'll Well should smoker!
Wen just show ]. P. NJ. and his
crowd that they made no mistake
when they picked you as their Sc
quota legal representative. TIL call
special meeting of At little old
city council Of mine and jam that
temporary franchise thru while you'd
be saying Jack ROBINSON"
He carefully made copy Of the
telegram.
"H-m!" he grunted. Wants to
cross Water street at d and build
out Front street. Well, I dare say
nobody will kick over the traces at
that. Nothing but warehouses ana
lumber drying yards along there
ANYHOW. Stfil come to think OF 1t,
Pennington win probably raise
howl about sparks from the engines
OF tho N. C. o. setting his lumber
piles sfire."
He'll be dead against IT," Henry
declared. II know. because at the
wednesday meeting OF the Lumber
Manufacturers Association the sub
feet Of the n. c. o. came up and
Pennington made q talk against II.
He said tho n. &C. o. ought to be dis
coursged, II 1t was legitimate en-
terprise, which he doubted, because
the most feasible and natural route
for a road would be from Willis,
,Mendocino county, north to Sequoia.
tell you he's dead set against it,
"Then we won't tell him anything
about It, Henry. Wen just pull off
this special session Of the council
and forget to invite the reporters;
after the Job has been put over, Pen
nington can como around and howl
all he wants. We're not letting a
chance like this slip by us without
grabbing q handful Of the tail-feath-
ers, Henry. No. sir-not II we know
it."
"You betl" said Henry earnestly.
At eleven thirty Thursday mornina
young Henry Poundstone, having
worked the greater part of the pre-
vious night preparing the deeds, de-
liyered both deeds and franchise to
Buck Ogilvy at the latter's hotel. 1t
was with difficulty that the latter
could conceal his tremendous amaze
ment 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
E was that Henry should show the