Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-10-22


Guarantee it," his father shouted.
Guarantee II! Wen I should smoker
Wen just show j. P. Nj. and his crowd.
that they made no mistake when they
picked you as their Sequoia legal rep
resentatiFe. I'll call a special meeting
Of that little old city council Of mine
and jam that temporary franchise
through while you'd be saving Jack
Robinson"
He carefully made copy of the
telegram
"Hmi" he grlnted. Wants to cross
Water street at B and build out Front
street. Well. / dare say nobody viii
kick over the traces at that. Nothing
but warehouses and lumber-drying
yards along there, anyhow. Shll 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."
He'll be dead against It." Henry de-
clared 81 know. because ar the We'd
nesday meeting of the Lumber Manu-
facturers' association the subiect OF
the \. c. o. came up and Pennington
made talk against 1t. He said the
\. G. O. ought TO be discouraged If
IT was legitimate enterprise. which
he doubted, because the most feasible
and natural route for road would be
from Willis. Mendocino county, north
TO Sequoia. I tell you he's dead set
against it,"
"Then We won't fell him anything
about 1t. Henry. Wen lust pull off
this special session of the council and
forget 10 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 a
handful of the tail-feathers, Henry.
No. sir-not If we know It."
''You het." said Henry earnestly.
At eleyen-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 at the latter'S hotel 1t was
With difficulty that the latter could
conceal his tremendous amazement
when Henry casually handed him the
franchise. True, he had slipped thar
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 10 his fsther
and thus incllicate in the old gentle
man a friendly feeling toward the "
C. O. not unmiXed with pleasurahle
anticipationS of the day when Henry
Poundstone junior, should be one of
the most highly priced members Of the
legal staff of a publicservlce corpora
ton.
When he could control his emotions,
Mr.. Ogilvy gazed approvingly upon
Henry poundstone. "Mr. Poundstone,
he said solemniy. 81 have met some
meteoric young attorneys in my day,
but you're the first genuine comet
have seen in the legal armament. Do
YOU mind telling me exactly how you
| procured this franchise-and why YOU
procured it without explicit orders
| from me?"
Henry did HIS best to look puzzled.
"Why." he said. 'you left that tele-
| gram with me. and concluded that
Won regarded It as self-expIanatory or
| else had forgotten to mention 1t.
knew Won were busy. and didn't want
TO bother you with details, so I just
went ahead and filled that order for
You. Anything wrong about that?"
"Cetainly not It's perfectly won
derful. But how did Won put it over"
Henry smirked. MY dads the engi.
neer," he said hIuntly. IF thirty days
amt enough time see me and IN 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 +"
Buck oglyy extended his hand in
benedction and let it drop on Henry
Poundstones thin shoulder.
MY dear Poundstone," he said ear
nestly, Il am not man TO forget
clever work. At the proper time
shall" He smiled his radiant smile.
''You understand, of course. that am
speaking for myself and can make you
no firm promises. However" He
| smiled again. "All / have TO say is
that you'll dol"
THANK you" said Henry Pound
stone, Jr. THANK you ever so much.
An experience extending over a very
| active business career OF thirty years
had convinced Col. Seth bennington Of
| the futility Of wracking his brains in
vain speculation over mysteries.
When, therefore. the Northern Calfor-
MIA Oregon railroad commenced TO
! encroach on the Coionel's time-appro-
priation for sleep. he realized that
there was but one way 10 which 20
conserve his rest and that was by
engaging to fathom the mystery for
him a specialist 10 the unraveling of
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