The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-06-30
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.,r+ nj eyes and held my breath "
/ ' uo,nack hadn't the slightest 'oea ,
:. ~, Thin in ice he was skating over, t,
ps' =, This easy mention of Mr. van u
d. DOW n, , be just like rubbing salt h
Fl'' | ,,esh cut. ny this time it was
p,.ins ,' dark, and we were running '1,s; t.
FoN'u n'.tol city, and ! was mighty /
" " that it couldn't last much Longer o, % G
90 . u,ss didn't speak again until the .
y !, 's switches were cIankins under
y ~ ear, and then he said: ,. .oro Of
4. .,,0too IS well able to take car" ''.' vi
(,n vpr. Hornack, and I don't th MINK
l', nasd worry about him." and 'n lei
e., mis- his shoulder to me- "''m mn IT'S 5,
[,. "a wake up. We're pulling H.
'. !. he always did on a return TRIP
. % xorcross ran up to his ONCE TO
a' ,t ,bore was anything pressing
4',,.s ha did anything else. May
ps ,, st,l at his desk, and in answer
J, va tho No., boss question he shook MS
bead. oo,,,,,,t wait" he
~ ~ referring to the days callers,
.,' Hatch was up with a couple OF
NON that didn't know but ne on ny
-. 1,nted to inquire if you would be
the Office this evening after dinner
I,old him I'd find out when you ca'ie'
M let him know by phone.
= thought, after all that mad nap
l,.ned, Hatch certainly had MS nerve W.
] J. want to come and make a tax
nh the man his hired assasslns were
ring to murder. But if Mr. I'm! Nore cross
,ot that view Of it, he didn't sho"
IN tbe contrary, he told Fred Il
,or,d be all right to telephone Hatch
|hot he was coming down after DIN
-. and the Office would be open, a
usual. n, 20,
slinppd ont and went to Mr.. va
Ipritt,s office at the other end Of tn
HALL Bobby Kelso was there, hold'n
Ithe office down, and I asked him whel
h could find Tarbell. Luckily, he wa
liable to tell me that Tarbell was
|thot moment down in the station re
Itaurant, eating his supper SO ooN
II went and butted in with my sto
m the Hatch call. and how It was
no repeated a little later on.
IIl be there" said Tarbe''; al
With that load off my mind, l mogs
| Of uptown to the club to get my on
dinner. ,,
When 7 broke into the grill-room
tho railroad club, found that Mr.. N
cross had beaten me to 1t by a I
minutes; that he had already ordel
h,s dinner at a table with Major X
dr,ck. I suppose, by good rights
ought TO have gone off into a cor
by myself, but ! saw that the ooss
tinped a chair at the end Of the ia
where l usually sat, SO | JUST "
ahead and took it. .,
Coming in late, that way "
set the first of the talk. but 100
that the boss had been saying 81
ming about his rare good luck IN
ing the major for a tabIe-mate
DAYS in succession.
"The honoh Is mine. my dean \
no genial old Kentuckian was tie
him as | sat down. II was by
Of picking up bit of informs
late this afternoon that ! tho
ought to be passed on TO 20" wit
any great delay" -,
The boss looked up quickly. "'
Is It, major?" he inquired. ARE
going to tell me that something
has broken loose"
~ wish | might be that mel
de6nite-I do so, Graham. But |
It's me'uhly q bit of street talk II
telling It, oveh at the Comm
club, that Hatch and John Mars
YOU know him--that Sedgwick
1obbeh who has been so active l
Citizens Storage 4 Warehouse
hess-have finally come togethe
I'm a business way, you meal
The major gave a right an
twist to his big mustaches
shrugged one shoulder!
"They are most probably cal
business" he rejoined.
The boss nodded. II know WI
happened. In spite Of the 1a(
the local people know that the
nomic salvation depends upon
and even distribution Of their
4 W. stock. there has been
bit Of buying and selling and
ping around. I remember you
psled that In little while we
another trust In the hands OF
men. You may recollect that
dispute your prediction. mer
that our ground leases-the II
all of the C. s. & w. plants an
ipgs are on railroad land-wo
give us the whip-hand over .
monopoly that might be form
"Yes, sub; remember y
that" the major allowed.
"Very good. Marshall anC III
syndicate may have acquired
control In c. s. & W., and t
be willing now to patch up an
with Hatch. But In that case
monopoly will still lack the
Ingredient: the power to Il
II there Is q new combine, an
to make the producers and n
pay more than the agreed pc
for storage and handling
" know" the major cut in'
will rise up in the majesty
v wrath md MT II out OF Du