Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1921-01-21

| I've CONSTRUCTION COST or such n fO4a
Is prohibihve."
well, since we're not going to build
| more than twelve miles Of our road
| during the next year, and probably not
more than ten miles additional during
| the present century, we won't worry
over it. 1t doesn't cost cent mora to
| procure a franchise to build road
| from here to the moon. II we fail to
| build to Grants Pass, our franchise TO
build the uncompleted portion II the
road merely lapses and we hold only
that portion which we have construct
ed. That's all we want to hold. More
over, deeds to rights Of way can be
drawn with a time-limit, after which
they revert to the original owners"
Good strategy, my sonl And GER
tainly as a common carrier we will be
welcomed by the farmers and cattle
men along our short line"
"WeH, that about completes the
rough outline of our plan. We have
a year in which to build our road; if
we do not hurry, the mill will have to
shut down for lack of logs, when our
contract with Pennington expires"
you forget the manager for our
new corporation-the vice president
and general manager. He must be a
man of real ability and person you
can trust implicitly"
81 have the very man. His name is
Buck Ogilvy and only this very day I
received a letter from him begging me
for a small loan. have Buck on ice
in a ffth-class San Francisco hotel"
"Tell me about him, Bryce"
"TH read you his letter. I claim
there is more character in a letter than
in a face"
Here Bryce read aloud:
Golden Gate Hotel-Rooms Fifty
Cents-and Up.
"Sau Francisco, Cal, Aug. 16. 1916.
"My dear Cardigan: Hark to tho
voice Of one crying in the wilderness;
then picture to yourself the unloyely
spectacle of a strong man crying.
'Let us assume that you have duly
considered Now wind up your wrist
and send me a rectangular piece Of
white, blue, green or pink paper bear
ing in the lower right-hand corner, in
your clear bold chirography, the magic
words Bryce Cardigan'-with the lit
tie up-and-down hook and flourish
which identifies your signature given
in your serious moods and lends value
20
when you knew me last, was a
prosperous young contractor. Alasi 1
put all my eggs in one basket and pro-
duced an omelette. Took a contract
to build a railroad in Honduras. Hon.
duras got 10 fighting with Nicaragua;
the government I had done business
with went out of business; and the
army recruited all my la
borers and mounted them on my mules
and horses, swiped all my grub, and
told me to go home. 1 went Why
stay? Moreover, 1 had an incentive |
consisting of about an inch of bayonet |
fortunately not applied in a vital
spot-which accelerated rather than |
decreased my speed.
Hurry, my dear Cardigan. fin
shed eating my overcoat the day be-
'ore yesterday.
Make it a hundred, and God will
,less you. When I get it, I'll come to
Sequoia and kiss you. I'll pay you
Jack some time-of course.
"Wistfully thine.
BUCK OGILVY.
"P. S.-Delays are dangerous and
is the thief of time
3"
John Cardigan chuckled. I'D take
buck Ogilvy, Bryce. He'll do. Is he
onest?"
81 don't know. He was. the last
ime I saw him"
"Then wire him a hundred. Don't
Tait for the mail"
81 have already wired him the hun
red. In all probability he is now out
-hirling like a dervish."
Good boy Well 1 think we've
tanned sufficient for the present,
ryce You'd better leave for San
rancisco tomorrow and close your
cal with Gregory. Hire good law
or to draw up the agreement between
u; be sure you're right, and then go
lead-ful speed. When you return
Sequoia, I'll have few more points
give you. I'll null them over in the