The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1921-03-16
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parked: "Now, Mr.. Poundstone. we
I'll proceed to business. That retain
er isn't Iarge-eRe, admit, but neither
r. the job have for You today. Later,
II need of your services on a larger
scale should develop, we shall of course
expect to make a new arrangement
whereby you will receive the customary
retainer of all of our corporation at
ic~aeys. ! trust that is satisfactory"
'Eminently So" gasped the young
disciple of Blackstone.
Very well. then; let us proceed to
business" Buck removed from small
FEATHER bag a bale Of legal-looking
Documents. 81 have here" he an
nounced, agreements from landowners
slong the proposed rightof way of the
n G. o. to give to that company, on
demand, within one year from date,
satisfactory deeds covering rights of
way which are infinitely described In
the said agreements. I wish the deeds
prepared for signing and recording at
the earliest possible moment"
You shall have them at this time
tomorrow" Henry promised.
The head of Henry Poundstone.
junior. was held high for the first time
since he had flung his modest single
b. the breezes of Sequoia six months
before. and there was an unaccustom-
81 gleam of importance In his pale
eyes as he rushed into his fathers
office in the city hall.
by jinks, Dad" he exulted. "rve
booked a fish at last-and he a whop-
per. Read this" and he thrust a yell
how leiegraph-form under the Mayors
bose. The latter adjusted his glasses
and read:
imperative building operations COM
naenee Immediately. Local skepticism
Injurious and delays dangerous. We
naiIst show good faith to our New York
friends ]. P. 81. insists upon know
iRg promptly where we stand with
Sequoia city council. See them i'm
mediatelr a"d socure temporary fran
ehiSe, II possible, to enable us to cross
Water street at B street and build out
Front street. If your judgment indi-
cafes no hold-up on permanent fran
ehise. commence active operations i'm
nehiately upon acquisition of perman-
ept franchise.
"HoCLEY."
This telegram, as the Mayor observ-
ID, had been filed at San Francisco
subsequent to ogilvy's visit to him that
afternoon.
"Ah-h-h ~ breathed bis Honor. "That
accounts for his failure to bring the
matter up at our interview. Upon his
return to the hotel he found this tele-
Eram-and got busy at once. BY
Jupiter, this looks like business.
Henry. how did you come into posses
sion Of this telegram
cit must have been mixed up in the
documents 0gilvy left with me. /
found 1t on my desk when was sort
ing out the papers, and in my capacity
Of attorney for the N. G. o. I had no
hesitancy in reading It."
'Wen, I do declared Wonder who
Hockey. Is."
Hockey doesn't matter" young
Henry declared triumphantly, cal
though I'd bet hat he's one Of those
heavyweight Wall street fellows and
one Of j. p. Ms vice-presidents, prob
ably. ]. p. NJ, of course, is the man
behind"
"Who the devil is ]. p. MT
Henry smiled tolerantly upon his
ignorant parent swell, how may ].
Rierpont Morgan do for guessT' he
aueTied.
"Helps bells and panther-tracksW
Mayer POHndstone started as If snake
bitten. 81 should say you have hooked
a big 6sh. Boy, you've landed
whale! Did ogilvy say anything about
future bus:ness"
"He did. Said If / proved satisfac-
tory, he would probably take me on
and pay the customary retainer given
all of their corporation attorneys"
swell. by golly. he'd better take you
al. I had notion that chap Ogilvy
was smart enough to know which side
his bread is buttered on and who does
the buttering."
'If / could guarantee Mr.. 0gilvy
that temporary franchise mentioned in
bis telegram, it might help me to get
IN right with ]. P. NJ. at the start"
his hopeful suggested.
Guarantee I'll" his father shouted.
Guarantee til Well should snickerl
Wen just show J. P. NJ. and his crowd
that they made, no mistake when they
picked you as their Sequoia legal rep
resentative I'll call a special meeting
of that little old city council of mine
and jam that temporary franchise
through while you'd be saying Jack
Robinson q"
He carefully made a copy of the
telegram
@H-mg' he grunted. wants to cross
Water street at B and build out Front
street. Well, dare say nobody will
kick over the traces at that Nothing
but warehouses and lumber-drying
yards along there, anyhow. Still come
to think of 1T, Pennington will probably
raise a howl about sparks from the
engines of the N G. o. setting his
lumber piles afre."
sAeT be dead against it," Henry de
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