Evening star., 1921-10-02
Whats your name"
"Scattergood Baines."


"hatS your name.
"Scattergood Baines."
"Of Coldriver?"
Scattergood was surprised, but did
not show it. yes"
"Sit down."
"Thankee. -" Come to do mite
of business with you. Interested in
pulp. hain,t you? Quite consid-able
int'rested?"
Very much"
Know the Higgins Bridge Pulp
Company
"of course. Understand they're in
. difficulties"
I'm some, and goin' to be - more.
That's why ! come down.
Thereupon Scattergood explained in
detail his contract with the pulp
company, and his theories of what
that company was planning to do to
him. Double barreled," he said.
Crane and Keith owns them bonds.
ers' and buyin' 'em out for a song.
Figger on Dustin me. Next we hear
! the milrll be in receivers hands. No
; money. Can't pay no contracts. My
notes'll come due, and I'm done for.
Simple. Crane thought 1t up"
What do you want of me? So far
as I can see. you are up against it.
You can't borrow any more, and your
notes won't be extended. You're DONE
"Hain't started yet-not yet. Fig
ger to start today. That's why I come
to see you"
But can do nothing for you"
Higgins Bridge mills good, hain't
it? Logical payin' proposition? Money
to be made?
Yes"
Like to own it cheap
"Of course"
Crane and Keith is sittin' ready
for a KILN. Own big block of stock.
Paid par. Want to sell. 1 hear .
IL anybody's fool enough to buy.
Then want to buy back for dunn near
nothin' when receivership comes.
Good scheme. Money in it. Crane
thought it up"
BUY all they got. Option the rest.
Easy. What happens when a
man sells somethin' he hain't got?"
HE has to get 1t some place"
'1f he can't get 1t, what?"
makes 1t expensive for him
Nobody to interfere. Crane
and Keith left orders to sell. They
won't be takin' notice. Got 'em wor-
ried some place else. Mighty wor-
ried.'' Scattergood recounted the
story of Plumm's farm.
Mr.. Linderman scrutinized Scatter
good intently and nodded his head.
"And you want me-"
put up the money. Git the stock.
Lemme handle it. Gimme 20 per
cent"
"In stock?"
"Calc'late So"
"Baines," said Linderman. "rll go
you. Crane and Keith are due for a
lesson"
.Rsaay "Ksa nowr
"G'by. Mr.. Linderman. Have money
when I want it. G'by.'
X X \ X
CCATTERGOOD had a list Of stock
- holders in the pulp company and
two days in interviewing a dozen of
tioning their stock at a pleasant fig
ure. They imagined he must be
crazy and he did nothing to destroy
the belief.
Then he called at the Offices Of
Crane & Keith.
Want to see the boss man." he said.
What for?,
"You want to buy stock in the pulp
company. Ffgger to buy"
Here was a lamb ready for the
slaughter. Mr.. Mccain, who received
him, could see the delight Of his en-
should succeed in taking this fat
backswoodsman into camp.
"You want to buy stock in int pulp
company, I understand"
"Yes."
"How much?"
How much you got?'
"Guess we can sell you all you
want"
:.Money-making proposition, hain't
"Of course"
''But you're willin' to sell? Kind Of
funny, hain't tt?"
'Oh. no. We have 30 many enter
prises."
"Glad you want to sell. I figger to
make money on this stock. Want to
buy a lot of it.
'.About how many shares?"
''what you askin'?" said Scatter
good. =
~Par."
"Shucks! Give you thirty"
There -Haa hagKling and biCkertnE