The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-03-30
Si9li NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

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1, with tough scrub OF gray beard.
The line OF his mouth showed thru
the scrub and turned extravagsntiy
downwRr,is az the corners. lie had
commanding. heavily knobbed
brow. and small gray eyes Fl In.
tense severity. His voice was cold
and hia manner. tho intensely pol,
ished and snave. singulariy stern and
decisive. lie had an expression OF II
have decided" and Sabre said that he
kept this expression on Ice. II had
an ley sound and Il certainly had the
rsgidity and imperyiousnes~ Of an Ice
berg. Hearing Il. one might believe
that II could have cruel sound.
Tho Reverend Sebastian Fortune
had come into the business at tho
age OF twenty eight. He was now
stxty-two. lie had como In 10 find
tho controlling interest almost entire.
~ In tho hands OF the Fortune
branch OF the firm. and In his thirty.
four years OF association. indeed IN
the first twenty. he had. By fortu.
itous circumstances and BY force OF
his decisive personality. achieved
what amounted 10 sole and single
control. Coming In as a young man
OF force and character. he had added
to these qualities. by marriage. a
useful sum OF money Go which was
attached widow and proceeded 90
deal decisively with the East and
tho sabre CAiark sahre's grandfatherl
OF that day. Both were old men. The
East. young Mr.. Fortune bought out
neck and crop. The sabre. who
owned then a firth instead OF a third
interest Ia tho business. and had de.
veiorcd. as an obscrsion. an unr~a.
sonable fear OF bankruptcy. no re.
lievcd % all liability for tho firm al
tho negligible cost Of giving himself
free hand In the conduct Of the
business. Tho deed of partnership
was altered accordingly II was 10
this NTH SHARE. without control, that
Saerc's father and. IN his turn. Sabre
succeeded.
sabre had been promised fun part.
nershlp BY Mr.. Fortune. lie desired
IL very greatly. The apporuonmsnt
OF duties In tho establishment was
that Sabre managed tho publishing
department. Twynins supervised the
factory and workshops wherein the
ecclesiastical and scholastic furniture
was produced. and Forum. super.
vised his two principals and every
least employee and smallest detail %
AL the business. Particularly orders.
He VERY strongly objected TO clients
dealing directly with either sabr. OF
Twyning. His view was that II was
the business Of sabre and Of ivy.
ming TO produce the firms cotnrnodi
ties IL was his place TO seii them
II was his place TO deal with clients
who came TO buy than. and II wns
his place to sign NIL letters that went
out concerning them.
Sabre. IN 20 far a. hs puSsicaf1ons
WIRE concerned, resented this
III bring out = n~v texshccA.
he had said on the occasscn Of .
that I am the person 10 intrr~s; eih
ents In u: 70 discuss n with shem ~
they call and to correspond with
those who take up our notic>s Of tt
Mr.. Fortune wheeled about his 70
voiviuE chair BY familiar trick Of
his right leg against hts desk. II pre-
s-utsd his whaIe-iiks front 20 impress
sivc advantage. You do correspond
with them
but you Sign the letters You fro
quently make alterations"
That is what am here for. They
are my letters. IL will be time 10
bring up this matter again when you
ars admitted to partnership"
Sabre gave the short laugh Of one
who has heard a good thing before
when viii that bcg'
mot today
We'll. ali I can say is
Mr.. Fortune raised a whaie.iikc but
elegantly white fin. Enough. | have
decided.
Sabre kicked out OF tho room. using
a foot to open the door. which stood
aJar. and hooking back foot TO shut
u. because he knew that this sioven-
~ method OF dealing with a door
much annoyed Mr.. Fortune.
Ho was not In the least in awe OF
Mr.. Fortune. tho Mr.. Fortune had
power 20 sever him from the firm.
Mr.. Fortune was aware that he
struck no awe into Sabre. and this
caused him on the one hand to dis
like Sabre and on the other tsubcon-
sciously. for he would emphaticaliy
have denied ~ TO respect him.
Twyning. Sabrs's fellow sub prin.
cipai. did stand in awe OF Mr. For
tune and did not resent having hts
letters signed for him and his callers
interviewed for him Indeed no fire.
quently took opportunity to thank
SIR. Fortune for alterations made In
hts letters and for dealings carried
out with his clients. lHo for direct
Interference In his workshops. Mr.
Fortune liked Twyning. but he did
not respect Twyning. consciously or
subconsciously.
"
sabr- greatly desired the promised
admission to partnership. He desired
II largely for what he knew nc would
make II bring In the form ~ greater