The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1922-09-08
CHAPTER vl-~csrtiBusd.

NHteH WIS eNtpu4hNru. Live az
Blg yuskegi' he cried 49,. ,,.......
'"uotl lie work Il nniShSd. Dom
REFUSE me. Wlll" She clasped her
hands together 10 her childish. plead
ting WY fhar Joe NAH always found
Irresistible Joe would have let me
twont hamper sou. Will, she begged
kitty. you're trampr" cried WI
Ion Hut you cant so there 10 live
Tie inncliness would be- awful. And
there 'rnt house anywhvre. And
ks~lde%--"
he did not dare suggest the thought
that eBme ~ bun. that people @.utd
gossip about her, That, be felt, rested
with her,
III won't TO lonely with with the
work. Nili. she answered. And I've
slready made my plans rm having
q bungalow built there And there will
b. Molly. Don't you walk me 10 COME,
VIII"
klttys pleas we're irresistible. VII.
ton yielded. aud be VAS glad for one
tllng her prvsence al the portage
would mean much 10 Molly, During
~. next tsw days he was 10 constant
ronsuliatlpn with the directors a.
representing kitty who had given him
bet power OF attorney TO aet for her,
Die went carefully over the books. lie
WAS quite satisfied Win their showing
n Zig Muskeg could be crossed. the
rompany could remain solvent without
lnrreaslng It's capital
Ito devoted his attention 10 the per.
bonnei, taking ON new men aud weed
Ing out q thing 10. had hated doing
hntii he wns satisfied that Bowser had
~ representative on the stan
Wil,oa and Belts had been uame,l
executors la Jues VIII, Wl.nn had.
already gone through JOYS papers,
bot bis task was much less Mtisfar
tory for Joe. who was capital 81
rector, sc,med to have no personal
system at NIL. Everything was In con
fusion papers we're missing rrcortls
mixed ~ together Tie had Icf' Kitty
two thousand shares 10 tho Mss&atihl,
and q comfortable little capital ~
about forty thousand dollars, together
with the honse. In ClaStou and sgne
property In winnipeg.
Tho Mtssatihl shares, amounting 10
two milllun dollars at their par value
represented the bulk ~ his turtsne
aud we're In satety-dci@st box Ia
the banks saul, Tho wceipt ho1
syrr, could net be- round
This was no, ~ much Importance
but Wilton went With Kitty 20 laok in
Joes box. CLARK. the manager. tcos
them below. Opened the vault, sud
Put In the masterkey. Wllton com
pieted the opening, To hts astcnish
paent there were only hfteen hundred
shares
"tfye hundred shares are missing.
- said to the manager.
Clark tscAca at him In some surprise
~Ycu are not forgetting tina, Mr.
Ro~s~k hype,hccat~i ave hundrvi
sAarvs VITA ~ a. security for the
team he asked
wiitaa lcosed ut Kitty. 'nld yeu
Anew that Joe borrowed On the ~
eustty Of these sharc~y" he asked
KITTY shock her head joe had not
asad her many u the details 1T his
Aaxla~xs Ard the papers had shc~n
- record al the tsrnsactica.
Mr.. rhayrv has just c@nse In said
- maaaxsr.
They went up to the peesiasrss
s1Ac~ rhayrs asked them to stt ds~a.
asd listened to wii,oas statement.
-Mr. Cart. viii yca ges Mr.
e~as~rsx htant srsnxfer Of the
sAarvsr' he asked
The paper was brought The si<na.
tsre appeared perfectly gvnasne Joe
Ho<se,k had made out 4 transfer Tn
Aisas fer i've hundred shares, In r~sarn |
fs~ han VI thrive hundred aud fsty |
tAsosand dollars due the 18th ct he |
rsmh<r.
Unless the lean wps -~raid ~ that |
1Afe the eeotrN Of the Mlxsssshi |
wvuld swing 10 the Rowye~ interests |
wtttcn Was alrna~t uann%d nv the |
As~~~rry Is~ had spck~e ~ II Ass
esntra wss Iron clad