Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-09-02
CHAPTER Vl-continued.


FBig MuskegT he cried.
81 until the work is finished. Don't
%epuse me. VIM" She clasped her
hands together in her childish, plead
lng way that Joe had always found
Irresistible Joe would have let me.
u won't hamper you, Will," she begged.
KITTY, you're a trampw cried Will
bon. But you can't go there to live.
fhe loneliness would be awful. And
ahere isn't a house anywhere. And
Besides"
n He did not dare suggest the thought
that came to him, that people would
gosSip about her. That, he felt, rested
Fith her.
K 1T won't be lonely with-with the
lFork, Wil,' she answered. And I've
Rlready made my plans. I'm having
ID bungalow built there. And there will
Dc Molly. Don't you want me to come
kNnY
MI kittys pleas were irresistible. VII
bon yielded, and he was glad for one
#4hag; her presence at the portage
.Rould mean much to Molly. During
die next few days he was in constant
consultation with the directors as
representing Kitty, who had given him
De- power of attorney to act for her.
#Rie went carefully over the books. He
EFas quite satisfied with their showing.
~ Big Muskeg could be crossed, the
NRompauy could remain solvent without
INCREASING its capital.
81 He devoted his attention to the per-
z&onnel taking on new men and weed
~ out, thing Joe had hated doing,
sRntIi he was satisfied that BOwyer had
20 representative on the staff.
81 Wilton and Belts had been named
|#1eeutors in Joe's will. Wilton had
81 ready gone through Joe's papers /;
but his task was much less satisfac-
!Hory for Joe, who was a capital di-
Hfector, seemed to have no personal
S8yStem at all. Everything was in con-
HHuSion-papers were missing, records
Pic up together. He had left Kitty
fwo thousand shares in the Missatibi,
sRnd a comfortable little capital of
|foout forty thousand dollars, together
8#'th the house in Clayton and some
Pr erty in Winnipeg.
# The Missatibi shares, amounting to
~ million dollars at their par value,
saepFeSented the bulk Of his fortune.
Pm were in a safety-deposit box In
&c banks vault. The receipt, how
'xver, could not be found.
. Ihls was not of much Importance,
Stu Wilton went with Kitty to look in
- box. Clark, the manager, took
fnen below, opened the vault, and
WI IN the master-key. Wilton com
9leied the opening. To his astonisb-
Aent there were only fifteen hundred
shares
rive hundred shares are missing"
y SAID to the manager.
. Clark looked at him in some surprise.
lou are not forgetting that Mr..
bostock hypothecated five hundred
mares with us as security for the
PAN he asked.
wilton looked at Kitty. did you
*noW thar Joe borrowed on the Sc
80 Of those shares?" he asked.
u nifty shook her head. Joe had net
II her many of the details of his
suSlneSs. And the papers had shown
record Of the transaction.
MI Pheyre has just come in," said
ee manager.
-uey went up to the presidents
-. Phayre asked them to sit down.
- listened to Wlton's statement.
Af. Clark. will you get Mr.
stocks blank transfer Of the
laTesT he asked.
We paper was brought. The sigma
81 pFeared perfectly genuine. Joe
Il 'eS had made out a transfer in
Il -4 .'' i've hundred shares. In return
'"an ~ three hundred and fifty
sand dollars, due the 18th Of De
esS the loan was repaid by that
control OF the NIisSatibi
g. swing TO the Bower interests
~'n was almost stunned by the
10 zoe lad spoken as II his
N ~ss iron-clad.
@s en- bo-DA with Kitty ami tele-