Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1922-08-05


signs Of anger, nor even of surprise
This isn't Winnipeg. Will" She
said, with little happy catch in her
voice.
The marvel Of their love tranSfg-
ured them in each others sight. They
were hardly aware of Bowyer's depar-
ture. II was not until Molly realized
that there was the supper to prepare
that She became practical once more.
why must you 20 tomorrow" she
asked, wistfuily. "a message could La
sent TO kitty"
It's more than that. Molly" said
/ Wilton. ITS the line itsef-Joe's
work-that is at stake and I've got
/ TO be at the shareholders meeting on
Monday morning. You see. it's this
way he Went ou to explain
1--WE laid out our route To cross Big
Muskeg at this point, and miles have
been completed. But our surveyors
We're either too optimistic or had been
| bought by Bowyer. We found, when
it was too late to change our plans,
that Big Muskeg was a harder propo-
| stion than anyone had suspected.
| There's forty feet and more of quick
mud where we believed bedrock TO
exist few feet down. The records
lied And you can't lay a permanent
way upon mud.
THE shareholders are frightened,
and Phayre, of the Bank Of New
! North Manitoba, who is an influential
one, and represents Bowyer, has had
the tip from him to make trouble.
| Bowyer didn't want the line till the
| transcontinental route was shifted
northward. Now he does, partly be-
cause we shall ultimately link up with
it and become valuable property.
And l think he suspects that there's
/ something in our territory worth the
| developing.
THE plan is TO refer the situation
to a commission Of engineers who, OF
course, would be largely in Bowyer's
| pay, and who would report that the
| present route Is not feasible That
would mean increasing our capital.
and the issue of new stock would give
| BOwyer and Phayre the controlling
interest. AS things stand, Joe con-
| trolls the company, although ne hasn't
actually majority OF the shares.
"Joe would take most chances, hut
he wouldn't gamble with the fortunes
of those who trusted him. even to
/ fight BOwyer. He wanted to have rea-
/ sonable hopes that the line could he
| pushed through. He gave me his
power of attorney to vote for him, in
] case Of accident. And | have ii here.
/ That's why | must be at the meeting,
! Molly. Otherwise that motion for an
1 engineers commission goes through.
/ And Bowyer told me that he means
TO have the line. But Kitty'H fight
him. Joe made no mistake when he
! took her for a partner"
"She was as true as steel to joe"
said Molly. kitty and Joe were very
good to me when | was in Winnipeg
last winter. But what do you think
Mr.. Bowyer meant by his suggestion
about coal on your lands2'
'"There is no coal" said Wilton.
molly, dear, I'll tell you what our Sc
cret is. l was pledged to Joe-but
the secrets mine now, and I can tell
you. It isn't coal-it's clay"
"Ciay, WHtonY
CLAY. It's more valuable than coal
or gold. It's clay land that the wheat
grows on, or rather in the rich topsoil
Of loan, with the clay subsol to seal
and preserve the rainfall, yet easily
drained with a little labor.
Il discovered 1t when / was pros
pecting up this way four years ago.
It's probably an extension Of the New
Ontario clay belt, ard, If so, 1t runs
for hundreds Of miles through this
/ part Of northern Manitoba. 1t means
/ that the wheat area Of Canada VIII
/ be increased by thousands Of square
miles. 1t means homes and prosper.
/ ity for thousands who are now strug-
Cling for bare living In our cities.
THAT appealed to Joe. He was a
man, II ever there was one He saw
! the money In 1t, and the value Of the
line, but he saw further than that. He
was looking ahead. years after he was
gone. lie wanted to do good In his
/ own way. He'd had hard time when
he was young man And because peO-
pie believed in Joe, though lie dared
not tell them his secret. they lent him
the capital, and took up his shares.
/ That was Joe's dream-and it's mine,
Molly"
She listened breathlessly as he re-
vealed his dream to her, and yet, per-
haps, womanlike, she was happy rath-
er In the revelation OF himself than
+ In the altrulsm Of the dead man.
That's what the Missatibi meant to
joe" said Wilton That's why We
mean to fight to keep 1t ont Of Bow
yer's hands. Molly. dear, when /
realized that Joe was dead everything
+ seemed ended for the line. / couldn't
/ see how we were going to carry on
without him. It's only now-nOw that
have found something as we'll as lost
everythipg-that can begin to pick
up my courage
She laughed and put her face down
on his shoulder,