New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1923-06-09


unconscious, The san Of Buds lad,
friend Is brought 10 Buds hotel aRi
the girl and Rud part company. Ora,
offers 10 help the girl,
NOM GO on WITH TIM STORY
iieil Nelson was even more dis,
MAYED al the prospect than was hi,
son, for upon him fell the neeessit,
OF raising the money "Heil of !
note" the old fellow grumhled
when a wet well puts a Grimm In MS.
\ little more good luck like this and
we'll go broke"
we can't AFFORD to LET go. or q
suh'lease-"
"oi course not. after the stand
l'e'Ne taken, There stalk on the
street about the ssnk. now, and-rd
give a good deal 10 know where II
comes from" The junior Nelson had
heard similar echoes. but he held his
tongue. II never did like your way
OF doing business" the speaker 70.
sumed. fretfully. "we've nverreach-
ed, You wanted II all and--this Il
the result"
Spw Henry Nelson was warranted
In f'senting this accusation. for il had
ever been Rell's way 10 pursue n
arasping policy. therefore he cried.
angrily:
That's right: pass the buck You
know you wouldn't listen 10 anything
else, II we're in deep. you're more
10 blame than l."
Nothing OF the sort" Old Bell
auI i.,,t lao
younger man broke in. irritably:
i've never won an argument with
you. - have II your own way. But
while you're raising money for the
Avenger offsets. you'd better raise
plenty. for Gray is going to punch
toles as fast as ever he can"
who is this Gray? What's he
got against you?"
We didn't get along very we'll IN
France"
"Humph. suppose THAT means
you fought like hell. And now he's
getting even. BY the way. where
am I going to get this money!"
THAT is up to YOU" said Henry,
with a disagreeable grin, whereupon
his father stamped into his own office
In a fine fury.
Not long after this father and son
a,iarreled again, for of sudden a
perfect avalanche of lawsuits was re-
leased the mysterious origin and pur-
pose of which completely mystitied
Old Bell. The Nelson's, like every
body else, had unsuccessfully dabbled
In oil stocks and drilling companies
for some time before the boom
started. also during its early stages,
and most of those failures had been
forgotten. 'fliey were painfully
brought to mind however when Henry
was served with dozen or more CT
tations, and when inquiry elected the
reluctant admission from the banks
attorney 6at a genuine liability ex
isted-a liability which included the
entire debts Of those defunct joint
stock associations in which he and
his father had invested. This was
enough to enrage saint.
Henry argued that he had invari-
ably signed those articles of associa-
ton with the words in parenthesis,
mo personal liability" and be was
genuinely amazed to learn that this
precaution had been useless.
The driler he had sent up to Ar
kansas in charge of his rig one day
came into the office in great agita-
fion. The mans story caused his
employers face to whiten.
"Salted! / don't believe it. Nell
son seized his head in his hands
"oh, my Cod" he gasped,' Misfor-
tunes were coming with a$swiftness
infi O
the greenest tenderfoot! small for
tune sunk while the whole country
was still chuckling over the Jackson
scandal This was nightmare.
Henry was glad that his father was
In Tulsa in conference with some
other bankers over that Avenger off,
set money, otherwise there was no
telling to what extreme the old mans
rage would have. carried him at this
6nal calamity. And that whining,
coughing crook, that bogus farmer
was in Arizona--or elsewhere--out OF
reach of the law! s.
Does anybody know" Henry in
ouired, after he had somewhat re-
covered his equilibrium.
Nobody but us fellows
4Ou-yOu IuuStli SHut WV
You've got to keep up the bluff until
until / get time to turn
you going to bump off that land
to somebody else ?"
What do you think I'm going to
do?" Nelson was on his feet now
and pacing his office with jerky
strides.
"Well-it's worth something to
turn a trick like this"
How much?"
But the field man merely smiled !
and shrugged, SO, with grunt of I'M
dewtanding. Henry seated himself
and wrote out check to bearer. the
amount of which caused him to grind |
his teeth.
Now it was impossible to dispose
of a large holding like that Arkansas
tract at a moments notice. In
order to evade suspicion, 1t was neces-
sery to go about it slowly, tactfully,
hence the financier moved with as
much circumspection as possible.
His careful plans exploded, however, |
when he met Calvin Gray day or SO
later.
GRAY had made it an invariable |
practice to speak affably to his enemy
in passing, mainly because 1t SC. an