River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1923-08-02

nothing. Leaving Blake, Sandy LED
Keith to his Office, rolled cigarette,
offered chair to his visitor and
smoked, waiting for the latter to
open the talk.
"There are some papers for you to
examine, as Molly's guardian" said
Keith. "But Blake has them"
"Weil take them up later. ANY,
thin else?'
Nothing of great Importance. /
hear Westlake has been over here,
Bourke. We had misunderstanding.
Sorry to lose him, since you recon-
mended him. His opinion clashed
with that OF my engineer-in-charge,
an expert Of high standing. Westlake
was hot-headed and would not brook
being overruled. There is no doubt
but that he was mistaken. Ele Is q
valuable man, under a superior, but
he Is intolerant."
"He didn't strike me that way"
said Sandy. 'Me, / set good deal
on his opinion
II didn't imagine you knew much
about mining. Bourke." Keith looked
at his watch. "Tll really have to be
going as soon as you have looked over
those papers. Hadn't we better call
Blake?"
Sandy looked out of the window.
He saw Miranda Bailey's ffivver halt
Ing by the big car, Mormon walking
toward her. and wondered what had
brought her over. Then he saw Nor
mon leave Miranda and come toward
the office, bowling along at top speed.
Excuse me a minute, Keith" he
said. my partner wants to see me-
Keith's face wore scowl as Sandy
stepped outside. His conscience was
not entirely clear and he did not like
the general atmosphere of the office.
He took out cigar, bit off the end
savagely and Lit 1t.
"Mirandy wants to see you,' painted
Mormon. "She's found out somethin'
about Keith that sure shows his play.
He's been discardin' !"
The Keith chauffeur had wandered
off to the corrals where Sam was
showing Blake around. Miranda hand
ed Sandy long envelope.
"Hen Collins had an accident last
night" she said BLEW tire on the
bridge by our place an smashed
through the railin'. Busted rib or
two an was knocked out We took
him In. Hen was grateful to Ed TO
takin' him in an putin him to bed
an sendin' fo' the doctor. Don't open
that envellup, that Keith weasel might
be lookin'. / reckon you'll want to
spring ii on him sudden"
"Sure" said Sandy. "Spring what?
sTm flustered," admitted Miranda.
II usually talk straight. Now I'll
start to the beginnin'. When Keith
arrived on this trip he held quite a
reception in his private car. Ed was
there with the rest. He invited them
up To- cigars. Talked big about Casey
Town an gen'ally patted himself on
the back Said was too bad all the
stock of the Molly wasn't held
locally, but of co'se the pore promoter
had to have somethin' TO his money.
He was real affable.
"This time, when he come back yes
terday, he brings up the subject ag'in.
l don't know how many he saw or
jest what he said, but this is what he
told Hen. That Casey Town was
boomin' big an that his own holdin's
was nettin' him heap. That he
liked Hen fine an had picked him out
as representative citizen. With a
lot mo- slush, the upshot Of which
was that he lets him have a hundred
shares Of the Molly mine at par. Hen
was to say nothin' about it because,
says Keith, If it got out he was sellin'
stock, 1t would send down the price Of
the shares. Hen was sure tickled.
He w'udn't have said a word about
1t on'y Ed picks these shares up out
of the bed of the crick an give them
to Hen afteh he'd been fixed up.
ED went nosin' around Hereford
this mornin'. He got eight men
their names Is inside the envelope
Creel one of 'em--to admit they
bought some shares. Mighty glad
they was to have 'em. Ed didn't tell
'em anything different, but he come
scootin' home at noon an borrowed
Hens certificut, seem he was asleep.
An here it Isl
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