The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-06-09
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! NelSOH, banker. GuS brlSkOW, VINO
strikes oil, asks Gray to help the
family over the rough spots. Allie
Briskow, the daughter, falls in love
with Gray, but he loves Barbara
Parker. Bud Briskow, son of Gus,
runs away from fthool and Gray
follows to bring him home. Bud, in
the hands of an adventures, re-
sents interference. He and Gray
fight until the boy is struck uncon-
! scious. The son of Buds lady friend
is brought to Buds hotel and the
girl and Bud part company. Gray
offers to help the girl.
NOW GO ON WITH STORY
Bell Nelson was even moro dis
mayed at the prospect than was his
son, for upon him fell the neccssi--
'of raising the money. Hell of n
note" the old fellow grumbled.
when. wet well puts a c,imp in
us! A little more good luck like
this and we'll 60 broke"
I'VE can't afford to let go, or to
sub lease-"
"Of course not, after the stand
we've takeJ There's talk on the
street about the bank, now, and-Id
give a good deal to know where il
comes from" The junior Nelson
had heard similar echoes, but he
held his tongue. II never did like
IF dbl
speaker resumed, fretfully. We've
ovcrreachcd. You wanted it all and
this is the result"
| Now Henry Nelson was warranted
in resenting this accusation, for it
had ever been Bells way to pursue
grasping policy, therefore he cried
angrily:
That's right; pass the buck You
know you wouldn't listen to any
thing else. If we're in deep, you're
more to blame than l."
| Nothing of the sort" Old Bell
began profane denial, but the
younger man broke in, irritably:
|, "I'vc never won an argument
with you. SO have it your own way.
But while you're raising money for
the Avcngcr offsets, you'd better
raise plenty, for Gray is going to
punch holes as fast as ever he can"
"Who is this Gray? What's he
got against you?"
I'VE 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 gonig to get this money!"
"That is up to you," said Henry,
with a disagreeable grin. /whereupon
his father stamped into his own
Office in fine fury.
Not long after this father and son
,quarrcled again for OF sudden a
perfect avalanche of lawsuits wa.
released, the mysterious origin and
purpose of which completely mysti-
field Old Bell. The Nelson's, like
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. They were
painfully brought to mind however,
when Henry was served with a doz-
en- or more citations, and when in
quiry elected the reluctant admis-
sion from the banks attorney that
a genuine liability existed-a liza
bilty which included the entire debts
of those dcfunct joint-stock associa-
tions in which he and his father
had invested. This was enough to
enrage a saint.
Henry argued that he had invari-
ably signed those articles of associa-
ton with the words, in parentheses,
mo personal liability" and he was
genuinely amazed to learn that this
precaution had been useless.
The driller he had sent up to Ar
kansas in charge of his rig one day
came into the Office in great agita-
ton. The mans story caused his
employers face to ,whiten.
Sailed! don't believe it, Mel
son seized his head in his hands.
"Oh. my God!" he gasped. Misfor-
tunes were coming with swiftness
incredible. Sailed! Victimized like
the greenest tenderfoot! A small. for
tune sunk while the whole country
was still chuckling over the Jackson
scandal! This was a nightmare.
Henry was glad that his father
was in Tulsa in conference with some
other bankers over that Avenger
offset money, otherwise there was
no telling to what extrese the old
mans rage would have carried him
at this final calamity. And that
whining, coughing crook. that bogus
farmer, was in Arizona-or else
where-out of reach of the law!
docs anybody know" Henry in
quired after he had somewhat re-
covered his equilibrium.
Nobody but US fellows"
"You-you mustn't shut down.
You've got to keep up the bluff until
until I 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 trick like this"
How much 2"
But the field man merely smiled
and shrugged, SO with grunt of
understanding, Henry seated him.
self and wrote out check to bearer,
the amount of which caused him to
grind his teeth.
Now it was impossible to dispose