The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-22
DON'T MARRY THE MAN
The Stubborn Boy


[HREGORY pulled a long blue
NJ print from his desk and spread
it before Kathleen. See these two
lines?" he asked. 'They represent
the respective shafts of The Golden
Girl and The Stubborn Boy, the
latter being the name of the Mac
Donald mine"
whats the idea of their cross
ing each other?" inquired Kath-
leen.
'They don't as yet" sighed
Gregory. 1.-THE dotted lines repre-
sent, the future shafts. However.
for some reason the veins of ore
run in this--this impossible FASH
ion. We are down to this level" He
marked a point close to the cross
center of the unevenly spaced x.
IF you'll notice our shaft is sew
eral degrees above the other. This
means we will have to be the ag-.
gressors. Unless they will sell or
concede us right-of-way around
their shaft, we will be forced to
close down."
Kathleen studied the blueprint
a moment. But won't they be over
on our territory before long? Can't
you trade courtesies with them?"
"Courtesies" snorted Gregory.
Bah, they never heard of the
word. And they won't be over the
line for years. Notice how easily
their line goes down, how gradu-
ally? When they do begin their
trespass it will be up to the courts
to set a precedent as to whether
we, they, or the man who made the
gold, owns the terrain at that
depth"
Kathleen was sincerely inter-
ested now. Heretofore The Golden
Girl had meant nothing more than
the name OF mine on the door
of her fathers suite.
Cant you 60 to court or what
ever it is you do?" she asked.
We've been in court for the
last four years. The Stubborn Boy
refuses to negotiate" Unaware Of
this implication, Gregory contin-
ued. "Our engineers foresaw this
difficulty years ago and we pre-
pared to meet it. However, we
have no legal means of forcing our
enemies into court. As a last resort
we appealed to the MacD onalds
personally. It was futile. We have
reached an impasse."
Angus Gregory paused and
Beatrice, who had restrained her.
self with an effort, leaned forward
to release her charge.
"And this is where you come in,
my dear. You are going West to
force that right-of-way. Now what
do you think of that?"
THAT one of the two Of us Is
crazy" Kathleen retorted. "How
could do what Dad and the courts
combined couldn't do?"
Angus Gregory fidgeted. He
cleared his throat, then in a de-
Spairing voice explained. "The last
of the MacD onalds, quite a young
man, IS resident superintendent Of
the Stubborn Boy"
Kathleen paused a moment.
"And what does that make mel"
You see, darling" Mrs. Greg
Org had come around the table to
bend over her daughter, "we know
how men feel about you. You have
such such an ameliorating
effect upon them that +. oh you
know" she concluded vaguely.
Kathleen sprang to her feet.
What fine clan you've turned
out to be-" she began, her voice
low and tense. "You expect me, q
Gregory, to vamp a damned Mac
Donald into giving you what you
can't win decently. You expect me
to sacrifice my self-respect while
you remain here all wrapped up
in your insufferable pride. You
know what Cleopatra got out of q
deal like this. Thank you, I'm not
having any!" She swung towards
the door.
Kathleen, Kathleen" Douglas
was hurrying after her. Won't
you read this letter."
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