DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD ; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA,
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By Francis Lynde
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SYNOP8I8.
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nroulllard, chief cnslncor of tho Niquola
Irrlh'atlon dam, meets J. "Wesley Cort
wrlght and explains tho reclamation work
to him. Cortwright organizes a company
and obtains t'ovornment contracts to fur-i
nlflh power and material. Stovo Massing
Kalo throatens to start a Bold rush If
Uroulllard docs not ubo his tnlhionco to
bring a railroad branch to tho place, thus
oponlnR an easy mnrket for tho "Uttlo
Huson" mlno ore. Uroulllard tolls Amy
MasHlngalo of his need for money to pay
off his dead father's debts, Sho tells him
to lie truo to himself. Ho decides for the
extension. Mlrapolls, tho city of num
bered days, booms. CortwrlKht persuades
Uroulllard to becomo consulting onglneor
of tho power company In return for $100,
O00 stock, BtoppaKO of work on tho rail
road threatens a panic. Uroulllard uproails
tho Masslngalo story of placer koM In
tho rivor bod and starts a Bold rush,
which promlsos to stop the reclamation
rroject. Amy tells Uroulllard that her
fathor Is In CortwrlBht's financial
alutchos. Ho tells her ho has mado $100,
00 and declares his lovo. Hho loves him,
but shows him that ho hns becomo domor
'nllzed. A real Bold find is nmdo. nroull
lard dells his stock but does not pay his
father's dobts. CortwrlBht's son shoots
JJave MneslnKalc. Qroutllard throatons
CortwrlBht with exposure If ho pushes
Masnlncalo to tho wall.
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There comes a time In the llfo
of every younfj mart who Is
omothcrlng Ills ooul to gratify
Ills cenccn and selling his char
acter for money, when opportu
nity Is given him to turn about
face, to rediscover his Ideals
nnd get back to common hon
esty. Has Broulllard reached
this point?
CHAPTER XV Continued.
Tho promoter pulled himself oroct
with a Grip on cither arm of tho chair.
"Uroulllard, do you know what you
aro talking about?" ho demnnded.
"No; It is only a guess. Hut as mat
'tors stand with your son Indlctablo
for an attomptod murder ... If I
wciro you, Mr. Cortwright, I bollovo
I'd glvo David Masslngalo a clianco to
.pay thoso notes at tho bank,"
"And let him blackmail mo? Not In
n month of Sundays, Uroulllard! Lot
lilru noil his oro and pay tho notes If
ho can. If ho can't, I'll tako tho mlno."
"All right," said tho visitor placably.
"You nskod, nnd I'vo anaworod. Now
lot's como to something moro vital to
both of us. Thoro Is a protty persist
ent rumor on tho stroot that you and
.your associates succeeded in gotting a
resolution through both houses of con
'gross at tho last session, appointing a
commlttoo to lnvcstlgato this Coronlda
claim right hero on tho ground. No
body sooms to havo any doflnlto do
tallu, and it possibly hnsn't occurred
to anyouo that congrosa hasn't boon in
session slnco Mlrapolls waB born. But
that doosn't mattor. Tho commlttoo
la coming; you havo engaged rooms
for it hero In Bongras'. You nro ox
pocting tho privalo-car special noxt
vcck."
"Well?" said tho mngnnto. "You'ro
protty good klndorgartnor. But what
of it?"
"Oh, nothing. Only I think you
might hnvo taken mo in on tho Httlo
sldo play. What It I had gono about
town contradicting tho rumor?"
"Why should you? It's truo. Tho
congressional party will ha horo noxt
week, and nobody haB mado any socrot
of it."
"Still, I might havo boon taken In,"
persisted Broulllard suavoly. "You'll
suroly want to glvo mo my Instruc
tions a Uttlo boforohand, won't you?
Just think how easily things might got
tnnglcd. Supposo I should nay to somo
iody to Oarnor, for oxamplo that
tho town was hugely mistakon; that
uo congressional commlttoo had ovor
bocn appointed; that tlicso gontlomon
who nro about to visit us aro moro
complaisant friends of yours, coming
as your guests, on a Junketing trip at
your QKponso. Wouldn't that bo rothor
awkward?"
Tho mayor of Mlrapolls brought his
hundti togother, fist in palm, and for n
flitting Instant tho young onglneor saw
in tho faco of tho fathor tho samo ex
pression that ho had soon In tho faco
of tho son when Van Bruco Cortwright
was struggling for a' socond chanco to
kill a man.
"Damn you I" said tho magnato Bav
ngoly, "you always know too much!
You'ro bargaining with mo!"
"Woll, you havo bargained with mo,
first, last nnd all tho tlmo," was the
cnol retort. "On ouch occasion I have
hud my price, and you havo paid it.
Now you aro going to pay it again.
Shall I go over to tho Spotlight ofllco
and toll Harlan what I know?"
"You can't bluff mo that way, Broull
lard, and you ought to sonso it by this
tlmo. Do you supposo I don't know
"how you aro fixed? that you'vo got
money raonoy that you used to say
you owed somobody olso tlod up In
MirapollB investments?"
Broulllard roso and buttoned his
soat.
, "Thoro is ono woak link in your
chain, Mr. Cortwright," ho said ovon
ly; "you don't know men. Put on your
coat and como over to Harlan's ofllco
with mo. It will (nko Just about two
nilnutos to satisfy you that I'm not
bluning"
Fr a moment It appeared that tho
offor wtw to bo accopted. But whon
ho bad ons arm in a coat slcovo.
Broulllard's antagonist in tho gamo of
hardihood changed his tactics.
"Forgot it," ho growled morosely.
"What do you want this tlmo?"
"I want you to send a wlro to Red
Butto tolling tho smelter pooplo that
you will bo glad to havo them haudlo
tho 'Llttlo Susan' oro."
"And If I do?"
"If you do, two things otherwlso duo
to happen adversely will go over to
your sldo of tho market. I'll ngrco to
keep out of tho way of tho sham Wash
ington delegation, and I think I can
promiso that Harlan won't mako a
Bcarohcad of tho facts concerning tho
Coronlda land titles."
Mr. Cortwright thrust tho other arm
into tho remaining coat sleovo and
scowled. But tho rebound to tho norm
of brusquo good naturo camo almost
immediately.
"You aro improving wonderfully,
Broulllard, and that's no Joko. I havo
a largo respoct for a man who can out
bid mo In my own corner. You ought
to bo in business and you will bo,
somo tlmo. I'll sond tho wlro, but I
wnrn you in advanco that I can't mako
tho Binoltor pcoplo tako Masslngalo's
oro if they don't wnnt to. All I can do
is to glvo tho old man a frco field."
"That is all ho will ask all I'll aBk,
oxcopt ono small personal favor: Don't
rub your masquerading Washington
delegation into mo too hard. A flno
quality of nonlnterfcrenco is about all
you aro buying from mo."
"Tell mo ono thing, Broulllard:
What is your stako in tho Masslngalo
gnmo? Aro you a silent partner in tho
'Llttlo Susan'?"
"No."
"Then why aro you so anxious to
mako old David a rich man'nt my ex
pense? Aro you going to marry tho
girl?"
Tho engineer did not rosont tho ques
tion as ho would havo resented it a
fov,' wooks earlier. Instead ho smiled
nnd said: "A llttlo whilo ngo, Mr.
Cortwright, I told you that you didn't
know men; now I'll add that you don't
know women."
IIP CHAPTER XVI HM
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Public opinion, skillfully formed up
on models fashioned in Mayor Cort
wrlght's municipal laboratory, dealt
handsomely with tho llttlo group of
wldoly-horalded visitors tho "con
gressional commlttoo." Whon it was
whisporcd about, somo days boforo tho
auspicious arrival, that tho visiting
lawmakers wished for no public dem
onstration of welcome, it was resolved,
both In tho city council and In tho
Commercial club, that tho wish should
bo rigidly rospocted.
Ilenco, after tho farowoll banquet at
tho Commercial club, at which oven
tho toasts had ignorod tho official mis
sion of Mayor Cortwright'a guosts, tin
gling curiosity still rostralnod itsolf,
said nothing and did nothing until tho
train had stormed out on tho begin
ning of Its steop climb to War Arrow
pass. Then tho barrlora went down. In
loss than half an hour after tho depar
ture of tho visitors, tho Spotlight of
llco waB boslogod by eager tip hunters,
nnd tho Motropolo cafo and lobby wero
thronged and buzzing llko tho compart
ments of an anxious beohlvo.
Harlan stood tho pressuro at tho
nowspapor ofllco as long as ho could.
Thon ho slipped out tho back way.
Thoro was a light In Broulllard's ofllco
on tho sixth floor Cf tho Niquola build
ing, nnd thither ho wont, hoping
against hopo, for latterly tho chlof of
tho reclamation sorvlco had been moro
than usually rotlcont
"What do you know, Broulllard?"
was tho form his demand took.
"Go to Cortwright," suggested tho
onglneor. "Ho'b your man."
"Just como from htm, and I couldn't
got a thing thoro oxcopt his admission
that ho Is buying instoad of soiling."
"Woll, what moro do you want?
Havon't you any Imagination?"
"Plenty of It, nnd, by Gad, I'm going
to uso it unloss you put it to sloop!
Toll mo a few corrolativo things,
Broulllard, and I'll mako a nolso llko
going away. Is it truo that you'vo had
orders from Washington within tho
past fow days to cut your force on tho
dam ono-half?"
Tho onglneor was playing with tho
paporknlfo, absently marking llttlo clr
clo3 and elllpsos on his desk blotter,
and tho nsh on his cigar grow a full
quartor of an inch beforo ho replied:
"Not for publication, Harlan, I'm
sorry to say."
"But you havo tho ordor?"
"Yes."
"CJood. Thon I'll ask only ono moro
question, and If you answer It ut all I
know you'll toll mo tho truth: Aro
you, Individually, buying or soiling on
tho real ostato oxchango?"
Broulllard did tako time, plonty of It.
Harlan waB a studont of mou, but his
present oxcltoment wns against him.
Otherwise ho would havo lntorproted
dlfforontly tho suddon hardonlng of tho
jaw muscles whon Broulllard spoko.
"I'm buying, Harlan; whon I sell It
is only to buy again."
Tho nowspapor man tobo and hold
out his hand.
"You'ro a man and a brother, Broull
lard, and I'm your friend for llfo. I'm
going to stay until you glvo mo tho
high Blgn to crawl out on tho bank. Is
that asking too much?"
"No. If tho tlmo over comes whon I
havo anything to say, I'll say It to you.
But don't loso sight of tho 'If,' and
don't lean too hard on mo. I'm a
mighty uncertain quantity theso days,
Harlan, nnd that's tho truest thing I'vo
told you slnco you butted in. Good
night"
Mlrapolls awoko to a full Bcnso of
Its opportunities on tho morning fol
lowing tho doparturo of Its distin
guished guests. By ten o'clock It was
tho talk of tho lobbies, tho club, and
tho exchanges that tho reclamation
sorvlco was already abandoning the
work on tho great dam. Ono-half of
tho workmen wero to bo discharged nt
onco, and doubtless tho other half
would follow aB soon as tho orders
could como from Washington.
Appealed to by a mob of anxious in
quirers, Broulllard did not dony tho
fact of tho discharges, and thoreupon
tho city wont mad In a furor of spocu
latlvo excitement In comparison with
which tho orgy of tho gold discov
erers paled into insignificance "Curb"
oxchangos sprang into being in tho
Mctropolo lobby, in tho court of tho
Niquola building, and at a dozou street
corncrB on tho avenuo. Word went to
tho placers, and by noon tho minors
had loft tholr slulco-boxos and wero
pouring Into town to buy options at
prices that would havo staggered tho
wildest plunger otherwhere, or at any
other tlmo.
Broulllard closed his desk at ono
o'clock and went to flght his way
through tho street pandemonium to
Bongras'. At a tablo In tho rear room
ho found David Masslngalo, his long,
whlto board tucked Into tho closely
buttonod miner's coat to bo out of tho
way of tho flying knlfo and fork, while
ho gavo a Ufollko imitation of a man
begrudging every socond of timo
wasted In stopping tho hunger gap.
Broulllard took tho opposlto chair
and was grimly amused at tho length
of tlmo that elapsed beforo Masslngalo
realized his presonco.
"Pity a man has to stop to eat on a
day llko this, Isn't It, Mr. Masslngalo?"
ho laughed; and then: "How Is
Stovo?"
Masslngalo nodded. "Tho boy's
comln' along all right now. They'ro
sayln' on tho street that you'ro lettin'
out half o your men that so?"
Broulllard laughed again. "Yes, it's
truo. Havo you been doing something
In real cstato this morning, Mr. Mas
slngalo?" "All I could," mumbled tho old man
botwoen mouthfuls. "But I cayn't do
much. If it ain't one thing, it's an
other. 'Bout as soon as I got that.
tanglo with tho Red Butto smelter
straightened out, tho railroad hit mo."
"How was that?" quorled Broulllard,
with quickening interest coming allvo
at a bound.
"Samo old song, no cars; try and got
'cm tomorruh, and tomorruh It'll bo
next day, and noxt day it'll bo tho day
aftor. Looks llko thoy don't want to
haul any freight out o' hero."
"I see," said Broulllard, and truly
ho saw much moro than David Mas
slngalo did. Then: "No shipments
"Looks Like I Need a Janitor to Look
After My Upper Story, Don't It?"
moans no monoy for you, and moro do
lay; and delay happens to bo tho ono
thing you can't stand. Whon do thoso
notes of yours fall duo?"
Masslngalo was troubled, and his
fine old faco showed it plainly.
"I ain't much of a man to hollor
whon I'vo sot tho woodB aflro mysolf,"
ho answorod slowly. "But I don't know
why I shouldn't yip a llttlo to you If I
fool llko It. Today Is tho last day on
them notes. I been to boo Hardwjck
at tho bank, and ho gavo mo tho ultl
maytum good and cold."
Ono of Bongras' roar-room luxuries
wns a portablo telephone for every
group of tabloB. uroutunru mauo a
sign to tho waiter, and tho desk sot
was brought to him. If David Mas
slngalo rocognlzod tho numbor apkod
for, ho paid no attention; and, slnco a
man may spend his llfo digging boles
In tho ground and still retain tho in
stincts of a gontlomnn if ho happenB
to havo boon born with them ho was
equally oblivious to tho disjointed halt
of tho tolophona conversation ho might
havo listened to.
"Hollo! Is that Boyor Niquola Na
tional? . . . This Is Broulllard.
. . . Not moro than that? . . .
Oh, yes; you say tho Hlllman chock is
in; I had overlooked It. All right,
thank you."
When tho waiter had romovod tho
desk set, tho onglneor leaned toward
his tablo companion:
"Mr. Masslngalo, I'm going to ask
you to toll mo frankly what kind of a
deal it waB you mado with Cortwright
and tho bank peoplo."
"It was tho biggest tom-fool razzlo
that any Hvln' live man out of a luna
tic 'sylum over went Into," confessed
tho prisoner of fato. "I was to stock
tho 'Susan' for half a million oh, she's
worth It, every dollar of it; you might
Bay tho ore's in Bight for it right now"
this in deferenco to Broulllard's
brow-lifting of surprise. "They was to
put in a hundred thousand cash, nnd I
was to put in tho mino and tho oro on
tho dump, just as sho stood."
Tho engineer nodded and Massingalo
went on.
"I waB to havo two-thirds of tho
stock and thoy was to havo one-third.
Tho hundred thousand for develop
ment we'd get at tho bank, on my
notes, because I was presldont and tho
blggeBt stockholder, with John Wcs,
as indorser. Then, to protect tho bank
accordln' to law, thoy Bald, we'd put
the wholo bunch o stock mlno and
tholr'n Into escrow in tho hands of
Judge Williams. Whon tho notes was
paid, tho Judgo'd hand tho stock back
to us."
"Just a moment," interrupted Broull
lard. "Did you sign thoso notos per
oonally, or as president of tho now
company?"
"That's whoro thoy laid for mo,"
said tho old man shamofacedly. "Right
there is whero John Wes' ten-dollar-a-bottlo
sody-pop stuff wo was soppln'
up must 'a' foollshed mo plumb silly."
"So It amounts to this: You havo
given them a clean third of the 'Susan'
for tho mere privilege of borrowing
ono hundred thousand dollars on your
own paper. And If you don't pay, you
loso tho remaining two-thirds as well."
"That's about tho way it stacks up
to a sober man. Looks llko I needed a
Janitor to look after my upper story,
don't It? And I reckon mobby I do."
"Ono thing moro," pressed tho ro
lentluss querist. "Did you really handle
tho hundred-thousand-dollar develop
ment fund yoursolf, Mr. Masslngalo?"
"Well, no; not exactly. Ton thou
sand dollars of what they called a
'contingent fund' was put in my namo;
but tho treasurer handled most of it
nachurly, wo boin' a stock company."
Broulllard took out his pencil and
began to mako figures on tho back of
tho menu card. Ho know tho equip
ment of tho "Llttlo Susan," and his
specialty was tho making of estimates.
Hence ho was able to say, after a mln
uto or two of figuring:
"It's a bad business any. way you at
tack it. What you havo really got for
yoursolf out of the deal Is tho ten thousand-dollar
deposit to your personal ac
count, and nothing moro; and tkoy'll
probably try to mako you a debtor for
that. Taking that amount and a fair
estimate of tho company's expendi
tures to date say thlrty-flvo thousand
in round numbers, which is fairly
chargeable to tho company's assets as
a wholo they still owe you about fifty
flvo thousand of tho original hundred
thousand they woro to put In. If
there woro time but you say thla Is
tho last day?"
"The last half o tho last day, ' Mas
slngalo amended.
"That being tho enso, there1 is no
help for it; you'll havo to tako your
medlclno and pay tho notes. Do that,
tako an Iron-clad receipt from tho bank
I'll wrlto It out for you and get tho
stock released. Aftor that, we'll Rlvo
them a whirl for tho thlrty-threo nnd
a third per cent thoy havo practlcnlly
stolen from you."
Tho old man's faco, remindful now
of his daughter's, was a picture of dis
mayed incertitude.
"I rqekon you'ro forgottln' that I
hain't got monoy enough to lift ono
odgo o' them notes," ho said gently.
Broulllard had found a ploco of blank
paper In his pocket and was rapidly
writing tho "Iron-clad" receipt.
"No, I hadn't forgotten. I havo some
thing over a hundred thousand dollars
lying Idlo in tho bank. You'll tako it
end pay tho notes."
It wao a bolt out of a clear Bky for
tho old man tottering on tho brink of
his fourth pit of disaster, and bo
ovlnccd his omotion and tho touso
strain of keyod-up nerves by drop
ping his lifted coffeo cup with a crash
into his plato. Tho Uttlo accident wan
helpful In its way It mado a diver
slon and by tho time tho wreck was
ropalrod speech was posslblo.
"Aro you aro you plumb sure you
can spare it?" asked tho dobtor husk
ily. And thon: "I cayn't soom to sort
o' surround It all in a bunch, that
way. I knowed J. Wesley had mo
down; tho 'Susan's' tho only ploco o'
real monoy in this whole blamed free-for-all,
and ho knows It."
Aftor thoy had mado their way
through tho oxcitcd sidewalk ox
changes to tho bank, and Broulllard
had wrltton his chock, tho old man,
with tho miraculously-sent bit of res
cuo paper in his hand, hesitated.
Browning's Peculiar Eyes.
Browning's eyes were pecullnr, one
hn-lng n long focus, tho other very
short. He hud the unusunl accom
plishment (try It nnd prove) of clos
ing either eye without squlnchlng nnd
without any apparent effort, though
"ometlmes on tho street In strong sun
Bhlne his face would be n bit distort
til. He did all his rending nnd writ
ing with due eye, closing the long one
ns he sat down nt his desk. Ho could
see nn Immense distance. Ho never
surfcred with nny pain In his eyes ex
cept once when ns n boy he wns try
ing to bo n vegetarian In imitntlon of
Ills youthful Idol Shelley. Boston
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Address postcard, Cutlcura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold overywhoro. Adv.
Germany and Her Waterways.
Although Germnny has three times
us many miles of rallwny In propor
tion to area ns the United Stntes, she
hns spent hundreds of millions of
marks In the enlnrgement'nnd Improve
ment of her waterways. What tho
statesmen of Germany think of tho
Importance of the waterways Is shown
by tho fact that In the midst of tho
greatest war In all history, when the
empire Is lighting for Its very life,
they are not only maintaining and
operating the wnterwnys they already
have, but are actually building more.
YOUTH MISSED THE POINT
Maiden Had Asked Mathematical
Question, and Really He Had
Not Understood Her.
"Mr. Smith, I want to nsk you a
question," remarked a maiden to her
partner as they entered the conserva
tory. "A thousand if you like," he re
plied. "What Is n kiss?"
Tho young man wns taken aback,
but quickly pulled himself together
nnd firmly said: "This Is."
"Sir," replied the Indignant seeker
after higher culture, "you misunder
stand me. The interrogation I put to
you was a mathematical problem
which I thought might Interest you."
"It does, It does," said the young
man, ns he twirled his light mus
tache, "but if it's a conundrum I give
It up."
The maiden's eyes sparkled anil
there' was music In her voice as sho
threw out the answer: "Why, It's
nothing divided by two."
Worth Knowing.
If vegetables hnve burned In the ket
tle put In soda nnd n llttlo water; boll
n while and tho kettle Is easily
cleaned.
Sprinkle soda on the grease spots
on tho floor, then wash In lukewarm
water nnd the result Is fine.
Sodn Is good to clean the bowls and
tubs In tho bathroom.
There are over 3,000,000 widows In
this country working for n living.
Why do we nlways speak of a man
"hnving a temper" when he lets It go?
Surprisingly Ungracious.
"Gernmny'.s reception of President
Wilson's last note was ungracious."
Tho speaker wns Joseph H. Chonte,
diplomat and lawyer.
"Germany, in tills Instance," ho con
tinued, "reminds mo of tho chnp whoso
olllce u beggar entered.
"'I ain't had nothing, to ent for
two dayM. boss,' said the beggar. 'Can't
yo help me out?'
" 'I'd like to, my man,' was the re
ply, 'hut I sprained my foot on n bill
collector yesterday.' "
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what Victor has done to aet the
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Jolting His Complacency.
Tho most humiliating oxporionc
that can befall a man lc that of being
Jilted in lovo. Tho possibility that
a woman would not caro to marry him
Can you glvo mo my present figure? ' nevur occurs to a man.
Sorry for Husband.
A husband who snys his wife chnsed
him out of the house when he wns
find In his night shirt and pursued
him In the direction of an electric arc
light admits that he spunked her with
u feme picket. Considering the lack
of distinction which mnrks tho night
Milrt and the pitiless publicity which
the are light might hnvo given tho cos
tume it is easy to sympathize with
tho hushnnil If his wholo statement Is
true. Louisville Courier-Journal.
In this Matter
of Health
one is either with the winners
or with the losers.
It's largely a question of
right eating right food. For
sound health one must cut out
rich, indigestible foods and
choose those that are known
to contain the elements that
build sturdy bodies and keen
brains.
Grape-Nuts
His Bluff Called.
BlufTmnn I owe you ten dollars old
I'htip cun you change u fifty-dollar
bill?
' Banks Certainly!
Uluffuinn Ah cr-slnco you'ro so
flush, I guess I won't pny you till
next week. Boston livening Transcript.
is a wonderfully balanced
food, made from whole wheat
and barley. It contains all the
nutriment of the grain, includ
ing the mineral phosphates,
indispensable in Nature's plan
for body and brain rebuilding.
Grape-Nut3 is a concen
trated food, easy to digest.
It is economical, has delicious
flavor, comes ready to eat,
and has helped thousands in
the winning class.
"There's a Reason"
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