OCR Text |
Show ft flhe VALLEY GIANTS I jK By PETER B. KYNE ilaHP iufior of "Cappjr Ricka" oopjrtfM by p.t.r d. kTo Hffl CHAPTER XIII. Continued. Hffl 14 HfH The visitor mi! accordingly ndmtt- 0HH ted to the grout man's presence anil IWH5 favored with nn olllclnl hnndshnko of SHHt great heartiness. "I've been hoping to fl)H have this pleasure for quite some time, MB ''Poundstone." liuck announced easily SHt oh he disposed of Ills lint and overcoat HHw on nn adjacent chnlr. Buck's alert jnHH hlue eyes opened wide In sympathy Han with his cental mouth, to deluge Mayor rBflff ''oundstone with a smile that, was JBMm friendly, guileless, confidential mid sin- IKflffi gularly delightful. Mr. Ogllvy wnn n MB mnn possessed of tremendous personal UljK magnetism when he chnso to exert It. HMfj mid thnt smile wnx ever the opening Hz K of his magnetic hnmlmrdment, for HBjK 'It was a smile thnt always Imd the HHw effect of making the observer desire llfflfi '" hchold It again of disarming sus- W plclon nud establishing confidence. BWi "rjlnd ynu did mighty Kind." Hie jnHn ninyor cried hcnrtlly. "I hnv read your HHjS articles of Incorporation. Mr. Ogllvy. HHv You will recnll that they were pub- Hffi llshcd ' In the Sequoia Sentinel. It EHf strikes me" HI "I'll en ynu know exnetly what we 18m. purpose .doing, nnd nny further oxplit- mSm nntlon would he superfluous," Iluck KHf Interrupted nmlnhly, Kind to dispose of HB tho matter so promptly. Agnln he fn- OB voroi) the mayor with his bright smile. BU nnd the latter, now fully convinced jNHv that here was n young mnn of vast em- IftHri prise whom It hehnnved him to receive He ,n n whole-hearted nnd public-spirited HR manner, nodded vigorous npprovnl. UK "Well, thnt being the case. Mr. Ogll- MM ivy," ho continued, "what can we Se- JMHr quolnns do to make you hnppy?" nfejH "Why, to begin with, Mr. I'oundstone, jBBK you might accept my solemn nsmir- AVE ances thnt despite tho skepticism jHtt which for soma unknown reason np- SH pears to shroud our enterprise In tho tHfln minds of some people, we have Incor- uVw porn ted n railroad company for tho ijfl purposo of building a rn'lrond. The MAf J only thing thnt enn possibly Interfere AVx with the project will be the dccllnn- SB tlon of tho city council to grant us n !HHK franchise to ran our line tlirourh the HBI city to tidewater. And I nm glnd to HHj have your nssuranco that the city Jill. council will not drop n cold chisel In (the cogs of the wheels of progress." Mr. I'oundstono had given no such assurance, but for somo reason he did (. not feel equal to the tak of contra-Hlff contra-Hlff dieting this pteasnnt fellow. Ogllvy HHJ continued: "At tho proper tlmo wo HHB s.mll apply for tho fmnchlso. It will BR therj ha time enough to discuss It. In BBJi the niranttmo the N. C. O. plans n pub-HWj pub-HWj He dedicatory ceremony at tho first HBI breaking of ground, and I would bo HHft grcntly honored, Mr. Mayor. If you SVI would consent to turn the first shovel-jHHr shovel-jHHr ful of earth nnd deliver the address of ISHMtr welcomo upon thnt occasion." Hi e The mnyor swelled llko a Thnnksgtv-SCil Thnnksgtv-SCil Ing turkey, "Tho honor will be mine," HE ho corrected his visitor. HI ' "Thank you so much. sir. Well, that's B another worry off my mind." With the HI tnct of a primo minister Uncle then HH spokn of tho mnglc offect tho building HJK of such n lino would bnve upon the HH growth of Sequoia. Sequoia, ho felt HJ convinced, was destined to become n Hi city of at least n hundred thousand HB InhnbttnntN; ho rhnpsodlzed over tho fill , progresslvo spirit of tho community HH nnd with a wave of his linnd studded jHJI tho waters of Humboldt bay with tho HjHj mnsts of tho world's shipping. Slid HI denly he checked himself, glanced at Hu his wntch, npologlzed for consuming so HjH much of Ills Honor's valuable, time, ex-Hi, ex-Hi, pressed hlniNelf fellcltntcil nt knowing Hw tho Mnyor, gracefully expressed his up-Hfl up-Hfl prcrlntlon for t(io encouragement given HB his enterprise! nnd departed. HF Ilnlf nn hour later the Mayor's tele-H' tele-H' phone-bell rung. Iluck Ogllvy wns on HJ' tho line. "I beg your pardon for both-jHk both-jHk erlpg you with my nffalra twice In the HE same day Mr. Mayor," ho announced HH deprecntlngly, "but tho fact Is, n condl-Wm condl-Wm Hon has Just arisen which necesnltntes HI the Immediate rmploymnnt of nn attor-WMf attor-WMf i)ey. llie Job Is not a very Important Mjf t1 oiio nnd almost nny lawyer would do, IHi but In view or tho fact that we must, Hf sooner or Inter, employ nn attorney to EH look after our Interests locally. It oo H currvd to me thnt I might nn well mnke HJ the Hclectlon of n permanent attorney kPL """' 1 ""' n stranger In this city Mr. IKy' Poundstone. Would It Iip Imposing on HulL your consldnrntlon If I nsked you to Wmi recommend &uch a person?" Kl "Why, not nt nil, not at nil I De-HJ De-HJ I lighted to help you, Mr. Ogllvy, Let HJ mo seo now. Cndmnn Si Itnues, with H ofllcos In the Knights or I'ythlns Tern-IB Tern-IB pie. would bo Just the rTle, nlthough HJ there Is Itodney McKer1rlck, In the Q Clmmlier of Commerce building a HJ' 1 irplcndtd fellow, Mr. Ogllvy, and most Hj'i desirable. And If I may bo pardoned n liHIjI aaB of Ptfrnal ego, there Is my son wi Henry Poundstone. Junior. Whllo Hk Henry Is a young mnn. his career In HCra.v t,ie ,nw hn o-'cn most gratifying, nl-Kl nl-Kl '' though he hasn't had as broad an ox-Hfl ox-Hfl perlcnce as tho others I mentioned, nnd Hu i perhaps your choice had better lie be-Hn be-Hn I tween Cndmnn & Hanos nnd Itodney HJj ) VlcKcndrlck." Hf I "Tlmnk you n thousnnd times," Mr. mm Ogllvy murmured, and hung up. "Wo Hf fought so. Iluck. we thought so." he i ..a, llloqulr.cd. "Yea. Cndmnn ft Ilanes JH Rodney McKeadrlck may do, but mL: hL IMhW m ... ry-isz r HiBiBBHiBBWiBBBBBlBBiBliBBlHHHBHBiBBil Iinl have mercy on the corporate, soul of the S. C. O. If I fall to retain Henry I'ound'tone, Junior. What a wise, plan It Is to look up tho relatives of a public olllelal I Well I Forward, men, follow me to Henry's office." Henry Poundstone, Junior, proved to bo the sole Inhabitant of one rather bare ofllce In tho Cardigan block. Buck had fully resolved to give him n retainer re-tainer of n thousand dollnrs, or even more. If he nsked for It. but nftcr one look at Henry he cut the npproprln-tlon npproprln-tlon to two hundred nnd fifty dollars. Young Mr. Poundstone wns blonde nud frail, with Inrge round spectacles, rabbit rab-bit teeth, nnd tho swiftly receding chin of the terrapin. Moreover, he was In such n flutter of anticipation over the arrival of a client that Hack deduced two things to-wlt, that tho Mayor had telephoned Henry he was apt to have a client, and that as a result of this miracle, Henry was In no lit state to' discuss the sordid subject. of fees and retainers. Krgo. Mr. Ogllvy decided de-cided to ohvlnto such discussion now or In tlje ruture. He hnuded Henry a check for two hundred and fifty dollars, dol-lars, which ho wrote out on the spot, nnd with his bright winning smile remarked: re-marked: "Vow, Mr. Poundstone, we will proceed to business. That retainer retain-er Isn't a largo one, I ndmlt, hut neither Is tho Job I hnvo for you today. Later, If need of your services on a larger scnle should dovelop, we shall of course expect to make a new arrangement whereby ynu will receive thecustomnry retainer of all of our corporation attorneys. at-torneys. I trust that Is satisfactory." "Kmlnently so," gasped the young disciple of Itlnckstoue. "Very well, then; let us proceed to business." Iluck removed from n small leather bag n halo of legnl-tooklng documents. "I hnve here," ho announced, an-nounced, "agreements from landowners along tho proposed right of wny of the N, C. O. to give to that company, on demand, within one year from dnte, satisfactory deeds covering rights of wny which arc minutely described In the snld agreements. I wish the deeds prepnred for signing nnd recording nt tho enrllest possible moment." "You shall hnve them nt this tlmo to-morrow," Henry promised. Tho head of Henry Poundstone, Junior, wns held high for tho first time since lie had Hung bis modest shingle to the breezes or Sequoia six months before, nnd there wns an unnccustom-ed unnccustom-ed glenm of Importance In his pnlo eyes ns ho rushed Into his father's ofllce In tho city hall. "Ily Jinks. Dnd," ho exulted. "I've hooked n fish at Inst nnd he a whopper. whop-per. Itcnd this," and he thrust a yellow yel-low telegraph-form under tho Mayor's nose. Tho latter adjusted his glasses and rend: "Imperntlvo building operations commence com-mence Immediately. Local skepticism Injurious and delays dangerous. We must show good faith to our New York friends. J, P. M. Insists upon knowing know-ing promptly where we stand with Sequoia city council. Sco them Immediately Im-mediately and securo temporary franchise, fran-chise, If possible, to enable us to cross Water street nt 11 street and build out Front street. If your Judgment Indicates Indi-cates no Imid-up on permanent franchise, fran-chise, commence active operations Immediately Im-mediately upon acquisition of permanent perman-ent franchise. "HOCKLHY." This telegram, ns tho Mnyor observed, observ-ed, had been llled nt San Francisco subsequent to Ogllvy's visit to him that afternoon. "Ah-h-h I" breathed Ills Honor. "Thnt accounts for his failure to bring the mntter up at our Interview, Upon his return to the hotel ho found IIiIh telegram tele-gram and got busy nt once. Ily Jupiter, this looks like business. Henry, how did you come Into possession posses-sion of this telegram?" "It must have been mixed up In the documents Ogllvy left with me. 1 found It on my desk when I was sorting sort-ing out tho papers, and In my capacity of attorney for the N. O. O. I had no hesitancy In reading It." "Well, I do declare! Wonder who Hockley Is." "Hockley doesn't matter," young Henry declnred triumphantly, "although "al-though I'd bet n hat bo's ono of those heavy-weight Wall street fellows and one of J. P. M's vice-presidents, proh-ably. proh-ably. J. P. M of course, Is the mnn behind." "Who the dovll Is J. P. Sir Henry smiled tolerantly upon his Ignorant pnrcnt. "Well, how may J. Plerpont Slorgnn do for a guess?" he queried. "Hell's bells and i'nther-tracksl" Mayor Poundstone stinted as If snake-bttian. snake-bttian. "I should say you June honked n big fish. liny, yon'vo landed a whale I Did Ogllvy say anything about futuro business?" "He did. Snld If I proved satisfactory, satisfac-tory, ho would probably take me on and pay tho customnry retnlnor given nil of their corporation nttoraeys." "Woll, by golly, ho'd hotter tnko yon on I I Imd n nntlon that chap Ogllvy was smart enough to know which side his bread Is buttered on and who does the buttering." "If I could guarantee Mr. Ogllvy thnt temporary franchise mentioned In his telegram, It might help me to get In right with .T. P. M. at the start," his hopeful suggested. "Guarantee It I" bis fnther shouted. "Guarantee III Well I should snlckerl Wo'll Just show J. P. M. and his crowd that they made no mistake when they picked you as their Sequoia legal representative. rep-resentative. I'll call n special meeting of that Utile old city council of mine and Jam that temporary franchise through while you'd be saying Mack Itoblnson 1'" He carefully made a copy of the telegram "H-ni I" he grunted. "Wants to rro Wnter street at II and build out Front street. Well. I dare say nobody will kick over the traces at that. Nothing hut warehouses and lumber-drying yards nlong there, nnyhow. Still come to think of it Pennington will probably raise a bowl about sparks from the engines of the N. C. O. setting his lumber lilies nil re." "He'll be dead against It." Henry declared. de-clared. "I know, because at the Wednesday Wed-nesday meeting of the Lumber SInnu-fnctururs' SInnu-fnctururs' association the subject of the N. C. O. came up and Pennington made a talk against It. He snld the N. C. O. ought to bo discouraged, If It was n legitimate enterprise, which he doubted, because the most feasible and natural routo for n road would be from Wllllts. Mendocino county, north to Sequoln. I tell you he's dead set against It." "Then we won't tell him anything about It, Henry. We'll Just pull off this special session of the council nnd forget to Invite tho reporters; after tho Job has been put over, Pennington can come ground and howl all lie . wants. Wo're not letting a chnnco llko this slip by us without grabbing n handful of tho tntl-feathers, Henry. No. sir not If we know It." "You bet I" snld Henry earnestly. At eloven-thlrty Thursdny morning, young Henry Poundstone, hnvlng worked work-ed tho greater part of tho previous night preparing tho deeds, delivered both deeds and franchise to Iluck Ogllvy at tho latter's hotel. It was with difficulty thnt tho latter could conceal his tremendous amazement when Henry cnsually banded him tho franchise. True, he hnd slipped that fake telegram among tho contracts ns bait for Henry nnd his fnther, hut his fondest hope, nt tho tlmo ho conceived tho brilliant Iden, wns thnt Henry would show tho telegram to his fnther nud thus luculcnto In the old gentleman gentle-man n friendly feeling toward tho N. C. O. not unmixed with pleasurable Anticipation of the day when Henry Poundstone Junior, should ho one of the most highly prized members of the legal staff of a public-service corporation. corpora-tion. When he could control his emotions, Sir. Ogllvy gazed approvingly upon Henry Poundstone. "Sir. Poundstone," ho said solemnly, "I have met somo meteoric young attorneys In my day, hut you're tho first genuine comet I have seen In tho legal firmament. Do you mind telling me exnetly how you procured this franchise nnd why you procured It without explicit orders rrom me?" Henry did bis best to look puzzled. "Why." he snld, "you left that telegram tele-gram with me, and I concluded that you regarded It as self-explanatory or else had forgotten to mention It. I .knew you wore busy, nnd I didn't wnnt to bother you with details, so I Just went ahead and tilled that order for you. Anything wrong about that?" "Certainly not. It's perfectly wonderful. won-derful. Hut bow did you put It over?" Henry smirked. "Sly dad's the engineer," engi-neer," he said bluntly. "If thirty days ain't enough time, see me and I'll get you thirty days more. And In tho meantime nobody knows a thing about this little ileal. I figured Colonel Pen-nlngton Pen-nlngton might try to block you at that crossing, so I " Unci; Ogllvy extended his hand In benediction anil let It drop on Henry Pnuudstouo's thin shoulder, "Sly denr Poundstone," bo said earnestly, ear-nestly, "I am not n mnn to forget clever work. At the proper time I shall " Ho smiled his rnillnnt smile. "You understand, of course, that 1 nm sjienklng for myself and can make you no Ann promises. However" Ho smiled again. "All I have to say Is that you'll do I" "Thnnk you," snld Henry Pound-stone, Pound-stone, Jr. 'Thnnk you ever so much." An experience extending over n very active business career of thirty years Imd convinced Col. Seth Pennington of thn futility of wracking his brains In v.'n speculation over mysteries. Wlten. therefore, tho Northern California Califor-nia Oregon railroad commenced to encroach on tho Colonel's tlmo-nppro-prlntlon for sleep, ho realized that there was hut ono wny In which to conserve his rest nnd thnt wns by engnglng to fathom tho mystery for him a speclnllst In tho unravollng or mysteries. In tlmos gono by, tho Colonel Colo-nel hnd found n certnln nntlonal detective de-tective ngency an extremely ofllclent aid to well-known commercial agencies, agen-cies, and to theso tried and true subordinates sub-ordinates ho turned now for explicit and satisfying Information anent the Northern California Outragol The Information forthcoming from Dun's and Bradstrect's was vague and unsntlsrylng. Neither or those two commorclnl agencies could ascertain nnythlng of Interest regnrdlng the flnnnces of tho N. C O. For the present pres-ent tho corporation hnd no ofllce. Its destinies In San Francisco being guarded by a well-known attorney who hnd declined to mako nny statement regnrdlng tho company but promised one nt nn enrly dnte. The bonrd of directors consisted of this attorney, his two nsslslnuts, his stenographer, and Mr. Iluchanan Ogllvy. The company com-pany had been Incorporated for live million dollars, divided Into five million mil-lion shares of par value of one dollar each, and live shnres had been subscribed sub-scribed I "It looks fishy to mo." the Colonel commented to his manager, "and I'm more than mer convinced It's a scheme of that Trinidad Itedwood Timber company to start a timber boom nnd unload. And that Is something the Lnguna Ornnde Lumber company does not view with favor,' for the reason that one of these bright days those Trinidad people will como to their senses nnd sell cheap to us. However, to be sure Is to be satisfied. Telephone Tele-phone the San Francisco olllco to hnve the delectlvo agency that hnudled the longshoremen's strike Job for us send n collide of their best operatives up on the next steamer, with Instructions to report to me on arrival." When the operatives reported, tho Colonel's orders were brief nnd explicit. ex-plicit. "I wnnt tp know nil nbout n man nnmed Buchannn Ogllvy, who Is up North somewhere procuring rights of way for the Northern California Oregon railroad. Find him. Oct up with him In the morning and put him to bed at night. Iteport to mo dally." Heports yielded the Colonel nothing until the first day of Buck's return to Sequoia, when tho following written writ-ten report caused the Colonel to sit up nnd tnko notice. It wns bended: "Iteport or Operative No. -11," and It rend : "Ogllvy In his room until 12 o'clock noon. At 12:05 entered dining room, leaving nt 1 p. in. and proceeding direct di-rect to ofllce of Cardigan Itedwood Lumber compnny. Ogllvy remained In Cardlgnn's ptlvnto olllco half nn hour, spent another hulf hour conversing with young lady In general ofllce. Young lady a brunette. O. then returned re-turned to Hotel Sequoia, whero ho "You're the First Genuine Comet" wrote several letters In writing room. At 3 p. ui. cnlled to telephone. At 3:02 p. m. left hurriedly for Cardigan Itedwood Lumber company's ofllce. Entered private olllco without waiting to bo announced, Kmerged nt 3:12, walking slowly nnd In deep thought. At 3:21 entered the telephone building build-ing and placed n long-distance call, He nsked for the Cardigan Itedwood Lumber compnny In Snn Francisco. "Concluded his conversation at 3:32 and proceeded to the city hall, entering enter-ing the mayor's olllco at 3:13 and emerging at 4:10. Ho then returned to tho Hotel Sequoia and sat In the lobby until handed a telegram at 4:10: Whereupon be entered tho telephone booth nnd talked to Himennc, emerging emerg-ing nt 4:13 to go to his room. Ho returned nt 4:40 nnd hurried to the Inw olllce of Henry Poundstone, Jr., In the Cardigan block. Ho was with I'oundstono until 4 :.?.), when he returned re-turned leisurely to the Hotel Sequoia, carrying a Miiall leather grip. He nlMi had this grip when ho entered Poundstone's olllco. "Arrived at the hotel nt fi:03 and went to his room. At (1:15 ho entered n public automobile In front of the Iiotrl and was driven to No. 81(1 Klin street. Tho brunette young lady who works In tho Cardigan Itedwood Lumber Lum-ber company's olllco emerged presently present-ly and entered the car, which then proceeded to No. 33 Itedwood boulevard, boule-vard, where the brunette young lady alighted and entered tho house. She returned nt seven sharp, accompanied by n young lady whom she Introduced to O. All threo wero then driven to tho Canton restnurnnt nt 432 Third street. At 7:10 Ilryce Cardigan entered en-tered the restaurant nnd was escorted by the waiter to the table occupied by O. and party. "At 0:30 entlro pnrty loft restaurant nnd entered a Napier car driven by a hair-hroed Indian whom tlio second young lady hailed ns George. O. and the brunette young lady were dropped at S40 Kim street while Cardigan and he other young Indy proceeded directly di-rectly to No. 38 Itedwood boulevard-Artcr boulevard-Artcr aiding the lady to alight, Cardigan Cardi-gan talked with her a rew minutes at the gate, then bnde her good-night. "Upon returning to Hotel Sequoia, round O. In hotel bnr. Saw him ta bed nt 10 sharp." Needless to relate, this report. hn(J i most amazing effect upon Colonel Pennington, nnd when at length he could recover his mentnl equilibrium, he set about qulto calmly to annlyze the report, with the result that he promptly arrived nt tho rollowlng conclusion: con-clusion: (1) His niece Shirley Sumner wn not to be trusted In so far as young Ilryce Cnrdlgnn wns concerned. Despite De-spite her assumption of hostility to wnrd tho fellow sines. ?lnt memorable day In Pennlgton's woods, the Colonel wns now fully convinced thnt sho bad made her peace with him and had been the recipient of his secret attentions atten-tions right nlong. (2) Tho N. C. O. was still n mystery, mys-tery, but a mystery In which Ilryce Cnrdlgnn wns Interested. Sloreover, be wns nnvlous to aid tho N. ( O. In every way possible. However, tho Colonel could understand this. Cardigan Cardi-gan would aid anything that might possibly tend to lift the Cardigan lumber Interests out from under tho Iron heel of Colonel Porinlngton. (3) Tho N. C. O. was going to mnko n mighty bluff, even to tho extent of applying for n franchise to run over the city streets of Sequoia. Ilenco Ogllvy's visit to Slnyor Poundstone doubtless on tho advice or Ilryce Cardigan. Car-digan. ' (4) Ogllvy had carried a small leather bag to and from Henry Pound-stone's Pound-stone's olllce. Thnt bag was readily explained. It had contained n bribe In gold coin and young Henry hnd been selected ns tho go-between. That meant that .Mayor Poundstone hnd agreed to deliver tho franchise for n consideration. Ogllvy hnd called first on tho mayor to arrango the details; de-tails; then ho hnd cnlled on tho mnyor's son to complete the trnnsne-tlon. trnnsne-tlon. (5) If n rrauchlso hnd been nr-ranged nr-ranged ror nnd the Ifrlbo nlrendy delivered, de-livered, thnt meant tho prompt nnd unndvertlscd commencement or operations. oper-ations. Yos, the N. C. O. wns going to carry ts monumental bluff to the point or building n mile or track through town; . . . No no, they wouldn't spend that much money on a bluff; they wouldn't bribe Poundstone unless the road was meant. And wns It n common cnrrler, nrter nil? Tho trail was growing hot; tho Colonel mopped his brow nnd concentrated concen-trated rurther. ir the N. C. O. wns renlly going to start operations, In order or-der to move Its mntcrlnl rrom the Cardigan dock to tho scene or operations opera-tions It would hnvo to cut his (the Colonel's) tracks somewhere on Wntet street. Damnntlonl Thnt wns It, They wero trying to slip one over on him. They were planning to got a Jump-crossing In before ho should awake to the situation; they were plnnnlng, too, to hnvo tho city council coun-cil slip through tho franchise when nobody wns looklnu nnd once the crossing should bo Id. they could Inugb nt Colonel Pennington I 'Tho scoundrels I" ho munnurcfl. "I'm on to them I Cardigan Is play Ing the game with them. That's why he bought those rails from tho old Laurel Creek spur I Oh, whnt blithering Idiot I have been I Hnv. ever, It's not too lato yet. Pound-stone Pound-stone Is coming over to dinner Thursday Thurs-day night, nnd I'll wring tho swinX dry before ho leaves tho house. And as for those rails Cnrdlgnn mnnngod to horuswogglo mo out of " He seized the telephone nnd fairly shouted to his exchange operator to get his woods foreman, Jules Rondeau, Ron-deau, on the line. "That you, Itondenu?" ho shouted when the big French Cnnndlnn responded. re-sponded. "Pennington tnlklng. Whnt has young Cardigan done about tboso rails I sold him rrorn tho abandoned spur up Laurel creek 7" "Ho have two llat-cars upon zo spnr now. Poso woodsgang or bees she tear up doso rails rmm 7.0 head or zo spur and load In 70 flat-cars." "See to It, Itondenu thnt they do not lenve until I give tho word. Understand? Un-derstand? Tell them tho switch-engine Is In tho shop ror repairs or Is busy at other work anything that will stall him off nud delay delivery." "Suppose Ilryco Cnrdlgnn, ho comes around and say, 'Why?'" Itondenu queried cautiously. "Kill hlni," tho Colonel retorted coolly. "It strikes, me you nnd tho Black .Minorca an rather slow playing play-ing even with you:lg Cardigan." Homleau grunteO. "I theenk mebne so you kill heom yourself, boss." ho replied enigmatically, and hung up. TO UK CONTINUED.) |