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Should the Rhinds boat carry away the honors on that day and on the subsequent days of the present tests, then Farnum and Pollard, who had their entire fortunes invested in this business, would have on their hands only so much scrap steel, brass and iron. Nor would Jack and his comrades fare any better. If the boys were vanquished, Farnum and Pollard would have no more work for them.
"No," snapped the man. He had paid a thousand dollar bonus to get the one he had; and was feeling sick over the outcome. Just then the door opened and the stenographer showed Broughton Emerson into the room. "I see you answered my telegram in person, Mr. Emerson," said Farnum, rising from the chair he had taken and shaking hands.
Farnum's unopened desk when the man and the boy entered. Mr. Melville and a man Jack soon learned was a lawyer were sitting facing him. Mr. Partridge rose and gave his chair to Mr. Pollard. "Mr. Melville insisted on seeing me, Mr. Pollard, and I thought best to send for you," said the superintendent. Without greeting the financier snapped out: "Where is Farnum, Pollard?"
To-morrow you should be in shape to resume your duties. Meanwhile, I must make one condition.” “It will not be necessary, sir, to make any conditions with us,” Jack replied. “Your instructions will be sufficient.” “While you are on this present tour of duty, I shall ask Mr. Benson and Mr. Hastings not to leave the ’Farnum’ without my consent.” As soon as Mr.
She broke through the shell of his shyness to find out that his diffidence was not sulkiness nor his independence impudence. The boy was a dreamer. He lived largely in a world of his own, where Quentin Durward and Philip Farnum and Robert E. Lee were enshrined as heroes. From it he would emerge all hot for action, for adventure.
You weren't in the least to blame. You did what any other good-natured man would have done under the circumstances. The only ones who can be blamed for any part in the affair are the two men from whom I had a right to expect the most considerate treatment. But as for you, Mr. Farnum, I beg that you will give my misfortune no further thought." "That would be impossible," protested the builder.
One night James Farnum dropped in to borrow some money from his cousin and for ten minutes listened to such talk as he had never heard before. His mind moved among a group of orthodox and accepted ideas. A new one he always viewed as if it were a dynamite bomb timed to go off shortly. He was not only suspicious of it; he was afraid of it. James was, it happened, in evening dress.
"I reckon," muttered the shipbuilder, "It won't be any use to have any Japanese aboard here as steward, or as anything else." "I shan't hire any more of them," Benson replied. "I shall always suspect a spy, after this, when I see any Japanese aboard any kind of a war craft, or serving at any military post." "I'm sorry I missed seeing Eph do the flying somersault act, though," laughed Mr. Farnum.
"Well, that's over with, and a narrow escape," he announced. "But you couldn't quite sweep all their dirt out after them," declared David Pollard, looking up with a smile. "What do you think of that crowd, boys?" asked Jacob Farnum, cheerily. "I'm not giving much thought to them, sir," Jack replied, adding warmly: "But we fellows, Mr.
Also, he must feel that he had buried one hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the money of his loyal friend, Farnum. In his present anxious, worried frame of mind, with few real believers in the possible success of his boat, it was little wonder that David Pollard was grateful for any intelligent interest or faith in his plans.
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