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She knew her heart now that it was too late; knew that she could never be indifferent to what concerned Waring Ridgway. Aline caught at the courage behind her childishness, and accomplished her congratulations "You will be happy, I am sure. He is good." "Goodness does not impress me as his most outstanding quality," smiled Miss Balfour. "No, one never feels it emphasized.
As for the ablative absolute, its reconstruction and regeneration have been the inspiring principle of my studious manhood. Humbly I have sat at the feet of Learning, enshrined in the Ridgway Graeme pamphlets. I must meet Colonel Graeme after reading the pamphlets. I hope they're not long." Warren frowned. "Colonel Graeme is a gentleman and my friend, Mr. Jones," he said with emphasis.
Hoyle, of the Democrats, seconded the nomination, as also did Eaton, in a speech wherein he defended the course of Ridgway and withdrew his name. Within a few minutes of the time that Eaton sat down, the roll had been called and Hobart elected by a vote of seventy-three to twenty-four, the others refusing to cast a ballot.
She was his by every right of natural law. By God! he would not sell his freedom of choice to this white haired robber! "I seldom make mistakes in my judgment of men, Mr. Ridgway," the oily voice ran on. "No small share of such success as it has been given me to attain has been due to this instinct for putting my finger on the right man.
Ridgway ripped open the envelope, read through the letter swiftly, and tossed it to Eaton. His eyes had grown hard and narrow. "Write to Mr. Hobart that I am sorry I haven't time to call on Mr. Harley at the Consolidated offices, as he suggests. Add that I expect to be in my offices all morning, and shall be glad to make an appointment to talk with Mr.
Why could she not make light talk as she had been wont to do with Waring Ridgway? "But if I ask too much, I shall not be hurt if you deny me," he continued. "For how long has your engagement with Mr. Ridgway been broken, may I ask?" "Between fifteen and twenty minutes." "A lovers' quarrel, perhaps!" he hazarded gently. "On the contrary, quite final and irrevocable Mr.
"This morning. He proposed benevolent assimilation as a solution of our troubles." "Just how?" "He offered to consolidate all the copper interests of the country and put me at the head of the resulting combine." "If you wouldn't play bridge with Mrs. Harley?" "Exactly." "And you?" "Declined to pledge myself." She clapped her hands softly. "Well done, Waring Ridgway!
When the Consolidated attempted to harass him by legal process, he countered by instituting a score of suits against the company within the week. These had to do with wills, insanity cases, extra lateral rights, mine titles, and land and water rights. Wherever Ridgway saw room for an entering wedge to dispute the title of the Consolidated, he drove a new suit home.
Apparently the head of the great trust intended to lose no time in having that business talk with Ridgway, which he had graciously promised the latter. Eaton and his chief were busy over some applications for leases when Smythe came into the room with a letter. "Messenger-boy brought it; said it was important," he explained.
Through the dense throng they made their way slowly toward him, Ridgway clearing a path with his broad shoulders. Suddenly they heard him call sharply, "Look out, Sam." The explosion of a revolver followed sharply his words. Ridgway dived through the press, tossing men to right and left of him as a steamyacht does the waves.
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