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Seemed to show it was all to my interest to go in with Gulf City. Think I'll have to investigate a little more. I tell you, Norton," spoke Haines in a confidential manner, "this land speculation fever is a frightful thing. While I was talking to this fellow from Gulf City I almost caught it myself. Probably if I met the head of the Altacoola speculation I might catch the fever from him too."
"You are interested in Altacoola lands," the Senator angrily charged. "I am, sir," he said. "And you told Mr. Haines that I was interested in Altacoola lands?" The schemer hesitated, and the Senator broke in on him in rage. "Speak out, man! Tell the truth, if you can." "I did," admitted the Congressman finally.
You believe in Altacoola, don't you?" Haines hesitated, then answered: "Well, between the two sites merely as sites Altacoola seems to me rather better." Miss Langdon held out her hand impulsively. "Then it will be Altacoola!" she cried. "Thank you, Mr. Haines. We are partners, then, for Altacoola." The young man grasped her hand earnestly.
"Take it or leave it," retorted Bud. The Mississippian leaned with his hands on the desk. "Well, Haines, if you're like the rest and are really interested in Altacoola, I don't know that you'd have to go very far to talk." "You know something of Altacoola lands, then, Norton?" said Robert, tingling with suppressed excitement. He felt that he was getting close to real facts in a colossal "deal."
"With this idea in view, realizing that dishonest men would try to make money out of the Government, these members of the naval base committee, after they settled on Altacoola, went out quietly and secured control of all the land that will be needed for the naval base, and these men secured this at a very nominal figure.
Still the secretary smiled, keeping his temper under the adroit attack. "Well, I think he'd listen to me with considerable interest." "But you're for Altacoola, of course." Haines shook his head. "No, I can't say that I'm for Altacoola. Fellow who was in here this morning put up a pretty good argument, to my mind, for Gulf City. In fact, he made it pretty strong.
"Now that I've got the young fellow to sew up his old man's money in Altacoola land," he chuckled, "reckon Senator William H. Langdon won't see anything wrong with that same noble tract of universe when he comes to vote for the naval base. Senator Stevens will be pleased."
You think you will catch some of us with what you reformers call 'the goods, but forget evidently the entirely simple facts that your family has invested in Altacoola lands more heavily probably than any one else among us. You want to raise a scandal, do you?
Altacoola, that proud arm of our great gulf, will have those battleships floating on her broad bosom and the country will be the better off, and so will the sovereign State of Mississippi God bless it but neither Senator Peabody of Pennsylvania nor Senator Stevens of Mississippi is going to be any better because of it.
"And there was a man here from Altacoola yesterday," again interrupted the secretary, "who said that Gulf City was fit only to be the State refuge for aged and indigent frogs."
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