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Finally the man disappeared with the card, and half a minute later came back, smiling effusively. He ushered Montague into a huge office with leather-cushioned chairs large enough to hold several people each, and too large for any one person to be comfortable in. There was a map of the continent upon the wall, across which Jim Hegan's railroads stretched like scarlet ribbons.
"When you go back, George," said the principal to the boy, as he gave him what the teacher had sent for, "go to Miss Hegan's class, and have her send Danny Rugg to me. Flossie and Freddie say he told them to spray water with one of the new faucets." "Yes, sir, he did!" exclaimed George. "I heard him, but I didn't think they would do it. He did tell them." At this unexpected information Mr.
Hegan had Celtic imagination and daring, and to such degree that Daylight's cooler head was necessary as a check on his wilder visions. Hegan's was a Napoleonic legal mind, without balance, and it was just this balance that Daylight supplied. Alone, the Irishman was doomed to failure, but directed by Daylight, he was on the highroad to fortune and recognition.
"See that old money-bags over there in the corner," said the Major. "He's a man you want to fix in your mind old Henry S. Grimes. Have you heard of him?" "Vaguely," said the other. "He's Laura Hegan's uncle. She'll have his money also some day but Lord, how he does hold on to it meantime! It's quite tragic, if you come to know him he's frightened at his own shadow.
"He's a great friend of Laura Hegan's," said Alice. "She was over here to spend the day. She doesn't approve of many people, so that is a compliment." Montague spoke of a visit which he had paid to Laura Hegan, at one of the neighbouring estates. "I had quite a talk with her," said Alice. "And she invited me to luncheon, and took me driving. I like her better than I thought I would.
"When you go back, George," said the principal to the boy, as he gave him what the teacher had sent for, "go to Miss Hegan's class, and have her send Danny Rugg to me. Flossie and Freddie say he told them to spray water with one of the new faucets." "Yes, sir, he did!" exclaimed George. "I heard him, but I didn't think they would do it. He did tell them." At this unexpected information Mr.
Montague knew by the rumours in the street that the great financier had sold out all his holdings in two or three of his most important ventures. He went at once to Hegan's office, in the building of one of the great insurance companies downtown.
The restaurant bakers and the bakery wagon drivers struck, followed by the milkers, milk drivers, and chicken pickers. The building trades asserted its position in unambiguous terms, and all San Francisco was in turmoil. But still, it was only San Francisco. Hegan's intrigues were masterly, and Daylight's campaign steadily developed.
"Who is that stately creature you just bowed to?" inquired Lucy. "That?" said Montague. "That is Miss Hegan Jim Hegan's daughter." "Oh!" said Lucy. "I remember Betty Wyman told me about her." "Nothing very good, I imagine," said Montague, with a smile. "It was interesting," said Lucy. "Fancy having a father with a hundred millions, and talking about going in for settlement work!"
According to Jim Hegan's prediction, it was not long before Montague received an offer. It came from a firm of lawyers of whom he had never heard. "We understand," ran the letter, "that you have a block of five thousand shares of the stock of the Northern Mississippi Railroad. We have a client on whose behalf we are authorised to offer you fifty thousand dollars cash for these shares.
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