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Watling says, there is no sufficient penalty in other states to compel the witness to produce the information desired, why not draw up a bill and and have it passed " I paused for breath "imposing a sufficient penalty on home corporations in the event of such evasions. The Ribblevale Steel Company is a home corporation."
"Special legislation, forced through by the Railroad Lobby, which will drive honest corporations from this state." "Ribblevale Steel Company the Victim." It was common talk in the capital, the article went on to say, that Theodore Watling himself had drawn up the measure.... Perusing the editorial page my eye fell on the name, Krebs.
He pulled up a chair close to the desk and began, without any preliminaries, to explain his errand. "It's about the Ribblevale affair," he said. "You know we have a suit." Gorse nodded. "We've got to get at the books, Miller, that's all there is to it. I told you so the other day. Well, we've found out a way, I think."
"Last night I discovered by a mere accident, in talking to a man who came in on a late train, that a bill introduced yesterday, which is being rushed through the Judiciary Committee of the House an apparently innocent little bill will enable, if it becomes a law, the Boyne Iron Works, of your city, to take possession of the Ribblevale Steel Company, lock, stock, and barrel.
Paret," he observed. "Know who you are, of course, knew you were in Watling's office. Then some of the boys spoke about you when you were down at the legislature on that Ribblevale matter. Guess you had more to do with that bill than came out in the newspapers eh?" I was taken off my guard. "Oh, that's talk," I said. "All right, it's talk, then?
"We'll have to attend to him, right off," he said. I was surprised to find myself resenting the imputation, and deeply. "I'm afraid he's one of those who can't be 'attended to," I answered. "You mean that he's in the employ of the Ribblevale people?" the Colonel inquired. "I don't mean anything of the kind," I retorted, with more heat, perhaps, than I realized. The Colonel looked at me queerly.
I'll pass the word around among the boys, just to let 'em know what to expect." His eyes glittered again. "I've been following this Ribblevale business," he added, "and I understand Leonard Dickinson's all ready to reorganize that company, when the time comes. He ought to let me in for a little, on the ground floor." I did not venture to make any promises for Mr. Dickinson.
Scherer, who would often greet me now with a smile and a joke, and sometimes went so far as to ask my opinions.... Then, about six months later, came the famous Ribblevale case that aroused the moral indignation of so many persons, among whom was Perry Blackwood.
"You, don't suppose Pugh would want to admit his situation, do you?" I asked. "Pugh's a straight man," retorted Perry. "That's more than I can say for any of the other gang, saving your presence. The unpleasant truth is that Scherer and the Boyne people want the Ribblevale, and you ought to know it if you don't." He looked at me very hard through the glasses he had lately taken to wearing.
"We'll have to attend to him, right off," he said. I was surprised to find myself resenting the imputation, and deeply. "I'm afraid he's one of those who can't be 'attended to," I answered. "You mean that he's in the employ of the Ribblevale people?" the Colonel inquired. "I don't mean anything of the kind," I retorted, with more heat, perhaps, than I realized. The Colonel looked at me queerly.
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