Wagstaff. I wouldn't want Bill - to
think I, or any of us, was trying to
bring pressure on him. But the fact
is, Bill's got a mistaken impression
about the way we're conducting the
financial end of this mining proposi
tion. You understand? Very able
man, your husband, but headstrong as
the deuce. I'm afraid to speak frank
ly he'll create a lot of unpleasant
ness. Might disrupt the company, in
fact, If he sticks to the position he
took this morning. Thought I'd run In
and talk It over with blm. Fellow's
generally in a good humor, yon know,
when he's lunched comfortably at
home."
"I'm quite In the dark," Hazel con
fessed. "BUI seemed a trifle put out
about something. He didn't say what
It was about"
"ShaU I explain ?' Mr. Brooks sug
gested. "You'd understand and yon
might be able to help. I don't as a role
believe In bringing business into the
home, but this bothers me. I hate to
see a good thing go wrong."
"Explain, by all means," Hazel
promptly replied. "If I can help, I'll
be glad to."
"Thank you." Mr. Brooks polished
his glasses Industriously for a second
and replaced them with painstaking
exactitude. "Now ah this Is the sit
uation: When the company was
formed, five of us. Including your bus
band, took np enough stock to finance
the preliminary work of the undertak
ing. The remaining stock, seventy-five
thousand dollars in amount, was left
In the treasury, to be held or put on
the market as the situation warranted.
