Well, he will not be the first man that
has had to change his mind. He has gone to inspect the mill site and
will return day after to-morrow. Wentworth accompanied him. I imagine
we will have an interesting half-hour when they find out that the deal
is off."
The formalities of payment were soon over with, and the moment they
were completed, Hedin despatched a messenger with a telegram to his
employer.
When John McNabb received the message he grinned broadly, and for
several minutes sat at his desk and stabbed at his blotter with his
pencil point. "So, Orcutt, Wentworth & Company set out to down poor
old John McNabb," he muttered. "I kind of figured rope was all
Wentworth wanted to hang himself with--an' rope's cheap. But Orcutt
an' his Eureka Paper Company--now he must have gone to quite a little
bother, first an' last, an' some expense. Too bad! But I won't worry
about that--he ought to 'tend to his bankin'. Guess I'll be startin'
North in about ten days."
A week later McNabb got another wire from the engineer in charge of his
road construction. As he read and reread it, a slow smile trembled
upon his lips and widened into a broad grin.
"Sixty-five miles of road completed. Eureka Paper Company cement and
material piling up at road head. Have their own trucks. Shall we let
them use road?"
The grin became an audible chuckle. "I don't understand it.
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