. The life and times of Col. James Fisk, Jr. : being a full and impartial account of the remarkable career of a most remarkable man, together with sketches of all the important personages with whom he was thrown in contact ... and a financial history of the country for the last three years, embracing also the lives of Helen Josephine Mansfield ... and Edward S. Stokes . per. Be cool, now, and lets talk this thing over. Sail on. Uncle Dan, said the Commodore. Well, you are agoing to get out an injunction agin me toprevent me from votin on them 58,000 shares. You maybe right, and then agin you m
. The life and times of Col. James Fisk, Jr. : being a full and impartial account of the remarkable career of a most remarkable man, together with sketches of all the important personages with whom he was thrown in contact ... and a financial history of the country for the last three years, embracing also the lives of Helen Josephine Mansfield ... and Edward S. Stokes . per. Be cool, now, and lets talk this thing over. Sail on. Uncle Dan, said the Commodore. Well, you are agoing to get out an injunction agin me toprevent me from votin on them 58,000 shares. You maybe right, and then agin you may be wrong. Well say nothinai)Out that. You sail your own boat. What I want to sayis jest this here. You and me neednt be afeard of themEldridge people— What the hell do you mean? said the Commodore. /afraid of the Eldridge people ! I think not, you old fool! No, you dont understand me. To come to the pint. Ifwe work together we can drive these fellows out into thecold. I cant afford to give up my position in the ^Eriemanagement, and if I retain it I can help you in more waysthan one. An agreement was entered into. Drew pledged himself tounite with Vanderbilt in advancing Erie stock, and Vander-bilt promised to aid in keeping Drew in his position astreasurer and director of the Erie Company. This act oftreachery to the Eldridge party brought down upon Vander-. DAXIKL DKEW. JAMES riSK, JR. 57 bilts head such torrents of wrath as only he could , with face White as the lips of the clifF-chafed with its tiJal passion, and Gould, boiling over with rage, called upon the Com-modore when the tidings of the new combination werebrought to them. *Gentlemen, said the Commodore, mildly, Uncle Danand I have come to the conclusion that you had better haulin your horns. I am sorry that you were not here three hoursago to hear how piously the old man talked, and with whata hell-fired lot of Christian arguments he backed up his pro-position. It would have done you good,
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