To his surprise two of the new employe directors voted their stock with
Colonel Tom's, and a third man, voting his own stock as well as that of a
wealthy southside real estate man, did not vote. On a count the stock
represented stood deadlocked and Sam, looking down the table, raised his
eyebrows to Webster.
"Move we adjourn for twenty-four hours," snapped Webster, and the motion
carried.
Sam looked at a paper lying before him on the table. During the count of
the vote he had been writing over and over on the sheet of paper this
sentence.
"The best men spend their lives seeking truth."
Colonel Tom walked out of the room like a conqueror, declining to speak to
Sam as he passed, and Sam looked down the table at Webster and made a
motion with his head toward the man who had not voted.
Within an hour Sam's fight was won. Pouncing upon the man representing the
stock of the south-side investor, he and Webster did not go out of the
room until they had secured absolute control of the Rainey Company and the
man who had refused to vote had put twenty-five thousand dollars into his
pocket. The two employee directors Sam marked for slaughter. Then after
spending the afternoon and early evening with the representatives of the
eastern companies and their attorneys he drove home to Sue.
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