And now--I want you to tell me--what does this mean? Am
I--"
Montague could not remember a time when Mr. Carter had not been a
visitor at his father's home, and it was painful to see him in his
helplessness. But there was nothing that could be done about it; he
set his lips together.
"I am very sorry, Mr. Garter," he said; "but I am not at liberty to
say a word to you about the plans of my clients."
"Am I to understand, then, that I am to be turned out of my
position? I am to have no consideration for all that I have done?
Surely--"
"I am very sorry," Montague said again, firmly,--"but the
circumstances at the present time are such that I must ask you to
excuse me from discussing the matter in any way."
A day or two later Montague received a telegram from Price,
instructing him to go to Riverton, where the works of the
Mississippi Steel Company were located, and to meet Mr. Andrews, the
president of the Company. Montague had been to Riverton several
times in his youth, and he remembered the huge mills, which were one
of the sights of the State.
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