He declares that no more
stock must be sold; that there must be no enlargement of capital. In
fact, that we must peg along in the little one-horse way we started.
And that would be a shame. We could make the Free Gold Mining Company
the biggest thing on the map, and put ourselves all on Easy Street."
He spread his hands in a gesture of real regret.
"Bill's a fine fellow," he said, "and one of my best friends. But he's
a hard man to do business with. He takes a very peculiar view of the
matter. I'm afraid he'll queer the company if he stirs up trouble over
this. That's why I hope you'll use whatever influence you have, to
induce him to withdraw his opposition."
"But," Hazel murmured, in some perplexity, "from what little I know of
corporations, I don't see how he can set up any difficulty. If a
majority of the stock-holders decide to do anything, that settles it,
doesn't it? Bill is a minority of one, from what you say. And I don't
see what difference his objections make, anyway. How can he stop you
from taking any line of action whatever?"
"Oh, not that at all," Brooks hastily assured. "Of course, we can
outvote him, and put it through. But we want him with us, don't you
see? We've a high opinion of his ability.
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