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“
What
became
of
Harran
and
Lyman
and
the
Governor
?
”
inquired
Presley
.
Lyman
had
disappeared
,
alleging
a
business
engagement
,
but
Magnus
and
his
younger
son
had
retired
to
the
library
of
the
club
on
the
floor
above
.
It
was
almost
deserted
.
They
were
deep
in
earnest
conversation
.
“
Harran
,
”
said
the
Governor
,
with
decision
,
“
there
is
a
deal
,
there
,
in
what
Cedarquist
says
.
Our
wheat
to
China
,
hey
,
boy
?
”
“
It
is
certainly
worth
thinking
of
,
sir
.
”
“
It
appeals
to
me
,
boy
;
it
appeals
to
me
.
It
’
s
big
and
there
’
s
a
fortune
in
it
.
Big
chances
mean
big
returns
;
and
I
know
—
your
old
father
isn
’
t
a
back
number
yet
,
Harran
—
I
may
not
have
so
wide
an
outlook
as
our
friend
Cedarquist
,
but
I
am
quick
to
see
my
chance
.
Boy
,
the
whole
East
is
opening
,
disintegrating
before
the
Anglo
-
Saxon
.
It
is
time
that
bread
stuffs
,
as
well
,
should
make
markets
for
themselves
in
the
Orient
.
Just
at
this
moment
,
too
,
when
Lyman
will
scale
down
freight
rates
so
we
can
haul
to
tidewater
at
little
cost
.
”
Magnus
paused
again
,
his
frown
beetling
,
and
in
the
silence
the
excited
murmur
from
the
main
room
of
the
club
,
the
soprano
chatter
of
a
multitude
of
women
,
found
its
way
to
the
deserted
library
.
“
I
believe
it
’
s
worth
looking
into
,
Governor
,
”
asserted
Harran
.
Magnus
rose
,
and
,
his
hands
behind
him
,
paced
the
floor
of
the
library
a
couple
of
times
,
his
imagination
all
stimulated
and
vivid
.
The
great
gambler
perceived
his
Chance
,
the
kaleidoscopic
shifting
of
circumstances
that
made
a
Situation
.
It
had
come
silently
,
unexpectedly
.
He
had
not
seen
its
approach
.
Abruptly
he
woke
one
morning
to
see
the
combination
realised
.
But
also
he
saw
a
vision
.
A
sudden
and
abrupt
revolution
in
the
Wheat
.
A
new
world
of
markets
discovered
,
the
matter
as
important
as
the
discovery
of
America
.
The
torrent
of
wheat
was
to
be
diverted
,
flowing
back
upon
itself
in
a
sudden
,
colossal
eddy
,
stranding
the
middleman
,
the
ENTRE
-
PRENEUR
,
the
elevator
-
and
mixing
-
house
men
dry
and
despairing
,
their
occupation
gone
.
He
saw
the
farmer
suddenly
emancipated
,
the
world
’
s
food
no
longer
at
the
mercy
of
the
speculator
,
thousands
upon
thousands
of
men
set
free
of
the
grip
of
Trust
and
ring
and
monopoly
acting
for
themselves
,
selling
their
own
wheat
,
organising
into
one
gigantic
trust
,
themselves
,
sending
their
agents
to
all
the
entry
ports
of
China
.
Himself
,
Annixter
,
Broderson
and
Osterman
would
pool
their
issues
.
He
would
convince
them
of
the
magnificence
of
the
new
movement
.
They
would
be
its
pioneers
.
Harran
would
be
sent
to
Hong
Kong
to
represent
the
four
.
They
would
charter
—
probably
buy
—
a
ship
,
perhaps
one
of
Cedarquist
’
s
,
American
built
,
the
nation
’
s
flag
at
the
peak
,
and
the
sailing
of
that
ship
,
gorged
with
the
crops
from
Broderson
’
s
and
Osterman
’
s
ranches
,
from
Quien
Sabe
and
Los
Muertos
,
would
be
like
the
sailing
of
the
caravels
from
Palos
.
It
would
mark
a
new
era
;
it
would
make
an
epoch
.
With
this
vision
still
expanding
before
the
eye
of
his
mind
,
Magnus
,
with
Harran
at
his
elbow
,
prepared
to
depart
.
