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-r HE combination of the forces of
> I Laagdon and Haines did iM
Jv find much favor amonf the
A. ^powers that are?at the capital.
Banfctpr Peabody peremptorily demandad
MlWapbi nation from Btevena as to
how ho had allowed "his senator" to
imitp as his secretary "this lnqulsithiluui
Haines, a reporter who dldn*t
know his place."
"Here we've put Tsingdon on naval
affairs because we knew he didnt un?
omouHi wnar? going on, ana you,
Stevens, supposed to bo the flnlshed
product of the political mm, you fell
aaleep and let him take op a man
whom nobody can control, one who
knows the inside workings of Wash*
totted and who will take par-tlc-n-lar
pleasure In teaching your fellow Alls'
atsslpplan far too much for our good."
Stevens' reply, to effect that probably.
Haines would consent to be "taken
rare of* If Judiciously approached,
Was derided by the observant Peabody.
"A young reformer grows fat
*WjMtotletyhe laughed, "and think
what? scandal fee would have for his
newspaper If we took ? chance on disclosing
our hand to him. No, no, Stevens;
we must have him watched and
. try to discredit hhn in some way. Per
baps wo can make Lansdon believe
that his secretary
Ooagreai
him. and pSV?
work desperatWj
igilnaWllim, who," oho had Wee*
convinced by Norton andvJ&Utjkll)lx
would prove a stumbling block toTffleSl
to bar father, to herself In ^jMurcei
at the capital, if bte influenceovor tb?
senator c&ould be permitted to m$mt 01
to tncrMK? And eo on the surface
Carolina Langdoo was moat amiabh
to the secretary, encouraged him In hli
attentions to her, led him surely tnt<
her power, Norton having prevailed 01
her to keep the knowledge of their eo
gagement secret from every one, eves
her father.
The days and nights became filled
with Important work for Senator Lang
don and his secretary. Together they
wont over the Important measures, outlined
what appeared to be the beet
course of procedure and carried It into
effect as far as possible. Langdon be
came a prominent figure in the senate,
owing to his consistent support of
measures that fitted In with the public
policy, or what should be the publla
policy, of the nation. He had learned
that the only practicable way to outwit
or to cope with the members of
the dominating machine, made-up, he
TO "n,H-?a * - " <"
two m
what the
i power to
? believed
wm detoond
*1n"the
only
t the martahJtehert
m known
to tM aarcarac paiTKv?wi In both
honaea of cougreaa aa "tautfdon
crowd," which crowd waa admitted to
be aomcwhat of a factor when It finally
prevailed on the preeldent to take
over 11,000 poatmaatera from the appointment
claaa and pnt them node*
the control of the ctvtl service commieKatoo,
moulting In the neceeetty of a
. competitive examination for theee
^poatmaatera instead of tbetr aeevrteg
poaitlona through political favorttlam.
Tboaa who did not know Langdon
Intimately anggaated that "thla fallow
ought to be taken care of.' What in
?-- ?
uvu uBiin avw a? WBOlf A. committM
chairmanship? An ambassadorship
for some Mississippi charcoal barter 1
eoupls of federal judgeships for hie
frteods? Wall, 'whatever it Is, gtve it
to him and get him In with the rest
of oar
Again It was Psabody Who had the
deriding say.
"There's only one thing noise than
a young reformer; and that's an old
one," ha laughed bttterty at a secret
eondave at his apartment In the luxurious
Louis Napoleon hotel. "The
young one thinks he Is going to live
and wants our future profits for himself.
The old one thinks he's going
, to din and he*s sore at leaving so
much graft behind him."
Heads and bsarts thinking and throbUng
together, Tengdoo and his secretary,
Haines, plodded along. They
had teamed to lata on each other,
JW* te^trsttenj^gg tee
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the Say by
KUCHT. M n TtiOMAI A. ?
I old. ISe'dUT gaining strength Own tb
lyoting. They krrefl each other, and
mon urui mjxf ivtc. uicy n wi?? w
anotker. And Hope Georgia waicbei
II all and rejoiced. for bedev*
With all tba accrued wuMBou of elghl
wb yean of Innocent girtbood .the
Mr. Bad Main? wu qu?te the Asm
aped men of young, manhood, tbl
world bad oror produced. How. coal
ho hare happened! She ?u ooro tha
1 abo bad neror mot his equal, not rr?
In that memorable weak oho bad open
in Jackson.
' ' Tba passing wtmko taught- Heine
that be was deeply. In lovewttlrOar<
'Una, and* though.be bad endearore
1 'to keep the. knowledge of this froi
' her, her woman's Intuition bad told b?
his eecret, and she stifled the momei
tary regrets that flitted Into bar mbk
bscanss abs was new la "the gamr
herself/ the -Washington' gam* - tbi
esenes? the woman as ar*H< -as tt
man end mak? tm a?bee te Jls-ftu
cj. Ko one batheaaelfana Jfo?e
kbew bow deeply d*e bad "plunged
' on a certain- possible- torn of the p
; lltlcal cards. She must not, she con]
| not, lose if life Itself were to remaJ
of r&lue to bar, and on bar away ovi
this aocretary she was told it all <1
I Ponded.. _
A subject that for aoms oaesplab
| aids reason flsqueutlf hd?fl I
Haines' tw*r>d was that ef the sgpa
-pnt assldqfty wttk ?Ucii Msa. dpangh
, cnblTatsd dsns lor LangdoaTs Men
shin. Yxx severe! years aks bad occ
pud a high aodal poettftoa
tmk be tiB knew, bet lmrto? Ma
^jatmWa iuiiw ta M bw
h* OOOW not MM* exeotfr whee% *
madebba nfnt.Jtw inMvbUMi
l ivtth KM ftrfa wd with the eooatc
| bad mat b?r ttiioniti Mtm <
tM
t fagteo.. WUUiiot wWfatag to hm tl
? whatw tow ?* m. h.>?ti
? *?taiy determined to tinea! If la Ml
; flpwiJw mod bar preew* moh of It
. at his lint oppctiater, bosAqr* tl
' while that hie qoeet woald reveal - b
i to be what the LaagOooa ?o?Mm
b?r-<a widow of ewML^haMoa- ai
. teetded at the eaphal b
canao on memoriae ot her late -bo
i band, a former ooogreeeman of h!<
were associated with H
Calling at the Langdoas' bouse 01
evening In February to receive dire
i ttooa regarding Important work for tl
^ < next day. Sain
A Iwi waa aomevhi
at the p
(\ j3l?;ui,ctillar ,b!,? <
ft \|?VJ . T 'theeenatartfec
Ul *W# I An?w?rlnr tl
W 1' J secretary4* loo
Y^yi ?* Inquiry, tt
IW/A| r^A// Miseleaippia
; /.nsfM'V / 80ld:
Ir wy i \ r "I've been to!
' I /It I \ V that 1 can nan
/ // / the new holder <
t/H, a five tbooaan
Ti ^7- _ y dollar a year poo
tloa In the di
part meat of coo
? -J!1. ?e*ce and Latx
b2S ?""* that If 1 bat
no one In partlci
lar from my state to name?that?thi
yon would be a good man for the jol
First I was glad for your sake, m
boy, for If yon wanted It yon cool
have the position. But on thinking :
ever It seemed there might be somt
thing behind It not showing on the soi
r hca'
irs a trick." said Hatnes ~Wt
/ fcnade the oflSrV*
| "Senator ftsvvest" J
"i might have known," hotly n
"^apooded the secretary. "There's
crowd that wants yon and me saparo
ed. "ttoiSbK^8 too much fc
me to tselet ?4?Then h
paused, rabbin* hie Angsts "thioqtft hi
hair In a perplexed manner. "Strang!
Isn't It, eenator, that a man of yos
patty to offered thle desteabte pteee o
patronage, sodmiy anaoBcftsd on yos
part, from the admtelBtmttoo of ax
othes, a ilttfteiiat poBrtoai party! bp
dally When that otfaergarty has s
many traagrywoalt be tag eaten
clamoring to enter the land oi mill
and hooey.' X think Stevens delfbei
abely"?
"There, there, Bad," broke In Lani
don, "yon mustn't say anything agalna
Senator Stevens to aea Vrne, be assc
dates with some fMks I dotit appro*
of, bat that dossal necessseMjr uwi
anything wrong, and 1 aunelf have el
ways fbtmd him thoroughly honest*
"Yea," mattered the secretary, fbi
lowing the senator Into the Iforarj
"you've always frond him booeet be
canas yon think everybody's honest
bat Stsvsas Is lost the doctor who wH
cats yoa of ttris ailment, thla ehroal
trnatfolneaa"
WLUJOJ UlUffUVU PWU|T, "wuva in
body** ltttta gUria f?ta jfwwigti bad
tog at the fiwbiti body o pclfttta
(rarity hto two baadad itwfl ot petit
leal oomrptlcm wW naaft now adgaa**
Thus fu uatthar Um unttor nor hi
aacratary /had aoapJdon ot any qtw
tlonahlo idaal to regard to tha gol
naval tttM. Tha roah of othar avanti
MjtlBlhW thaflabtovar tha radix
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LSSIPPI
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> tloo of the tariff, l*
b had pushed thin - Atm _
5 .prujegi < Umpd' i fli ?w
I rfiy intothebach- /)?*., r wyV
giwmd bo fkr m jml y
t they -wsfu- con-' /Il iJJ A l/| J
* earned, though IAlIRl a If I ]
B the "boss of the Ifj^Avl 1 J* I I
| Mt?liH?i had I \11 V jk .
* ? u*nc m n.^ai
lt time in porfech 1" \ 1 I'-?.? Ins
their plana VV ' 11 I
ttftrdlni the ill 11 J
* eholoe of AKaeoo* i VL j. ;
d la as the site. jl 1 JES
_ Peabody and *U*Ae-..- '
~ Stevens had la- Q
, genkraaly exploit- .
,* ed Longdon at ?g"ator
? every possible op- . La*o*o*
t portuntty In relation to the naval base.
m Asked about new developinents In the
committee on naval affairs, the ready
answer warn Hatter see Senator
* Langdon. . tie knows ad about the
naval bases has the matter. In full
^ charge. I really know little about if
Bo by biding behind the unauspeet^
tog old bero of Ofawfoidsville they
jr fllreeted from themeelves any possible
*" enspleteo and plaoed Inngdon where
bo would have to bear the brunt of
the great acuadal that would, they
5 Iran knepv come oat at some future
* guie e?P the* ftal eoaaptac*
w Ikilusl the uefhi lit keiu hsjsii
J" tnted met the mutts of their beT
tmyal bad been assured.
7* What, after afl, the ecbemsrs con|T'
daAed h the little matter of an tuveaJ.
ttgatfcm among seeatoce to guilty sen.
store who, daem5
.nml-lh the, ^ A:,
s have 4e?
J etroyed oyery jKRjk ,
* ' ?*?*- ?. 9*?l/?Orll*"l^'
" 'Otor would ter htmoolf. or for himJ
wtt, m ho tnreotigoied hlmsolf, when
*r tbe blamo bod iWondj boon put pub*
l|dj on oomo ano olo* torn* ttmplo
T minded old oool wbo could go book to
bio eotton doldotn Mtooloolppt ond tot "
got oil about It, otroog la bis lmmeoneo,
J" oron Chough thorn of reputation, and
P <??-. tii ?...t 1
uwv w um i
* ? OHAPTSB X.
whxw mcxatoia rwwm.
? wlaoaucas of Waehlngtonhad
. t I nl|Mt7 prtdletad that the iUt
I of the hundred million dol,n
I lir gnU nml base would be
a decided on In March after the exetteM
meat and geyety stlinrthtg the greet
jj tnangnretfton had eabetded.
M , On the momtnc ot the day before
q this action ot the oommtttee on naval
affaire wae to ha taken Secretary
d Halnee eat 'at his desk In Senator
w Umfloch nnmmfttes room In the capjf
Hot Blebard OoQen, the tovortte aed
socle te of Hainan In hie JoornaUatle
I. jays, ont earlier than nsual on his
daUy round of the departments for
y. new* toe hie Chicago papee, had
strolled In and attempted a tow of his
eharacteatotlceyntehum. Haines ueaally
fonnd them ?tsftatotog. bat these
it were directed at SmjsIiii lnngdon.
"Mow. let ma tell yon something,
j Dfteh" the secretary anewsred firmly,
d Don't yon work otf ad yov dyspeptic
It Ideas In this neighborhood. My sensy.
tor to a great men. They cant appsef.
date htm up hare beeanee be*a honest
uijstal dear. I need to think I knew
A what a denser Stain a im! ?? ?
ought to bo, hot Safe taught mo aoaae
mw tWny, XWtt toaet tun oh mom*
y thtog before fe* goto through."
. CoDoo bong oao log over Hatnog
I
"lotfit a oto4 gntot, gentlemanly tttM
Oo r&Xm** god t Uke you, old fotM
'low,'retorted ObHob. tW don't do?
cetro luuwlf too nuk Yon* Senator
) langion to pavaoaaAy one et the beet
j arer. Bnt-he wee born a mark, and a
_ nertr hcfU he to the end W tUu <
l. "B? looter good now. Sua,- X ISko hto
. rprrrliae, end all thai hot jnot watt
JB Whtn^eocae at
i Z^X to pot Mi head
mJV -flOV to the hag and Ho
down, they
\ lywVheFAr vofl hare any
J tebdhle at an*
Pfi wKJ SmfBng, Hetaee
[ n ILUL MM id at IS
i til IwyTtB eyntcal ghaL
EHjy-* hv Ti
Mr hm to ? ?nt
i
TWw 9 umilto "Witl, I tan
ksnr that Pmbody
% horo to altota hlmaatf rtojr
modi or got fod is i?M Ms boo to
drop ftm bed to tf IK com* >%M
dim to ttai oM uto'' 1M? toMrtng
a nitoato. fade mMm immM
no. YodVo bMiMttU ptor ad opd?
yooa^ood uowpayor mm,
liter mmmatur btoitto ObBm
conga?d, thoroughly ?rlo?.
"Bod, my old ftUl" ba Mid to loir
' too% dancing qolokly rtoto "ttddi
OOP thing that yowTc got to pot a
fop to. n? ^ trfPj
to vMf^ y?? p22o^4tf^?'
htm to rote for iom big ei r
"SSS. what Mattrerlng a man' |S5
m?pa In Waahlngton.*V dryly answer- |Td
ad the Okleifo correepondent. < *lrigj
support his rote, 'thmgll 'WIllldimr lB
a ad ?ha a fralHnf Si tor uanhf-a
"But you, Dick, yw towfW. - ifl
"Of course, old man, I base deatedJfl
tha truth of this. I k^ew you too igfg/M
to doubt you. Still, the yarn la hw aw
lng you. Ramambor that western senatorwiio
waa MeUrered' twice, both t y
ways, on a graft biOF bf laughingly
aakad tha secretary^ - '
"Should say I did, Dick. That >Ja I
tha record for that gam* It waa a ctt-i
corporation measure, One railroad tar
wanted it; aoothor oppoaed Jt. Tha de^
aanator tnnocantly told aa eastemaen- Ha
ator that ha waa going to rota for the ,Jf
bin.1 Thata tba aasturnar want to tha* hi
aaftvuil wenftng fto taffl paaaed-and- J?
#otSMSgoaUi aJtoctntepromlse that *T
. ha would get Senator K.*t6 wtrte It' ??
who, of courea, did rote for It" **)
"Yea" aald Oullaa, "and later, whan j.
Senator X. heard that Senator Z. had
got raoneyfor his rota, he was wRd. '
Then when another effort waa Wide J*
: to paaa the bill (which bd'lwto to C
feetedx tbe, MtotKL' aanator aald ty M
flH
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Stockholders liability:.. ,.|
Surplus
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rosouroos ovsr...
If you want absoli
your OLOOount with us.
T5hc B&nk o
Establish**
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CKeraw.
"
I, ia be met Sim wtxpMteAyi 'to? 5
MOOBdM lttN% wtow 1 set aqeat* *j
witb tm to eo?M extent. Anyway, Ml
fa fot&s to rote agatnat that bill thla tba
time and jmJh a long apeech. osalnat J
waya/^added Bmxmw aa^ifllSn
ataded, "and both rahroada to this day aal
Wnk that Z. received the money from got
**Of eoena" eald Collen, "but X
. via. to blame, though. Be didn't - H
know enongh to keep to htmeelf lion
fed wee gotng to voto. Any man that! 2
take that way wffl be "deUrered.'" m
"I know how to atop Shone rumon,
fee Tto eeee Wn Peabedy*i work, be
thinking Lnagdon will baar the talk >fl
end nktnat na" began Hainan, whan
to ceme Seaafeoa Laagdon hlmaelf, hla |
fsv* Muae ooatoattssy. IjSU'fia 2 s
m J?*? ?O?ar ftom 1 IHrtppfr
IVTilM MU, TTW TQMC lull CT1&I8, OX W
ht? mttwMfc fi
Ctfft?? ?Mpoad?d to tk nolmV
kmy pnwi of Kontn*, vm^ .I
bod/r
" otu**" bo ftofcod Colion, "my pa
Svanta yoor opinion oo tb? goes
of tho ttortou of Makoa .fay
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Wilw ***" D? fn tfcttfc fb* ?j?- H
*m ? #0n? Mbtton far ** o?
itoti tafMitoiM ibooM te tbollsb- W
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, -f?i IMMW tuiXI Mi lM?d to U
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^^ Sbear that's a question that con^
^ figlttar* anatora and not those
Mr M" 1M chuckled.
^Wmi Jaaghed ' at Cullen, who/
HMHld* pad into hla pocket and hur?.
* 5E?.*?5
I today that I appear before the
^ Eestt means committee, Isn't it?**,
fiphb Queried of hla secretary.
Sw* -said Haines, consulting hla
Knaorandanx book. "At 11 o'clock
fo before ways and means to pat
^pynd-tbe needs of your state on ttw
thr redaction of the tarl*
jdddiluin hydrates. The people of
wr* m> uu nuiuuif pal
Ht ISC* Sato the sxhausted cotton
^Virginia they hope to nae
DWhtCO does the pesky staff come
naked the senator,
boa South America," coached tho
puy. "The south Is In a hurry
the duty mast come down.
HKMl'to bluff a bit, because PeaH|f
had his crowd win try to mako
Hoi of bargain?wanting: you to
Hjtap Seen and steel duties. But you
Hrt;fe#Uere that Iron and steel need
Kj-jfett will tell them, don't you see,
fit they will feel the necessity of
M| you what you want for tho
order to gain your support
^H^jrlftosi and steel demands."
Bpjn-pAco door opened and Senator
whispered the secretary.
IHaaQjr the Mlsslsslpplan had his
MB His back to Peabody, he rose,
IHght down his fist heavily upon the
IB and expounded oratorlColly to I
Hpffha&w can produce of aluminium
I Klratas, my boy, la problematical, but
B aocth is in a hurry for It, and the
By mast come .down. It's got to
flhg-doWn, and I'm not going to do
hrthlnff *3as until it doea."
Its secretary stretched across the
CTjgjffili* me. eenator; Senator Peafcrbere,'*he
said loudly and Sur*odly,
as though he had Just slght the
ttbss of the-senate.
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50,000 s
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$150,000 I
k $300,000 ^
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% Mlsslsslppian turned. w(
Qh, good morning, senator. 1 was
!T talking with my secretary about by
it hydrate clause." ou
ukbod^ bowed slightly. bJ
j|p know it was coming up," he
il? tjust dropped over. I'm not
A* to,It or any southern measure.
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1 Corner Lot (prett
(Cheap.)
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i ** 1 Beautiful, 10 roor
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! p One farm about 5 n
about 140 acres, (mon
horse farm cleared. (
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bat It makes~It more difficult for me
j when you southern people oppose certain
Pittsburg Interests that I hare to
take care of."
Langdon samed.
"Pre never been In Pittsburg, but
they tall me it looks as if It could take
cars of Itself."
The visitor shrugged his shoulders.
, "That?a true enough, but give and
take Is the rule in political matters, i
(Langdon."
This remark brought a frown to
ILangdon's face.
*T don't like bargaining between genH
*y
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fljr "
Carolina Longdon had an austere loveliness.
tlemen, JPeabody. More Important still,
I don't believe American politics has
to be run on that plan. Why can't we
change a lot of things now that we
are here?"
Langdon became so enthused that he
paced up and down the room as he
spoke.
"Peabody, yon and Stevens and I,"
continued Langdon, "could get our
friends together and right now start
co make this great capital of our great
country the place of the 'square deal/
the place where give and take, bargain
and sale, are unknown. - We - could
start a increment that would dtfre out
of fo
ngreae would hare to Join In the ,
oik If we went out in-front, led the *
17 and showed them their plain
ity. And I tell you. Senator Peabody, .
at the principles that gave birth to ^
la country, the principles of truth, ,
nesty, Justice and Independence. (<I
>uld rule in Washington"? T
'If Washington cared anything about *
em, Langdon." interjected the PennIranian.
That's my point," cried the Mlsslsjplan?"let
us teach Washington to jV
re about them I" .
'Langdon, Langdon," said Peabody m<
tronizingly, "you've seized on a blgr
task than you know. After you
form Washington you will have to
on and reform human nature, burn
instincts, every haman being in ?
e country, If you want to make poll
a this angelic thing you describe. \
Isn't politics, it's humanity, that's
roug," waving aside a protest from
mgdon. 1
'Anyway your Idea Is not constitu- J*1
inal, Langdon," continued Peabody. "
'ou want everybody to have a share an
the national government That co
raldn't meet the theory of centralize- his
in woven Into our political system sei
Its founders. They Intended that '
r government should be controlled 6"1
a limited number of represeuta- to
n<
ml
r Sale Quid
)ck" Second St.
iest residence site in town) c
n, modern residence with barn,
liles from Cheraw, near Kimb<
i or less,) with a good house or
^heap with terms to suit you.
and town lots. See our list b(
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tlves, so that authority euu be fixed
and responsibility ascertained."
"You distort iny meaning!" cried
Langdon. "And, senator, 1 would like
to aak why so ninny high priced constitutional
lawyers who enter congress
spend so much -time-In-pHtclag the copstltUtia'i
oMhe United States between
themselves aiiu their duty, sir, between
the pepple and their government, sir,
between the natlou and.its destiny? i
want to know If In your opinion the
constitution was designed to throttle
expression of the public will?"
"Of course not. Thafs the reason
you and 1, Langdon, and the othersare
elected to the senate," added Peabody,
starting to. leave. Then he
halted. "By the *way, senator," he
said, "I'll do my best to arrange what
you want regarding aluminium hydrates
for the sake of the south, and
I'll also stand with you-for Altacoola
for the naval base. Our committee Is
to make Its report tomorrow."
Langdon observed the penetrating
gaze that Pen body had fixed on him.
It seemed to betray that the Pennsylvania's
apparently careless manner
was assumed.
"H'm!" coughed Langdon, glancing
at Ilalncs. "I'm not absolutely comboy,
tht dtvty mutt come dqaj^^^
[The boss of the Benate went^^HH
&rlng venomously at Haines,
a moment mter a page boy brought!?
a card. "Colonel J. D. Telfer, Gulf >1
ty," read the senator.
4Bud," he remarked to the secretary,' j
'm going to send my old acquaintance, I
?lfer, mayor of Gulf City, In here fedUA
<u to talk to. He'll want to kn^^^f
out his town's chances for
osen as the naval base. I must h^^^f
away, as I have an appolntmer^^H
1th my daughters and Mrs. Span^H^
ir before going before ways anc^H
ions."
CHAPTER XI. 1
ON TDK TRAIL OF TIIE "iNSrDKBS." 1
***%OLONEL J. D. TELFER (J. D. 1
standing for Jefferson Davis, jj
j he explained proudly to ^
* nalncs) proved a warm advo- ?
te of the doubtful merits of Gulf
ty as a hundred million dollar naval
se. His flushed face grew redder, .
) long white hair became disordered,
d he tugged at his whito mustache ..
hi
ntinually as he waxed warmer In ^
i efforts to impress the senator's <
cretary.
'I tell you. Mr. Ilaines, Gulf City,
b, leads all the south when it comes <
choosln' ground fo' a naval base. j?r
>r vast expanse of crystal sea, her Q
les upon miles of silvah sands, sab. ^
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protected "by a natural harbor and fh'fl I
Islands of Mississippi sound. make-her
th' only spot to be considered. She's"
God's own choice and the people's, too,
for a naval base."
' v*But unfortunately congress also .
i has something to say about choosing
| it," spoke Haines. ^
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City's mayor, "but"?
"And there was a man here from
AltaeocJa yesterday," arjju interrupted-the
secretary, "who
City was fit only to be the state
aged and indigent, frogs."
"Say, they a man in
can speak tb' truth,"
r colonel,
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the
scornful laugh
'Altacoola, huhl I reckon
a after all. Why, O JBH^H
ows the speculatln' In
tacoola, and everybody
tslders that's doln' it. If s
I, right here In Washlngton^H^H^^^H^^^HB
i't In, yo* can easy get a
ung man, yo'll out
yo'll drop to It all. ^
'I gue*a 7 was too lata
the size of I guea^^^^H^^pH^H
joola talk to yd*,** went
"If that feller Falrbrotbe^^H^^^^^^^^H
tacoola had been able to l^djPP^^^^^^^P^P
tgnejaajbe I wouldnj^kJ^w
icfiTBut noifcJWlfciA^vTOu's what.
now this?that^o'ie either a big fool
-an insider. Yo're a nice young fel- ^
. I have kind-a taken a fancy to yo'. 1
Ike to see yo' young fellers get along
1 not miss yo'r chances. Come, my
v, got wise to yo'rself, get wise to M
rsoifI Climb on to the band wagcn r .
th yo' friends." WM
tud concluded that he might be able ^
get more definite information out of
Ifer If he humored him a bit
I tell you, colonel," he finally said, m
cso are pretty grave charges you're "
king, but I'll tell you confidentially,
Ing to your liking for me, that it is
; yet too late to do something for
If City. Now, just suppose you and
Ine together tonight early, and well
over the whole ground to aee bow
ogs lie. Will you?"
he colonel held out his hand, smllbroadly.
He lelt that at last be'
i won the secretary over; that the
ng man was at heart anxious to
0 money for bis Influence with the i
ator.
Ul right, my boy, yo*fiPon. Well I
3 together. To* are atgolutely cer- J
1 that It won't be too>Sate to get to
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