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Miss Nora Stubhs is spciidin;: sometime
in (Jeorgetown.
Mr. J. \V. Crowley, of ltuhy, was a
vis.tor in the oity yostenlny.
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Mr. \V. J. Ousley, of Ousleydale,
near Miildeiulorf, was in the city yesterday.
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Mr. C. L. Prince has returned from
o cK nrf rioif t a liie nurottte im pnltl
u OUVl v * ICiV IV/ llio |>l? t V liVW ill L/M .yt
more, Md.
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Monday night a telegram was received
in the city announcing the death
that evening at her houie in Charlotte.
N. of Mrs. Matthews. Mrs. Matthews
was before her marriage Miss
Gertrude Brock. daughter of Mr. 1\ II.
Brock a former citizen of Cheraw.
Attention i; cai'od t > the add in til
issue of Mr. G. \V. Lewis.
KEEPING THE LKiHTS BI'RMNG
This is the time of the year when
the home merchant is inclined to "laydown"
on the offensive, thinking business
after the holidays is going to
be dull anyway. But his competitor
in the big city never learned how to
let up in the noble art of accumulating
trade.
The Board of Trade has for sale a
fine horse and buggy. See .1. M. Long.
President.
worms
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'5 t : *-.?r?fv Speds
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With bright prospects ahe.
d for gocC prices on Vegetable
and alt Parni products,
oui farmers should feel encouraged
to plant improved
varieties of seeds, so as to increase
their crops.
WOOD'S VEGETABLE SEEDS,
long known for their superior
quality and productiveness,
have greatly increased
in demand and popularity
WOOD'S GRASS, CLOVER and
FARM SEEDS are of tested germination
and superior qualities.
Write for prices.
WOOD'S PgggRIPTIVE CATALOG
all Seens for the Farm and Garden.
Mailed free on request.
T.W.WOOD & SONS,
SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Ya.
1 jOW .v o'it vour
grocery basket?
Is it eating vou out of
house and home? Is it
costing you a third mo e
than it ought to each
year? You can change
thi gs >y coming here
cut down the cost of li\
way ? iow prices. We
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Cheraw, S. C.,
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Hon. \Y. F. Stevenson For Congregs
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Mr. W. F. Stevenson authorizes u
to announce that he will be a candi
date in the Democratic Prlmar;
during the coming summer for Con
gressinan ftotn the Fifth Congres
sioual Dstrict and to thank his man;
friends for their very substantia
support in the last primary for th
same position.
COLDS NEED ATTENTION
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--Internal throat and chest trouble
produce in Humiliation, irritatiou, swell
ing or son ness and unless checked a
once, are likely to lead to serious trou
, hie. (.'aught in time Dr. Bell's Pine
iTarTtoney loosens the phlegh and de
stre, s the serins which have settled li
the nose and throat. It Is soothlni
and healing. I'ine is antiseptic; hone;
soothing?both together possess es
client medicinal qualities for fight
cold germs. Insist on Dr. Bell'
'ii Tar-Honey. 25c. all Druggists
Beard of Trade Elects Officers.
A meeting of the board of trade wa
ield last night for the purpose o:
looting officers for the ensuing yeai
The following were elected:
President?J. M. Long.
V. President?W. P. Bunch.
Sec. . Treas.?L. C. Wannamaker
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Attention is called to the advertise
lent in this issue of Mr. E. S. N
'idlings.
The "Boy Scouts" will meet at the!
e quarters in the post office build
g next Monday night at 8 o'clock.
Mr. <1. It. Knight, of Pagelaud
cut Monday in the city.
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Mr. P. II. A rant is visiting in Pag
and.
The home of Mr. 1?. H. McGregor a
Ituliy was tvh sveue of a pretty wee
hug Tiu'silay afternoon at 0 o'cloc
\ hen hi* daughter, Miss Jeau McGref
?r. was Quarried to Mr. James Calci
I.iialsay. of St. Paul, X. C. Rev. J. I
Mellaril performed the ceremony.
Patron?"I say, waltnb, Is thi
;teach or apple pie?" Garoen?"Can
..on tell by the taste?" No." "The
hat difference does it make?'
There Is more Catarrh In this section
of the country than all other diseasec
put together, and for years it was supposed
to be incurable. Doctors prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly
failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it Incurable. Catarrh Is a
local disease, greatly Influenced by constitutional
conditions and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a constitutional
remedy. Is taken Internally
"nil acts thru the Blood on the Mucous"
I Surfaces of the System. Owe Hundred
I Dollars reward is offered for any case
| that Hall's Catarrh Cure falls to cure,
j Send for circulars and testimonials.
F. ,T. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
J BUY /A
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Our grocery basket
ang. They do it in thi
mark our goods at price
that give us a liviru
profit, hut still as low a
we can to attract trace
We do a big business
and small profits count
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LEWIS
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i a Chance." 3
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1 rift less man offers for his ??
halm with which he pities ?
When, if the truth were ?
a dozen favorable oppor- ?i
cd his money and tried to ?u
f. 4
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HIS low ic\t*l Ui uiauui/uu.
ill-sell". Take what little ?
an account with this bank. 4
lependent feeling, and will 4
some well-paying business 4
0 start with. <
Farmers Bank ?
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CHAPTER IV. S
Molly's Dizzy Popularity. 9 i
THUS sped I be evening, wltW
Molly climbing the dizzy heights
of popularity In hourly Increasing
excitement. She not only
bad a notable partner for every uance, j
s but a brilliant partner for every tete- ;
f a-tete between numbers, anil tbe ab I
. most equully happy, though not so j
highly favored, Fern warned her. In a
giggling, whispered moment, to keep
her back to the wall lest she be stabted.
Her oup of happiness was full
. when the fnmous musician, a near
sighted man who wore his hair short
_ and inspected her rapturously through
half inch thick glasses, composed a
sparkling little rondo for her at a piano
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Inspected Her Rapturously Through
Half Inch Thick Glasses.
In a quiet little alcove and named it 1
"Molly" and wrote it 011 her dance card.
- all In the space of seven minutes.
True, he had danced with her two
numbers before and had had time to 1
think of her?possibly to think of her
In rondo terms.
Occasionally she caught sight of \ \
Sledge in the throng, although she had 1
not seen him on the tloor, and she real- i
Ized that her number with him would 1
be a "sit out." Perhaps that was why j
It had been put down so far in the j 1
program, when she would welcome a
rest. It was like bis doing, for she
had to acknowledge that he was at
y least farsighted.
? One thing perplexed her. He was 1
much less awkward and much more at
ease hero than lie had been at her 1
party. Whenever she saw him lie was
t talking gravely with men of large af
fairs, and, to lior surprise, she observk
ed that, in every < ase. lie was accorded
' totable respect Kveii the musician I
seemed absnrl edly interested in him. 1
* and her leading millionaire came back
to hlni ii^hin and again. She wonder- j
. ed why men sought him. and she was
still wondering when the eminent so- j
s otologist fairly snatched her out of the I
arms of the mayor after the eighth I
dance. i
"Come and watch me smoke a ciga- |
rette," he begged her. "I've been try- I
Ing to get a chance to talk with .volt I
again tiie entire evening, but there's i
always such an increasing!.! m.id
scramble around you that the attempts <
made me feei undignified." I
"You'd worry a lot about that." sli i
guessed. i
"Wouldn't IV" lie hiit'-h > 1 Will you i
ohill If we step out on the terrace':"
"I don't know how." slu- l.ippi > told
. him, and they hurried u; i >. .. Ii.to
I be led her to a seat in tin- :.; i!' m
and deftly made ler comf? rial !e v ;t i .
three cushions from as many > '
Sledge and Senator All'-rton passe l j
' them as he lighted Ids ciumeite. and
i he looked nfter Sledge until t! e mupdi |
^ burned his fingers.
"There Is the biggest man I have (
* seen in a loin: while." be remarked as
? he sat beside her on the se.ie^
"They say lie is nut only tin- b ?-s of
the city, lait of the slate." replied M??1 *
!y, very much interested You knew <
? that, didn't youV"
^ "Of course." lie aeknou led-ed. "I tit
I scarcely think that would inliueiice
7 my Judgment. I lime studied ;; gioat
? manj' moil of more power and iullnem-e
u than he has at present. Inn none of
* them, so far as I ean reeolleet. seemed
f to have his elemental foree Wherever
? he was horn, lie would have ! ecu a
> leader. He is a wonderful man. Throw 1
* him In a savage eouiitrv an I lie would
t be king."
!? A huge tigure approached them
>. "Hello, Walt." run hied the deep 1
J voice of Sledge. "My donee. Airily."
f "Well, you having a good time':'
V asked Sledge, sitting comfortably
^ the seat Mr Watt had just vacated.
I "Tho time of my life." she as>tircd '
* him. with happy animai ion.
* "That's the word." It" hearti'\ p
proved. "If there's au? h!\ I n \
J want Just tell Cameron If e n.
* trot 'em right over tell ine
^ "The mayor has been very I: n ' "
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knowledgeTl Molly, beginning
der.
"lie's got his orders," returned
Sledge complacently. "Let me see
your dance program," and he took It
Pmm hor inn. "I thought so." he com
men led "There's a dark horse turned
up. and you didn't get him."
"A dark horse?" she faltered.
"A ringer." he explained. "Lord
Runnehase. Andrew Lepton. the big
coffee monopolist, sneaked him in here
under an alias, and nobody's on." He
puzzled over the card a moment. "Excuse
me till I fix It" and he stalked
away.
Molly sat silently, allowing a cold
wave of humiliation slowly to chill her
soul. Why, Sledge had carefully prearranged
her triumph of the evening.
He had assumed control of her dJLce
card and of her succession of delightful
tete-a-tetes. He had driven the
star performers into her net as if they
had been droves of sheep. True, men
had sought her a second time of their
own accord because of that charm
which she knew she possessed?a
vaguely understood attractiveness,
which was more than beauty, more
than cleverness, more than mere sex
roceptiveness. She had won' by her
own power, but Sledge had given her
the glorious opportunities. His omnipotence
began to annoy her and his
ruthlcssuess to inflame her already Inflamed
resentment
She knew precisely what was happening
at this momeut He was creating
havoc in not less than half a dozen
dance cards, with no compunction
about having discommoded or distressed
any one. Then there was Bert
downtown battling with a disaster
which had thrown him completely
from his feet Poor Bert! Shs had by
no means forgotten him. evan amid
the height of her excitement She
should have been there to comfort him,
and yet?well, he had not setn fit to
I'omo to her for comfort Men were
queer creatures. A woman when disaster
overtook her did not need to
deaden her intelligence. She needed It
then more than ever. ' P
After all. though. Bert wa^Jt man. '
and that was the way of 9pP
there was no use to dream of <?trturn- 1
iug the entire accepted order%f creation.
She was certain, however. that
she could be of more help to tyert after
they were married. He was weaker
than she had thought
Very well: Sledge had thrown down
the gage of battle. He had laughed
when he was threatened and had ruined
Bert in challenging defiance. Let
him now take the consequences. If he 1
went to the penitentiary, well and
good. lie had probably sent other people
there, with no more qualms of
mercy than she would now show to
him. She could be as ruthless as he.
What was it Professor Watt had called
the quality? Elemental force?that 1
was it. Well, she possessed it too.
She felt It within her. stirring with
the same physical nascency as the virility
of parenthood, to which It was
so closely allied.
Just off the governor's stuffed leather
library was a small room, with a
hard desk and six bard chairs.'and a
hard looking letter file, and a hard, fireproof
safe let Into the wall, and here,
while Lord Bunnchase led Molly Marley
through the paces of a hard twostep.
Governor Waver and Senator AJlerton
and Sledge and Frank Marley
gathered for a few moments of com- '
t'ortable chat such as elderly gentle- J
men love to Indulge In while frlvo- '
Ious younger people dance the flying 1
hours away. All four being gentle- ,
meat who. by the consent of the pub- '
lie. bore the grave responsibility of
the public welfare on their shoulders, '
It was not strange that their chat
should turn to public affairs.
"I am glad to be identified with the 1
ontarnrise " avowed State Senator Al- 1
lerton. who was a suave, clean faced
jentleinan. with a good forehead and
a quite negotiable tongue. "At the
game time, as far as I am privately
concerned, I can only regard It as
temporary Investment."
"Why temporary?" demanded Frank
Marley. who wus feeling particularly
capable this evening. His $175,000
worth of street railway stock hnd been
increased to $202,500. He was to have
S.S7.50O cash out of the undivided surplus
of the old company, and his daughter.
Molly, was the most popular girl
nt the governor's ball. "The street railway
company has always made money,
and the city needs additional transportation
facilities. We have reached
the normal period of extension, and I
do not see what is to prevent us from
limit less prosperity."
"The franchises," Senator Allerton reminded
him. "Your present permits
have loss than five years to run." '
"I have never had any trouble in having
them renewed." objected Marley,
priding himself on his management.
"Times are changing." sighed Allerton.
"There is a growing disposition
on the part of the public to charge public
service eorpovntions for the use of
DUblic nronertv." I
"The people are ungrateful," mourned
Coventor Waver, who had enriched
himself through furnishing electric
light nt his own price to a public
which 1 .i knowu nothing better than
gas. "The moment they see a profit
on their luxuries they want part of it.
An undivided surplus such as the street
car company has had is a constant
menace."
"That was a sinking fund for extensions
and Improvements," Marley reminded
him "The stockholders had
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no right to ask for a division of It."
"They would If we had not put It out
of harm's road," insisted the governor.
"That much has been saved to the
men who really earned It, but I should
not like to see a similar profit exposed.
To my mind, a 7 per cent dividend Is
an even worse folly."
"It gives confidence in the stock,"
argued Marley. "The public would
never be so eager to take up this new
Issue if it had not been for that 7 per
cent dividend."
"That's what It was for." interpolated
Sledge, looking out of the window
Into the sunken garden and vainly
hunting the hand hole in the gate.
"It has served its purpose," granted
Allerton, "but taxpuyers are becoming
greedy. When they see the stockholders
of a public corporation making 7
per cent they want some of It and try
to make the corporations pay part of
their taxes. In every city of importance
the voters are demanding pay
for street car franchises and making
the street railway companies, in addition,
bear half the cost of all street
Improvements."
"It's a bad outlook," agreed Governor
Waver. "Frankly, as soon as I
receive my new Issue of stock I shall
have it quietly placed on sale."
Marley looked at him indignantly.
"Why, the street railway company is
entering on the greatest period of
prosperity In Its career," he asserted.
"There'll be no trouble about franchises.
The city Is wild to have the
Improvements and must have them."
Allerton looked at bim wouderingly.
"Waver Is right," he stated. "1 shall
sell my own stock, and I'll venture to
say that Sledge has already made si
lent arrangements for disposing <>r !:K
Do you knew thai the fram-lilses at
present granted In this state are revocable
and that It Is not possible to
secure one which is positively safe for
longer than ten year periods/ When
you come to the renewal of your frun
chlses, Marley. you will he met with
a demand for pay and will have other
restrictions Imposed on you. Our present
franchise law. lu view of the public
tendency. Is a bad one for Investors."
"Let's fix it," suggested Sledge.
"I'm afraid it's too late." protested
Allerton.
"Not for a new gag," dissented
Sledge. "A new one can be put over
quick."
"I fancy that there should be protection
somewhere." opined the governor.
"No matter what changes In public
sentiment, the investing class, upon
which the public depends for prosperity,
must always be protected."
"But how?" Inquired the senator
"How In this particular case?"
"Head 'em off," grunted Sledge.
"I'm keeping my stock."
"I'd be glad to bold mine," stated the
senator. "But how Is It to be made of
future value?" |
"That's up to you," Sledge replied,
rising. "Figure It out and see me tomorrow.
Marley, I want to talk to 1
you."
Mr. Marley, today a man worth over
a Ultra or a-million uouara m me sireei
railway stock alone, arose In offended ;
dignity. He was a trifle too Important,
too capable and too wealtby to '
be ordered about like a messenger boy I
by a man who might shortly be a con-!
victed criminal. Molly bad arranged
an interview between her father and
Bert on the previous afternoon, and
Mr. Marley also now knew a thing or
two.
"I would suggest tomorrow," he stated
coldly. "I should much prefer to
talk with you during business hours."
"This ain't business," said Sledge,
leading the way Into the library, where 1
be took a seat In an alcove.
Marley followed him reluctantly. 1
"If It Is my family affairs"? be be- '
gan in protest.
"Sit down," directed Sledge. "Bert 1
Glider has been making threats against 1
me."
"Has he?" Inquired Marley noncommlttally.
"Tell him to quit or make good." ordered
Sledge.
"Really, Mr. Sledge, I don't see where
I can interfere," reproved Mr. Marley.
"The matter la entirely between you
and Bert"
"He's a friend of yours." cbargid
Sledge.
"Tee," acknowledged Marley, feeling 1
chat he could afford to acknowledge it
now that the street car reorganization
had gone beyond the point where .
Sledge could stop It.
"How about this marriage with
Holly?"
"That's Molly's affair," stated Marley
stiffly.
"You know he's broke, don't you?"
"I heard something of the sort," ad
Bitted Marley. "He's a clever young
man, however, and until he gets on his
Feet again I have money enough for
both."
"You won't stop It, then?"
"Certainly not" declared Marley, j
Feeling that he might just as well make |
capital for courage out of the fact that
be could not in the slightest degree influence
Molly. "I might perhaps, prefer
a more brilliant match for Molly,
but I do not need to make It a matter
of money, and there Is no better family
In America than Bert's. The Maryland
Gliders aro the oldest and best
M8ure," grunted 8Udg?. "I'm goana
break him too."
itock In this country. Moreover, above
all things, I wish to see my daughter
happy."
"So do I," asserted Sledge. "That's
why she can't marry this plnhead. I
want her myself."
"Molly has made her choice," declared
her father firmly. 1
"So you lay down, eh?"
"I decline to Interfere."
"Making Bert a bum cuts no ice?"
"His temporary financial condition
has no bearing in the matter. I should
feel humiliated to think that I had allowed
that trilling consideration to be
a factor."
"Huh!" grunted Sledge. "You got
enough for both, eh?"
"Quite enough," and Marley reflected.
with ;i nle.-isnnt feellnir of sUDerlorl
ty, upon the moment soon to come
when this political and commercial
bully would l.o crlnpinp.
"Then wnh-li oil I fur your eye,"
warned Sledpe nnd. rleloe. walked out
Into the drawing rooms.
He found M..lly <iuitc busy, but, since
she was only u; i upled with u state
represeutnthe an.'.I local uillltonnlrr
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She
was ustouuded to sou how i!
melted before liim and almost bat
feeling of wildly clutching at the c
tails of the mayor, whom site hoar
disliked.
"I'm sorry for you, Molly," Slei
told her as he pre-empted Hie pi
alcove. "1 got to hand you atiot
Jolt"
"You're a fast worker." she coin
mented him. "But you'll have to w
faster. 1 just gave Willie Walton
hint of the splendid news we are
have for the Blade, and ho is ti? k
to death."
"Good work!" applauded Sled-re.
want that pulled quick."
Molly smiled.
"All right Go as far as you lik
she confidently invited him. "W
see who pets the worst of it. By
way, maybe 3*011 wouldn't mind toil
me the new jolt I am to receive."
Sledpe ehtiekleil.
"Your dad says lie don't < arp if II
Is a bum."
"lie isn't!" she hotly denied.
"Your dad's a panto sport. lie s:
he has enough money for both."
"Good for daddy!" she cried,
lighted.
"Sure!" grim toil Slodee "I'm go?
break him ton."
CHAPTER V.
Sledge Reduces His Salary List
SLEDGE walked bad; th;m
the Occident in such a un
that the regular mem tiers
the "Good morning. Ben." I
gade fell away from him like bar I
from a cake of ice. Even Doc Tun
wntHncr the dflilv advent of tbe b(
met wltb the rebuff of stony slle
and sat down In his favorite news
per corner, with his crusted brown i
by Jammed down to his cars and
inch long stub of cigar puckered tit
ly in at the coTinr of his wrink
lips, where it It".cd at a distance I
a speck of black rot in a dusty pot:
Doc had digested condensed and 1
veyed news to f I?5tr ciiief so h
that he felt a proprietorship in that
partment and was justly offetn
when Tom Beudix came in a few rr
ntes later.
"What's the mattui wit It Slelgc I
morning?" snarled hoc.
"How do I know':' inuuediat
Bnarled Bendix. "I don't sleep w
him."
"He's got a groin h on liii.t a f
thick," complained hoc. "lie gave
a cold turndown. .V:!'a I .i
through me without even a gruu\"
"I'll tell Sledge he'd better i>e e.
ful^' sarcastically eoniinented item
"Well, Kelly, what do yon want:"
Schooner Kelly, who was nillic
with pink whiskers tin 1 a pereni
thirst, stopped scratching.
"Two bits." lie stated, with adml
blc clarity. "What's the matter w
Big Ben?"
"He's teething." replied keinlix. j
dueing the desired two bits, with
which Schooner Kelly wouid be a 1
sauce for hours t > e.une.
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"The Dutchman down In the ElfhU
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i Hazelnut club." he stated.
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j The Cameron picture's down off bis
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\ | | "Tell liim you told me," advleed
K J Bendlx, weighing the matter carefully,
j'' for of such trifles was political control
j; constructed.
1 - "Is that the worst news I can carryf
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j "If there's any worse we'll sand It
out when the wagon backs up," ra?
ri sponded Bendlx dryly.
"All right, captain," agreed the tala
hearer. "Say, can you slip ma an
' 1 ace?"
r Bendlx slipped him an aca from a
i fund provided for that purpose.
- "Thanks," said the thug. "Say,
) j what's the matter with Sledge?"
"None of your business!" snapped
Bendlx, with a wondering glanca at
J the back room, and lie waded through
i the usual morning lineup with that
wonder growing on him. The actlone
and hearing of Sledge varied by *o
thin a hair's breadth from day to day
?.s that a notable variation meant someI
a thing.
lie found Sledge standing up, and
lily ilieu lie knew that there was something
in the wind.
ljrP "Get Bozzain," directed Sledge, and '
Bendlx went straight out to the telehur
phone.
"Get Davis," directed Sledge when
pi, Bendlx came back, and Bendlx, vagueurk
'J pitying somebody, hurried out ta
s the telephone again,
i,, "Get Feeder," was the next order.
I,.,I Bendlx almost whistled as he hurried
out to locate by telephone the ex-coon I
ty treasurer, who for two yearn had
been drawing a handsome salary from
Sledge for keeping his mouth shut
about the public funds scandal.
t. II "Get Gaily." rumbled Sledge, wha
I il;. had not moved from his contemplative
I,,.. post by tbo window, and Bendlx, keeping
bis growing wonder to himself and
replying with a shrug to the soberly
;(>rt questioning glance of the concerned
Phil, telephoned for the Sledge leader
in the city council.
1VS) Sledge, having sent for everybody
i? l cftHnflp mnrA milatly la
Ut: UUUUUUi ?? U.J oivi.xg ~?v
,i(, bis accustomed cbair when Bendiz rtturned
from bis last trip and wu look*
lug with bis usual stolidness oat of tha
window after having donned tha freab
red rose, which be bad put on religiously
three times a day since be bed
met Molly Marley.
"Council meeting this afternoon?"
igh lie asked.
><>.1 "Two-thirty," answered Bendiz.
of "How much of the stock Is tubl?ii
scribed in the reorganized street rn!1lies
way?"
ler. "Hundred and elgbty-flve thousand,
iss. t got the report Just before I came
nee over."
pa- "Oct ours on the market. Oam JESS "
ler i sales, but do it quick."
his! "Who's to be soaked ? Marley?"
fht- i guessed Beiulix.
led "The limit," assented Sledge. "Be**
ike dix. what's the worst tbey could band
,(o. mo on that public funds case7"
,ur- "Two or three years if they got yo*
; going," Judged Beudix. "Thafa dead
de* ! now, however."
Jcd | "It's back."
da" I "Has Feeder been talking?"
Sledge nodded.
Ids "Who knows anything?"
"Glider?Marley."
ely Tlunh!" grunted Bendlx in unconith
selous imitation of Sledge. "What art
you going to do?"
out "Call it."
me "Yr. i don't mean to bring It to a
-lit ! show',own!" protested Bendix. "Wt
' en d't'ord it with Lansduleand Blak#
ire o? V* - bench. Judge Lansdale espelix
ciaily would part with his right am
. to tc^s a harpoon Into you."
Ml | "Get. rid of him."
mil "i d n't see how," worried Reudlx.
i.M.wl f..r I u-n rnnfM fo
'!:l" suiiM'fhii!!; ??ii liiin. He can't be reach11)ink
it's safe to beat
' llilll lip.'
"?" SI -tire |> licit niMtter trelglitil.v
ii'itl :-Ii;!it*il
"i!Ivi? !?i ?-.i -t >! ' Ian* Job"
Continued on pace 2.
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