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IS he fletv Mayor Based on G H. Broadhurst'* Succssshil • Play The Man The Hour By ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE. Copyright, I'.CK, by George H. Broadhurst. i •'! fc t: ^ ' I 1 of tlio organization, and'ills arm got! kuoo and smiling manfully Into her I the Jobs of building the aqueduct and sleep flushed fare; "nothing Is the mat- 1 the new library. That gat e me my fer. Only a business call.” clew. I looked up the specifications for } “A business call at 2 o’clock in the both jobs, and l turned them over to morning!” she exclaimed. "Dear boy, the old engineering firm of Morris & .vou are working too hard. Your father | Cherriugton. You know the firm, per- i never brought ids business worries and haps. If you don’t, you can look them "' 0, 'k borne. Ho always left them at up. They don’t belong to the organiza- ; tbe office. Can’t you do the same? tion; they’re the best experts in their You'll wear yourself out.” Hue, and they can’t be juggled with.” 1 “^- v father”— began Bennett, but j "I know them. Go on.” | the name choked him. “I paid them a fancy sum to go over ‘Aon are growing to l)e so much like panic' stricken appeal. "Did—did’ that man dare to hint anything against your father? Tell me the truth! I have a right to know. Did he?” Alwyn bowed his bead in silence. "Tell me what he said!*’ those specifications and then examine : the library and the aqueduct and see if they were up to the mark or If the him,” went on Mrs. Bennett fondly. | “And it makes me so happy that you are. Your splendid fight against that ! city ’d been cheated by the Bennett infamous Borough bill, for instance^ Contracting company. I had a strong idea 1 was right, hut I wouldn’t speak CHAPTER XII. m LWYN BENNETT sat in his own /\ study a home in the big Ben- / \ nett house that remained as A Ik almost the last landmark of that solid middle nineteenth century i How proud he would have been of , that! It is just the sort of thing he himself would have done In your place. ! He was surrounded with wicked and dishonest men just as you are. But through it all he remained true, hon orable. incorruptible. What a grand j ,i „ , i r» .i . . , heritage for my son! He— Alwyn!” "Well, asked Bennett indifferently,! . . . . .. . , , . ' she broke off, alarmed, “why do you ‘‘whnt thpn> i . y * i look at me tlwit way? I never saw - » ,h0 ot ‘O* «!«*• Look sucli a look in your eyes before. Are till I had the proof. When I got home after the ball tonight l found the Mor ris & Cherriugton report waiting for me. I brought a copy of it along with me.” wealth and fashion which had once it over for yourself. The crookedest, you m? 1{fl3 B o me thlng happened that dominated a neighborhood now given Job ever pulled off in this city! Third ; over to office buildings and apartment rate material, when the material called houses. The hour was late. An hour xnd more had passed since the young may or and his mother had returned from the administration ball. The house was silent, and even the usually busy cheap, crumbly iron and steel instead streets outside were wrapped in the J of first quality—oh, there’s fifty such for in the specifications was used at all. Granite shell filled with mortar Instead of solid granite; foundations barely half the depth called for; in- j you are keeping from me?” “No, no,” evaded Bennett. “I only”— “You had a caller here before I came in,” pursued the mother, refusing to abandon the clew to which her wo manly intuition had led her. “He ferlor tiles in place of fireproof ones; : i )roug |,t y OU i m( j news?'Tell me, dear! hush that nev<*r falls until after mid night and is dispersed by the gray of £awn. Late as it was Alwyn had made no move to discard his evening clothes. Alone he sat, his head resting between his crossed arms on the desk before him. substitutions and frauds! It’s the raw est, bummest job I ever heard of. If any of the organization tried It now adays the men who did It would be wearing stripes in a week. Graft, hey? Why, your father was the boss grafter of the century, the star graft getter of Motionless, inert, hopeless, he had re- the bunch! He"— mained there ever since his arrival from the ball. But if bis body was moveless, his brain was awhirl. Try as he would he could see no liitht in the tangle of events into which his own sense of right had plunged him. He saw the future stretching out be fore him dreary and barren as a rainy sea. Through ai! of his months of battling he had ever struggled forward through Increasing difficulties toward one bright goal—Dallas' love. And now that love was snatched trom his grasp, through no fault of Ills own, and bestowed on a man unworthy to kiss the hem of her garment. At each step in the long climb Alwyn had asked himself, “Would she ap prove?” And now through trying to be worthy that approval he bad for ever lost it. for Dallas, he knew, had not only rejected him and engaged her self to Gibbs, but bad done so with the belief that Bennett was a heartless, un scrupulous intriguer, undeserving of a good woman’s regard. A rap at the door aroused Bennett from his bitter thoughts. He lifted his head wearily and gave word to enter. A drowsy servant came in with a card. “He says it’s imp irtant business, sir,” said the footman. "And he wishes to see you at once, if possible.” “Show him up.” answered Bennett, dropping hi- vol-e so as not to disturb “Hush! For God's sake, hush!” pout ed Alwyn. “My mother sleeps only a few rooms beyond. I”— “What do 1 care?” roared Horrigan in triumph. "Let everybody hear! . The whole world is going to hear it un less that Borough franchise bill goes i through. Beat that bill and every pa per in the country will have that report to publish. Strip your fight against us j ind the report is buried. That goes! See? Now, do its you please about the bill. You’re a fine man to preach about graft, you are! The very i I’m your mother, and I love you.” “You are making my course more difficult for me by asking such ques tions, mother,” he answered wretched- ' Cynthia Oarrison. ly. “and I”— | “^ e said,” muttered Bennett, almost “I only want to help you, Alwyn. I incoherently, "he said my father made can't bear to see you miserable. A b* 3 fortune—by—graft!” woman’s wit and a mother’s love are ' ‘‘And you thrashed b m and threw often a combination that can solve ' ol, t of the house?” she cried, her problems beyond even the wisest old eyes ablaze. man's powers of logic. Lot me lieip you.” *T was trying to make up my mind,” vaguely replied Bennett, sorely dis tressed by her pleading, “whether a man ought to follow his conscience, oven if it leads to heartbreak for those “No." “Alwyn!” “He—he proved what he said!” “It Is a lie! A wicked, abominable iter “It Is the truth, mother. Would I have told you such a tuiug—would if 'it he loves, or whether he ought to let ; Horrigan have left this mm alive conscience go by the board for once ! it were not true?”’ and protect the happiness of his loved ! A silence—dreadful in its Intensity— ones.” ; fell over the room. Alwyn dared not “Alwyn! How can you hesitate a look at his mother. At last she spoke: second over such a question. One must ! “I must know more. I refuse to be- do right, no matter what the couse- lieve one word. You spoke of proofs. Here, his whereabouts known only to his intimate and personal lieuten ants, the boss was wont to sit at ease, like some fat, rubicund spider in the center of a web of intrigue, and issue his orders or plans of campaign. Some of these were carried by word of month through the anteroom into the alder- ; manic chamber. Others he transmlt- ! ted by means of a telephone that stood ready on the center table, before which his great easy chair was always placed. Around this table as the board of al dermen were about to convene on the fateful Friday of the Borough bill’s final consideration sat three men— ! Wainwrlght. Gibbs and Horrigan. The former, in spite of his habitual steady coolness, was plainly uneasy. Gibbs made no effort to deny his anxiety. ! His eyes were bloodshot, his manner abstracted and Ids nerves evidently 1 strung to breaking point. Horrigan alone of the trio had abated not one Jot of the colossal cairn and brutal power that were part and parcel of the man's mighty character. “When will our bill come up, do you suppose?” asked Gibbs, breaking a brief silence. “In half an hour or so probably,” answered Horrigan, glancing at his 'watch. “I thought it was better for us to get here ahead of time.” “Half an hour,” fumed Gibbs, “and neither Ellis nor Roberts here yet! ! Suppose they don't get here on time?” “They will,'' grunted Horrigan plac idly. “Do you think it is possible either of them has come yet?” went on Gibbs. With a glance at the antechamber door. “No.” “How do you know? Perhaps”— “Williams would have told me. He knows where I’m to be found.” “You're sure Ellis and Roberts will show up?” “Yes.” “How soon?” “In good time.” “But suppose they don’t?” insisted Gibbs nervously. “What then?” “Why, if they don’t, then they won’t. What do you suppose?” snapped Hor rigan. “What’s the matter with you, anyhow? Are you looking for a muse um job as tlic ‘human question mark?’ ” “Gibbs is naturally nervous,” explain- fereuce?” "But doesn’t the law permit the pub lic to attend these meetings?” “Only so long as they behave them selves. If a few of ’em get dabbed they won’t lie so ready next time to butt In where they aren’t wanted. They”- The tinkle of the telephone bell cut short the boss’ public spirited remarka. Horrigan unslung the receiver. “Hello!” he hailed. “Who’s- Oh, Roberts, eh?” “Is It Roberts ?” cried Gibbs excit edly. snarled Horrigan In ponderous sarcasm. “It’s the czar of Russia tele phoning to borrow a nickel. I called him ‘Roberts’ just to flatter him. Go on, Roberts! What's that? Yes, this is Mr. Horrigan. Want to see me, do you? What for? No, there Isn’t,” he went on angrily after a moment’s lis tening “You and I settled all that. Come and do your share of the.— Yes, I tell you it's up to you to make good.” Another pause, during which Gibbs and Wainwrlght glanced at each other In suspense. Then the boss continued, in a louder voice, over the wire: “Well, come to my room In tbe city hall, then, if you’ve got to see me. but there’s uo need for It. It’s all settled, and there’s nothing more to be said. I’ll be here. Don’t keep me waiting. I— What’s that? No! I won’t eomd to you! You’ll come to me, and you’ll 1 come on the double qnlck! Jump now! If you don't— No, that’s all. Hurry up!” “Wouldn’t it be wiser,” suggested Gibbs, “to humor the man by going to him, as he suggests? Then”— "No, it wouldn’t!” retorted Horrigan as he kept the telephone. “If I’d gone on the principle of ‘humoring’ folks. I’d still be working at eighteen per sell ing ferry tickets. Take my tip, friend! Never go to a man. Make him come to you. That’s business. And it gives you a 1)0 per cent better chance with him. Now, then,” pulling a paper from his pocket, "I told you about the re port I had Morris & Cherriugton dig out showing up Bennett’s old man. Here it is. Like to look it over while we’re waiting?” “Little enough good it seems to have quence. “I don’t know about that,” he said moodily. • “You knew it perfectly well. It is What are they?” Without a word, Bennett handed her the report left by Horrigan. For a time silence brooded over the study, broken only by the occasional turning roof over your j what your father would have advised head, the clothes and— But. Alwyn, you surely are not 0 f a page of the report. Then, after \ on your back, making yourself unhappy over a mere ; what seemed to Alwyn an eternity of were bought supposititious case?” waiting, the document slid to the ed Wainwrlght. “He’s not so old at j done!” returned Wainwrig^t as the this game as you and I. Horrigan, and three heads bent over theidocument. we must make allowances.” <-He’s still fighting us, tootlf and nail.” “Nervous?” grunted the boss. “I i “Yes,” agreed Horrigan grimly, "but should say he i&I Just look at that j it’s a satisfaction to know it isn’t only cigar I gave him. He’s been chewing us he’s fighting, tile’s cutting his own with graft money!” Ben nett scarce ly heeded the coarse insult, nor did he note II o r r i g a n’s grunt of good- by an d the clump of his ile- parting feet on the stairs. The young man sat, lost, hopeless, horror gripped, his eyes run ning mechanically over the closely / 5 “77ic clot’ii * on yonr hack lit')'* houyht uithijmlt monc!i!" hte mother, who slept on the same typewritten pages <,f j he engineer’s re- floor. "I will see him here.” Port Outsider ns he was in matters of 1 practical business, Alwyn could see “Well,” be continued, “let us take a : ‘mere supposititious case’ if you like. ^ Suppose, for instance, that a man hold- ! ing a position of trust had had a fa- : ther whose memory lie honored and ; revered as I do my own father’s”— “Yes?*’ prompted Mrs. Bennett as he paused. “Suppose some one tempts him to be tray his position of trust, even as I have lately been tempted, and fiireat- j ens In case of ins refusal to make ! public certain facts which would prove i his dead father t*i have been a scoun drel. Now, what should the man do? ; Should he let his father's sacred mem- ^ &m} It as If it was a sausage. That’s no : way to treat a fifty cent cigar, mau! Here, try another, and see if you cau't smoke it instead of eating a free lunch off it. Nothing like a good smoke to mother. She! steady your nerves. If”— w a s standing rigid, her fa j cold and hard as granite. throat too.’ floor. Bennett glanced at his [to be cowriianro.] COMMON S&NSE most intelligent people to use on!y ilnes of Knov n composition. There- * ’ A A minute later Horrigan’s bulky form blocked tbe threshold. “Queer time of night for a call,” he observed ca--;a!!y. as ho entered unin vited, closed the door behind him and took a chair, “but my business wouldn’t wait.” . “Then state it as briefly as you can,” LTitle by little the numbness lifted directed Bennett, making uo move to from his brain, and in Its place crept a ory be trampled in the mud. let his that Horrigan had in no way exag- duty go by default and save”— gerated the document's contents. He "it yvotild be au awful responsibility knew. toe. that the firm of engineers to decide such a question,” said Mrs. who had drawn up the report were Bennett, with a little shudder, the foremost of their soil and above all there could be only one reply.” shadow of suspicion. ^ “And that is?” “Horrigan has ferreted this out,” he said, not during to draw nearer or proffer com fort to the wo mau whom the boss’ disclosure had turned to stone. “He has secured the proofs and says he will publish them never make any trouble for us. they The antechamber door opened, and Williams hurried in. “I got Ellis!” he reported. “He’s 1111 . here, and”—with significant emphasis— ' B* Isthai Dr. Bierces medicines, the “lie’ll vote rip-hrmake>»<qf waich print every ingredient 41 j i enteringfo^o {.luun upon the bottle wrap- s “i do not advise, l command. Doriijht!" “Good!” assented Horrigan thought he d come to time. Now, for daily grV’ling in favor. The com* Roberts and the thing’s done.” i position of DYjPieree’s medicines is open “The gallery in there is jammed,” re- to everybodyyDr. Bierce being desirous ported Williams, jerking his head to- of having the s.-aK h light of investiga^ ward the aklermanic chamber. “I nev- tion turned fmly upon his formulae, being the place be- i contidc.'.t_thrt iii*Lt>etter the composition ; oi i lie sc medicines is known the more er saw such a mob in ^ or ‘‘- I wiil their great curallve^newtji beLrecpg- “Thnt’s what comes of all this news- nlzed. Being whollymade of^the active paper publicity." growled Horrigan. “If medicinal principles extracted'-from na* it wasn’t for the papers the people ’d tive forest roots, by exact processes original with Dr. Pierce, and without tha but | broadcast unless I withdraw my oppo sition in the Borough franchise mat ter. If 1 let that bill pass, Friday he "He must do Ills duty, be the results i will burn the report, and”— y read the news and then they get of a drop of alcohol triple-refined and * chemically pure glycerine being used in- y ideas uoout their I'ig.its, and a j n extracting and preserving tbs horrible conviction of the truth. His father—the gallant young soldier who had won a nation’s applause in the civil war—the man who. poor and un aided. had built up a fortune against ‘You won't call off your fight against keenest competition and had earned a ns?” 1 repute for sterling probity which had “TIiat question is hardly worth an- ever been the delight and model of his Bwer.'ng. NojJ’ rise or welcome ins unbidden guest. “It 5s very late, and I am tired.” “I’ve come to see you about our Bor ough bill.” "Ko I supposed.’ “1 thought not. Well, Mr. Alwyn Bennett, I’ve got you! I’ve got you! Do you understand me?” “Perfectly. Is that all?” “No, it ain’t a!!,” mimicked the boss. “And I’m in earnest. I’ve got you where 1 want you.” sou—this was the man whom a low blackguard like Horrigan now hud the right to revile—a man apparently no better than the boss himself—than any dishonest heeler in the organization! what they may.” “Y'ou really think so?” “There can be no doubt. Right is right and”— “It shall be as you say,” groaned Alwyn. “What?” queried Mrs. Bennett, star tled at the despair in his voice. “Do you mean it is an actual case? Some friend of yours, perhaps?” Bennett nodded. “Oh, the poor, poor fellow!” she sym pathized. "What a terrible position for him! It was he, perhaps, that 1 “There fs only one thing to do,” in terposed the mother, speaking with slow decision, her voice as cold and colorless as her face “Right must pre- 1 vail, no matter what”— “Mother!” cried Alwyn, trembling. “You advise me to— You advise me”— | "I do not advise, I command. Do ; right!” CHAPTER XIII. HE momentous Friday had ar- i rived: the day whereon the fa- j mous — or infamous — Borough Street railway bill in its ! amended form was to come up for the And, as if it were not enough that heard talking to you in here just now. the idol of a lifetime were hurled. No wonder he seemed excited! The crushed and dollied, from its bright sins of the fathers shall be visited upon aldermen’s consideration. “That doesn’t interest me. If you've pedestal, the family name must next the children even unto the”— Every paper in the city devoted col- nothing else to saj’"— j be dragged through the mire of polit- “It is something less hard on the ! umus to the situation. Everywhere it “But I have,’ silly lot of them come here to see they don’t get swindled. Lord! If the papers would puly suspend publication for one month. I’d guarantee to put the whole state in my vest pocket. They’re al ways hutting in to spoil the organiza tion’s honest profits. How are tbe crowd in the galleries behaving?” “They’re quiet.” answered Williams uneasily. “Too quiet. That’s what bothers me. They seem to be waiting for the Borough bill to”— “If they raise any row, rush a mo tion through to clear the galleries,” or dered Horrigan. “Nothing short of the police could clear away that big crowd.” “Then we'll have the police in to help.” “But,” argued Williams, “that would extracting and preserving curative virtues residing In tbe roots employed, these medicines are entirely free from tbe objection of doing harm by creating an appetite for either al coholic beverages or habit - forming drugs. Examine the formula on their bottle wrappers—the same as sworn to by Dr. Pierce, and you will find that his ■Golden Medical Discovery,” the great, blood-purifier, stomach tonic and bowel regulator—the medicine which, while not recommended to cure consumption in Its advanced stages (no mediciffi will do that) yet does cure all those catarrhal condi tions of head and throat, weak stomach, torpid liver and bronchial troubles, weak longs and h;mg-on-coughs, which, if neg. v lected or badly treated lead up to and finally terminate in consumption. Take the "Golden Medical Discovery* In time and it is not likely to disappoint you if only you give it a thorougn an I fair trial. Don’t expect miracles. It ' . f* , . .. won’t do supernatural things. Yon must mean a riot, and a lot of people would ^ exercise your pathmeo and persevere in its get hurt. All the newspapers tomor-: use for a reasonable length of time to get row would”— ! Its full benefits. The Ingredients of which Never miii.l ,ha,. Go ahead a,,d do father's honored name should be spo ken by this low politician, but l>efore he could protest more forcibly, Horri gan went on: “What d’you think if I said your fa ther was a grafter—one of the worst of his time?” Even liemiett admitted tlfat. He would fulfill his promise in either event Listlessly Alwyn began to review the case. On the one side a perhaps chuckled Horrigan. leal tilth and ill repute and the dead children than on the wives,” mused was known that the “boy mayor” was “When It came to a showdown lie- j man’s memory forever blasted. Either Bennett, half to himself. fighting with all his might the bill he tween us two I put a staff of men to j that or his son must withdraw from “The wives? Your friend has a had already vetoed. Equally well was looking up your record.” the gallant fight he was waging against mother living? That makes it doubly it understood that Horrigan was mak- “You found nothing you could use. ’ civic corruption, for that Horrigan hard. Oh, my son, every day I thank lag the battle of his whole career in Is that”— would carry out his threat and blpzon God in all humility that my husband ! behalf of the measure. If he could but j motion passed and turn the police loose. “No; it isn't even the beginning. | forth to ibe world the story and proofs lived so blameless a life and left so induce his “solid thirteen” aldermen to : Understand?” Then i remembered about your fa- of the elder Bennett’s shame Alwyn 1 honored a name! How grateful you stand firm and could maintain his hold ,ther.” had no doubt. With all his faults the and I both ought to he for”— on Roberts for the fourteenth, all “About my father?” Isiss was a man of his word. ‘ it is easy enough to decide for some would be plain sailing and the bill 1[-grated on Bennett that bis dead “Stop your tight against us,” Horrl- one you have never seen,” retorted ! would pass by a two-thirds vote in gan had said, “and tlie_ report is Bennett almost rudely, “but suppose * gpite of the mayor’s veto, burned.” • the dishonest man in my story had 1 More than the mere bill and his Yes, the boss was a man of his word. '>een father and”— ' price for it were included fb Horri- “I refuse to suppose anything of the gun’s reasons for his present activity, sort!” interrupted his mother indig- He recognized that his prestige as boss nantly, rising to her feet. “I wonder was at stake—that in case of failure that you can speak so! How can you his hold on the organization would be T d say you lied,” answered Bennett Quixotic fight for an abstract principle so horrible a thing?” 'considerably weakened, perhaps almost i dty hall. In the aldermanlc chamber calmly, "and I’d drive the foul lie _ a fig ht w j KHe reW ard was political “Just a thoughtless, tactless speech so much shaken as to permit Phelan to ! there’s a mob. and we’re likely to need ; down your throat w ith my fist. You’ll death, loss of the woman he adored. of ndne. That’s all,” lied Alwyn. “It’s I fulfill his once absurd threat to tear the police to quiet ’em. Y’es. No, not have to^thiuk of some better scheme family shame that might crush his v ^fy late. You’ll have a headache, I’m i him down from his eminence. For the ‘diet’ them, you fool! ’Quiet’ them! < than that." fragile old mother to the very grave, afraid. Won’t you go to bed?” whole organization was viewing with “I)o you think I’d be idiot enough to q u t ], e wealth, honor, love, the “Yes. It is late, and I’m keeping you ; breathless interest the duel between come here with the story if I didn’t governorship, a future happy and glori- 1 U P Good, night, dear. I wish your j Horrigan and the youthful mayor the have full proof of It?” asked Horrigan ous ' friend”- j boss had "made.” In such circles a in % contempt. | )c oot a to j ies i tatt .7 n a d She checked herself suddenly, with a 1 beaten man commands scant respect. And, despite himself, Alwyn saw the he uo( . ga , ve(1 , jis c0U!4clt .u ce sufficient- I mtle * a9 P- Reuuett. glancing up to * . , , , , * « ly by vetoing tile Borough franchise ! her, saw that her eyes were riveted on | The hoard of aldermen were in ses- bill? Had he the right to bring this a bit of pasteboard lying on the corner | gion in the city hall. Off the ante- new shame upon his mother’s gray ] of his desk directly beneath the read- j chamber of the great room where they Sure. Rush ’em. Goodby. head? Where lay his highest duty? ; ing lamp. met was a small, snugly furnished “But”— began Wainwrlght as Hor- The soft rustling of silk and a hand It was Horrigan’s card. apartment, first of a series of similar tlgan hung up the receiver. The boss laid in light caress upon bis head Hlowly the mother’s gaze shifted 1 rooms that stretched away, with con- wt him short. “I’ll let that gallery from the card to her son. From her 1 nectlng doors, to the far end of the crowd see It ain’t safe to interfere with face the color had been crushed by some swift emotion that left It very old, pale and sunken. “Mr. Horrigan!” she murmured. “It was he w’ho was your visitor tonight? Surely he Isn't the sort of a man to care about his father’s reputation for honesty. He”— “You’re tired, mother,” interrupted Bennett in haste. “Won’t you”— “Wait!” she panted. ‘ His visit here— man was speaking what he believed to be tbe truth. He paused in his impul sive forward move, reseated himself and asked coldly: “What so called ‘proofs’ have you been fooled by jour heelers into think ing'’- as you're told. At tbe first sign of dis approval from the galleries have the “All right,” acquiesced Williams du biously and withdrew. Wainwrlght opened his mouth to pro- | test, but Horrigan was already busy at i the telephone. “Hello!” he called. “I want 900 F- . 900 F. Yes—yes. Is that the captain?” j he went on a moment later. “Then send him to the phone. Tell him Mr. j Horrigan— Hello, captain!” after an other pause. “Y'es, it’s Horrigan. At Yes. Send us a squad at double quick, anl let tbe sergeant report to Williams. Let the boys bring their night sticks, and tell ’em they’re to take no back talk and not to l>e afraid to slag if it comes to that, and I guess It will. Pick : out the right sort to send. Yes. Of coarse I’ll back up anything they do. medical leaders—better than anv amount of lay, or non-professional, testimonials. They are not given awav to be experi mented w ith but are sold by all dealers in medicines at reasonable prices. THE "Don’t believe me, hey? Well, you 1 will fast enough before I’m done. Un less you’re afraid of what I’ve got to say.” “I’m not afraid of anything yon can say. The highest tribute to my fa ther's memory is the fact that a cur like you cannot defile It. Go on. I’ll listen to you.” x “V^ry good,” said Horrigan, quite unmoved. can. I rememl»ered your father got i aroused the miserable man from his reflections. Bennett looked up to see his mother standing beside him. She bad thrown on a wrapper and in slippered feet had stolen noiselessly into the study. “I was awakened by voices,” she ex plained. “I thought I heard some one talking excitedly In here. Is anything the matter?” NewShoeStore “I’ll make it as short as I i “ Noth ‘ u «’ l n<>th , ln « ^ar/’ be answer- #d gently, drawing the little old lady rich pretty quick.. He wras_a member j affectionately i|owu to a seat, on bis Alwyn!" bar voice rising to a wall of main corridor. This place, with the my work. r rPTfHviniy nfiW Sho6S room adjoining, had once l>eeu the “But.” protested Wainwrlght, 1 1 ‘J 111 new comptroller’s office. Of late, however, ly It will not he necessary to”— TlCETiy 6VGFy W66K 3.11(1 Will that official had change*! his quarters “To break beads? It probably will, give VOU IlGW, fresh Stock 3t ft ml flux r/wtm non *■<**+ tha n »i toi*h *i rn hat* Why not?” ° fV ‘i rv . 1 nrtrPQ T am “I’d rather use diplomatic tactlca.” i "£^1? i0WeSl P.eS. 1 r 1 *} “Diplomacy’s a game I never, took Still Selling 3t CUt priCGS. C3ll the trouble to learn.” ! in and examine mv Shoes and “But those people you’re about to I ^ o r»fi Kp convinced antagonize control votes”— prices 3I1U Dc LUI1V iulcu. “Yes. The people may control the votes, but we count them. See the dlf- and the room nearest the antechamber had lieen appropriated by Horrigan himself as a sort of unofficial snug gery, where he could sit at ease and transact business at close quarters whenever the organization’s secret in terests demanded his presence at tbe citv bail I. M. PEELER.