The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 29, 1908, Image 6
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BY 1
Albert
(IJAYSON
IjERHUNE
COPYRIGHT, ISQ7 BT
, GEORGE H.&RQADHURST
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With all the advantages of
youth, education and good looks
and frto vocation other than the
enjoyment of wealth, the hero of
our present story chose rather
to sacrifice his ease and comfort
on the altar of his duty as a
citizen. His city called him to
save her from spoliation and
corruption, and he responded to
the call. To lure him from the
path of right came the seductions
of love and the claims of a
revered parent's memory, allied
with the mighty forces at the
command of political and financial
malefactors. The firmness
with which "the man of the
hour," singled out for the highest
post in a great municipality
by those who san/ in him only
a weakling and a tool, resisted
the very forces that had elevated
him for their own purposes to
official power will be an inspiration
to the reader, as it has
been an uplifting force in the
minds of thousands who have
witnessed its. theatrical representation.
CHAPTER I.
f f 'HE country house of Charles
J Wainwright, fi?nneier,# topped
! the ridge overlooking me water
A in a climax of architectural hideousness
and extravagant cost The
grounds of Charles Wainwright, financier,
stretched out into countless acres
of landscape gardening. The whole estate
of Charles Wainwright, financier,
eclipsed those of his neighbors in the
t fashionable suburb, even as the name
of Charles Wainwright, financier,
eclipsed almost every other in the city
worljl where money ruled as undisputed
and absolute monarch.
ho turnnrl fmm tho hllfi
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tie of city and fellow money builders
and sought for n space the simple life
on his $2,500,000 country place1, with
its modest equipment of forty-one servants,
Mr. Wainwright so far cairied
into the wilds the atmosphere of business
and the burden of other men's
wealth as to have a very complete lit,
tie stockbroker room fitted up adjoining
his big library and to keep a man
night and day at his private wire.
Charles Wainwright. financier, was a
bachelor. No ol?ese or statuesque wife
carried about with her a portable advertisement
of his wealth in the shapeof
fabulously valuable jewels or made
his name renowned iu opera box. Newport
casino or Lenox cottage. His only
brother had died years before, leaving
a mere beggarly million dollars or so
and two children to divide it. These
children ? Dallas, a. strikingly pretty
and still more strikingly independent
. girl of twenty-four, and Perry, a delightfully
lazy, ldvable lad of twentyone?lived
with their uncle, who managed
their affairs, let them go pretty
much as they vhose and?as they were
more or le^s ornamental and entertaining
and decidedly popular?was
rather fond of them.
The trio had passed a pleasant, uneventful
mouth at the big bouse on the
hill early in the summer of 19?, w hen
a day dawned whereon fate booked a
number of decidedly interesting fateful
hapi>eulugs to occur.
Wainwright himself was up betimes
and at work in his library, poring over
market reports, cipher telegrams and n
dozen other details of deals which his
. simple life cult did not prevent him
from operating at long range. With
liim was his secretary, Thompson, a
pallid, earnest looking young fellow,
whose unobtrusive efficiency had long
since won the financier's admiration. *
offoiro l'n tlio fin'inci.ll
world had gnue more than ordinarily
to Mr. Wainwright's liking. Moreover,
a paragraph in one of the city papers
that had caught his eyes had set his
Jean gray face to twitching with as
near an approach to a smile as the
great man ever permitted. Altogether
he was in an unwontedly genial mood,
and some of his good nature so far expanded
as to include his busy secretary.
"Thompson," he remarked as the last
batch of correspondence was cleared
away, "you're looking pale. Do I work
you too hard?"
_ "No, indeed, sir," replied the secre
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something almost slavish in it.
"Feeling all right?" went oti Wainwright.
"You need more exercise. Why
don't you get out of doors oftener?"
"The work, sir"?
"Get another man to help you do the
telegraph part of It. then. I"?
"Thank you. sir. You are very kind
indeed; but. if it's just the same to you.
I'd rather handle it all myself. I hope
the work's perfectly satisfactory, sir?"
"Perfectly. Thompson. You're the
only employee 1 have who seems to
I love work for work's sake. Seen anything
of Mr. Gibbs this morning?"
"No. sir. I don't believe he's up yet.
Coming by such a late train last night,
you know. sir. and"?
"I was tip as late as he was. and 1
was at work by 8. But when a man
takes ltis first holiday in six years, as
he is doing. I supi>ose oversleeping is
j?art of the fun. There's a inan to pat- (
tern yourself after. Thompson! 1 rememl?er
when he started out he hadn't
a penny?nothing but the resolve to
get money and then to get more of it.
And now look at him! At thirty-five
he's the head of one of the busiest I
brokerage houses in"?
"Good morning!" broke in a voice
from the foot of the broad stairway
across the hall. "Sorry to l?e so late.
Do you know how the market is?"
"It's opened even stronger than I
hoped." said Wainwright. "Take a
look at these dispatches and see for
yourself. Had your breakfast?"
"Yes. thanks." answered the newmnwip
n wp!I stockilv built
man. lounging into the rooms, with a
nod at Thompson, who discreetly
withdrew into the adjoining office.
"Seems queer to have a whole day
! away from the office. I hardly know
what to do with so much spare time."
"It's the everyday hard work that's
put you where you are today,- Gibbs,
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Scott Oibbs.
and that's Interested me in you. For
instance, that deal of yours in South
Sea copper"?
"Yet that was the deal the papers '
all"?
"All denounced you for? What do
you care? You-were within the law.
They've been hammering ine for years
and attributing all sorts of low motives
to me. As long as the law doesn't
interfere I'm going to get all I can. So
are you. So is every sane man. As
long as it can be done without any ,
fuss or shouting. A mosquito could !
bite twice as often if only he didn't
, sing a song about it. By the way.
have you seen the papers?"
"Xo. Anything new?"
"One thing at least that ought to ip
i terest you. Listen to this: 'Theengagei
raeut of the niece of ? world celebrated
j financier to a prominent young broker
' is about to be announced. The young
j lady and her brother are orphans and
! are not only their famous uncle's
| wafds. but also the sole heirs to his
' vast wealth. They are summering at
] his magnificent country place, where
j the fortunate broker is said to spend
; every one of the very few moments
left vacant by his daring stock manipulations.'
No mistaking that, eh,
Gibbs?"
"It?it ought to bring matters to a
head, I should think."
"It certainly should." assented Walnwright
"In fact. It's such an audacious
master stroke that I've a notion
you may possibly have been at ,the
imttrm) nf it Vftn- confess Weren't
you 7"
"Well, of course I didn't exactly
write it. But"?
"Clever boy! Dallas will have to
show her hand now or never. She's
kept you on the anxious seat too long
as it is. That's the reason 1 asked you
up here for the day. She must settle
It today if I can manage it. She knows
how anxious I am for her to accept
you."
"But I'm sometimes afraid she does
not care for me."
"Then make her care. As long as
6he cares for no one else you can persuade
her to believe she adores you."
"How do you know? You're a bachelor."
?.
' Terhaps that's how I know. And
he doesn't care for any one else."
! "You're sure? There's Bennett, for
instance."
"Alwyri Bennett? Why. absurd!
She's known him all her life. They're
I just good friends; nothing more, ne s ;
i our nearest neighbor here, and it's
only natural. Besides, he isn't the sort
of man she wants. He's an idler.
She likes men who have made sometiling
of themselves?like yourself, for j
instance. So make yourself easy on ,
' that score. If Bennett loved her. he'd |
kave proposed long ago."
I "Not necessarily. He's not a man to
, get started easily, but once start him
and"?
"Then don't start him. Go In and
win. What is it, Thompson?"
The secretary entered from the of- ;
fiee with a dispatch.
"There's an answer, sir," said he. i
"Here's a blank."
1 Wainwright road the message, scribbled
a few lines and handed the re]>Lr
to the secretary, who hurrie<V^^
with it
"So Thompson is not ouly a :etarv,
but a telegraph operator p;
remarked Gibbs as the elf^
Horse instrument sounded
: office.
"He's evet7( .g," regj^d
wright. iJIe's wondr *? ,
me sa<p*r^Kshed i Nad a .peia.oi |
up h vfI>"L"C fri,-T so without
' ?s and learns
teleji n nine years
now i 'ed him fifty
ways, t ?steel, the one
enipk r:b*I could trust.
By ssago he just
tiror .terest you. It
tell, A railway stock
is o J3. I've given orders
-ske all.they can get |
te/ir ' with- j
out niu i acting at- j
teution. ^ r est deal of j
my career . c- it through. ,
You understand t perfectly? j
lo take for jf - or cent of the
deal, handle nole affair on the [
floor and not any of the 6toek for
your own pn?. _? account? Stick to j
that and there's just one thing that '
can possibly block us."
"You mean the defeat of the present j
city administration this fall?"
| "Just that, and I don't believe it will !
be beaten. The organization's solid as
a rock. They have the police, the of- j
ficeholders and"?
"Rut the i>eop!e at large?"
"The people at large are sheep that !
like to be driven by the strongest shep- i
herd. If they weren't, they'd have [
broken loose a century ago and run the I
city and thecountry to suit themselves, j
Just now Dick Horrigan happens to l>e j
the 'shepherd' who can make them go !
wherever he says."
"Shepherd and 'crook' combined, I j
should say." commented Gibbs. chuc- i
kling at his own feeble joke.
"I wouldn't let a speech like that
get back to Ilorrigan if I were you,"
returned Wainwrigbt dryly. "Your
career might suffer. Nothing (except
inaytie. gratitude) is so had as humor
for spoiling a man's chances in business
or politics. A laugh costs more
than people think. Rut. speaking of
the election this fall, a reform wave
or any change of city administration
would smash our Rorough Street railway
deal. To offset that. I've joined
hands with Ilorrigan. If I can bring
him to see things my way, he shall
have cash enough to buy all the hortest
voters he needs, lie's coming here
this noon to talk things over with me. !
I'helau's coming too."
"I'helan? You mean the alderman 1
of the Eighth? You'll have a pleasant i
little gathering. IVrhaps you didn't '
know that rhelau and Ilorrigan have .
had a row and"?
"And that's why I'm bringing tnein j
together here today. I want to patch
up their quarrel if I can. I need them
both. Phelan's a useful man."
"Put Ilorrigan is boss of the organization.
If you have hiin on your side,
j why do you bother al>out getting
, Phelan too?"
j "Yes, Ilorrigan is boss. lie's fought
his way up by bulldog tactics. He
| has no diplomacy?nothing but brute l
force. Now, Phelan has just as ranch 1
; force In his way. but he's as tricky as '
1 a fox too. I've known hint ever since
he was chief of police. He's a danger- j
ous man. If he's against us. he cau J
1 make trouble. I want him. lie's"?
I uiaii. itlJUUUUL\:u 111V.
I butler.
A whimsical frown crossed Wainwright's
face, but cleared into a pass|
ably hospitable expression as a little
j gray haired man. with a solemn, weak
face, trotted pompously in on the heels
| of the butler's announcement
"Good morning, judge," said the host
pleasantly. "You don't know Mr.
GIbbs. I think, of Gibbs. Norton & Co.?
Judge Newman is ray next door neighbor
on the left as you come from the
station, GIbbs. You must have no!
ticed the place?Queen Anne, house,
j with"?
"Oh, he probably never gave it a
i glance," put in the judge. "A mere cot!
tage, that's all. When a man with ray
i m'eager judicial salary.has a social position
to keep up and four daughters
that aren't married and--Charles, yon
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make roe ?olid with her. eh? Well, 1
guess. All I ask is a start, ant] you'll
find a whole lot of cripples slower than
I'll l?e. If they're walking over 1 might
wander out. sort of _?^*?s-like and
hapten to meet 'em. ^ that's a
^yini idea? Good^d i
Full of' J V. .1 an scheme,
ihe lad boiteu ....oug^ the long win- ;
dow and was gone.
"Dallas." began Bennett, without
preamble, "you 7 know why
I'm here today. Vou'? v* . n that para- i
graph in the"? '* .
"1 have seen it." answered i
quietly. if* \
Taken aback by her a r. Rennett
hesitated an instant; tni'u .?skod nerv- j
ously:
"The?the rumor isn't true. Dallas? j
Tell me it isn't.", -?
"Why should!}' ->.neeouu- ?
tered perversely. yw holly |
sorry lo "witness ti V ,
words called to hv v?*.,
deepened as Bene i
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breaking off her rt?pl.?
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