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r; - -ii V5he jWetv Mayor Based on C. H. Broad hurst's Successful I Play The Man The Hour j By ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE. Copyright, 1907, by George H. Broadhurst. "Oh. all right, then. Co on with what you were saying." "I want the Borough Street railway franchise made perpetual. Catch mv drift?" "Sure. But the papers and the property holders will make a big kick." Alxcyn Bennett. "Let them. They'll soon get hoarse and have to rest their throats. As long as we get the votes what do we care IT"Yes, yes!" agreed the boss impatiently. "That's all right, but what I want to know is, How does all this concern me?" Horrigan threw himself back in his chair, uptilted cigar in one corner of 018 mouio, lOUlLlos in waisauai miujholes and eyed bis host quizzically. .Walnwrigbt did not even pretend not to understand. Still, instead of giving a direct answer be went on with seeming Irrelevance: "I am a public spirited citizen. I believe civic welfare would suffer by any change In municipal administration, so to keep the present party in power I am willing to donate to it $200,000 toward election expenses." "That sounds pretty good as far as it goes, but maybe you didn't hear something I asked you a minute ago. What : I want to know is. How does all this concern me?" | .'I'm coming to that As 1 said, 1 , am a public spirited citizen. I'm also <?rwvt fpiond?snfh a tfood friend that I'm always glad to put my friends on to anything in the market that looks particularly promising. Suppose I carry for your account at the market price (that's 03 just now) 15,000 shares of Borough Street railway stock?" "Well?" "If that franchise is granted, Borough stock will go up at least 25 points wHhin two days. That would clear up for you a profit of?let's see?about $375,000." ? Horrigan had pulled a pencil from his pocket and was figuring on the back of an envelope. 'Tes," he said at last; "that's right, $375,000. That would be my profit, while yours would run into the millions. That's not warm enough friendship for me." I "Surely, that is a generous"? ? "Generous, maybe, but I'd like something munificent?say 25,000 shares at 63. Then at the 25 point jump I'd make?I'd make"?consulting his flgmnmaa f\r\ tha onvolnmi?"fifimpthinC over foOO.OOO. That sounds better to me. Hey?" i "But Mr. Horrigan"? "You've got my terms. Take 'em or leave 'eta." "Oh, very well," conceded -Walnwright, with lame graclousness. "Anything to oblige an old friend." "Good! So we get $200,000 for elec- 1 tion expenses, and my personal ac- 1 count receives 25,000 shares at 63." "Quite so. And now"? "And now comes the question of the right man for mayor. We"? a 4? llA?.?lm?n rvancoH tHcln <T t A his A^aiu ju.ui.u5au ?? feet stealthily, like some ponderous cat his head bent slightly, as though i catching a faint or distant sound. "What's the matter?" asked Walnwrigbt looking up. "Nothing," returned Horrlgan. But he did not resume bis seat. Instead as he talked he began to pace the room In apparent aimlessness, yet every turn chanced to bring him nearer and nearer to the door of the adjoining office. "You see," he said, "we must have 1 l the right man. ' I a If we don't, we JmL haven't a shad u r ow ?' a 6^ow ' m)) W towin. We must 1F\ \ 'A be careful to : f choose the best itlIf man Possible. In His wander^~-y i n g s had / brought him to Thompson stepped the office door. quietly over the With the last threshold. word he suddenly jerked it open. i ... I Thompson stepped quietly over the threshold into the library, walked over to his employer, handed him a dispatch and went oitf again under the battery of Horrigan's glare, closing the office door after him. "That fellow was listening to every word we said!" shouted the boss as the door shut behind Thompson. "How foolish you are!" protested Wainwright. "He was bringing me this message. I've tried and tempted and tested Thompson iu a hundred ways, and he's always rung true. 1 trust him utterly." "Well. I don't trust a man living." retorted Horrigan. reluctantly oonvinc ed. "I don't sign receipts or keep accounts or write letters or have witnesses when I talk. 1 always make it a question of veracity between me and the other man if there's an investigation. My word's as good as any one's, and they can't prove anything against me in case of a showdown. I- advise you to try the same plan. It's a good one. And In the meantime if I were you I'd keep an eye on that secretary, j He'll l?ear watching." "Never mind about Thompson. He's j all right. Let's get back to the elec- ! tion. M ho have you in mind for i mayor?" "Well." considered Horrigan. "he's got to !?? some one who isn't mixed up in polities or corporations. Some one ' the public isn't on to. A man with no queer past." "I advise yon to consult the caleu- j dar of saints and pick out your candi- j date there." sneered Wainwright. whe j could not clearly follow liis guest's rea- 1 soiling. "No. I think I can find him on earth." laughed Ilorrigan. "He's got to be young, clever, educated, with a good name, a good family aud social standing and plenty of cash. The cash is important, so the public will understand he Isn't a graft hunter. They're got to be made to think he's in the game for purity of politics and high principles and love of civic duty and all that sort of thing. At the same time he's got to be some one we can handle to suit ourselves. That's the man who'll catch 'em coming and going. We've got to find him. Any suggestions?" "Well, how about Gibbs?" "Won't do. Broker and money juggler. The public wouldn't stand for him." "Young Sawyer"? ? "Rnwvpr was born foolish, and he's been getting steadily sillier every since, and his face shows it" "Ten Btoeck. then." "Ten Broeck is too fond of turn, cigarette into the connecting link tween fire and a fool. And, besides, L wears a monocle. What'd happen if h? was to flash that monocle in a'Fourth ward meeting? Tbere'd be 'a massacre." "Well, who. then? Have you any one in mind?" "Yes," assented Horrigan, "I have. Do you happen to know a young fellow who spends his summers near here ?a chap named Bennett?Alwyn Bennett?" "Certainly; I know him well. But"? "Well, how does he strike you?' Td never have thought of him In such a connection." "Why wouldn't you? He pretty near fulfills all our qualifications. Besides, his father used to be a big man in the organization. Cot some fat contracts from it in his time too." "But young Benneit has never"? "He's well ofT. well educated, clever, and all that. I ran across him last fall j when he came over to help Lorimer in his fight in the Fourteenth. He made some rattling good speeches, and the l*>ys all took a liking to him. A swell, but not a snob; good mixer, good fellow. popular, clear headed, no pastyes, he's our man. More I think it over the surer I am." "I shouldn't wonder if you're right TT-? ?'-.. .1-1 Ul'A fA #ollr U nt'PP nu? ?uuiu jrvu nac vv v?v. with him now?" "Now?" "Yes. He's still around the place somewhere. I think." Wainwright rang a bell, and the butler appeared. "Find Mr. Bennett." said the financier. "and ask him if he will step here for a moment." "Yes." went on Horrigan reflectively, rubbing his huge plump hands together, "he's the man for us?that is," he added, with less assurance, "if we can handle him." "I think we can." answered Wainwrigbt, a fragment of his conversation with Glbbs flashing across his memory. "You see, I have fairly good reasons for believing he's in love with my niece. Miss Dallas Wainwright." "So? That's"? "And, as I control her fortune and her brother's until Perry is twentyfive" "Oh, it's a cinch!" chuckled Horrigan. "He""Mr. Bennett Is playing tennis," reported the butler, coming to the door. "He will be here at once." "Now," resumed Horrigan, "the only thing that remains is to find out if he'll consent, and then"? "You wanted me, Mr. Wainwright?" asked Bennett, stepping through the long window from the. veranda. "Oh, good morning, Mr. Horrigan," he added on seeing the second occupant of the room. The young man was coatless and collarless, his silk shirt being turned in at the neck. In one hand he swung a tennis racket With the other he mopped his flushed face, for the day was hot and the game had been swift "Yes," answered Wainwright. "I'm sorry to interrupt your tennis set, but we want to see you on a rather important matter. We've been talking about you." "Thanks!" said Bennett, with a puzzled smile from one to the other of the two elder men. "What about?" "Want to be mayor?" queried Horrigan jbruptly. V \ . , \ . . u ;.t v the answer?" cou. perplexed youth. "!t isn't a joke." intervened \v right. "Mr. Horrigan is in earnest. * I is earnest? I liope the heat hasn gene to his head." "Van don't understand." put in IIo rigan. "I control the party's nornim ti'o.s The nomination for mayor i yours if you'll like it." "Not-not really?" gasped Alwy aghast. "Yes, realiy. We"? "But. with a whole organization fu of good material, why do you come t me?" "Because you're the man we want." "As an answer that's excellent, bi as an explanation it's mystifying." "I'll tell yon. We're looking forwar to a risky tight and"? "And since you see no chance c winning you pick me out as the vietii instead of some organization man flood idea as far as you're concernec but I l>eir to decline, without thanks." "No. no!" corrected Wainwrigh "Mr. llorrigan thinks that you have strong chance of winning." "That's right." corroborated the bos "It'll l?e a hard fight, but with the rig! inan we'll win, and we l?elieve you'i the right man. Even if you lose, you' show the world what you're made o Folks admire a fighter. They haven much us? for an idler." Th?.4!<gir ooken words brougl b- h Dallas Wainwright' I>'? -yarning to do sonn thj ^oroud of him?t w i* lov^ . the chime]y longed fi His face all; and the bo] Bennett turr "I accept' "Good!" him resoui. boy ! N? we'll"? I "But remem- * ber one thing, Mr. Horrigan," ^ interrupted Ben- J nett, and his careless boyhood seemed to have fallen away from h' like a discart garment, It lng the rr boo7 and r g< s4? ID "u /tfdr oath < office, ovially. "C course you understood." Then in un"V^_to Wainwrigl as Alwyn moved away the boss whii pered: "Don't butt in! Leave him to mi That silly reform talk don't mean an: thing. It's the way all youngsters i politics blow off steam. Leave him 1 me!" CHAPTER IV. THE next few months were a p< riod of unprecedented toil an excitement for Alwyn Rennet He sometimes wondered at h own eloquence. Speech after speec he made in every section of the cityin half built suburbs, in halls whei nine-tenths of his hearers were i evening dress and where farailit faces dotted the place; in overcrowde< smoke reeking auditoriums, where n< one man in three wore a collar an where a score of nationalities vied f( precedence. With a versatility that delighte Horrigan the candidate managed 1 adapt himself to every audience am moreover, to impress his hearers wit a sense of his absolute sincerity an honesty. In the crowded, polygh meetings he hit on the plan of speal ing to representatives of each race i their own language. In a single evei ing, so the papers recorded, he ha made speeches m Engnsn, rrenct German, Italian and Spanish. At som meetings toughs had tried to confus him by interrupting with questions Joking comment or insult For eaci Alwyn, without breaking the thread o his discourse, found some quick repl; so apt as to turn the laugh on his toi mentor and turn the audience's syir pa thy to himself. At last election day came and weni And Alwyn Bennett by a fair majoi ity carried his entire ticket to victorj Even his severest critics in the orgar ization were forced to admit that Ber nett, and Bennett alone, had saved th party from severe defeat Horrigan' Judgment and choice of men for th thousandth time in the boss' crooke nr?HHr>?] purepr was vindicated, an Horrlgan himself was overjoyed b? yond measure. Nor did the fact tha he had failed to oust Alderman Ph? lan In the primaries wholly cloud th boss' delight There was, however, a slight clou on Alwyn's triumph, for Dallas Wair wright was not present to share tha triumph. Within a few days after Hoi rigan's visit to the Wainwright plac Dallas had gone with an aunt on a eight months' tour of Europe and th Mediterranean. But Perry, who at be secret request had kept her posted o every, detail of the stirring cainpaigr cabled hfer the result on election nigh and the following day a reply rues sage of congratulation crossed the At lantic to gladden Alwyn's heart In letter that followed a week later Da las asked the first political favor th future mayor was called upon to gran She begged that in his office Bennel would try to find a place for Cynthi Garrison, in consequence of whic * .? / I Iquart "or Ha ,nere is anything in efurnishing Hardu 1 us have the pr s. We can assu a I' "jp. t fo I-' r. * i- j, is : * n s visum Porrv \ I box atul soap .. . II | past the doorkeeper _ o j sanctum. "Hello!" was his g ' . honor isn't around V" it "No." answered Cvnt. looking up from her work d most businesslike air she . [ sumo.' "He's out attlunch." >f "I knew lie would be.'*"' ti I ry. "1 timed it fine, dw i? ! "If you knew he wa? 1. j you come?" she asked s j know I never receive t business hours. If you < a ' see Mr. Bennett"? "But I did. Honest 1 d s. ' message for him. It's awi it taut. He mustn't miss it." e "Perhaps you'll leave it with II can"? / f. [continued next v . i 't __ ? ^uve . tie 4 ^ I s ^on 1 i bit sic! er gh hen u ac -a ne says. We publiah out fenauUi ~ m We beole& eleoh / from onr medlein ' i^fC We"5SJy<m J M e w eonealt youi 7^ doctor ?ox of Ayer's Pills in : pill at bedtime, now i off many an attack igestion, sick beadac cars has your doctor kno Ask him all about them * J. C. Ajer Co.. Lowell. Mm 5 show you how to .oken spoke for only ,?Farmers' Supply Co y Dfpartire of Passenger )f Trails at Kingstr The Atlantic Coast Line railn has promulgated the follow l 1 1 f.L V scneuuie, wnicn utuauie cilcui i! 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