The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 14, 1909, Image 6
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By ALBERT PAYSON TERBl'NE.
Copyright, 19UC, by GoorgeH. Broadburst.
me? Every ni^'ut I've prayed that 1
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liOC \\Ollltl UTiKg \OU (HICK IU lilt, .IIIU
now"?
The secretary's pallid, expressionless
mask of a face broke in a tlash into a
- ^ look of infinite 1 ]
I j^P be mur*
9^vli \ / J? \\c mured, a great 1
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ter!"' J
?'Phelan Reared j
his~"Wroat and
He gathered Cynthia's coughed savagefragile
body in hU ]y to expre8g ?
"^k his contemDt ,
for the mist that sprang into bis own j '
bard old eyes. The sound recalled the ,
secretary to himself. J
"You're trapped me Into this," he exclaimed.
with a la ash that was half a I
groan, "and yon must both promise
not to betray my secret It won't be
Ouch longer now, thank God! But
fou'll both promise, won't you?"
"Bun!" assented Phelan.
"And you, too, Cynthia?' pleaded
her brother. "You can trust me, can't '
joqT*
"Of course I can. If yon insist 1
won't tall any one. I"? J
"I'm happier this minute than I've t
arer been In all my whole life!" smiled
the secretary, again clasping his sister
In bis arms. "If you only knew, little *
girl, how I're longed for this!" ?
"Here's the fan!" announced Perry, |t
borrying around tee corner or roe aoor- way.
"Found It under a"?
He stopped short, open mouthed,
? . dumb and motionless. Thompson and 1
his sister stood in close embrace be- b
tore blm, with Pbelan looking on like r
ome obese caricature of benevolent b
ftiry. b
r The fan slipped from young WalQ
wrigbt's nerveless grip and fell with n
a clatter to the polished floor, its ivory t;
sticks snapping like icicles. t
**' CHAPTER XI. i]
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Jt T sound of the breaking fan all
A three participants In the P
J A strange reuuion turned. For c
A a i second or more they faced D
the crimson faced, dumfounded Perry
without a word. Here was an element 11
In the affair on which neither Pbelan
nor Cynthia had counted when giving F
Thompson their promise not to reveal 0
hie identity. They gradually realized 0
this, and it left even the ready wltted t
Pbelan speechless.
Perry himself was first to break the
apelL
"Well," he observed, with an assumption
of airy scorn that was meant to
be annihilating, "you all seem quite
happy. Don't mind me! I'm sorry to
butt in on this cute little love fest, but
1 left a fiancee here. Perhaps one of
you can explain what's happened to
her siDce I"?
"Oh, Perry," exclaimed Cynthia, J
"don't he sill.v! I'll tell you all about j
It some time. It Is"?
"Some time!" squealed Perry, rage
battering down his attempt at sarcasm.
"Some time! Maybe it might be just
as well if you did condescend to explain.
Here you promise to marry me,
and ten minutes later I find you in a
cateh-as-catch-can hug with this ugly 1
Jittie shrimp and Thelan looking on as s
happy as if he'd eaten a canary! And
then you've got the gall to tell me <
you'll explain 'some time!'" 1
He glared at Cynthia in all the maj- '
eety of outraged devotion, only to sur- I
prise on that young lady's face a look 1
that indicated a violent struggle with
the desire to langh. i
"This Is funny all right, I guess riot!'' j
be snapped. "Cynthia, you've mauled
and smashed a loving heart, and I'll i
make a hit with myself by forgiving '
yon, but as for you," wheeling about
and thrusting his furious face to with- t
In three inches of Thompson's immo- j
bile countenance?"as for you, I'm go- i
inz to do all sorts of things to you the t
moment Miss Garrison will have the
kindness to shassay out of the room.
Your sorrowful relatives will have all
manner of fun sorting yon out when
I've finished with you! Steal my
sweetheart, would you, not ten minutes
after I'd"?
"There!" Interposed Phelan, shoving
his powerful hulk good naturedly between
the two younger men and linking
his arm in Perry's. "Now you've
got quite a bunch of hot words off
your chest, an' you'll be in better shape
to hear sense. Ain't you just a little
bit ashamed?"
"Ashamed?" sputtered Perry. "Who?
3? Well, that""Yes,
you, youngster, and If you holler
like that in comp'ny I'll sure be
forced to wind up by spankin' you.
Now, stand off there?no, over there
where you cau see Miss Garrison?an'
listen to me. So! Now, first of all,
did you happen to be in loTe with this
young lady?"
"It's none of your measly business,
but I did."
_ "Why*d tou ask her to hitch up with I
f
7* T
yon for keeps T
"Because I lored her and"?
"Because you had a lot of faith in
her, too. boy?" persisted the alderman.
"Yes, and a nice way she's"?
"Pretty jrirl, too," mused' l'helan as
if to himself. "In my voting days if I
could 'a' got a little heijtity like that
to sign articles with me I'd "a" thought j
I was the original LueVy Jim. I'd"?
"So did I!" interrupted IVrrv hotly.
: I
But I'lielan was pintinuir g in the
"An' if I could "'a' seen from her
yes (.'il;e any do'Ju'h head could see j
Tr<?in Miss Carrispn's) that siie had a j
heart a> Ijiir as. a watermelon an* as ;
I rue : s a Ilihle text an* ::* warm as a ;
happy man's ^ arth lire?well, if I'd :
seen ail that an' got wise to the gorgeous
news that that same heart was
just chock-a-block full of love for my
)\vu ornery. cheap skate self I'd 'a'
Bopped down on both knees an' sent
ip a bunch of prayers to be allowed to (
:o on dream in' an' never, never wake ;
,p." j
I'heJ&n paused. This time Terry did i
tot break in, tuid the half audible mon>logtie
continued:
"I'd have had the souse to kuow that
\ girl with eyes like those couldn't be
i flirt an' couldn't double cross the
nan she loved Jf her life depended on
ier doin* it. I'd 'a' licked any guy that
said she could, an' If I'd seen her klssu'
another man I'd 'a* punched myself
>n the Jaw an' called myself a liar.
That's what Jimmy Pbelan of the
Eighth would 'a' done. An*
"Say," broke in Perry in a curiously
mbdued voice. "These eyes of mine
lo funny things sometimes. I'll bet $9
hey played a Joke on me just now.
Lnd even If they didn't I don't believe
em. Cynthia, I'm d^ad stuck on you!
Lou*re all right even if you did happen
o be acting a trifle eccentric a few
nlnutes ago. Tou can explain or not,
is you like. If you'll just say you love
ne, that's ace high with yours truly."
He slipped an arm about her waist ,
s he spoke, awkwardly seeking to (
tone for his recent anger. The secetary
looked at them for an instant* J
ben said briefly:
"You can tell him, Cynthia. He's a
nod fellow. Come on, alderman. 1 j
hink you and I still have something ,
o say to each other." ,
Cynthia and Perry drifted away to- (
? aW-v A/Min AM *i 4-A AK.
r?JTU UiC V.VUOC1TAIWJ ^Ui|? v?r
[vk>cs of the others, while Phelan and
be secretary made their way to a deerted
alcove off the ballroom.
? ?? ??
"I've been looking all over for you. i
lr. Bennett" called Judge Newman,
urrying out through the chain of ante
ooms as Alwyn wandered out of the
allroom into the foyer a few moments j
iter.
"Anything important?" asked Ben
ett, pausing in bis stroll and greeting
be older man cordially. He had known
he judge as long as be could remem- ,
>er and had always had a decided likng
for the pompous henpecked little ;
lignitary. Surrounded as he was by
olitical intrigue, heartache and asso- |
iation with rogues, the harassed young
aan rather welcomed the variety promsed
by a chat with his old friend of j
lis boyhood. j
"Anything Important, judge?" he re
eated. "Or are you Just taking pity
> a lonely chap and giving him a
bance to chat with joo over old J
Imes?"
"Well," began the Judge, his customary
air of pom- <
f pfcus ncrvousMM
by an almost
oBl i business talk
IV 'H *'on you !
/MM V. jly cussing work at
mjf ^ " "Not at all.
7 I've had the
honor of dancUc
slipped an arm ing with three
<ibmil her waist as q( your daugbhi
spoke. terg tjj-is eve?.
ng, and the least 1 can do is to repay
luch pleasure by"?
"Did you. really?" beamed the Judge,
>11 whom the unmarried state of his
our fast aging girls rested heavily.
'I'm sure Mrs. Newman will be
ileased. But this business matter,
fou?you won't misunderstand me"?
"Of course not," replied Alwvn heartly.
"You aud 1 are too old friends,
udge, to"?
"I hope so; I hope so," conceded Newnan,
with growing anxiety in bis tone.
'You see"?
"I see you have some trouble coming
o the point." said Alwyn, pitying the
udge's evident discomfiture, "and I'm
lorry you feel so. You were my tuber's
friend, and I like to think of you
is one of my own best friends. There
surely should be no hesitation in askng
anything in my power to grant."
Thus emboldened Newman blurted
>ut:
"I?we?that is, seems to me you
aave been a little bard upon this Bor>ugh
franchise bill, if you don't mind
my saving so, Bennett. Couldn't you
et up on them now?"
"Why, no, judge, I can't," replied
Bennett, still failing to connect Newman
with the Wainwright-Horrigan
flique and attributing the Judge's interest
in the matter to an amateur's
love of dabbling in politics. "I can't
let up on that fight," he continued. "All
perpetual franchises are wrong, and
this particular franchise bill is rotten
to the core. In sheer justice to my oath
of office I must fight it"
"My boy," said the judge in a fatherly
manner that he had often found
successful in argument, "I was in politics
long before you were born, and I'm
speaking for your own good when I
say I deeply regret the stand you've
takenJn this matter. You objected to
the bill in its original form. Almost
every change you demanded has been
made in it. As the gentlemen who
asked me to speak to you said"?
He checked himself a minute too
late. The narrowing of Dennett's eyes
and the vanishing of the friendly light
in the yoniitf man's face warned Newman
he had made a fatal error.
"S you come to me as an emissary,
not as a friend." said Heiinett slowly,
"and the 'gentlemen' yon eotne front"?
"Are the men who represent till that
can make or break vonr career?capital
and jK>litii.t! organization."
"In other words. Wainwright and
Ilorrigati?"
"Yes. All they ask is that you remain
neutral; that you"?
"That 1 look the other way while
ihey rob the city V"
"1 am an old man. Dennett." evaded
the judge, trying another tack, "and |
I've seen one r:tsli step wrecK many a
bright career, just as this will wreck
yours. Never antagonize wealth and
the organization. The public for whotn
you sacrifice yourself will forget you
in a month. Capital and politics never
forget.''
"I am not catering to the public. I
ant acting as my own conscience"?
"But this Is stubbornness, not con- j
science. All you have to do is to remain
neutral. If you do this I am
authorized to promise you?now. listen
?to promise you the nomination for
governor when your term as"?
"That's the bait. Is it?" cried Alwyn j
angrily. "If I consent to betray my
trust I'll get the governorship. The
bribe la golden, and I don't wonder &t
Horrigan for offering It The only
thing that surprises me is that he
Bhould have chosen such a man as you
for his lackey and go-between."
"'Lackey!' 'Bribe!' 'Go-between!'"
echoed the judge In real indignation.
"How dare you, air? TbV?
"Isn't it a bribe," insisted Alwyn.
"and weren't you the man chosen to
offer it? It will do you no good to
bloater or grow indignant In your
heart you know the words I sed were
deserved. The governorship offer was
a bribe, pure and si. -?le. and worthy
the modern high way uit... who made it.
AW A A A n f Amrnne fsUn/l
LTUI Ul?l JVU, a JIIU^C a 4V4 ujt*
of my own blameless father?that yon
Bbould come to roe on such a Tile errand
turns me sick. Heaven help justice
and right when our judges can be
controlled by a political boss and a
roll of bills! Tbafs all! I don't care
to go further into the subject!"
"ennett walked away, leaving: the Htt
. judge to stare after him, pink with
wrath, speechless with amazement. In
all his sixty years no man had thus
laid bare to Newman his own heart,
stripped of its garments of respectability
and self deception. And, as usual
in such cases, now that the truth
had been driven home to him, Newman
wrathfully denounced it, even to himself,
as a lie.
Still flushed and incoherent, he wheeled
to face a trio who were Just returning
from the supper room. They were
Dallas, Gibbs and Wainwright
"Hello!" exclaimed Wainwright in
surprise. "What's the matter with you.
Judge? Are you ill?"
"If?if Mrs. Newman should come to
know of this," sputtered the judge,
glaring from one to the other, "she"?
"To know of what?' queried Gibbs.
"What has happened?"
"Happened?" fumed Newhian. "I
have been insulted?grossly, vulgarly
insulted!"
"Insulted. Judge?" repeated Dallas.
"By whom?"
"By Alwyn Bennett!" snapped the
judge. "Outrageously"?
"Impossible!" exclaimed Dallas.
"There must be a mistake somewhere.
Mr. Bennett is too well bred to insult
any man. much less a man so much
older than"? |
"A gentleman, is he? I should not j
have believed it. He bas insulted me
most"?
"I'm not surprised," observed Wainwrlgbt.
"I am," annouuced Dallas.
"Naturally." sneered Wainwrigbt "If j
you can remain on speaking terms with
him after his abominable treatment of
me you can easily overlook any other
brutality of his."
"Tell us about it, judge," Interposed
Gibbs. seeking to avert any further
clash between uncle aud niece.
"I went to him." began Newman,
"hearing a request from?from"
The Judge paused. It was not wholly
easy to present matters to this honest
eyed young girl in such a way as
to bring ber in his way of thinking.
But Wainwright felt no difficulty. His
shrewd brain caught at a means of
turning the affair to account.
"You see, Dallas," the financier broke
in, with a warning glance to Newman,
"I begged the judge to intercede for
me with Bennett, to ask him to bury
the hatchet aud let us be friends again
for the sake of old times. I thought
Judge Newman's age and his high office
would compel a certain respect
even with a man of Bennett's charac
ter. But I was wrong, ana 1 am sorry,
judge, for the unjust humiliation I
caused" you."
"I don't understand," said Dallas,
looking in bewilderment from one to
the other. "Judge, my uncle sent you
to make overtures of peace? And Mr.
Bennett refused to"?
"He not only refused, but culled Mr.
Walnwright a highwayman and"?
"But why?" demanded Dallas.
"He pretended to misunderstand what
I said about the conditions."
"Oh, it was a conditional offer, then?
I thought"?
"Certainly there were conditions,"
cut in Walnwright, again coming to
the emissary's rescue. "I asked that
he take a position of neutrality tn regard
to this Borough bill. Simply neutral,
mind you. Not to change his attitude
in its favor, or"?
"That was a splendidly fair offer,"
cried Gibbs enthusiastically.
"So it seemed to me," agreed Newman,
"but Bennett would not listen
I -when I tried to point out his proper
line of duty. lie called me a go-between
and"?
"Even nft?r you told him we were
granting practically all the concessions
he had asked in the bill?" queried
(libbs.
"Yes," said Newman. "lie must have
some motive behind it all. 1 can't"?
"Nonsense!" exclaimed Dallas. "What
ulterior u otive could he have?"
"That is more than I know positive'
Iv." returned the judge mysteriously,
j "Rut I do." declared Wainwrigbt,
, pointing at Dalits. "There are the rea1
sons!"
"I?" exclaimed Dallas, incredulous.
! "Explain, please."
j "Willingly." re;! ?! her uncle. "if
I you'll give me a fair bearing. Bennett
^ is in love v.-itta
Gibbs also wishes
to inarrv you.
^ '^Ve'^e
~.-C\ known ail along
of t' J reason
of T anett's for
"Hoivdare yousir f" fi a our bm
said L>u judye. byt ^ for_
bade me to tell you. lie v . afraid
you might think he"?
"I don't believe one word of it!'' cried
Dallas, her big eyes ablate. "Alwyn
Bennett could not stoop to such a
thing."
"No?' said Wainwright "Then jou
probably will refuse to elleve what I
am about to tell y 1 consider
PQ jooroujtu BIU< iiitcaiujrui,
and I put al> ,?y and Perry's
in it B<- -s this, and in spite
of the ? be is trying to kill
I the fn .'en on the certainty of
Iteggarl..}, .?uu and Perry along with
Gibbs. If only he can rnin Gibbs he
cares nothing about making you an#
Perry paupers too. That is the sort
of mgn you are defending against your
own uncle. I have just learned besides
that be has secretly, ^rough his
brokers, sold large blocks of Borough
stock short. Thus his veto that ruins
us will make him a very rich man."
"It isn't true!" affirmed. Dallas in j
dogged certainty. "Mr. Gibbs, do you
confirm this 6tory of my uncle's?'
"Please leave me out of this, Miss
Wainwrigbt," answered Gibbs gently.
"I prefer to say nothing to prejudice
you. When I fight I fight fair."
"Even at the cost of all your money,"
amended Wainwrigbt. "Gibbs, this is
carrying your sense of honor to an absurd
point And Bennett will"?
I "Pardon me." broke in Alwyn. entering
the foyer and going up to Dallas.
"I'm a little late for our dance. 1 was
, detained by"?
"Alwyn!" exclaimed Dallas in relief.
"I'm so glad you came here Just when
you did. Now we can clear this up in
o trnril "
"Clear what up?" queried Bennett,
{lancing about in suspicion at the three
silent men.
"You know Mr. Oibbs is favored in
the Borough Street railway affair." began
Dallas. "He told you so at your
office that day we were ^here. Well"?
"Yes. but don't let's discuss business
tonight" replied. Bennett. "This is our
dance, and"?
i "Wait, please. You knew his fortune
was largely tied up in Borough stock,
t f
Charles WalnwriyhL
but bere is something you didn't know.
My uncle says my money and Perry's
is all invested In that stock and that if
you defeat the bill we will be dependent
on Mr. Wainwright's charity. If
that is true, you didn't know it, did
you?'
(continued"next week.)
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