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International hotel were frequently seen a smalt coterie of senators and congressmen who bad become known to the sarcastic party bosses In both honses of congress as the "Langdon crowd," which crowd was admitted to be somewhat of a factor when it final- j ly prevailed on the president to take over 11.000 postmasters from the ap- ! pointment class and put thorn under the control-of the civil service commission, resulting in the 'necessity of a Competitive examination for these postmasters instead of their securing positions through*political favoritism. Those wlio did not know Langdon Intimately suggested that "this fellow ought to be "taken care of.' What in God's name docs he want? A commit- > \ n omh???cndnr<;Iiin ICCM1U1I IUUUCHH'. .IHUU1V-W?V. , for some Mississippi charcoal burner? A couple of federal judgeships for his j friends? Well, whatever it is. give it to him and get him in with the rest 1 of us!" Again It was Peabodv who had the 1 deciding say. ' There's ouly one thing worse than a young reformer, and that's- an old one," he laughed bitterly at a secret conclave at his apartment in the lux- ' urlous Lonis Napoleon hotel. "The young one thinks he is going to live and wants 'our future profits lor himself The old one thinks he's going to die, and he's sore at leaving so ' much graft behind him." Heads and hearts thinking and throbbing together, Langdon and his secretary, Haines, plodded along. They had learned to lean on each other, the- young gaining inspiration from the old, the old gaining strength from the young. They loved each other, and. more than any love, they trusted one another. And Hope Georgia watched It all and rejoiced, for she believed with all the accrued erudition of eighteen years of innocent girlhood tjiat Mr. Bud Haines was quite the finest , specimen of young manhood this ! world had ever produced. How could | he have happened! She was sure that j she had never met his equal, not even In that memorable week she had spent In Jackson. The passing weeks taught Haines that he was deeply In love with Carolina, and, though he had endeavored to keep the knowledge of this from her, her woman's intuition had told her his secret and she stifled the momen tary regrets that flitted Into her mind, because she was now In "the game" herself, the Washington game, that ensnares the woman as well as the man and makes her a slave to Its fancy. No one but herself and Norton knew how deeply she had "plunged" on a certain possible turn of the political cards. She must.not, she could not, lose If life Itself were to remain j of value to her. and on her sway over this secretary she was told It all depended. A subject that for some unexplainable reason frequently lodged in Haines' mind was that of the apparent assiduity with which Mrs. Spangler cultivated Senator Langdon's friendship. For several years she had occupied a high social position at the capital, he well knew, but various indefinite. intangible rumors he had heard, he could not state exactly where, had tnade him regret her growing intimacy . with the girls and with the senator. They had met her through letters or Introduction of the most trustworthy and assuring character from people of highest social rank In Virginia, where the Langdons had many friends, but eren so, Haines real teed, people who write introductory letters are sometimes thoughtless in considering all the circumstances of the parties they introduce, and residents of Virginia who had not been in the capital for years might be forgiven for not knowing of all the more recent developments in the lives of those they knew in Washington. While not wishing to have the senator know of his Intention, the secretary determined to Investigate Mrs. Spangler and her present mode of life I at his first opportunity, hoping the ' while that his quest would reveal her to be what the Langdons considered her?a widow of wealth, fashion and reserve who resided at the capital because the memories of her late husband. a former "congressman* of high, standing, were associated with it. trailing at toe jutuguuus uvusc evening in February to receive directions regarding important work for the h next day. Haines t??l was somewhat j puzzled at the pe- i /^* culiar smile on /. \J/Vjl . J the senator's face. 1 (0 piij ' i Answering the j y secretary's 1 o o k j 1^/vT^Wy of Inqu1^*' tLc' Vin rl/ MississiPPla?' Ml'\r S~eatoM f j[t I \ * j that I can; name I'll ' \2lL tbe new hoider of ^ i a five thousand -I?. dollar a year position in the de- j partment of com-1 __ T~ rnerce and labor m VJ* and that If I have Haines. . no one in particular from my state to name?that?that yoa would be a good man for the job. First I was glad for your sake, my boy, for if you wanted It you could have the position. But on thinking it 1 over it seemed there might be something behind it not showing on the surface." "It'B a trick," said Haines. "Who made the offer?" "Senator Stevens." "I might have known." hotly responded* the secretary. "There's a crowd that wants you and me separated. Thought this bait too much for me to resist, did they?" Then he ; paused, rubbing his fingers through his hair in a perplexed manner. "Strange, Isn't it, senator, that a man of your party is offered this desirable piece of From M By THOMA JVo-Oelized From 1hc 7*!aj I COPYRIGHT. 1900. B patronage, entirely unsolkited on y.:;jr part, from the administration of an other, a different political party? Especially when that other party has so many huugry would be 'tax eaters' clamoring to enter the 'land of milk and honey.' I think Stevens deliberately"? "There, there. Bud." broke in Langdou. "you mustn't say anything against Senator Stevens to me. True, he associates with some folks I don't approve of. but that doesn't necessarily mean anything wrong, and I myself have always found him thoroughly honest." "Yes," muttered the secretary, following the senator Into the library, "you've always found him honest because you think everybody's honest? but Steveus is Just the doctor who will cure you of this ailment, this chronic trustfulness." i Haines laughed softly. "When Teabody's little Stevie gets through hacking at the prostrate body of political purity his two handed sword of i*>litical corruption will need new edges." thus rar neuner me senator uor u? secretary had suspicion of any questionable deal in regard to the gulf naral base. The rush of other events, particularly the fight over the reduction of the tariff, had pushed this project tempora- /pi rily into the back- fyA ground so far as /'j % 7 ^ they were con- / | jTi J \ . cerned, though A / j| I the "boss of the j|Ml f / senate" and his | \ \ l Vj i 1 satellites had y I / /\ been losing no \. /wj 1 j \ j time in perfect- ? 1 | ?I? ' ing their plans J]~~T? 1 [ regarding the i / \l J choice of Altacoo- | h VLt, la as the site. 1 Peabody and ^? Stevens had in- [JJ geniously exploited Langdon at "Bc"f see, Senator every possible opportunity in relation to the naval base. Asked about new developments in the committee on naval affairs, the ready answer was: "Better see Senator Langdon. He knows an sdouc me naval base; has the matter in full charge. I really know little about it" So by hiding behind the unsuspecting old hero of Crawfordsville they diverted from'.themselves any possible suspicion and placed Langdon where he would have to beer the brunt of the great scandal that would, they well knew, come out at some future time ? after their foul conspiracy against the nation had been' consummated, after the fruits of their betrayal had been-soured. What, after, all, the schemers concluded, is the little matter of an investigation among senators to guilty senators who, deep- ^ ly versed in the law, have destroyed every compromising y document that /V could be ad mis- t \ sib 1 e as evl- V "/ dence? / 1\ \ y Why, the senate I \f tpnnlil annnfnt / 'in | , an Investigating f |f\IJ committee and 1 lZiw; Investigate Itself, would it not, when the a ridiculous scan- ? dal came? And, . , . . \covldfearhtvu><'fft And what senator would fear himself, or for himself, as he investigated himself, when the blame had already been put publicly on some one else, some simple minded old soul who could go back to his cotton fields in Mississippi and for- i get all about it, strong in his Innocence, , even though shorn of reputation, and I desire to live? CHAPTER X. WHEN SENATORS DISAGREE. TUB wiseacres of Washington had nightly predicted that the'Site of the hundred million dollar gulf naval base would be decided on in March after the excitement and gayety attending the presidential inauguration had subsided. On the morning of the day before this action of the committee on naval affairs was to be taken Secretary Haines sat at his desk in Senator Langdon's committee room in the capitoL Richard Cullen,/the favorite associate of Haines in his journalistic days, ont earlier than usual on his daily round of the departments for news for his Chicago paper, had strolled in and attempted a few of his evnlplsms. Haines usual ly found them entertaining, but these were directed at Senator Langdon. "Now, let me tell you something, Dick," the secretary answered firmly. "Don't you work off all yonr dyspeptic ideas in this neighborhood. My senator is a rrrra! man? They can't appreciate liim np because lie's hor.est -crystal clear ! used to think i Unew what a dec1' citizen, a real man. j ought to be. but lie's taught me some 1 new thi'iT* iie'ii teach tbein all some- j thing before l r gets Jbroiigh." Cuilen bung uiie leg over Haines' I desk. JLfl tleman ississippi S A. WISE r by Frederick "R. Tocmbs Y THOMAS A. WISE "You're a nice, quiet, genuemaniy little optimist, and I like you, old fellow," retorted Cullen. "But don't deceive yourself too much. Your Senator Langdon Is personally one of the best ever. But he was born a mark, and a mark he'll be to the end of time. "He looks good now. Sure, I like his speeches, and all that, but just wait. When some of those old foxes in ^ the senate want ^ w W. to put his head \*A J\ in the bag and tie /\ H Jown' they \Z//1 won't have any f 7 I trouble at all." 1/ / \v.~~Tj* Smiling, Haines I / WjkV^^v Io?ke<l up at his I 1 cynical friend. "The bag '11 ^CST"" have to go over fl| my bead, too," he ? said with a nod. "You're a nice little "Well, I don't optimist." know that Teabody 'd have to strain himself very much or get such an awful big bag to drop you both in, if it comes right down to that, old chap. You're making a mistake. You're as bad as your old ? 1_ - X MM.i? man. loure a oeaumui pair ui optimists, and you a good newspaper man, too?it's a shame!" After momentary hesitation Cuilen continued, thoroughly serious. "Bud, my old friend." he said in low tone, glancing quickly about, "there's one thing that you've got to put a stop to. It's hurting you." The secretary's face showed his bewilderment. "What do you meanT"*4^ snapped abruptly. "Out with it!" "I mean," replied Culleu, "that ruxmors are going around that yon are keeping Langdon away from the crowd of 'insiders' In the senate for your own ) purposes?that, in short, you plan to"? "I understand," was the quick interruption. "I am accused of wanting to 'deliver* Senator Langdon, guarantee his vote, on some graft proposition, so that I can get the money and not he himself. Consequently I'm tipping him off on what measures are honest, so that he'll vote for them, until?until I'm offered my price, then influence him to vote for some big crooked scheme, telling him it is all right. He votes as I suggest, and I get the money!" "That's what 'delivering ? man' means in Washington," dryly answered the Chicago correspondent "It means winning a man's confidence, his support, his rote, through friendship and then selling it for cash"? "But you, Dick, you have"? "Of course, old man, I have denied the truth of this. I knew you too well to doubt you. Still, the yarn is hurting yon. Remember that western senxtOr who was 'delivered' twice, both Ways, on a graft bill?" he laughingly asked the secretary. "Should say I did, Dick. That is the record for that game. It was a corporation measure. One railroad wanted it; another opposed it The senator innocently told an eastern senator that he was going to rote for the bill. Then the easterner went to the railroad wanting the bin passed-and got $7,000 oa his absolute promise Jhat he would get Senator X. to vote for it, who, of course, did vote for.it" "Yes," said Culleii, "and later, when Senator X. beard that Senator Z. had got money for Lis vote, he was wild. Then when another effort was made to pass the bill (which had been defeated) the 'delivered' senator said to Z. as he met him unexpectedly: 'You scoundrel, here's where I get square with you to some extent Anyway, I'm going to vote against that bill this time ana mase a Jong speecn agauui it too.' Senator Z. then hustled to the lobbyist of the railroad that- wanted the bill killed r.nti guaranteed him that for $10,000 Hie conld get Senator X. to change his vote, to vote against the bill." "And he got the money, too, both ways," added Haines as Cnllen concluded, "and. both railroads to this day think that X. received the money from a" "Of course," said Cullen, "but X. was to blame, though. lie didn't know enough, to keep to himself how he was going to vote." Any man that talks that way will be 'delivered.'" "I know how to stop those rumors, for I'm sure it's ' Tea body's work, he thinking Langdon will hear the talk and mistrust me," began Haines, when in came Senator Langdon himself, his face beaming contentedly. Little did the junior senator from Mississippi realize that lie was soon to face the severest trial, the most vital crisis, of Mm on 4 ! r?fk lifn UI3 VUlll ?* v. [CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.l A Night Rider's Raid. The worst night riders are calomel, croton oil or aloes pills. They rahi your bed to rob you of rest. N<>t. so with Dr King's New Life ? 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