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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1908.
; SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING
CHAPTERS.
' Chapter I At the suburban home
of Charles Wainwright, "high finan
cier," he and his broker, Scott Gibbs,
hatch up a scheme to corner Borough
street railway stock. They rely upon
the support of Dick Horrigan, boss of
the neighboring city, who is coming
to discuss matters. Alderman Phe
lan, the thorn in Horrigan's side,
whom Wainwright is anxious to con
ciliate, is also coming. Among the
members of Wainwright's household
are his niece and nephew, Dallas and
Perry Wainwright, and his secretary,
Thompson, a secretive young man in
whom the financier has implicit confi
dence. Judge Newman, a neighbor of
Wainwright, whose continuance in
office depends upon Horrigan's favor,
requests Wainwright's intervention
with the boss. Another visitor to the
Winwrights' is Alwyn Bennett, in
loe with Dallas, who is calling to ask
. her about her rumored engagement to
Gibbs. Perry is in love with Synthia
Garrison, also a neighbor. II Cyn
thia is the daughter of a bank presi
dent who nine years before the open-
' ing of the story was ruined by the
dealings of an unnamed dishonest
financier and shot himself. His son
thereupon disappeared. Mrs. Bennett
congratulates herself upon the imma
culate record of her son's defeased
" father. Dallas refuses to marry
Alwyn unless he does something
worthy of his family and education.
Phelan and Horrigan face each other.
III. Phelan defies Horrigan. Judge
Newman is turned down by the boss,
but at Wainwright's request Horri
gan becomes suspicious of Thompson,
but Wainwright scoffs at the idea.
Horrigan and Wainwright makes a
corrupt deal whereby the former, for
a big consideation, is to proctire from
the board of aldermen a perpetual
franchise for the Borough street
railway. The boss is worried by the
reform movement threatening his
- power at the coming election and is
casting about for a candidate for
. mayor with a clean record. He hits
upon Bennett, who has had some
slight political experience. The lat
ter accepts, but warns Horigan that,
if elected, he will be absolutely honest
and independent
IV. Bennett is elected and ap
points Cynthia his private secretary.
Phelan tells him that the financier
who caused the ruin of the Garrisons
was Wainwright, who is also the pow
" er behind the crooked Borough fran
chise bills, with Horrigan and Gibbs.
Dallas and Mrs. Bennett visit the city
ball
CHAPTER V.
yv ALLAS:" cried Bennett, ob
I llvious of'bi.s surroundings
' j I I of everything except that
the girl he had so long mh
ed and who had Inspired him to all he
' had achieved that she was standing
" before him.
It was DaliHS herself who brought
him to a sense of the other's presence,
for as he sprang forward to meet her
and eagerly grasped both her out-
stretched hands the girl bowed in
mock reverence and answered his ar
dent greeting with a demure:
"Good afternoon, your honor!"
"Don't!" he begged half in jest. "It's
Bo good to see you again that I"
"I sent word that I had a surprise
for you, Alwyn," interrupted his moth
er. "I knew it would please you. But,"
with a glance at the alderman, "you're
t)usy? Perhaps we"
"Not at a'l. mother. May I present
'Alderman Phelan? ' Miss Wainwright,
- this ls"-
" Alderman Thelan of the Eighth,"
amended the politician, thoroughly 111
at ease in the presence of the visitors.
"I must be goiu' now, your honor. I"
But Dalias had come forward with
a smile that' melted the speaker's em
barrassment iu au instant.
"The Alderman Phelan who gives
turkeys to all those poor people at
Christmas?" she nuked in genuine in
terest. "I've often read about"
"The 'Same, ma'am, at your service,"
assented the delighted Phelan. "I fill
'em with turkey au' coal in winter
an' I take their wives an' kids o:i
outings In summer. Ever been to one
of the James Q. Phelan outings, miss?"
"No," replied Dallas, with a perfect
ly grave face. "I'm sorry to say I
haveu't. Tell me about them, won't
you?"
"They've got to be seen to be under
stood. A thousand poor tired wive:'
an' white faced, spindly kids turned
out into the country for the 0:1!;.
glix.pse of green grass an' shady treee
they ever get all year. A thousand
mothers an' children out in a cou!
grove with nothing to do but roll
around the 'soft grass an' play an'
eat all the fancy grub they can hold.
Maybe, miss. It wouldn't mean a lot to
"1 had a surprise or you, Alwyn," In
terrupted hit mother,
you, but If you'd been workln an'
livln' an' sleepln' an' starvln for
twelve months In a stuffy, dark, smelly
back tenement room, toilln' like a slave
to keep food an' clothes betwixt the
kids an' starvation, an' was barely
able to keep body an' soul together
well, maybe then you'd understand
what them outings an turkey festa an'
loads of coal means to the poor. And
they won't turn down Jimmy Phelan
at Horrigan's orders.'
"I do understand," cried Dallas, her
big eyes bright with tears. "I under
stand, and, In behalf of all women and
children, I thank yon with my whole
heart!"
"You're all right, miss," muttered the
delighted, embarrassed Phelan, at once
at a loss for words. "You're you're all
right! I'll leave it to his honor if',
"Indeed she is!" broke in a suave
voice at whose sound the little spell of
sentiment was broken, and which caus
ed Phelan and Bennett to turn in an
noyance toward the door.
Scott Gibbs, bland, well groomed,
quite ignoring the other men's lack of
welcome, stood bowing on the thresh
old. "Oh, I forgot to tell you, Alwyn,
whispered Mrs. Bennett in a hurried
aside to her son as the latter summon
ed up sufficient civility to greet the
newcomer. "I forgot to tell you. Mr.
Gibbs was calling on Dallas when I
stopped for her, and he asked leave to
come along. I'm sorry, but"
"How are you, Bennett r'VjIbbs was
saying. "And Mr. Phelan, too, isn't
It? Alderman, I'm glad to see you
again. You remember me? Scott
Gibbs? I met"-
"Yes." said Phelan, "I remember you,
all right. You was up to Wainwright's
last summer that day me an' Horri
gan sent the dove of peace screechin'
up a tree. I didn't know you visited
the city hall too."
"I don't, hs a rule," answered Gibbs.
"I came here with Mrs. Bennett and
Miss Wainvrright. I wanted a glimpse
of the man who can make one pen
stroke thai; will send Borough Street
railway stock up to 100 or down to 10."
"Do you mean," broke In Dallas,
"that Mr. Bennett can really have such
an effect on the stock market?"
"That and more." Gibbs assured her.
"Why, the mere rumor that he meant
to veto the Borough's franchise bill has
sent the stock tumbling eight points
since the market opened today."
"What power for one man!" ex
claimed the girl, turning to Bennett in
surprise. "And are you going to veto
It?"
"Office secrets." reproved Alwyn Jest
ingly. "Hands off!"
"Veto It?" echoed Gibbs, with a
laugh. "Of course he isn't It would
be too hard upon his friends unfair
and unkind, to say the least."
"But why?" queried Dallas, forestall
frig Alwyn, who was about to speak.
"Because," cut in Gibbs before Ben
nett could Interfere, "the men who are
backing the Borough bill are the men
who made him mayor. It wouldn't be
square for him to turn his new power
against the very men who gave him
that power. Now, would it?"
"By 'the men who are backing the
bill' whom do you mean?" asked Ben
nett "Oh. I just spoke in generalities. As
a matter of fact, the break in the price
today was lucky for tnrae who wanted
to buy. f
"An' your firm's doin' most of the
buyln', I'm told," interpolated Phelan.
"We have a great deal of the stock,
I admit" said Gibbs; "so you see, Ben
nett, you can make me or break me. I
place myself in your hands."
"I see you are taking a most unfair
advantage of me, Mr. Gibbs," retorted
Alwyn, with some heat "You have no
right to thrust this Information on me
and to appeal" . , i
"But I was only"
"You were trying to Influence my ac
tion toward tha Borough bill. You can
not do It."
"Why, I didn't thluk you'd be angry
Tm not. Let's drop the subject,
please."
"I only answered Miss Wainwright's
euesttons. I"
"We'll leave Miss Wainwright's name
out of the matter, please," replied Bennett
"Certainly, if you like." assented
Gibbs, with a shrug of his broad shoul
ders. "I n:n afraid my time Is up.
Good day. Bennett. I'm sorry you mis
construed" "I didn't. Good day."
"I'll be on my way, too," announced
Fhelan. breaking the awkward pause
that followed Gibbs' exit "Ladles.
I'm proud to have met you. If either
of you knows a poor woman needin' a
turkey or a family wantln' an outing.
Just drop me a line, an" I'll see they
get it An they needn't come from my
ward neither"."
"That's bad politics, alderman!"
laughed Counett.
"It's good humanity, though. There's
two things 1 love to do-flret, to down
the man who's me enemy, an', second,
to give good times to folks who's stran
gers to fun. Goodby, your honor. I'll
be in ag'ln now I've found my way.
ladles."
"Alwvn." said Mrs. Bennett as the
aldermau bowed himself out with
many flourishes, "I want to see Cyn
thia. Can I go Into her office now, or
is she too busy? I'U be back In a few
minutes, Dallas, and bring her with
me. I know bow anxious she Is to see
you agalu."
"I wonder what Tbelan would think
of that for 'raw' work," thought Al
wyn as the old lady bustled into the
inner room, leaving Dallas and himself
alone. Perhaps Dallas, too, under
stood, for her manner was less assured
than usual as her eyes met his.
"It Is so good so good to see you
again!" he said. "It seems years in
stead of months since you went away."
"But how spleudldly you've filled the
time! And what a magnificent fight
you made! I was so proud of you,
Alwyn!"
"Really? I remember you once said
I was a mere idler a rich man's son
and that you weren't at all proud of
me."
"That Is past We must forget It.
You are awake now."
"Forget it? Not for worlds. I owe
all my success to you, Dallas. It was
your face that strengthened me when
there seemed no hope. It was the
memory of your words that kept me
brave and made me resolve to win
against nil odds. Yon were my in
spiration, the light la my darkness. , At
each step 1 thought 'Dallas would be
glad' or 'Dallas would not approve of
this.' And I steered my course ac
cordingly to victory."
"No, no." murmured the girl. "It
was your owu courage, your strength"
"Not mine. It was your faith in me.
Do you know. I think no man ever ac
complishes anything by himself. There
Is always a woman. 1 think, beblud
every great achievement. The. world
at large does not see her does not
know of her existence but she's In the
htart of the man who Is making the
fight. He battles in her name as did
the knights of old. and the triumph Is
here, not hia. Whether his reward Is
the crown of love or the crown of
thorns, she Is the Inspiration."
"Then if I had a share in your suc
cess I am very happy, Alwyn, for your
name is in every mouth. You are the
man of the hour, even as you were in
the olden days on the football field.
Oh, I am proud of you-very, very
proud! There is a glorious future be-l
fore you."
"That all rests In your dear hands,"
cried Alwyn.
"Future or present, Dallas, it's all
the same. If only you"
"Say, Bennett" roared a deep voice
as the door from the outer office was
banged open and
Horrigan, red
faced and angry,
burst in, "I un
derstand , that
you've Oh, I
didn't know you
had a lady call
ing on you," he
broke off.
"Well.l have,"
retorted Bennett,
furious at the
untimely Intru
sion. "Ingram
should have told
you that at the
door."
"I don't stopo
hear what folks
tell me at doors.
you're alone."
''Don't trouble to wait. Goodby." ,
"You can bet I'll trouble to wait,'
snarled Horrigan. "There's something
you and I have got to settle today
Understand? I'll be outside. Don'!
keep me waiting long!" ,
To be continued.
''Don't keep me wait
ing long," said
Horrigan. :
I'll wait outside til
Use
BLOWING BUBBLES.
a Ppr Cone and Make Them
Five Ft In Clreumfirtno.
Bubble blowing, is an amusement
that nil of m enjoyed In our early
days. It was a diversion that wus good
for both ludoors a ltd out of doors, but
there Is more real enjoyment when you
make scientific preparation for the
blowing, for there Is a sclonce In blow
ing bubbles.
The best thing so far discovered for
the blowing Is a paper cornucopia, and
with it bubbles can be blown which
will measure' three, four or even five
feet In circumference, provided the
right kind of solution is used. All
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iusldo of a bubble always elicits a
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course, very Important. Ordinary wa
ter and soap do not possess the elastic
ity for making big bubbles. The best
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of liquid should be placed In a room
where the temperature is about 70 de
grees. "When blowing the bubbles the
room should have a temperature of
from 05 to "5 degrees. Pour some of
the solution Into a vessel large enough
to admit the large end of the cornuco
pia and let it be free of froth or littlo
bubbles, as these are disastrous to
blowing large bubbles. Dip the wide
end of the born into the liquid and
then turn it slowly at right angles
while you take it away. If there la a
film on the opening, you are ready to
blow; if not dip again. Blow gently
through the small end, move the horn
quickly to oue side, and it will be free
to float in the air. Some blowers be
come so dexterous that they can pro
duce a large bubble filled with smoke
and then divide it Into two bubbles
with a fan without letting the smoke
escape. Great fun can be bad by toss
ing the bubbles back and forth with
felt bats, as they do not burst them.
A bubble may be tossed back aud forth
as many as 100 times if a little care Is
taken.
It is interesting to place some of the
solution In a frying pan, heat it a lit
tle and then blow a bubble In the cen
ter of the pan. The bubble will not
burst, and In a few minutes the liquid
within the bubble will begin to boll.
Dip the mouth of a goblet luto the so
lution and then remove It with the
opening covered with a film. On this
film blow a bubble with the cornuco
pia until a large one Is balanced on
top of the glass; then carefully remove
the horn, and yon will gain a truly ad
mirable effect-Patlifinder.
' Psrpttual Silence.
A curious mourning custom obtains
among central Australians, 'who, al
though representing perhaps the low
est and most degraded type of human
beings, have managed to evolve a most
complex system of rites and ceremonies
which governs ulraost every action of
their lives. Wheu u husbund dies the
widow palu'.s herself all over with
white pigment and for the space of a
year must not exhibit herself to a male
merahw f th? tribe on pain of death.
For the rest of her life, unless she mar
ries again, which is sometimes allowed,
she must not Apeak, but communicate
with the other women by means of
Fl-yn langr:ag: consisting of movements
of the hands and fingers, v. Well has
fven developed by these i"hu" to a
:!ir.rvo!ons extent and by ahi'b tbelr
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