SUNDAY. MAY 31. 1008. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. 10 Mayor OTTw T vST"" SAsed on G-ttBroadkurst's Successful Play J m, TEE MAN & 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' 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 procure 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 light 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 halL V Gibbs tries to induce Bennett to sign the bill. The mayor's talk with Dallas is interrupted by Horrigan. VI Bennett refuses to be bulldoz ed by Horrigan into signing the bill. The boss lacks one vote in the board of aldermen of the fourteen needed to pass the bill without the mayor's as sent. Despite the fact that defeating the bill means impoverishing Dallas and Perry, whose fortune Wainwright has invested in Borough stock, Ben nett vetoes the measure. VII Ben nett's plan to save Dallas and Perry is to have Perry sell Borough stock short. The mayor's opposition cau ses Horrigan and Wainwright to amend the bill, retaining however, some of the most objectionable fea tures. VIII Alwyn's lovemaking to Dallas at the Mayor's ball is interrupted by Harrigan. IX Gibbs secretly plays false to Wainwright and Horrigan by buying Borough stock on his own account. Horrigan "fixes" Alderman Roberts, a waver ing member of his "solid thirteen." X Bennett warns Roberts against vot ing for the bill. In the presence of Cynthia, who is engaged to Perry, Phelan exposes Thompson as her brother, the long missing Harry Gar rison, whereupon sister and brother embrace. Perry entering suddenly, is astonished at the sight. (CHAPTER X-CONTINUED) The retreating secretary haU2s though struck. "That Is another mistake, sir," he aid In a muffled voice. "My name Is Thompson." "Is It, though?" Inquired Phelan In nocently. "It's queer how I could get mixed up so. When I was chief of po lice there was a bank president named Garrison who shot himself after bein' swindled an whlpsawed by a financier who was his dearest friend He ten : a little daughter, Miss Cynthia, who you was lookin' at so keen Just now, an a on, who disappeared. That was nine years ago, an' I only saw the boy once 8o maybe Pye overplayed my hand In plpln you ofT for him. But," added rhelnn, laying a strong, detaining hand on Thompson's shoulder, "here comes some one who can clear It up easy enough." The secretary twisted In the Iron grasp and sought vainly to break away as Cynthia and Perry entered. "Cynthia's lost her fan," explained Terry nt sight of the alderman. "She's had me looking all over for the measly thing. Walt here a minute," he added to her, "aud I'll chase Into the con servatory and see If we left It there." And, depositing the girl In a chair, he bolted away in search of the miss ing article. "Now then, young man," said Phe lan, "If your name's Thouipsou, as you say, there's no reason why you should object to my lntroducln' you to this young lady. Step up, son." Still holding the reluctant, struggling ecretary by the shoulder, Phelan turn ed to Cynthia. "Miss Garrison," said he, "here's a gentleman I think you know. Would you mind lookin' him over?" Wondering at the odd request, Cyn thia raised her eyes to the stranger. But the latter persistently kept his face averted. "I don't think I know him," she an swered doubtfully. "There Is some thing familiar about" The secretary shifted restlessly, un consciously bringing his profile Into "Horrv," the girl teas pleading, "you do know me I" her range of vision. With a gasp, Cyn thia sprang to her feet, her face white, her eyes wide and incredulous. "It's not it's oh, Harry!" she cried in an ecstasy of recognition, flinging her arms about the secretary's neck. "Harry! Brother! Back from the dead! Don't you know me? It's Cynthia! Don't"- "I am afraid you've made a very strange blunder, Miss Garrison," re turned the secretary, his voice hoarse and tremulous. "My name is" "Your name's Harry Garrison!" Phe lan shouted. "What's the use of Iyln' to your own sister? I give you credit for havln good reasons for callln yourself Thompson, an' I think I begin to see what them reasons are, but when it comes to denyln' your own sister you're playln' it down low, whatever your game may be, and I've a good mind to"- "Harry," the girl was pleading, "you do know me! After all these nine lonely years have you no greeting for me? Every night I've nrayed that God would bring you back to me, and now" The secretary's pallid, expressionless mask of a face broke in a flash Into a look of infinite love and yearn ing. With a single gesture he gathered Cynthia's frag ile body In his arms and crush ed her against bis breast. "Oh, my little sister!" he mur mured, a great sob choking his words. "My little, little sis ter!" Phelan cleared tiff. fl.An. uio LuivciL aim He gathered Cynthia' C0Ughed savage Jrogfe hody in hin )y tQ fop m mgt thflt q h . ,d n i s contempt secretal7 to hlniseIf you,ve fr d m fae n wUh & , h - groan, "ana you must Dotn' promise not to betray my secret. H wou't be much longer now, thnuk God! Put you'll both promise, wont you?" "Surer' assented rhelan. "And you, too, Cyuthla?" pleaded ier brother. "You can trust nu, can't you?" "Of course I can. If you Insist, I wou't tell any one. I" "I'm happier this minute than I've ever boon In all my whole life!" smiled the secretary, again clusplng his sister In his arms. "If you only knew, little girl, how I've longed for this!" "Here's the fan!" announced IVrry, hurrying around the corner of the door way. "Found It under a" He stopped short, open mouthed, dumb aud motionless. Thompson and his sister stood lu close embrace be fore him, with phelan looking on like some obese caricature of a benevolent fairy. Tho fan slipped from young Wain wright's nerveless grip and fell with, a clatter to the polished floor, Its Ivory sticks snapping like Icicles. CHAPTER XI. JL T sound of the breaking fan all three partlclpauU In the l Bt range reunlou turned. , For J Ja a second or more tbey faced the crimson f:tced. dumfouuded Perry without a word. Here was an element In the affair on which neither Phelan nor Cynthia had counted when giving Thompson their promise not to reveal bis identity. They gradually realized this, and It left even the ready wltted Phelan speechless. Perry himself was first to break the spell. "Well," he observed, with an assump tion 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 I left a fiancee here. Perhaps one of you can explain what's happened to ber since I" "Oh, Perry," exclaimed Cynthia, "don't be silly! I'll tell you all about 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 ex plain. Here you promise to marry me, and ten minutes later 1 find you in a catch-as-catch-can hug with this .ugly little shrimp aud Phelan looking on as happy as if he'd eaten a canary! And then you've got the gall to tell me you'll explain 'some time! " lie glared at Cynthia In all the maj esty of outraged devotion, only to sur prise on that young lady's face a look that Indicated a violent struggle with the desire to laugh. "This is funny all right, I guess not!" he snapped. "Cynthia, you've mauled and smashed a loving heart, aud I'll make a hit with myself by forgiving you, but as for you," wheeling about and thrusting his furious face to with in three inches of Thompson's Immo bile countenance "as for you, I'm go ing to do all sorts of things to you tho moment Miss Garrison will have the kindness to shassay out of the room. Your sorrowful relatives will have all manner of fun sorting you out when I've finished with you! Steal my sweetheart, would you, not ten min utes after I'd" "There!" Interposed rhelan, shovlug his powerful hulk good naturedly bes tween the two younger men and link ing 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? I? Well, that"- "Yes, you. youngster, and If you hol ler 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 can see Miss Garrison an' listen to me. So! Now, first of all, did you happen to be in love with this young lady?" "It's none of your measly business, but I did." "Wby'd you ask her to hitch up with you for keeps?" "Because I loved her and" "Because you bad a lot of faith in her, too, hey?" persisted the alderman. "Yes, and a nice way she's" "Pretty girl, too," mused Phelan aa if to himself. "In my young days If I could 'a' got a little beauty like that to sign articles with me I'd 'a' thought I was the original Lucky Jim. I'd" "So did I!" Interrupted Perry hotly. "I"- But Phelan was continuing in the same abstract monologue: "An' If I could 'a' seen from her eyes (like any dough head could see from Miss Garrison's) that she bad a heart as big as a watermelon an as true as a Bible text an' as warm as a happy man's hearth fire well, If I'd seen all that an' got wise to the gor geous news that that same heart was Just chock-a-block full of love for my own ornery, cheap skate self I'd 'a' flopped down on both knees an sent up a bunch of prayers to be allowed to go on dreamln' an' never, never wake up." Phelan paused. This time Perry did not break In, and the half audible moil ologuo continued : "I'd have had the sense to know that a girl with eyes like those couldn't bo a flirt an' eonldu't double cross tho mau she loved If her life depended on her doln' It. I'd 'a' licked any guy that said she could, an' If I'd soou her kiss- In' another man I'd 'a' punched myself on the Jaw an' called myself a liar, That's what J I in my Phelan of the Eighth would 'a' doiio. An' "- "Say," broke In Perry In a curiously subdued voice. "These ryes of mine do funny things sometime. I'll bet f9 they played a Joke on mo Just now. And even If they didn't I don't believe 'em. Cynthia, I'm dead stuck ou you I You're all right even If you did happen to be acting n trifle eccentric a few minutes ago. You can explain or not, is you like. If you'll Just say you love at that's ace high with yours truly." He slipped an arm about ber walit a bo spoke, awkwardly seeking to atone for his recent anger. The sec retary looked at them for nn Instant, then said briefly: "You cau tell him, Cynthia, Ho' good fellow. Come ou, alderman, ) think you and I still havo something to ay to each other," Cynthia and Perry drifted away to ward the conservatory again, quite ob livious of the others, while Phelan and the ecretary made their way to a de serted alcove off the ballroom, "I've been looking all over for you, Mr. Bennett." called Judge Newman hurrying out through the chain of aute rooms as Alwyn wandered out of the ballroom Into the foyer a few moments later. "Anything Important?" asked Ben nett, pausing In hla stroll aud greeting the older man cordially. Ho had kuown the Judge as long as he could remem ber and hud always had a decided Ilk Ing for the pompous lieu pocked little dignitary. Surrounded as ho was by political Intrigue, heartache and asso ciation with rogues, the harassed young man rather welcomed the variety prom Ised by a chat with his old friend of his boyhood. "Anything Important. Judge?" he re peated. "Or arc you Just talcing pity on a lonely chap and giving him a chance to that with you over old times?" "Well." began the Judge, his custom ary air of pom pous nervous ness tinged by an aliuout conciliatory maaner, "I would like to havo a little business talk with you if you don't mind dis cussing work at a ball." "Not at all. I've bad the honor of dane- lie flipped on arm lng with three about her waist as 0f your daugh he spoke. (er9 tns cven. lng, and the least I can do la to repay such pleasure by" "Did you, really?" beamed the Judge, on whom the unmarried state of bis four fast aging girls rested heavily. "I'm sure Mrs. Newman will 1m? pleased. But this business matter. You you wou't misunderstand me" "Of course not," replied Alwyn heurt Ily. "You aud I are too old friend, Judge, to" "I hope so; I hope so," conceded New man, with growing anxiety In bis tone. "You see" "I s(kj you have some troublo coming to the point." said Alwyn, pitying tho Judge's evident discomfiture, "and I'm sorry you feel so. You were my fa ther's friend, and I like to think of you as one of my own best friends. There surely should be no hesitation in ask ing anything in my power to grant" Thus emboldened Newman blurted out: 'IWG that Is, seems to me you have been n little hard upon this Bor ough franchise bill, If you don't mind my saying so. Bennett. Couldn't you let up on them now?" "Why. no, Judge, I can't," replied Bennett, still fulling to connect New man with the Walnwrlght-IIorrlgan clique and attributing the Judge's In terest 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 Bbeer Justice to my oath of office I must fight it" "My boy," said the Judge in a fa therly manner that he had often found successful In argument, "I was in poll tics long before you were born, and I'm speaking for your own good when I say I deeply regret the stand you've taken in 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 Bennett's eyes and the vanishing of the friendly light in the young man's face warned New man be had made a fatal error. "So you come to me as an emissary . not as a friend," said HenMclt f lowly, "and the 'gentlemen' yon come from" "Are the men who represent all that can mnke or break your career capital and political organization." "In other words, Wainwright and Horrigan?" "Yes. All they ask H that you re main neutral: that you" "That I look the other way while they rob the city?" "I am an old man, Bennett," evaded the Judge, trying another tack, "and I've oen olio rusu step wreelfnniny a bright career. Just as this will wreck yours, Never iintngonlxo wealth and tho organization. The public for whom you sacrifice yourself will forget you In a month. Capital and polities never forget." "1 am not catering to tho public. I am acting as my own conscience" "But this Is stubbornness, not con science. All you havo to do Is to re main neutral, If you do this I am authorised to promise you now, listen -to promise you tho nomination for governor when your term us" "That's the bait, Is it?" cried Alwyn angrily. "If I consent to lietray my trust I'll get the governorship. Tho bribe Is golden, and I don't wonder at Horrigan for offering It. Tho only thing that surprises inn Is that he should have chosen such a man a you for hla lackey aud go-between." "'Lackey!' 'Bribe!' 'Go-between!'" echoed the Judge In real Indignation. "How dare you, sir? This"- "Isn't It a bribe," Instated Alwyn, "and weren't you tho man chosen to offer It? It will do you no good to I luster or grow Indignant. In your boart you know the words I used were deserved. The governorship offer was a bribe, pure and simple, and worthy the modern highwaymen who made It, but that you, a Judgea former friend of my own blameless father that you should confe to mo ou such a vllo er rand turns mo sick. Heaven help Jus tice and right when our Judges can lie controlled by a political boss and a roll of bills! That's all! I don't care to go further Into the subject!" Bennett walked away, leaving tho lit tle Judge to stare after him, pink with wrath, speechless with amaxomeut. In all his sixty years no man had thus laid bare to Newman his own heart, stripped of It garments of respecta bility and self deception. And. as usu al in such rases, now that the truth bad been driven home to him, Newman wrathfully denounced It, even to him elf, as a lie. Still flushed and Incoherent, bo wheel ed to face a trio who were Just return ing from the supper room. They were Dallas, Glbbi and Wainwright. "Hello!" exclaimed Waluwrlght In urprise. "Want's tho matter with you, Judge? Are you III?" "If If Mrs. Newman should come to know of this," sputtered tho Judge, dotnliivtl by" glarlng from one to'tho other, "alio" i "Alwyti!" ex To know or wliatr" queried Glbbs. "What has hapetied?" "Uapened?" fumed Newman. "I have been Instil ted-grossly, vulgarly Insulted!" "Insulted, Judge?" repeated Dallas. "By whom?" "By Alwyn Bennett!" snapped tho 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, la he? I should not have believed It He has insulted me most"- "I'm not surprised," observed Wain wright "I am," announced Dallas. "Naturally." sneered Wainwright "If you can remain on speaking terms with him after his alwrnlnable treatment of me you cau easily overlook any other brutality of his." "Tell us about It Judge." Interposed Gibbs, seeking to avert any further clash between uncle and niece. "I went to him." began Newman, "bearing a request from from" The Judge paused. It was not whol ly easy to present matters to this hon est eyed young girl In such a way as to bring her In his way of thinking. But Wainwright felt no dllnculty. His shrewd brain caught at a means of turning the affair to account "i'ou f; -e, Pallas," tho financier broke In, with a warning glance to Newman, I begged the Judge to Intercede for mc with Bennett, to ask him to bury tho hatchet and let us be friends again for the sake of old times. I thought Judge Newman's age and his high of fice would compel a certain respect even wltli a man or licnnetts diame ter. But I was wrong, and I am sorry, Judge, for tho 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 mako overtures of peaco? And Mr. Bennett refused to" "He not only refused, but called Mr. Wainwright a highwayman and" "But why?' demanded Dallas. "He pretended to misunderstand what I said about tho conditions." "Oh, It was a conditional offer, then? I thought"- "Certulnly there were conditions," cut in Wainwright, again coming to tho emissary's rescue. "I asked that ho take a position of neutrality In re gard to this Borough bill. Simply neu tral, mind you. Not to change his atti tude In Its favor. or" "That was a splendidly fair offer," cried Gibbs enthusiastically. "So It seemed to me," agreed New man, "but IJeiinett would uot listen when I tried to point out his proper line of duty, He called mo n go-be tween and" 'Even after you told him wo were granting practically nil the concessions he had asked In tho bill?" queried Gibbs. 'Yes," said Newmau. "He must have some motive behind It all. I cun't"- "Nonsense!" exclaimed Dallas. "Whut ulterior motive could he have?" "That is more than I know positive ly," returned tho Judge mysteriously. "But I do," declared Wainwright, pointing at Dallas. "There are the rea sons!" "I?" exclaimed Dallas, Incredulous, "Explain, please." "Willingly," replied her uncle, "If vmiMi L'ive me a fair bearing, Bennett Is In love with you, He knows Gibbs uIno wish es to marry you. He knows, too, that Glbbs1 for tune depends on (lie aueces of the B'o rough franchise. If the bill Is beaien, Glbbs will bo practically ruin ed and thus lit no position to marry. Wu'vo known all along of this reason of Bennett's for lighting our bill, but Glbbs for lie was afraid "Joie iuif )"" lr T" mid the juthje. bade mo to leil you. you might tlilnK lie - "I don't believe one word of It!" cried Dalian, her big eyes obtuse. "Alwyn Bennett could not sloop to uch a thing." "No?" said Waluwrlght "Then you probably will refuse to Mlevo what I am about to tell you now. I consider ed Borough stock a safe Investment, aud 1 put ull your luoue; tud Perry's la It Bennett knows this, and In eplta of the knowledge he Is trying to'kllfl tho franchise even on the certainty of beggaring you and Perry along wlttn Glbbs. If only he cau ruin Glbbs he; crres nothing a Unit making you and; Perry pauper too. That Is the sort1 of man you are defending aguliist your own uncle. I havo Just learned lc- .. . . ., i. I..., UK'S Mllll 110 unn wen-uj, iiiruugu mih brokers, sold large blocks of Borough. t'K Sii"". J lius nut veio nun nim us will make him a very rich man.' "It Isn't true!" affirmed Dallas In dogged certainty. "Mr. Glbb. do you confirm this story of my uncle's?" "Please leave mo out of this, Miss Waluwrlght." answered Olbb gently. "I prefer to suy nothing to prejudice you. When I fight I light fair." "Even at the cot of all your money," amended Wainwright, "Glbbs. this Is carrying your sense of honor to an ab surd polut And Bennett will" "Pardon tne." broke in Alwyn, enter ing the foyer and going up to Dallas, "I'm a little Into for our dance. I was yn! exclaimed Dallas m roller. "I'm so glad you came here Just when you did. Now we can clear this up In a word." "Clear what up?" queried Bennett, glancing it tout In suspicion at the threo silent men. "You know Mr. Glbbs Is favored tn the Borough Street railway affair," be gan Dallas. "Ho told you so at your office that day we were there. Well" "Yes, but don't let's discuss business tonight," replied Bennett. "This Is our dance, and" "Walt, please. You knew hla fortune was largely tied up in Borough stock. Charles Watnwriyht. but here Is something you didn't know. My undo says my money and Perry' is all invested lu thut stock and that if you defeut the bill we will bo depend ent on Mr. Walnwrlght'a charity. If that is true, you didn't know it, did you?" (To be Continued.) Statement to Voter. The office of County Coroner is not a political but a judiciary office as much so as the Circuit Judge or Jus tice of the Peace. In aspiring to that office I would just as soon ask a Re publican, as a Democrat, Socialist or nonpartisan for his support, ai the office should be and during my in cumbency always has been conducted without regard to politic. I have resided in Clatsop County for 34 years, my whole interest are here, and I expect to remain here. I have tried to conduct the office with impartiality and fairness and with a due regard to the interest of the taxpayers. The annual appropria tions of the County Court for the Coroner's office which includes, physi cians, juror and witness fees and other necessary expenses uch a boat hire have been $600.00 and the actual evncnen baa nffan mtirft'' f i , iiuj u . V V. 1 uvhi, '- below this figure. I have always deemed it an honor to be Coroner and am willing to submit the matter of my re-election to the voter on my record during my long tenure in the office. , W. C. A. POHL, auDscrme for the Morning Astorlan,. m 4 mm a . if wfC