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THE MORNING ASTORIAN. ASTORIA, OREGON.
SUNDAY, JUNE 21, '08.
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Synopsis ot Preceding Chapters.
Chapter IAt the suburban home
f Charles Wainwright, "high finan
cier", he and his broker, Scott Gibbs,
hatch op a scheme to corner Borough
Street railway stock. They rely upon
the support of Dick Horrigan, boss
of the neighboring city, whois coming
to discuss maters. Alderman Fhe-
hn, the thorn in Horrigan's side,
whom Wainwright is anxious to con
ciliate, is also coming. Among the
soembers of Wainwright's household
are his niece and nephew, Dallas and
Ferry 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
ioe 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 Horn-
fan becomes suspicious of Thompson,
but Wainwright scoffs at the idea.
Horrigan and Wainwright makes a
corrupt deal whereby the former, for
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 rcord. He hits
pon 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
kalL
V Gibbs tries to induce Bennett to
sign the bill. The mayor's talk with
Dallas is interrupted by Horrigan.
VI Bennett reluses to be bulldoz
ed by Horrigan into signing the bill.
The boss lacks one vote in the board
f 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
nas 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 Wa'nwright 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. XI Cyn
thia explains to Perry. Dallas is con
vinced by Wainwright that Bennett
by vetoing the bill is trying to wreck
her fortune. Thereupon Dallas prom
ises to marry Gibbs. XII Horri
gan declares that if Bennett persists
in his opposition to the bill he will
publish indisputable proofs of grant
ing by the mayor's father. Bennett's
mother advises him to face the thr-it-ened
disgrace and stick to his
course. XIII at the hearing on the
bill Horrigan packs the' aldermanic
galleries with police to overawe the
public. He bulldozes Roberts into
consenting to vote for the measure,
taking advantage of the alderman's
financial necessities.
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CHArTEU XV.
1LL1AMS entered with Rob
erts lu tow. The latter wore
a haggard, troubled look, and
his natural nervousness had
visibly deepened, so much so that he
had not eveu noted Fhelan's appear
ance In the corridor as he passed Into
Horrigan's private room.
"Good evenlug, alderman," said nor-
, rlgan civilly
Good eveulng, sir," answered Rob
erts palpably 111 at ease.
"I understand there's a full meeting
today. Even Ellis came back from
the south to be here. You're the only
man uiisslug."
"I couldn't get here sooner. I"
"I see. That's all, Williams. You
needn't wait Roberts aud 1 want a
little talk before be goes in. Now,
then," went on the boss, with a com
plete change of manner as Williams
left the room, "what s the matter with
your , '
"I-I can'f-
"Can't what? Speak out, man!
Don't stand there and mumble at me!"
"I can't vote for the Borough fran
chise bill."
"Can't, hey?" roared Horrigan.
"Whynotr
"Because because" faltered Rob
erts; then, with a rush of hysterical
emotion that blotted out his fear, he
cried:
"Have you heard what that man Ben
nett has done? He organized a voters'
committee in my ward and sent them
to ask me at my own house what I was
going to do about that bill. They had
been stirred np by Bennett till they
looked on me as a crook and on the bill
as a personal robbery. They told me
if I voted for it they'd kuow I was a
dirty thief and grafter and that they'd
kick me out of the ward."
"Well, w-ell!" rumbled Horrigan
soothingly, as though trying to calm a
fractious drunkard. "What do yon
care? When they've forgotten all
about the bill you'll still have the
dough, won't you? Folks won't ask
'How'd he get it? All they'll care to
know Is 'Has he got it?"
"That isn't all!" Roberts blundered
on, scarcely heeding the interruption.
"Bennett's next step was to organize
a committee of voters' wives, and they
came to see my wife this morning
when I was out and told her they'd
heard I was going to sell myself and
vote for a dishonest bill. My wife
my wife thinks I'm the squares:,
noblest man on earth. Ob, yon needn't
sneer! Her trust means everything to
me. She told the women I wouldn't
stoop to any ,deed that wasn't honest,
and they answered: 'Our husbands be
lieve Mr. Roberts is a crook. If be is
really honest he'll vote against that
bill, as he did before.' Then on my
way borne this noon I met my little
boy. He was crying. 1 asked him
what the matter was. He said that
some boys had told him I was a graft
er. I tell you," his voice rising almost
to a scream. "Bennett's made my life
a hell. I'm no crook. I'm honest
and"
"Sure you're honest!" Horrigan ex
claimed, as though to a cross child.
"Honest as the day! That's why
you're voting for our bill. Because the
crooked clauses have been cut out of
It. ond In Its present form it's a benefit
to the city."
"That isn't why I promised to vote
for it," contradicted Roberts, with a
despairing dasli of. courage. "It wa3
because I because"
"Never mind why, then, but just go
ihead and do It"
"I won't! I dare not"
"You'll do it I say!" stormed Horri
gan. "xou can't weicn on me at turn
stage of the game. Those Sturtevant
Trust company notes of yours were
sent to you and"
"And I won't' take them!" declared
Roberts, slamming two slips of paper
down upon the table. "There! Take
them back!"
"What do I want of them?" argued
Horrigan craftily. "They beloug to
you."
"They dou't I won't keep them."
"You'll have to. I keep you to your
promise."
"What promise?" asked, a voice be
hind them.
Bennett, hastily summoned by Phe
lan, had entered the room unobserved
by either of the excited men.
"What promise?" he asked again. "A
promise to"
"What are you doing here?" heltow
ed Horrigan in fury. "You called mu
down once for coming Into your pri
vate' office without knocking. What
d'you mean by coming into mine?"
"Yours?" queried Alwyn. "I had iim
idea It was the city's. The time Is
past when the words 'Horrigan' and
city' meaut the same thing. tWell,
Itoberts, how are you goiug to vote?
V want to believe you honest, iind
Why. what's all this?" his eyes falling
on the forgotten notes on the table.
"Nothing of yours!" shouted Horri
gan. making a futile, furious grab for
the documents which Alwyn was pick
ing up. "Drop them! Drop them. I
say, or you'll
"Why should I?" aRked Rennprronim.
ty, nis quick eye taking In the nature
of the slips of paper even its his alert
brain grasped tu full the meaning or
the transaction In which they ilgnred.
"Do they belong to you?" V
"They don't belong to you anyway."
retorted Horrigan. "and If you dare
read them"-
"I've already read them. Roberta."
he added in n kinder voice, turning to
the shaking alderman, "these were to
have been your bribe, weren't they, for
voting for the Borough bill?"
His quietly compelling tone aud
glance forced from Roberts a frightened
"Yes" before Horrigan could Interfere.
"I thought so. Be quiet, llorrlgan,"
be commanded as tho Infuriated boss
sought to speak through his choking
wrath. "This is between Roberts and
me. Now, tben"-
"I returned the notes to him!" plead
ed Rolterts In panic. "Honestly. I did!
Just before you came In. I could have
kept them, and he couldo't have pre
vented mo even If I voted agnlnst the
bill. But I'm square and"
"You are square!" atlirmed Bennett,
gripping the alderman's cold, moist
hand In friendly reassurance. "I knew
ail along you were honest at heart.
Horrigan wauted to bribe you, aud you
wouldu't be bribed. Now. I want you
to go into the council room and vote as
your manhood tells you to."
Roberts, comforted, yet still trem
bling, obeyed, not venturing a second
look at Horrigan.
"Now, my friend." said Bennett
pleasantly when he and the boss were
alone together, "what are you going to
do about it? It seems to me your game
iaup."
"I want those notes!" panted Horri
gan, finding coherent speech with an
effort through his red mist of rage.
"Why? They're not yonrs. Tbey
aren't made over to you, and there is
no cancellation stamp on them. They
are the property of the Sturtevant
Trust company, and I'll send them
back there tomorrow after I've had
them photographed."
"You'll give them to me," shouted
Horrigan. his mighty body vibrating
with fury, "or you'll never leave this
room alive!"
"You're a fool, Horrigan." remarked
Bennett, with condescending calm, "for
you don t even
know the right
man to bully F'
He gazed un
flinchingly Into
the maddened
little eyes of
the boss, and so
for a moment
they stood pa
trician and pro-letariat-in
the
world old strug
gle of the two
for supremacy.
Horrigan's
face was scar
let, distorted,
m u rderous;
Bennett's pale,
cold, deadly la
Then waged the battle its repose.
of wills, both men And then
. standing motionless, waged the bat
tle of wills, both men standing mo
tionless, tense, vibrant with dynamic
force.
'Slowly, little by little, Horrigan's
eyes dropped. He moved awkwardly
to one side from his position in front
of the door and Bennett, without so
much as a backward look, passed out.
The Loss, like a man In a daze, sank
heavily into a chair and gazed straight
ahead of him, his usually red face
gray and pasty.
But he was not to enjoy even the
scant boon of solitude. From the ante
room Gibbs strolled In. !
"They're going over some unimpor
tant preliminary business," remarked
the broker, "so I canje out for a breath
of fresh air. How are things going?" j
"We're beat," grunted Horrigan, not
looking up.
"Beat?" screamed Gibbs, ashen and
inert at the news. "You don't mean
it! You can't mean it! Great heaven!"
The sight of the other's cowardly
emotion seemed to rouse Horrigan
from his apathy.
"If I can stand It, you can!" he snarl
ad. "You only lose your percentage
m the deal, while I"
"A percentage?" echoed Gibbs, too
panic stricken to heed his own indls
metiou. "Every cent I had in the
world! P-
He checked hfmself an Instant too
late.
"So?" drawled Horrigan, his keen
little eyes searing the other with
boundless contempt. "So it was you
who were secretly buying up the stock
ami tailing in on to our game, hey?"
"I'm ruined! Broke! And"-
"And you've got it coming to you,
you whining traitor! The man who
goes back on his partners deserves all
the kicking lie gets."
"I I didn't mean any harm!" mum
bled the crushed Gibbs. "It couldn't
hurt you people to have me buy Bor
ough stock for myself, and I'd have
cleared up a million and more.. Ob,
don't glower like that. Jlorrlean. but
(Till
try to tiiiiiu ou i Huinu way ol
"Or what, you cur?"
"Isn't there any way even now
make Hoiiuelt let up on his light?"
to
"If there was you couldn't be of use
to us, so why should t talk about It
to you?"
"But I'd do anything In the world-
ny thing"-
"You would?" cut in Horrigan
sharply.
"Yes, yes! Only give me a chancel
I'd"-
Ilorrtgnn considered, then said re
flectively. "No chance Is too slight to take at a
time like this, and uobody'a too rotten
to be of use. I've found there are
three things, one of which will always
buy any mitn-a woman, ambition or
ensh. We've tried Bennett on ainbt
tion; he doesu't need money, ao only
tlK Urst of the three remains."
"A woman? I don't understand."
"Miss Wainwright"
"But"-
"Listen here. Bennett's In love with
Wainwright's niece, You've, cut him
out Go ami tell him If he'll let our
bill alone you'll smash the engagement
and leave her freo to marry him.
See?"
"I can't! 1 hold on, though! After
ward I could deny tho whole thing,
couldn't I? It'd be his word against
mine, and she'd never believe I could
do such a thing, l-l might try."
"Yes," growled Horrigan, "you might
A cur that's lost all his nerve can try
thlugs that eveu an ordinary crook
would balk at."
Hut Gibbs did not bear, tie had re
turned to the corridor In search of
Bennett The man scarcely deserved
the opprobrium heaped on him by Hor
rigan. A brilliant, daring operator, be
was, unknown to himself, a rank cow
ard at heart. For the tlrst time In his
life the cowardice had cropped out
and, to do Gibbs justice, It had drlvcu
him temporarily Insane. In his nor
mal senses he would never have stoop
ed to the plan he wa now so eager to
carry out. It was a putrid bit of Jet
sam at which a financially drowning
man did not scruple to clutch.'
Horrigan followed him from the
room, his own splendid nerve quite re
covered from the crushing blow his
hopes hud leeched. lie had staked
heavily on the deal. Moreover. Its fail
ure, as he knew, meant the wreck of
that mighty political prestige he had
so long and wearisomely built up. It
misht even. If Alwyn fulUllcd his
threat about tho notes, lead to graver
personal consequences. Vet the bull
dog pluck that had carried this man
of iron from the gutter to the summit
of political power did not desert him.
nor did he show the loss of one lota of
his customary monumental calm.
Scarcely had Horrigan quitted the
room when Perry and Dallas entered
It
"You could cut the atmosphere in
there with a cheese knife," Perry was
saying. "Williams doesn't think the
Borough bill will come up for half an
hour or so. We'd better speud the
time till then In here than to stay there
and turn our lungs Into a microbe zoo."
Dallas did not answer. She sat down
by the table and rested her head de
jectedly on one little gloved hand. The
sight of Bennett, ills grave, hopeless
appeal to her; the calm, utter despair
of his brave face all these had affect
ed her deeply. Terry noticed with
brotherly concern her look and attitude.
"Feeling faint?" he asked.
"No, I'm all right, thanks."
"You look pretty near as blue as Al
wyn. Ho"-
"Don't let's talk of him, please," she
begged.
"Why not? lies the whitest chap
this side of Whlteville."
"That's what I used to think, but I
know better uow."
"Then, miss." broke in a voice from
the doorway, "you're entitled to anoth
er 'know.' "
Phelan, who, passing down the cor
ridor, bad heard her last words as he J
reached the threshold, turned Into the
room.
"Excuse me for buttln' In on a fam
ily chat." he remarked, coming forward,
"but I'm pretty well posted on his
honor's character, an when I hear any
one knockln' him It's mo to the bat.
What have yon got against Mr. Ben
nett? 'None of your measly business,'
says you. 'Quite so snys I. an', that
beln' the case, let's hear all about It."
Something that underlay the seeming
Impertinence of the alderman's bluff
speech touched Dallas. On Impulse she
spoke:
"Mr. Bennett." said she. "Is opposing
the Borough bill, knowing we shall be
paupers If he defeats It. He also sold
Borough stock short before he an
nounced his veto. What can one think
of a man who enriches himself at the
expense of his friends?"
"Gee." cried Perry, "that's a terrible
thing! Bennett's the original man
higher up. I'm afraid. I wonder be
Isn't afraid to wear the clothes of such
a wicked geezer as himself!"
"Oh. Ferry! "' Don't Joke about it!"
begged iJ.llas. "Can't ynn see fhe seri
ous side of iwytlihis: vi . : '
penniless and depeih.eiit '
"Fear thou iut, si-;i:r '." u
dared Perry in his rest hum., :v.v
manner.' " Paupers. : yi'M ?!mi, ; i
be It so! Male IWK'.wt I i'i r,;
guard thee from l!:e o:l y'.i.ve
swats of a wintry V imi M::. v
can sell violets or mart a liit cUi
or"-.'
"Don't!" she urged. Jarred liy lii: Hi;
pancy. "You don't understand I"-
"As forthut story of his honor's sell
In' stock short and maklii' a ',w y.
cash on his own veto," put in I'helart
genuinely worried. "Horrigan's looked
it up an' got enough facts to make him
think be can prove it. He's noln' t"
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tho aldermen tonight It's a He, of
course, but it'll hurt his honor a lot
an' the worst of it is Bennett refuses
to deny it"
"He does, eh!" remarked Perry.
"Then I'll do some talking about It
I'll have to fracture a promise I made
Alwyn, but I guess it's worth whllo."
"What do you mean?" queried Dallas
in wonder.
"I mean Bennett lent me the money
to sell enough stock short to make up
for what you and I would lose If the
hill was quashed, and he gave me a
letter to his own broker. We carried It
through, and now you and I stand pat
to win whichever way the cat jumps.
We're on velvet, thanks to Alwyn.
"He did this for us?" gasped Dallas
in amaze. "But why didn't you tell
me? Why did you let me misjudge
blm?"
"lie made me promise not to let you
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(To be continued).
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