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Newspaper Page TextSUNDAY, JUNE 28, 1908. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. 15 Basoil on Synopsis ot Preceding Chapters. Chapter IAt the suburban home cf Charlei Wainwright, "high finan cier", he and his broker, Scott Gibbi, thatch tip a scheme to corner Borough 'Street railway atock. They rely upon the support of Dick Horrigan, boil of the neighboring city, whoii coming to discuss maters. Alderman' The- lan, the thorn in Horrigan' tide, i whom Wainwright it anxious to con ciliate, in alto coming. Among the members of Wainwright's household re his niece and nephew, Dallas and Terry Wainwright, and his secretary, Thompson, secretive young man in whom the financier has implicit confi dence. Judge Newman, a neighbor of Wainwright, whose continuance in office depends upon llorrigan'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 Cibbs. Terry lin love with Synthia Garrison, also neighbor. U Cyn thia is the daughter of bank preil-. dnt 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 spn'a defeased father. Dallas refuses to marry Alwyn unless he does something worthy of his family and education. Thelan and Horrigan face each other. III. Thetan defies Horrigan. Judge Newman is turned down by the boss, but at Wainwrlght'a 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 consideatlon, 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 easting about for a candidate for mayor witha clean rtcord. 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 ia 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 retuses to be bulldoi 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 I ,V bill means impoverishing Dallas I kmd Perry, whose fortune Wainwright i n-J Invested in Borough stock, Ben U nett vetoes the measure. VIIBen 'i ,! 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 mbrace. 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 adviies him to face the thr?nt ened disgrace and stick to his course. XIII at the hearing on the bill Horrigan packs the aldermanic galbftes with police to overawe the vvmk. He bulldozes , Roberts into f-xponsenting to vote for the measure, taking advantage of the alderman's ' financial necessities. XIV Dallas, r 7ie , Now Mayor 4t.ff.Broadhursfj Successful Piny MAN B coining to attend the hearing, takes a place in an;interooin. Wiltami, Hor rigan's lieutenant, brings Roberts to the private room of the boss. XV Bennett wins Roberts from Harrigan and in a contest of wills defeats the lio himself. Gibbs, who stands to lone all his money by the veto of the bill, is induced by Horrigan to offer to Bennett the breaking of his en gagement to Dallas as the price of Bennett's eeanins to fight the bill. Terry tell Dallas of Bennett's secret measures to save her fortune. ClUI'TEH XVI. D ALLAH, left alone in Ilorrl- gnu's private room, sat at the big table, making no effort to follow hr brother and The- lao. A mcsspiigur, searching for llor lignn, bustled In, looked Inquiringly at tlio motionless, wblto faced girl, then passed on to l lie commute room be yond and on attain In bis search until tbe sound of his footsteps died. And till Dallas sut, Inert, dumb . Little by tittle the was piecing to got her the facts of the long miserable complication In tho. llgbt of what Per ry bad Just told her. It was absurdly easy now that she hold tb key of tlio situation. Klio could understand every- thing-bow Wainwright bad put bor fortune luto Borough Block to Influ ence Bennett; how, railing to move tbe latter, be hud used Alwyn't knowledge ot the fact ns a weapon against the young man; bow Jtennett bad sought to save her fortune and wby be bad forbidden Perry to bins ber feeling by telling of tbe generous act "From flrst to lam." the murmured In unhappy contrition, "ho has acted honorably and as bu thought I would bavo wanted hlin to and for my bappl ness. And I, like the wretched little fool I was, couldn't understand and publicly humiliated blm. Ob, If only It weren't too late to" A vision of Gibbs flashed before ber uilnd, and she shuddered, realizing all that her rash steps bad entailed, "It la too IaU" she confessed to her self, fighting back the hot tear that eared ber eyes. "But at least I can tell htm I know and beg bis forgive nest and thank blm." Tbe sound of voices In the corridor roused her from bei bltttr reverie. She sprang up hastily, unwilling that any should see ber tear stained face, but tbe speakers, though they drew near, did not enter llorrlgao' office. Instead, they stepped into tbe adjoin ing committee room. The messenger had left ajar the door between the two rooms. Realizing this and not wishing to be een, Dallas shrank back toward the wall, fearful of detection. Then the voice of one of tbe speaker" md denly arrested ber notice. "Well," Bennctt.was saying peclally civil tones, "you said : ed to speak to me In prlvn bave you to say? Be brief, t V . nt t 'ii busy." Finding herself the unwilling - to what promised to be a com talk, Dallas stole toward the ! Ing to the corridor, but Horrlgnn. was his custom, had locked it on going out She da rod not enter alone tbe crowded anteroom in ber present state, so hesitatingly she paused, forced to remain where she was. Tbe sound of another voice chained ber to tbe spot, and, uuconaclous of eavesdropping, she stood spellbound, hearing every word dlatlnctly through the half open door way. v "I I hardly know how. to begin," Gibbs was replying to Bennett's curt demand. "It Is a delicate subject and"- "Then the sooner it is treated to open air the better. Is"- You've won tbe Borough bill fight," began Gibbs. "Is that all you have to say to me?" "No. You've won, but you've loat far more, i ou ve lost Dallas Wainwrlcht." "I hardly need to be reminded 'of thnt," retorted Bennett, "and it is a subject I don't care to discuss." "But listen." pleaded Gibbs as the mayor roude a move as though to leave the room. "One minute! I say you've won the Borough fight I've won Dal las. Cnn't we" "Well, what?" asked Bennett, with ominous quiet as he paused in his de parture, i I . "Cnn't we strike some sort of bar gain?" said Gibbs tentatively. "Explain, please." ordered Lennett with that same deceptive calm. "Why," went on Gibbs, emboldened at the other's seeming complacence, "suppose you give up this Borough light and 1 give up Dallas? I won her by a tvk. She docsut really love me. it Is her pride, not her bean, that made her throw you over and accept me. It Is you she loves, and I've known It all aiong. nnd you are In love with her." 'What then?" "Just this," returned Gibbs, wonder ing at Bennett's quiet reception of the strange offer, "She will marry me be cause she Isn't the sort of girl to go buck on her promise, especially Blnce she looks on me ns a soil of high mind- ed martyr to your oppression, mo if ,1 hold ber to her word she will not buck down. Now'. If you. even now. with draw your opposition the Borough bill ...111 , I. ,1, Let it go through and I will break my etigngemerit to Dallas Wain wright and l62e her free to marry you." "You promise thatr "Yes!" cried Gibbs, elated. "I promise on my word of bonor! Is it bar gain?" "Gibbs," re piled Alwyn slowly. "I didn't tbluk there wss so foul a cur as roc n all the "Oilibi, I didn't Mnh there viae to foul a tur at you in all the imtrUl." world. I thought I understood bow ut terly rotten you were, but I didn't be lieve there was a man living who could debase himself as you've Just done," "But"- began Gibbs, in bewilder ment "Now you'll listen to me for mo ment," cut in Bennett, silencing tbe in terruption. "You say I'm In love with Miss Wainwright It is true. I love ber In a way a dog like you could never understand if be tried for a lifetime. I'd give my life for one word of love from ber, but I'd sooner go forever without thnt word than win it by a dishonest deed that would prove me unworthy of her, I asked her Idve as a free gift and tried to deserve ii. She refused, and I won't try to buy wbat she won't give me, especially since tbe price would make me as unworthy of ber as you yourself are." "But you take the wrong view of it You see, If" "I see this much: I'll bave to speak plainer to get my view of tbe case Into your vile mind, if ever again you meet me, stand out of my way. Don't peak to me or come where I am, for The eavesdropper, if you cross my path agnln I'll treat you ten thousand times worse than when I thrashed you in that football game. That's all." Bennett, restraining his wrath with a mighty effort turned on his heel and strode off luto the corridor, leaving Gibbs staring after him In dumb, im potent despair. When the.broker had recovered him self sufficiently to start from the room Dallas Wainwright stood before him, barring the exit Her face was dead white, her big dark eyes ablaze. "Wait!" she commanded. "I must speak to you for tho last time." "Dallas!" gasped the desperate man, his drawn face turning poslUvely yel low. "You were you-you beard?" "Mr. Bennett Just now called you 'the foulest cur in all the world,' " said Dallus, her voice scarcely louder than a whisper, yet every syllable stinging as a whiplash. "He put it too mildly." "But, sweetheart" " 'Miss Wainwright.' please. I heard you offer to sell me to him In exchange for his conscience. If my own brother had told me such a thing I would not have believed him, but I myself heard it. And I heard his splendid answer." "But. vou know. I was Joking! That It was Just a trick to" "Just such ar trick that made me promise to be your wife? Tee, but this time you hnd to do with a man a man in a mllllon-not with a poor, credulous little idiot like me. And he answered you as I should hare en swered vou bad my eyes been opened tA re y " in time, I" "Dallas," groaned Gibbs, "ofr heav en's (take don'e look at tnc like that! Ican't bear it! Hove you And 1" ' And I in my criminal folly prom ised to marry your she stormed. 1 let you kiss me. My Hps are degraded forever by that touch of yours. I let you speak words of love to me, I broke a brave man's heart for your worthless sake. Ob, the abaiuethe horrible sbnme of it all! But I shall thank God on my tended knees that I hare found out the truth before It was too late." Too litter' he echoed In horror, bis Tolce rising almost to a scream. "Dal- Zfc ) going to throw mo over? lou aren't" , "HcottGlbbs," she answered quietly, a world of wondering J WW " kwel tones, "you F jW i know bow vile ffl vY. l' ' a tlilnir von lira Now leave me, please. Your presence sick ens me." He tried to speak, but some thing of tbe In ef fable con tempt in ber steady eyes si I e n c e d blm. "Now Uave i c, please. Your pn nee tick ens me." Without a void he slunk out of tbe room aud ou: of ber life. . Fbelunag with eagerness for the coralug stru'glo in tbe aldermanic chamber, bin lied past through tbe cor ridor. Thf i Merman bad many duties today, and in the performance of each brought him nearer to bis longed for revenge on Horrigan be was posiUveJy beamlug with righteous bliss. Dallas caught slgty of him. "Alderman!" she called faintly. i'belun halted, still In haste to fuliil his mission. "Could-could I see Mr. Bennett?" she asked, a new timidity transforming her rich voice. "Do you know wbere I can find him?" "Is it important? Die's pretty busy." "Yery important!" she pleaded. "I must see him at ouce." "I'll look him up," agreed Phelan, "but I warn you he's too busy to see you Just yet. S'pose you let me take you back to the meetln'? Our bill's comlu' up In a few minutes now, an' you don't want to miss it Then I'll scare up his honor for you as soon as he's got a spare mluute an' bring you back here to him. Sorry to keep you waltln'," he went on as they started toward the council chamber, "but be fore this session's over all sorts of things is due to explode, an we ain't hardly at the bcglnnln' of tbe excite ment yet. We're goln' to make a Fourth of July celebration in a giant powder fact'ry look like a deaf mute fun'ral by the time we're done." CHAPTER XVII. H E'S in there!" observed Phe- lun in high excitement, Jerk ing his thumb toward a door leading off the committee room, "tin' I've sent for Wainwright an' Horrigan to meet your honor here. An" I've fixed it so the Borough bill won't come up for ten minutes. Now, all that's left is to touch tbe punk to the fuse an' sot off tbe whole giddy bunch of fireworks under 'em. Gee, but It's good to 'a' stuck to this old world Just for the sake of beln' here today an" scein' what I'm due to see!" The alderman chuckled, but his Joy ous anticipation found no reflection In Bennett's white set face, Tbe two were In the committee room, whither The lan had repaired after. depositing Dal las In a chair beside her brother at the meeting and attending to one or two details of greater Import. "Yes," weut on Phelan, again nod ding mysteriously toward tbe farther door, "he's lu there, trained to the minute, tot the blowout. There's some one else wants to see you, too some one who'll make more of a hit with you if I'm uot overplayin my hand. But gcHxl news can wait. There's so little of it in this measly life that it geu'rally has to. I" From the corridor Horrigan stamped into the committee room, Wainwright at bis heels. "Well!" cried the boss defiantly, glar ing at Bennett and Ignoring Phelan. "You sent for us. What do you want?" "One moment!" Intervened Wain wright. "We are beaten!1 ,We admit that without argument. So we need waste no time going over details." "Have you sent for us to say what you'll sell out for?" queried Horrigan coarsely,' "because if you have you've only to unme your price. You've got us where you want us. We've got to , pay." "I should have thought." replied Ben nett with no shade of offense, "you would know by this time that I have no 'price.' " "Then what do you want?" "Kothlng-from you." "Why did .vou send word you wanted to see us?" growled Horrigan Impa tiently as he aud Wainwright, unin vited, seated themselves at the table. 1 "To tell you," answered Alwyn. glanclug from one to the other, "that every step you two have taken in this whole Infamous transaction from the very flrst has been carefully followed, and, to use your own phrase, we've got you with the goods!" "Same old bluff!" commented Horri gan contemptuously, with a reassuring wink at the somewhat less confident Wainwright . "By tomorrow noon," resumed Ben nett, "you will both be IndJcted on a First National DIRECTORS." Jacob Kamm J. W. 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Swell chance you'll have of getting a conviction past that buncit' Bah! You talk like man toad of mud. I s'pose It's the affair of those Roberts notes you're counting on. That don't feaze me any. M lawyer can 'twist that around so if 11 look like a charity gift No, no, youngster. You'll have to think of something better If' "And, anyhow," put m Wainwright nervously, "you can't prove any con nection on my part There's nothing against me or" "I think there is," retorted Bennett, wheeling about on the financier. "And even if I can't nail the Roberts brib ery to you I've plenty more counts to hold you on." "All these generalities and vague ac cusations prove nothing, Bennett," an swered Wainwright, drawing courage from Horrigan'a colossal calm and speaking with more assurance. "Mr. Horrigan and I are not schoolboys to be scared by baseless threats. ThlB Is all guesswork on your part Come, now, name one specific charge you can prove." "One will be enough to convince you?" asked Alwyn. "Well, then, how about this ns a first guess? Mr. llor rigan's bribe of $2,000,000 In mouey and '23,000 shares of Borough Btoek for agreeing to put through the Borough franchise? Tor 'guesswork' that doesn't seem to me very bad." Wainwright's hard mask of a face twitched convulsively, but the steady brain that had carried him unshaken through u thousand risky financial deals came r.t once to his rescue. "An excellent guess," he agreed In splendidly feigned amusement, "but unfortunately tho courts demand proof before convicting a man, and there is no proof whatever of ' "Are you sure?" queried Bennett. Turning to Thelan, he added: "Tlease ask Mr. Thompson to come In." The alderman,, with an expansive grin, flung open the door of the farther room. (To be concluded next week.) The Morning Astorian, 60 f Bag-SB". THEHlOTRENTON First-ClassgLiquorsg andDCigars 602 Commercial Street. Corner Commercial and 14th. - ASTORIA, OREGON FINANCIAL Bank of Astoria W. F. McGregor G.IC.f Flavel b. b. 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