Eugene daily guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1904-1924, July 17, 1908, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextO o THE KIGEX E IMILV GI ARD. FnfAY. JVI.Y 17. 100 kfliPT51?!I'. m his own I"' 1M . . .-th centurr Mm nine1""" -"""" had once filMOO WB,LM . UM . i -ah ir ven ... i... An hour and Mdcr bad returned from 5 . . " .mimed In the fall! until after mld- i . i. ... had made Lirf tu erenlng clothes, til, hal. rating- between on tie ae ..... kMiMUL he had re- L ,t since nil arrival Lu. But If nU body was i ball afniri. irj bt wold He no liRht ln .1 ...,. irh which his , tujot bad plunged him. h mm rtrptrillni out be- lyim " Lrj ud barren as a rainy of Mi months of battling itranled forward through Mcuta toward one bright lore, Ai now that love I from bit (map, through a own, and bestowed on a b to kiss tbe bem of her la the long climb Alwyn bimself, "Would she up- low through trying to Lit approval he had for- for Dallas, be knew, had ted bim and enguged ber- bnt bad done so with the nett was a heartless, un- rijder, undeserving of a retani. p tar aroused Bennatt thoughts. He lifted his and five word to enter. nt came lu with a card. i Important business, sir" And be wishes to be. If possible." '. up," anawered Bennett, flee to as Dot to disturb slept on tbe same w him here.' Borrlgan's bulky form mhold. of night for a call." ho Sill;, is he entered unln be door behind him and "but my business ItisbrleOr aa vnn ran " fit, miklooo more to p nis unbidden guest. M I ain tired." e rra about our Bor- f" of your Bgbt against hardly worth an- K Mr. Alwyn " rv. I've got you! 'and me" that all;" mimicked '"Mat. I've got yon ! 01. J Merest me. If vou.ve I M Horrlgan. "'"mown be taff of men to recon!" foiling loo could nse ern tk. beginning, t vonr- f. P! about your f. Bennett bis dead alma should WltfcUn, oe spo. oerore Horrl- r tordbly kink a . " u i sa " 1 said r-ne of the worst . " ioui e acheme I'd h. Mi.. tt. -"enough to! Uke" Horrlg.n. i l-astir i i - "uoseir minit. - ' Il to 7 't thai 1 -on. i-, ,..' .""I Is I H. ." '"bw . 1 a. , " 'i THw Now Mayor Baaed on CJt.Broadhurst Successful Play m mm aaw mm hjm.m w-r m am jr m ". t. dew. I looked up the specifications for lK,ih Jobs, and I turned them over to th.- old engineering Ann of Morris Cuerrlnirtou. You kndw the Arm, per - haps. If you don't, you can look them up. They don't belong to the organlza - I tlon; they re tue nest experts in meir i line, and they rnn't be Juggled with." ; "i know them. Uo'on." j "1 paid them a fuucy sum to go over i those specifications and then examine the library and the aqueduct and see j if they were up to the mark or if the I city 'd been cheated by the Bennett Contracting company. I bad a strong ; Idea I was right, but I wouldn't speak till I had the proof. When I got home after the ball tonight I found the Mor ' rls & Cherrlngton report waiting for ' me. I brought a copy of It along with j me." v : "Well," asked Bennett Indifferently, ! "what then?" I "Here's the copy of the report Look It over for yourself. The crookedest Job ever pulled off ln tbla city! Third ' rate material, when the material called I for ln the specifications was used at all. Granite shell ' fllicd with mortar Instead or solid granite; rounaations ! barely half tbe depth called for; In t ferlor tiles In place of fireproof ones; I cheap, crumbly iron and steel Instead I of first quality oh, there's fifty such j substitutions and frauds! . It's the raw est, bummest Job I ever beard of. If I any of the organization tried it now adays the men who did It would be wearing stripes In a week. Graft, hey? Why, your fntliet was the boss grafter of the century, the star graft getter of the bunch! He" ' "Uush! For God's sake, hush!" pout ed Alwyn. "My mother sleeps only a few rooms beyond. 1" "What do I care?" roared Horrlgnn in triumph. "Let everybody hear! The whole world Is going to hear it un less that Borough fni-'-hlse 1)111 goes through. BlmU tlint bi " and every pa per In the country will have that report to publish. Stop your fight ugalust us and the report Is burled. That goes! See? Now, do as you please about tbe bill. You're a Que man to preach about graft, your are! The very "roof over your head, the clothes on your back, w e re bought with graft money!" Bennett scarce ly heeded the coarse Insult, nor did he uote H o r rl gn n' , i eiuui iii glim "The elnthen on ,mtr UT anrt tha hock were IwugM " n. the wlthvralt money I" clulnp of hbt de partlug feet on the stairs. The young man sat, ' lost, hopeless, horror gripped, his eyes run ning mechanically over the closely typewritten pages of the engineer's re Port. Outsider as he was In matters of practical business. Alwyn could sec that Jlorrigan had In no way exag gerated the document's contents. He know, too, that the Arm of engineers who had drawn up the report were, the foremost of their sort and above ail shadow of suspicion. Little by little the numbness lifted from his brain, and In Its place crept a "urnuie conviction of the truth. His father-the gallant young soldier who "nu WOtl a nation' annlinu In Ik. c vll war-the man who. poor and un aided, had built up a fortune against keenest competition and had earned a c.'uie tor. sterling nrobltv whloh hari ever been the delight and model of his son-thls was the man whom a low blackguard like Horrlgan now had the f?" revile a man apparently no bett..rK l. U1B uogs nimseir than any dishonest heeler In th. nr.ni...i.-i ,. An?' f8 lf it were not enough that ' .uo, ot a lifetime were hurled, ""shed and defiled, from its bright Pedestal, the family name must next oe dragged through the mire of pollt " filth and ill repute and the dead m 'n s memory forever blasted. Either 'hat or his son m. . 'he gallant fight he was waging against cl'e corniniinn f. . n-A..u ' ioui riorrigan would carr ct hi. . ..... tnnt. . . lu"--i ana oiazon forth t the world the story and proofs or the elder Rnnn.ii'. h 1, K - ,i ' v " ouniiic Aintu hd no doubt. With all his faulu the 8 was a man of his word. B,o your flffht ..in., ... i. tT i ran h. . .." -0- . uo, uuiii- tarneT- ' "aDd. the rePrt Is P, r'i. " a mn f hla word. fuim, nnC" adailtJ that. He would 'umi his promise In either event U8te98,y Alwyn began to review Out, h - ,he one 8,de Perhaps VlliXotli. fl.,,, f .k.,. a ncnt wh08e rewara wag poltcnl U. osa nl IU. . . death f'imii,. r lUB woman ne adored, ''onij shame thr 1.1.1,1 h hi. I 'II Slip nM . . -r,--- ... ... On th-,h CT t0 tue Tery grttve' Kovernnn i WPaltn' honr. 'ove. the 0, '0S"1I, future happy and glorl- - tug, m fflir .1B11 lll iiunu ui9 ... . .! he not .,no a fonl tofjcsltote? I1 , and I nolb ought to he for"- IV , snlvpd '''a e..cience sufficient- 1 "It is ensy enough to dec f"r some vetoing the Borough franchise one you Ave never seen.'' retorted new . e 11,0 rlKht to "ring this ' Bennett nlmost rudely, "but sniP-se "'tat, "na hea.M ,,' U0a '"" mother's gray ; oy , " uerc lay bls highest duty? m i A J. fir j The soft rustling of silk ami n h in i laid In llKllt caress upon his h, aroused the miserable man from h, 1 reflections. . I Bennett looked up to see his. -,,.. . standing beside him. She h-rt Tr 'l . on a wrapper and in slippered f.-et had stolen noiselessly Into the study. "I was awakened by voices." she ex plained. "I thought I heard some one talking excitedly lu here. Is anything the matter?" "Nothing, nothing dear," he answer ed gently, drawing the little old lady affectionately down to a seat on his knee and smiling manfully Into her sieep nusned face: "nothing Is the mat ter, uniy a business call "A business call at 2 o'clock In the morning!" she exclaimed. "Dear bov you axe working too hard. Your father never orougnc his business worries and work home. He always left them at the office. Can't you do the same? You'll wear yourself out." "My father" began , Bennett, but the name choked hlui. "You are growing to be bo much like mm, went on Mrs. Bennett fondly, "And it. makes me so hapnv that von are. Your splendid fight against that Infamous Borough bill, tjt instance. How proud he would have been of that! It is Just the Wt of thing he himself would have done ln your place. He was surrounded with wicked and dishonest men Just as you are. But .through it all ho remained true, hon orable. Incorruptible. What a irrand nmaBe ror Bon He- Alwyn!" she broke off, alarmed, "why do you look at me that way? I never saw such a look ln your eyes before. Are you ill? Has somefiilng happened that you are keeping from me 7" "No. no." evaded Bennett. "I only" "You had n caller here before I came In," pursued the mother, refusing to abandon the clew to which her wo manly Intuition had led her. "Ho brought you bad news? Tell me, dear! I'm your mother, nnd I love you." j "You are making my course more difficult for me by asking such ques tions, mother," he answ 5red wretched ly, "and I" "I only want to help yon, Alwyn. I can't bear to see you miserable. A woman's wit and a mother's love are often a combination that can solve problems beyond-even the wisest, man's powers of logic. Let me help you." . "I was trying to make up my mind," vagiely replied Bennett, sorely dis tressed by her pleading, "whether a man ought to follow 'his conscience, even If it lends to heartbreak for those he loves, or whether be ought to let conscience go by the board for once and protect the happiness of his loved ones." "Alwyn! How can you hesitate a second over such a question. One must do right, no matter what the conse quence." "I don't know about that," he said moodily. "You know It perfectly well, it is whajj your father would have advised and But, Alwyn, yon surely nre not mil I; In lt yourself unhappy over a mere supposititious case?" "Well." he continued, "let us take a mere supposititious ense' If you like. Suppose, for instance, that a mull hold ing a pnshlon of trust hud had n fa ther whose memory lie honored and revered as I do my own father's" "Yes?" prompted Mrs. Bennett as he allseil P T.r Suppose some one tempts biin to be tray his position of trust, even as 1 have lately Iweu tempted, and threat ens In case of his refusal to make public certain facts which would prove bis dead father to have lieen a scoun drel. Now, what should the mun do? Should he let his father's sacred mem ory be trampled In the mud, let his duty go by default and save" "It would be an awful responsibility to decide such a question," snld Mrs. Bennett with a little shudder, "but there could be only one reply." "And that Is?" "He must do his duty, be the results what they may." "You really think so?" "Thero can be no doubt. Right Is right and" "It shall be as you say." groaned Alwyn. "What?" queried Mrs. Bennett, star tled, nt the despair in his voice. "Io you mean It Is an actual case? Some friend of yours, perhaps?" Bennett nodded. "Oh, the poor, poor fellow !" she sym pathized. "What a terrible position for him! It was he. perhaps, that I heard talking to you ln here Just now. No wonder he seemed excited! The sins of tie fathers shall be visited upon the children even unto the" "It is something less hnrd on the children than on the wives," mused Bennett, half to himself. "The wives? lour rriena nn.i u niuiuei iiiiuk, ..,. - hard. Oh. my son. .every day I thank 1 God ln all humility that my -husband I ived so blameless a life and left so .1 . 1l..lnM1 Thn mnt 11 HOUI)L honorciln name: u"" """ i the dishonest m lieen father and"- l.refuse to suppol anything of the ( nn In my story nun sort!" Interrupted his motr indie" '...!'. rising t0 n fee, .., nat you enn sn.t- u... . - - o. now can you fcUKWst so horrible n thins''" I 'Jlist a thnti!'lirl.Mo t ... . "f '"Inc. That's all." lied Ahvvn -Tt'l very late. You'll have a headache I'm arraiii. Won't you go to bed '" "Yes. It is late, and I'm k,-pig you wi.iur- s dear- 1 -"r She checked herself suddenly with a little gasp. Bennett, glanc!,',,,- p to Cynthia OarrUon. her. saw that her eyes were riveted on a bit of pasteboard lying on the corner of his desk directly beneath the read ing lamp. It was Horrigan's card. Slowly the mother's gaze shifted from the card to her son. From her face the color had been, crushed by some swift emotion that left It very old, pale and sunken. "Mr. Horrlgan!" she murmured. "It was he whp was your visitor tonight? Surely he isn't the sort of a man to care about his father's reputation for honesty. He" "You're tired, mother," Interrupted Bennett lu haste. "Won't you" "Wait!" she panted. "His visit bore Alwyn!" her voice 'rising to a wail of panic stricken appeul. "Did did that man dare to hint anything against rour father? Tell me the truth! I ave a right to know. Did he?" Alwyn bowed his bend ln silcacie. "Tell me whnt he said!" '"He Bald," muttered Bennett, nlmost Incoherently, "he said my father made his fortune by graft!" "And you tbrnshed him and threw him out of the bouse?" she cried, ber old eyes ablaze. ' "No." "Alwyn!" , "He he proved what he said!" "It' is a lie! A wicked, abominable He!" "It Is the truth, mother. Would I have told you auch a thing would Horrlgan have left this room alive if It were not true?'" A sllonce dreadful ln Its Intensity fell over tbe room. Alwyn dared not look at bis mother. At last she spoke: "I must know more. I refuse to be lieve one word. Yon spoke of proofs. What are they?" Without a word, Bennett banded her the report left by Horrlgan. For a time silence brooded over the study, broken only by the occasional turning of a page of the report Then, after what seemed to Alwyn an eternity of waiting, the document slid to the lloor. Bennett glanced at his mother. S h e w a s standing rigid, her face cold nnd hard as granite. "Horrlgan has ferreted this out," he said, not daring to draw nearer or proffer com fort to the wo man whom the boss' disclosure bad turned to stone. "Uo has secured the " do not odvine, ( command. Vortghtt" proofs and says he will publish them broadcast unless I withdraw my 'oppo sition ln the Borough franchise mat ter. If I let that bill pass, Friday be will burn the report, and" There Is only one thing to do," In terposed the mother, sjieaklng with slow decision, her voice ns cold and colorless as her face. "Right must pre vail, no matter what" "Mother!" cried Alwyn. trembling. You advise me to You advise me" "I do not advise, 1 coiiiiuuud. 'Do right!" CHAPTER XIII. THE! momentous Friday lisd ar rived; the day .whereon the fa. moos or Infamous Borough Street railway bill in its amended form was to come up for the aldermen's consideration. Every natier In the city devoted col- umns'to the situation.' Everywhere It was known that the "boy mayor" was fighting with all his might the bill be had already vetoed. Equally well was It understood that Horrlgan was mak ing the t.Ule of bis whole career in iK-half of the measure. If be couiil bus Induce his "solid thirteen" n.dermen to stand firm and coiilduiiiiiitiiln his hold on Itolierts for tfte fourteenth, all would be plain sailing and the bill would puss by a tuothlnls vote in spite of the mayor's veto. More than the mere bill nnd his price for it were Included In Horrl- gnu's reasons for his present activity He recognized that his prestige as Loss was at stake that In case of failure his hold on the organization would be considerably weakened, perba o almost so much shakeu as to ieniii( l'l.ekiu to ful!il! bis .co absurd threat in tear nlui down from bis eminence. For the whole organization was viewing with breathless interest the duel li-tween Horriuan and the youthful mavor the boss had "made." in such ciMon a beaten man commands scaut respect. The board of aldermen were in ses lou lu the city luii. OtT the ante chamber of the great room where thev met was a sniull. snugly furnished apartment, first of a scries of similar rooms that stretched away, with con necting doors, to the far end of the main corridor. This place, with the room adjoining, had once been the comptroller's office. Of late, however, that official had changed his quarters and the room nearest Uie antechamber Had been appropriated by Horrlgan himself as a sort of unofficial snug gery, whero he could sit at ease and transact business nt close quarters whenever, the organization's secret In terests demanded his presence at the city hall. ' Here, bis whereabouts known only to his Intimate and personal lieuten ants, the boss was wont to sit at ease, like some fat, rubicund spider in the center of a web of Intrigue, and issue his orders or plans of campaign. Some of, these were carried by word of mouth through the anteroom into the alder manic chamber. Others he transmit ted by means of a telephone that stood ready on the center table, before which his great easy chair was always placed. Around this table as the board of al dermen were about to convene on the fateful Friday of the Borough bill's final consideration sat three men Walnwrlghf, Glbbs and Horrlgan. The former, ln spite of his habitual steady coolness, was plainly uneasy. Glbbs made no effort to deny his anxiety. Hia eyes were bloodshot bis manner abstracted and his nervra virintiv strung to breaking point Horrlgan aione or tne trio Had abated not one Jot of the colossal calm and brutal Power that were nart nnd nmvwtl nt tho man's mighty character. "W hen will our bill come up, do you suppose?" asked Glbbs. broaklnir n brief silence. "In half an hour or so probably," answered Horrlgan, glancing at his watch. "I thoucht it wns hptlor fni ns to get here ahead of time." "Half an hour," fumed Glbbs. "and neither Ellis nor Roberts here yetl Suppose they don't get hero on time?" They will," granted Horrlgan Plac idly.. "Do you think it is possible cither of them has come yet?" went on Glbbs, with a glance at tbe antechamber door. "No." "How do you know? Pprhnps" 'Williams would have toldnio. He knows where I'm to be found." "You're sure. Hills and Roberts will ihow up?" Yl'H'" ' .!,.. "How HOOU?" "In good time." "Ujiit suppose thev don't?" Insisted Glbbs nervously. "What then?" "Why. .If they don't, then they won't. What do you suppose?" snapped Hor rlgsn. "What's the matter with you. anyhow? Are yu looking for a muse um Jbb as the 'human question mark?' " "Glbbs Is naturally nervous,", explain ed Walnwrlglitl "He's not so old at this game as ,vou and 1, Horrlgan. and we must make allowances." "Nervous?" grunted the boss. "I should say he Is! .lust look nt that cigar 1 gave him. lie's been chewing it as .if It was a sausage. That's no way to treat a fifty cent cigar, iiinii! Ilere. try another, anil see If you can't smoke it Instead of eating a free lunch off It.' Nothing like a good smoke to steady your nerves. If" (Continued Next. Friday.) OASTOniA. Sura tie J? "' ''M 8r jiS Organized 1883 The First National Bank OF EUCENE, OREGON Capital paid i $100,000 SurplUB and undivided profits 100,000 Additional liability of stockholders under national banking laws. 100,000 Total 300,000 L'nder Sump Management S51 Years Your I'atronago Solicited. T. O. Hendricks e President 8. B. Eakln Vice President P. E. Snodgraas Cashier Luke L. 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