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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.)
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