Show jimi 1 ad e MAW WITH W SOME caamal D air froma W cmur farr yb BAADY I 1 biow cov azz SYNOPSIS foolish young tenderfoot become becomes with the th bold artful wit wife of a drunk drunken prospecto octo it in a western mining town thy they prepare to lof elos in a blind blin billiard aard but are confronted by the h maudlin husband ile II 11 Is 1 hot shot by the th lt if but the th chivalrous boy pins 1 a i bof to the til body boly takina th 0 crime upon himself xa la their night to the th railroad ll rod station the th woman how horse faus U exhausted the th youth put pu to tier bar on in his hi own and bud follow haggins to the stirrup trap strap quins seeing he h is I 1 an madl moat the th woman thrusts hr her bort emeart into R at row ow drift and en an unit brofn he stumbles into it a railroad rJ rall Irod road station lust just f I 1 tta traen bein beers the th woman wy w twenty live yr years later th nn min george comly Is I 1 ft a mulu millionaire in nw now york lit ila meets 1 haldane ft a b and wealthy settlement worker and to operate with hr her in her korv gormly become owner of a fam it una in and nd ends himself frustrated in pier I 1 an n I 1 track xenon exten extension slon plans 1 by grafting il dermen armen bachof by the th gotham company an automobile accident on ft a tunny stormy christmas eye v brines brings th the hl list danes to his country home gormly makes tir the marooned party comfortable comfort ibl CHAPTER IV continued beyerl Ney erl eald said gormly and I 1 con teas feas to you that of late I 1 have had bad similar thoughts I 1 want to do somo thing for bu manity ho be went on lowly slowly there are certain people who stimulate us to achieve achievement mert who awaken our ambition who quicken our hope who dont you comprehend N ou I 1 ave a put something eom ething into in my y life aich it lacked now I 1 want to do something u haldane aldane II for inc mr cormier Gorm lyT tor you and my fellow men tor for your approval and theirs you see ee you have brought me in touch with a state of being of which I 1 knew know wile 1 I waa was not mot born hoyn into your un til ill I 1 saw you I 1 had no desire to min gle in it I 1 have not taken a vaca uon tion except business trips aboard for tient fire aoam for instance this Is 1 the first time in all that ions long period that I 1 bare have stood alono alone in a room and talked socially by her gracious era cloua lege on terms of outward equality with ith a fine 1 high iab bred capable nom an can a I 1 you understand hc how you Y au exert a new now influence how bow you have brought a new force into my life ills and that from my acquaintance with you results are certain to camer lie ile sat down on a chair on the cotliar side of 0 the fireplace as he spoke bringing himself on a level with her she looked at him with curious elten a ity she saw baw his am ath shaven face seamed and lined with thought and care she marked the streng strength the intelligence the resolution in his counte countenance natice it lacked completing touches of tenderness tender noea it lacked the oman woman a influence but aside from that it was altogether admirable virile and strong tig 1 I 1 want to do team something ethIng he said to make me worth bis his voice trembled the respect of he be looked at her of people liko ilku you he went on and I 1 am coins to do something too you frighten MN said the et girl appalled aa as we e often are by the granting of our prayers the acceptance 0 of our suggestions ons the realization of our bores 1 I dont like to feel that what you are dolne Is for tor for say it lt miss haldane for you 1 I cant assume such a responsible ty sho she protested and etch a motive Is not the highest hie heat the best bast nonsense Non seniel said the man almost roughly the best things la in life are done for the sake take of good women and there Is not a human bunian being in the world who possesses your powers and capabilities who does not thrill to responsibilities in your heart of hearts beans you are glad or you will be glad if through your inspiration eom som thing Is accomplished by whatever wLate ver way or means it may be even by me tor for mankind and the woman knew that th tb words were true she thrilled sitz then to the strength of his alon yon you so a I 1 kno know o nm anity I 1 don 2 t know society you observed that by my awkward reception of you all here tonight indeed sail the girl it was most graceful and kindly hospitality and we deeply appreciate it it it Is good of yoa you to say ear so these things I 1 could lern he hesitated it if I 1 bad some cne one who knew to teach I 1 me but other thides digs I 1 know myself I 1 am at a discount with women but I 1 can n handle men and I 1 know men every human being Is glad to ally himself with success suc ceca if you and I 1 together do jo something you will be happy it if we succeed and miserable it if we taur 1 queried th the e girl with a nervous laugh a ill not tall fall tuu are lio n rosing a partnerships there Is a quasi quaal partnership exist ing between as us now in the settlement 16 fotr devotion your gene generous blought for people with my busl busi nets back of you tor for it Is back of you miss haldane aldane II in that or anything allf el to the limit Is 18 goll to produce results there that nobody dreams dres of are yoa you going to devote yourself to thair no the maa man quickly 1 I hava higher and in riva your part of the partnership mine is to help you and and what bat arc fire you solas going to do dor allied asked the tirl girl InteL Int eLiely lIely interested leaning forward her breath coming quicker 1 I am IRM to be mayor of now york for one thing misa miss haldane yes and then it touched him immensely to ie a tho the matter of 0 fact way with which she he accepted his stupendous declaration and then I 1 am going to be the bet beit mayor hew new york ever had bad an honest mayor the administration shall be conducted on business lines and bul bust ness with me doe sint pell spell chicane there tent a dishonest dollar in roy fortune you will forgive my persona talk I 1 dont don t often resort to it but you make me tell whatever you want to know I 1 go ont 1 I am going to suppress graft I 1 am going to break up the gangs that rob the city I 1 am going to bring the traction campan companies les the freight and the othere others to tern terms I 1 un imi going to make them give the people good value for the franchises they enjoy I 1 am going to reform the police force and tor stor ita taking toll of crime its 11 w with ith bin I 1 new york la in going to be mr mir gormly she sh aid said resolutely if you mak make that dram dream corn come true you will bare bays dona done more service 1 to humanity than has ever been done by a citizen of this tbd republic and ad you will be the greatest man on this aide of the world and it my other dream comes true rue bald said gormly Gor ialy 11 1 I will be the happiest my may they til all come truel aid said the irtira impulsively rising and giving him hr her hand band do you mean eagerly asked ked the man gratefully her prof fared hand in his ht own firm resolved clasp 1 I don dint t know nh oh faltor d ett your other dream li Is but it it corre ponds with the one you hare bays told me I 1 repeat the prayer at the proper tine time said the man you shall know meanwhile tomorrow we shall fet got to work tomorrow will be christmas said tho the girl malling my christina christmas present to you mis miss haldane aldane ll will be the beginning of the and mine to you mr gormly caly she be returned laughing will be my good 1 labes and hearty encouragement in Youri your labor abor 1 I could wish nothing bett bette he ent on lightly glad and relieved at this change from the intensity Inte nalty of the interview I 1 shall announce myself ats a a candidate for the mayoralty at the next election representatives t it f the minority party have already ap up Pro preached ached me on that subject euble ct and what did you eay any to them thein nothing yet lou ou see this li Is all new work to me and I 1 must consider con aldur my way ay carefully have you ever made a public speech echT never in my life NV NN ell all if t you can talk to the people la is you hare have talked to me tonight I 1 im loure you will win thu girl said it artlessly artl artle eily carelessly 2 X 4 jr k 0 V 0 11 k le 1 I 1 1 I 1 want to do something for you mir miss haldane 1 free and I 1 am gous to tell it the truth and snake make it got 0 o tie lie topped stopped and not trusting him sell elf to look at her bared stared into the fire are again there was a long pause well a bald ld he a direct look at her what hat dodou do brou think of it was italiane it li Is the greatest greate ct dream that over entered a human brain train aid said the girl quietly it t 1 ie a my buana bua nM it ha has been my bitt s I 1 ne s s all my life alei haldane to make dreams come true and I 1 am dreaming dream lne now a greater dream dearer to 10 me than that I 1 have outlined before IOU ou ahat could he be mean she strove to meet hl his glance fairly but her own eyes fell before his own direct gaze do you think I 1 can do it make my dream come truet true he asked which dream mr mir yf both ot 0 them that you can be mayor of new now york that you can redeem the city that you can restore to the people their liberties I 1 don t know other men hare bays tried it and haro have failed and I 1 may fall too answered gormly ve quietly buch such achievements are not the results merely of one mans effolia tho people them elyes 1 mut must respond wl ether I 1 can make them do that or tat will determine the issue 1 I 1 think you can ur tir gormly tou have made we respond rei pond and will vill you help me mel ail 11 abat hat can I 1 do dor do what you bito done tonight atten to me ine in me inspire me be my silent partner in a my en ert deavor as I 1 been youra yours in your and after yo you yoa A have succeed edt unafa the other dream and but his hart bart leaped to the assurance to be determined he eald said most men would cay say it vaa easier to talk to one OD woman than to a thou and sand people I 1 hare bays bad had experience with nelt Nir As A I 1 told you it his ha been a quarter of a century since I 1 talked alone with a woman wa was that in the wea aft of abl h you shoker poke 7 1 I am glad to tell yon it was wa in the west she a good woman mica haldane Ha idane he said imply simply and I 1 bays move ien seen her bar ince since that night you know that she he waa was not a good woman T asked the girl not at that time I 1 did not suspect that li Is I 1 wae was only a boy of nineteen and ii Is it because of that woman that you hare seen no others until I 1 met mat your yee yes migi MISS s poor mini eald said the kirl girl halt to herself not at all answered gormly you were quite worth waiting for eleanor cald her father ather at this moment wont you take my hand I 1 want to talk to our I 1 boxt oat a little my sell elf CHAPTER V mr haldane la Is greatly surprised mr bir ll Il aldane wa was la to something of a quandary for certain reasons and for gome some time he had bad been contemplating an interview with gormly hot not only did he h greatly desire the interview which wa was indeed ce cery ry albom vital in fact to the furtherance of tata matter matters in which be he wae was deeply concerned but he did not desire that hta his interest interest that la Is lc ir the affair khouli appear tuf TL opposition bad had ialy under rated the th charac character ud and ability of gormly the gotham freight vic tion company tor for instance had bad pooh pooped him bim at first and even now though the public press was filled with account accounts of him and his doings they lull still greatly underestimated his qualities haldane II aldan himself had bad joined in this depreciation until be he bad had met gormly lie ile had aa an yet enjoyed LO ro opportunity of conversation with him save in R general way aa as has been seen but he was accustomed to deal with men and he saw instantly that he waa was face to face with a personal ity at once able courageous deter mined and strong the he two men e eted on oatt alth hr r side of the bright fire in the library Ital haitian dame smoking one of gormly a el olt cellena glasses bottles ard tco ice on a little table at band hand he ile had disapproved of mrs Ilal danes man tier not because he thought it insult ed to the occasion but on account of the peculiar qualities and charac character teris ls tice ties of coraly tand the relationship in which he stood to certain matters of importance he its had been inclined on tho the drat first entrance to 10 follow his wife a arrogant assumption of superiority but now he strive strove to in fure uto all the geniality and cordiality possible into his hi voice and manner on the other hand gormly natural ly had a deep interest in irk haldane As an the father of the woman be he loved be he boull necessarily be a treat great factor in the battle he meant to wage for her iter hand ills consent and influence while not absolutely essential would naturally be of great value it be he r by any means win the support and countenance of the great financier bis his dream would be by that much the more easy of realization he lie had an idea however that this would bo be fin possie 3 that did not daunt him of 01 render him the leas less alert to win Hal Ilal dancs danes consort possibly might b bs no more practicable than to win miss was con cont yet gormly ac fcc to attempt the impossible and nine times out of ten to achieve it IL that haldane hid had any relation ship or could hive have any to him oher oer than that of a prospect eoll ive lye father inlaw in law never entered hit hie head bead that wai was rB suM clent to render the interview memorable to him the conversation began with ith a re nark mark from the older man mart abelt the weather I 1 have long wondered on dered why the weather ie is the th staple inaugural topic I 1 hive hairs rarely experienced so evere severe a sno snowstorm storm laid said II Il aldano aldane blandly 1 I have been coming down to long land island lo 10 winter off oft and on ever since I 1 was a toy boy and this surpasses any thing within my knowledge go g it ia in bad enough for new york re elion ded gormly I 1 here when the temperature getro to the ge ra mark and the wind blow blows thirty or forty miles aa an hour and it enow snows hard all day we call it a billiard blizzard at that lait last though haldane aldane II had no ostensible connection with the street department or an other de do apartment part ment of the municipal tion in fact the man slightly lifted his head and glanced for a moment with deeper interest at big his COMPA companion I 1 take it from your allusion that you have worse storms than thia 1 1 I have bays been in real billiard mr mir Ila II aldane idane answered gormly qu lely more tinn thin once where here the wind velo velocity cit was scarcely ecar rely to be meau rid dd where the grature WM was from twenty to thirty below where the sleet needle needles cut like whip whips and the storta had full weep sweep unchecked and un broken by any thing Ilo however wever I 1 am old of the in this instance ince since it hai has enil enabled bled me to extend to you and your party the belter shelter of my root I 1 hac been glinted 1 have bad the privilege ot of knowing that iq 1 your daughter for some time and I 1 am honored in the acquaintance of her father and mother and your friends frien dM you lay say you bave have known my daughter t or for or ome some time timet 1 I have had that pleasure plea aure if it I 1 ini mistake stake not ahe she said aid that you had been interested in hr hor settlement ement work quixotic otio imagination of an cirl arl mr my deer dear fir air but I 1 humor hV you dy doi veil returned the other aad and if it 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