Show W A JOHN BURT BUR UPHAM aj FREDERICK ADAMS author of the nr colonel monro doctrine et etc 1003 1077 ADT BT all diab IT MS 1900 ZIT T bruam adaid A J daxi I 1 CHAPTER continued youve got him all right roared hawkins grasping grasp lne john burts burla hand band 1 I im m proud of you my toy boy I 1 camo came an to help you out and now I 1 flud that you have turned the trick without A ith me Is there anything more you w want Ys yes returned john well get her ill back your grandados gran dads judgment that she la Is walling waiting for you speaking ot of peter burt bart how bow old did you say he ha la Is nearly ninety and you wish mo me to see b him im think ill wait until hes a hundred declared john joking aside ill go with you any day you bay any and ill be damned glad to meet the old man only ill promise not to swear again in his presence they talked for hours and ilaw una listened with interest to tho the disclosures made by sam rounds con can corning the cosmopolitan improvement mp ave ment company A messenger arrived with a scaled letter from rom the alderman informing john burt that the bribery money had bad avon tie on paid over or deposited with the teven aldermen supposed to bo be purchased morris estimated a majority of four in favor of 0 hla his new franchises ho he was so BO sure of speculative success that he had bad fixed the dinner party to general carden jessie edith ond blake tor for tuesday evening the date of the council session when his ordinances would como come up tor for final action tho the news of 0 his bis triumph should come to him while ho he was reveling la the charm of 0 jessie gardens cardens presence the contemplation ot of this pleasure inspired morris with mith a now new idea the dinner ainner should celebrate his formal engagement to jessie card carden eni the more he be pondered over this brillient brilliant coup the more entrancing did it see eem in hla his carriage drew up at the bishop residence an hour before the time timea get bet tor the dinner Hewal he waited ted with impatience for jessie and was effusive la in his greeting when she entered the drawing room you are more than prompt mr morris she said releasing her hand band 1 I have something to say to you to ae kyou jessie are wo me likely to le be disturbed here 1 I think not what weighty secret have you to disclose mr morris pray be seated tho the great house was m as silent and the yellow light of the setting sun flooded the room jessie as tas superb as she calmly awaited the declaration her intuition told her was forthcoming she could not find in her heart the slightest feeling of at pity or sympathy tor for arthur morris 1 I have waited bears for this moment be said dramatically his face paled slightly but he was not abashed from the hour I 1 saw you in dingham hingham I 1 have admired you and rom now I 1 ask iou to bo be my wife As you know knew I 1 think a great deal of you more than I 1 know bow to toll tell you tho the governor dear old gover governor governors norl endorses my choice say you will have me jessie he had bad not forgotten the peroration ot of his carefully prepared and ott aft re hearsel hc alsed proposal and concluded by dropping clumsily to his knees there was visa more of demand than ot of pleading in his manner jessie cardens eyes flashed as aa she looked down upon him arise mr morris arid and make an end to this scene she said as she instinctively drew away from him 1 I cannot marry you you must respect this answer as final her voice was low but firm aud and the abe dark ees ces held bold no gleam ot at hope morris struggled to his fact you told me to wait two tuo years for or you and I 1 have waited wa itell he be exclaimed harshly this Is a strange reward tor for my patience and tor for my to your rather father 1 I told you I 1 would not marry within two to years I 1 hane hae kept my word I 1 made no other promise I 1 shall not discuss your business relations with general carden you certainly have not considered me a part ot of them since our dinner engagement promises no pleasure to either cither ot of us I 1 will release sou from it pray excuse me general carden will ill bo be with aou ou presently dont go I 1 beg ot of you pleaded morris as aa jessie turned to leave the tha team your absence from the dinner dinder would well voll it would be very embarrassing barr assing don t you see I 1 wont say any anything more about about marriage tut please go with us something may happen which you would like to hear about you will go wont you miss carden jessie yielded to this miserable entreaty and a moment later general carden entered the room and relieved an amk avi kwaT waTA situation jessie took small email part lit ja the conversation as the carriage rolled down dome the avenue but morris chatted gaily with edith hancock ile he secretly nursed his bis anger but bat jessie noticed that be studiously ignored general carden CHAPTER sam rounds repents cosmopolitan improvement stock was strong and active during tho th rose sion elon preceding the evening set bet for the special consideration of its franchises brokers who acted tor for arthur morris stood on the floor boor of the exchange change ex rind ind bid up the stock and took t k all offerings fe fc tho the price mounted steadily but rapidly there was heavy selling belling from some unknown source and at the lie close enormous blocks came out the rumor spread that james blake was selling the stock when his representatives stood in the ex excited cited mob and boldly proffered cosmopolitan in thousand stare bare lots the price ragged but morriss algenii agents camo came to me rescue and it closed lust just below the top figure A poll of the council abo chosed ed a majority in favor of the ordinances and wise speculators predicted that la in the expected boom of tho the morrow blako blake would bo be severely blake denied himself t bi all cellers the transactions tran factions were recorded in the name of john haw haakine Ha kins AkIns rid did that gentleman spent all ot at his time with mr burton early in tho the day john sent cent tor for blake mr hawking and I 1 havo have arranged to attend to nights session of the council said john will you loin join us jim id like ll keto to but I 1 have another engagement ga replied blake ill try to drop in before tho the session to Is over long before the chairman ca called tied the city fathers to order the ball was cloudy with tobacco smoke there was little that vas mas impressive in the personnel ot of tho the municipal solons salons nor was their gathering in marked by dignity it Is a sad ead reflection that the tha average city council Is fairly representative senta tive ot of its constituents it Is ill the mirror ot of urban ignorance deceit and W 1 1 I I 1 if dla I 1 1 AV XAV ad IL WW 7 1 7 I 1 1 I 1 II 11 ia t 1 i 4 I 1 4 1 I 1 4 1 I I 1 7 ia I 1 I 1 f I 1 11 1 II 11 ill 4 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 r I 1 6 lot I 1 1 I I 1 ia I 1 I 1 lr q i M 1 11 11 I 1 ill ill 11 ill 19 ill I 1 I 1 cupidity of 0 the lie darlng grades of venality relieved by a sprinkling ot of upright but too often impractical men righteousness enactments are wrung from such bodies only by fear of 0 public indignation and corrupt measures go down to defeat only when hen detection and punishment faces the I 1 ity john burt and john hawkins looked down on this motley crowd of civic bilic various minor matters had been do de and decided when the chairman announced that the hie hour set for the consideration ol of tile the franchises of the cosmopolitan improvement company had arched A clerk read the ordinances and each alderman was mas provided a copy of them alderman hendricks arose and was recognized ile he was the accredited champion ol of the cosmopolitan franchises cb ires lie ile made an able presentation of the arguments in it favor of the pending ordinances he was empowered by his constituents to vote vole in their favor he said they promised a much needed relief f from the exactions of i grinding monopoly theirs sponsors were u ere wealthy reputable citizens whose words mortis were as good as their bonds there could be no intelligent unselfish elf opposition to these measures e an and d 0 o on to an eloquent peroration perorate 0 n it was ft a good speech and worth all that was paid for or it others fol followed lomed in a similar strain though not b to 0 logically or grammatically A 1 well ell drilled claque in the gallery applauded at proper intervals other speeches were made for and against the ordinances and then at al corman carman hendricks moved tho the previous question it was man carried and the roll call ordered tho the clerk cleric pencil in hand began his monotonous task first ward mard alderman aiderman patrick A aye sor yelled a shrill voice the claque applauded vigorously alderman Sabos kH AC it fl clear tenor the gallery was again liberal in its I 1 Ls approbation alderman rounds bounds called the clerk A tall awkward man rose and faced the chairman ills red hair was plastered over his big forehead and his hands clemed in the way in one ot of them he held a package and n the other some loose papers ile ho raised his eyes to the gallery and they tAin twinkled kled as they rested tor for a moment on john burt mr president I 1 desire to explain my vote on these ordinances there was no objection the cosmopolitan mo politan partisans believed that alderman derman rounds had been won over to their side and were willing he should attempt to explain the reasons for his change of heart mr BIT chairman began alderman rounds placing his papers on the desk and with his hands bands plunged in hla his pockets to years ago aben wh e n tho the original cosmopolitan ordinances fame up for passage I 1 doted an spoke against them I 1 was opposed to them an said so BO when these bills were proposed I 1 made a careful study ot of them at first I 1 was not in favor of torn them but certain gentlemen present ed cd th the subject to me in a new light an I 1 agreed sigried to vote lor for the passage ol at the ordinances now under considers con sidera tion the cosmopolitan aldermen joined ilia iho claque in the applause will which ch followed oi wed fill this declaration M mr I 1 cb chairman airman continued sam rounds assuming an easy attitude in the aisle 1 I dont suppose theres any ono one in this honorable body likes money bet battern tern I 1 do whoa when I 1 began to make money fradla in bosses back in massachusetts it was like pe bourin arin kerosene oil on a red hot stove the more I 1 got the more I 1 wanted an as aa eomy booie of yon know ive done pretty eairly well sam sain rounds rounda reached out and picked n small package from the table and looked at it longingly alderman hendricks turned in ills his chair and gazed I 1 uneasily easily at the speaker there was something indis manner which caused a huchto hush to fall all on the assembly mr chairman said alderman rounds slowly unwrapping the pack ago as he continued money Is 18 the greatest argument in the world logic Is a line die thing but heoney money beats logic I 1 admire the man who has the gift of eloquence like my honorable colleague from my ward but money can give eloquence a handicap an beat it every time money mr chairman interrupted alderman Il endricks wo we desire to proceed with this voto vote much as we are charmed by my colleagues colleague s trite reflections about money as an a abstract proposition the question before the board la Is the disposition of these ordinances nan as I 1 demand that the alderman recard record his vote alderman Alderm nn rounds has the floor decided tile the chairman thank you ill not dot take up much of your time said sam rounds As I 1 was wai sayin im uncommonly fond of motley money an when the president of the cosmopolitan improvement company came to my place of business an said eald ho he would pay mo me ten thousand dollars for my vote in favor ot of these ordinances 11 lust just went plumb oil off my tenter center an told him I 1 would consider it I 1 see anything else la in tho the world but that figure one with four ciphers alter after it an a dollar mark in front aront of it mr chairman you never had bad to work mork hard bard or trade for a livin an you cant realize how I 1 felt when he be placed this here package in my hand band sam tore away the wrapping and disclosed ft a laser laer of 0 crisp banknotes bank notes every eye in the room was 11 fixed aed on the speaker as he be stepped forward and laid them on the ch airmans table dazed and demoralized no member of 0 the opposition dared interrupt to bo be continued |