Show J alumn irso 39 H TOT N pait BURT i S FREDERICK ADAMS audbor of abe tb kidnapped millionaires colonel monroe monro s doctrine etc IT 1903 1901 pr r all rights C k BY rati MAICK UPHAM av A J M CHAPTER continued louvi you vi at 01 him all juht ii hi r roar oar I 1 hakins john hinan H hand I 1 rn proud of 3 ou my illy boy I 1 cami 1 ti I to li ip you out and now I 1 find that vou have turned the trick with mith out nc me Is thre there on anything thing more you PH fh ic turned john vell ell aull get her ill back your I 1 i judgment that the she la Is wait ing fur fr aou ou speaking of peter ieter hurt burt ho how old did you say he be la is nf irly ninety nanc ty and ou wish me to see him think III wait A nit until he hes a a hundred declared john hawking joking aside go with you any lay day you say bay and ill be damned glad to meet I 1 ahe he old man only ill promise pro rolae not to ewend bear again in hla his they talked for or hours and haw flaw mrs listened with Int interest crest to the ilia dis closures made by sam rounds con berning the cosmopolitan improvement company A messenger arrived with a scaled I letter from the alderman informing juhn john hurt durt that the bribery money had bad 1 bt en paid over or deposited with the teven lieven aldermen supposed nippo suppo ned Hed to be pur chased morris estimated a majority of tour four in favor of bla bin now new franchises ile was so BO sure euro of speculative suc BUC MB begs that lie had fixed the dinner party to general carden jessie edith and alape for tuesday evening the dato date of the council session when hit his would come up lip for final at alon tion the news of his triumph should omo come to him while hile he be was rev cling in the charm of jessie garden carden a presence the contemplation of tills plea pleasure mire inspired morris with a new idea the dinner should cle celebrate brate ills hla for mal engagement to jable garden carden the more ho be pondered over this bril biant coup the more cli entrancing did it teem ills his carriage drew up lip at the bishop residence an ail hour before the time looked upon him arise mr morris and make an end to this scene she said as she drew away asay from h him fill 1 I cannot marry you it you roust must respect thle thir ans answer er ab final her voice was low but firm and the dark eeg held no glearn gleam of hope borris to his fet ctet I 1 I 1 ion oil told in to wait I 1 two a pars for you avid and I 1 have wat ted he ox claimed bar harshly fitly this thin Is a strange reward for my patience and for or my kindi jess to your father I 1 I 1 told you I 1 would not marry with in two bears eara I 1 have kept my word I 1 made no other promise I 1 shall not cot tausa bour our business relations with W it h general op carden you have not me a part of them slope since our dinner engagement prom KH i aties te no pleasure to either of us I 1 wilt will clease you from it pray excuse me general garden carden will be with ith you pres prea K 4 r aly tW A Aj I ailt fako gou beg of you pleaded 8 as batile ailed riled I 1 it tho liholm I 1 I 1 ab from th din iSala at ak adoulf ML to vel y ein elj a I 1 i ill it I 1 wt W ll 11 1 1 ibi ti ii 11 r alaoui aboul marring I 1 it pi III a 0 it us OH som thing illan n h iain ill h v u would like to I 1 ar about HI ti will go wont aou ou miar raida ji in vl vit ld ida d 0 to o this mis rable en and a n coment latr general carden naf r d UK tit room and tell eved an awkward situation jessie took small part in the conversation as aa the cair lai rolled don damn the avenue but morri morelo eh ct tied gaily with idith ilan han ock lock lie ho secretly hla his anger bit jessie noticed that lie he studiously ignored general carden CHAPTER sam rounds repents cosmopolitan improvement stack was strong and active during the sea pea slon alon preceding the evening set bel for the consideration of c its franchises brokers who acted for arthur stood on the floor of the exchange find bid up tip the stock block and took all of acri 19 le ie price mounted steadily tut tin rapidly there was aas heavy selling aiom some unknown source and at the close enormous blocks came out the rumor spread that james blako blake was stiling the stock when his stord in the excited mot and boldly proffered pi pt offered Cosmo poll tan in thousand share lots the price but morriss morris s agents came to II 11 0 rescue and it closed lust just below the top figure flaire A published poll of the council hafed hawed a majority in favor of tho ordinances and wise speculators pro oleter that in the expected boom of if the morrow illare blahe would be severely seve iely tely pini pinit thed bed make denice himself to all callers the transactions were re corded in the tha name ot of john Ila Akins mid that gentleman spent all or of hla his time with nith mr air hurton burton early in the day john sent for alake mr hawkins out and I 1 have nr arranged ranged av 70 wa Z iz f N 1 set apt forthe for the dinner lie waited with impatience for jessie and was effusive in hla his greeting when she entered ent eroil the drawing room you are more than prompt mr air marrih she ehe sald said releasing her hand I 1 havo to say bay to oil to ask you jessie aro are 0 wo o likely to be disturbed here I 1 think not what weighty secret have you to di disclose close mr air morris rray pray bo seated tho great house via was silent and the yellow light of the setting suit flooded the room jessie ana as superb as sho eho calmly awaited the declaration her in tuition told her ber was forthcoming she could not tint in her bart heart the slight eat bt feeling of pity or sympathy tor for aithur morris I 1 havo have waited years for this nao mo meat amont he said eaid dramatically ills face ace paled slightly but he was not stashed 1 l ached from the hour I 1 saw in dingham hingham I 1 have you and tom low I 1 ask you to be my wife As you know I 1 think a great deal of you inart than I 1 anoa how to tell out the abe governor dear old governor go vernoi endorses endo end raea tny my choice say sat you will tase rae me jessiel lie ile had not forgotten the peroration of his carefully prepared and oft re bared bar ed proposal and concluded by trapping dropping clumsily to hn his knees there w as more of demand than of plead irit in his manner jessie gardens carden a eyes flashed as she to attend tonight to night a session of the council said john will you join us its jim I 1 d like to but I 1 have ibana pother another en replied blake III ti kiy y to drop in before the session Bese loii Is over bonx before the chairman called the cit fathers fa theis to orar tho the hall was as with alit tobacco smoke make there was mas little that was ai impressive in the pa sound of the municipal solons nor vaa as their gathering marked by limit it Is a sad end I 1 that the n erase city council Is fairly depre sentil tive of its constituents it Is the mirror of ciban ignorance deceit and cupi cupidity dit of the varying grades or of venality relieved by a sprinkling of upright but too often impractical men righteousness enactments are wrung from such bodies only by fear of public indignation and corrupt measures go down doa n to defeat only when and punishment faces facea the I 1 majority john hurt burt and john hawkins looked down on oil this crowd of civic various Var lus minor matters had been 18 de t eted anti and decided ahen the chairman announced that the hour set met for the consideration of the franchises ranch laes of the cosmopolitan improvement company had A cit clrk rh riad read the erdl bancer and ench each alderman was pro bided vided with a copy of hem Al addelman delmAn arose anti and was waa lie was as the accredited champion of the cosmopolitan fran chitea he made an ad able presentation of the in favor avor of the pend ing ordinances lie was aas powered nn by ahli constituents to voto vote le in their fai faor or he be said the promised a much needed relief from the tap lions of grinding monopoly theirs nors heip balthy reputable citizens hose words worda mere ere as KOOI good as aa their bonds there te be no intelligent unselfish opposition to these lips measures meas urea and 0 o on in to an clo eloquent quent peroration it was wan it lood gilch ell and orth all that tass A as paid for it others follo followed aed in a similar strain though not so logically or grammate gram matl mail cally A well claque in he ha callery applauded at proper intervals other speeches were ere made for or and fagain agai at it the ordinances and then at al cerman Hend hendricks rieks fovad the previous quilon lon it awaa as carried ad a d ine ne roll catl call the clerk pencil in hin egan his monotonous ask aj 1 var alderman Patri clil A a 0 i alleea shrill role h c applauded vigorously alderman Sabos kl avi sounded a clear tenor the gallery was mas again liberal in ls its approbation atilt ald aman rounds round palled called the fl rk A tall lall an awkward k ward tit rn in r a and faced ill ahr hallinan hali Ifil inan linan hid film red hair was waa pla I 1 K d M r in it for finh h ad an aal I 1 his hands m I 1 I 1 in the jhc ua U an fn n on of tit them im in I 1 h I 1 id d a and n the other omi loos loo pap aar apr r H raised his t i th ill and the th cn twinkled t tl I 1 v i i sted for a moment on john durt mr mir rr pr idi ill I 1 deslie to ex explain plain MN m voton th h or lin auces th r n was ass no the cos COB mo politan partisans believed that A al derman rounda had been man ft on over to their side and were mere willing be should attempt to tile the reasons for his bit change of heair mr air rh chairman aIrman began alderman hounds placing hla his papers on the desk and with his hands bands plunged in his poi polet ets t two to o years ago when the original cosmopolitan ordinances aroe ame up tip for or passage I 1 voted an spoke against them m I 1 was opposed to them an said bald so BO when these bills were proposed I 1 made a careful study of them at first I 1 was not in favor of them but certain gentlemen present ed the to me in a new light an I 1 agreed to vote for the passage e of the ordin ordinates anes now under considers cons tion lion the th cosmopolitan i aldermen joined tho the claque in the applause which bich fol loed tills this declaration AT mr r chairman continued sara sam rounds assuming an easy attitude in the he aisle I 1 don t suppose there a any one in III this honorable body lukea money bertei it I 1 do when I 1 began to make money bradin in bosses back in massachusetts it mas ae like bourin kerosene oil on a red hot stove the iloie I 1 got the more I 1 wanted an as aa home of you know I 1 ve done pretty eairly well sam rounds reached out and picked it 11 small package from the table and looked at it longingly alderman hen dricks turned in his chair and gazed uneasily at tho the speaker there was sonic thing in its his manner which caused a d hush to fall on oil the assembly mr air L t jiman said bald alderman rounds slowly unwrapping the pack age as he conti continued niad money is the gica test argument in tho the world logic Is a fine thing but money beats log logic I 1 admire the lie man who has the gift of do loquence quence like my honorable col lague it ague from my ward mard but money can give eloquence a handiest handicap an beat it cery time money aloney nir mr chairman interrupted alder nian man hendricks we desire to proceed with this vote much as an we are cliart charmed ned by my colle d trite re about money it as an abstract proposition the question beffie the hoard board Is the disposition of these erdl dances nances I 1 demand that the alderman alder man hla his vote alderman rounds rounda has the fluor floor decided the chaliman thank yon yell ill not take up much of your conr time said sam rounds As I 1 A as sai in I 1 ni uncommonly fond of 0 nione an ail when the president preal dent of 0 the cosmopolitan Improve improvement nent company anio to my place of busi business 11 ess an arne said a d he would mould pay me ten th thousand 0 usand collais tor for my vote veto in favor of these I 1 just went ent plumb off my center au an told him I 1 would consider t I 1 coulden couldn t see anything else in the world orld but that figure one with ith four ciphers after it an a dollar mark in front of it mr air chairman you never had bad to aik oik hard or trado trade for a livin an you can cant t realize how bow I 1 felt when he be placed this here package in my band sam tore away amay the wrapping and disclosed a layer of crisp banknotes bank notes every eye in the room was fixed un on the speaker as he stopped forward and laid them on the chairman s table dazed and demoralized no member of the opposition dared interrupt to be continued |