Show dr 0 0 if r then at last he understood arti 10 ca r w abdill alor annh WITH SOME VY n D alf WOMAN r cyrus BRADY sy 23 SYNOPSIS A foolish ung tenderfoot becomer fascinated with the bold artful wife of it a i drunken prospector in it a western mining town they prepare to elope in ft a blinding blizzard but are confronted by the tha maudlin husband ile ha in shot ahot by the wife but the chivalrous b bev y pins pin a note to the body taking the crime upon himself in ill their night to the tha railroad the tha woman horse falls alb exhausted tile youth puta her ori on his own antl anti follows t to th tho stirrup strap seeing he ha la Is an impediment d th the woman thrusts her escort rt into to a sit snow X d drife 0 tr and rides on halt frozen he ha stumbles stumble n into the railroad station just as the train bears the woman away twenty five live years yearn later this man george genres gormly Is a multi millionaire in new maw york if he meets eleanor a 0 beautiful and wealthy settlement worker and operates cooperates co with her in her worn work gormly becomes owner of 0 ft a linn line and finds himself frustrated in pter pier and track extension pla no b by grafting til al dermen derr nen backed by the oot r am traction 0 company om an automobile accident brings th the RaM danes to his country home gormly that he ha will be mayor of new york and tand redeem ern tho the city from car 1 on the political declaration of the merchant r h it nt prince produced n a tremendous the rho whole machinery ot of tho the altya detective force la Is to be used to aig 11 up tip something damn iring to gormly tito the ress heretofore anant v favorable rg to t the it e merchant candidate under pres nure mure divides div lilen and the waxes warm A reso resolution lutton la is introduced ett ink a gratuitous renewal of the traction franchise fratich tse gormly ten million dot dol lure lara far the trave hise atlas Ita Tt aldane idane con gormly on what she bhe terms a bew wew declaration of independence anti he ha makes an unexpected declaration of ter lore ito he Is shocked unexpected by y the confirmation of hla his suspicions that lier ber father la Is the head and backbone of the notorious traction company which lie bei la is to overthrow doting yoting haldane aldane II discovers his fathers connection with tho the gotham Tract traction lon company and la is incensed in I 1 an n interview between find all bial darts dane the latter practically offers hla his daush tera linand na am it ft baiba tor for gor connly anly to withdraw refue in an interview with kornily coraly ming ir aldan learns lot 0 her fathers ta thera baseness though gormar vainly tries to hide it Mein members berr of the ninar find the tha woman for whose sake saka gormly himself A murderer anil and decide to force him to withdraw under threat of prosecution i on the tha chief of 0 police visits go r in Y who wh 0 makes a full confes lon ion of tho the truth young Ir aldano runs the gauntlet of the police and earris the tha ont easlon Edoll to the newspapers for flon ily arit the newspapers newa papera end bill hamilton ilan gnp nf of 0 the mix met who were at camp arap kill dovil devil and littow the truth sho about donnly V the planet publishes hamilton story atory and now york goes w wild with enthusiasm tor for CHAPTER continued dont you want to hear bear what they say ay about you 1 I had bad ratter hear bear what you have to say than anything in the world and I 1 want to tell you first arst of 0 all what comfort what pride blat satisfaction I 1 take taka tn la your presence here I 1 know you read the miserable story atory your brother had my permission to tell it to you last night if you wore were awake 1 I waa vaa awake and waiting for him your interest does mo me much honor continued the man and that you have como to me now this morning la ats aa I 1 say the greatest thing that could happen to 0 o me I 1 dont really care now what the world thinks you have given roc mc avi evidence dence enough that you still respect me mo you dont know anaw all khz evidence yet wet paid the woman faintly she me fort 1 I horsboll to look at him all iff T I 1 mm s it if she had consulted her inclinations she would have run away but that could not be 11 yes said gormly vaguely scarcely noting her low voiced statement now that it la Is all over and now that I 1 have bavo lost you it if indeed it la Is proper to say I 1 had lost what I 1 had never possessed and never could have pos poa ceased you will understand that it was waa this incident to which I 1 alluded when you sald said you respected me because I 1 had been a perfectly ct raight square man your words cut me to tho the heart not because I 1 straight or square now or that I 1 had not lot made blat amends I 1 could for the actions t f a boy and a fool at since nce I 1 blid bad become a man but because aft after r this I 1 aoud never persuade you or any one that I 1 had not always been so and because I 1 could not ear car to have oven even you respect on a false pretense I 1 wanted to tall you many times and you know of course that it things had shaped themselves differently and you could have cared for me I 1 should have told you tho the whole aholo story before I 1 allowed you to say you would become my wife 1 I am suro sure that you would have done so BO mr gormly paid the girl and that you have come here it to give we ire that assurance to show mo that you have not lost confidence in me in spite of the frightful tang tangle le in our affairs my antagonism to your to the gotham freight traction company and then this ahlo that I 1 take it was your purpose in fit coming coining yes faltered the girl that and what more naked asked the man whatever it la Is if it la Is in n my power t to I 1 give it it la Is yours youra what Is it oat you want the woman opened her mouth to speak she moistened her lips words apparently were difficult periapt perhaps impossible what Is it that you want miss haldane aldano ll asked gormly again 1 I want you she said in her low clear voice gormly lifted hla his hand and stared at her you want me mel he faltered what do you rn meant an 1 I mean to bo be your wife was wan the direct answer my wifel yes that la Is it you still want me gormly stared at her in amazement do I 1 understand aright said the satiating his teeth together after till all that Is in the paper this morning do you deanto say that you will marry mo me 1 I do mean lust just that waa the an ewer out esad tho the man you said you did not love mg me and must I 1 do all th the wooing cried the girl passionately you offered yourself to me once before went on oa gormly 1 l and you refused me ma will you do so again why do you come to mo me lowi now cant you think of the reason 1 I dont want to think I 1 want to bear 1 I love you then said eald the girl resolutely you are tho the bravest noblest roost most splendid man on earth if you will take roe me I 1 will be the happiest proudest thank fullest woman that tho the sun on take you repeated Gor gormly bui but ican I 1 cant t understand 1 will you understand asked the gli I 1 sho she walked slowly toward him she laid her hand on ills his shoulder she lifted her face to his ills arm went around her waist what she had begun ho he finished lie ho swept her to him she rave gave herself up yieldingly to his embrace when his lips sought hers there was no avoidance her arm slipped round his neck and tightened there and then at last he understood der stood after awhile ha drew away from him you dont ask me what I 1 have done she said 1 I n neither e ither know nor care since you are here and you are mine I 1 perhaps I 1 should not have been here she returned it if we had not been already engaged engage already announced 1 I am very stupid this morning said bald gormly in some bewilderment you certainly are was the answer tor for a man who aspires to be mayor of 0 new york you are quite the stupidest and dearest person imaginable 1 I have wit enough at least to inov where I 1 can get correct information upon all points and where Is that herel here I 1 said gormly Gor roly pressing with his own the loveliest lips in the world which smiled at him and were not refused hla his touch what have you done and how has our engagement which so tar as I 1 know was not entered into until a moment since been announced head thail she cried re releasing leasin 9 herself from his grasp and handing banding him the neglected copy of the planet she turned to the editorial page and pointed to a postscript to the leader of tho the morning which was a discussion highly eulogistic of Gorm lya lys action and character the postscript was in tho the form of a belated communication muni cation which had been received ut the office of the planet at the last moment and had beon been forced into the paper because it furnished the final and completing touch to the other revelations it contained it had been printed in heavy black capitals double spaced coming closer to her so that he held her with one arm gormly took tho the paper with the other and read the engagement of mr george gormly to miss eleanor haldane aldane II la it authoritatively announced the fu rn ture mayor of new york la Is to be con granulated d upon having won for his prom promised isea wife the young woman who not only from her beauty of man mind and person but because of her lively and practical interest in the poor the oppressed and suffering buffering Is easily first among tho the daughters of our great city the planet feels that thae this announcement supplies the completing touch to the lie other admirable qualifications which mr gormly possesses tor for the great office to which he be has aspired and to which the people mean to see him elected tomorrow who did it asked gormly 11 1 I did dut but why first of all because I 1 found out that I 1 loved you why did you do it 1 last night Il because lecause I 1 believed that such on oil announcement this morning with its ita implication of trust and honor and affection would do more to establish you in the public confidence than at almost anything that could be imagined you have made my election certain but whether you have or not I 1 could almost believe that winning you I 1 dont caro care dont say that interrupted the woman delighted nevertheless at this splendid declaration your father and mother do they know certainly I 1 them at breakfast this morning now did they take it you can imagine what my mother thought and said answered the girl smiling faintly and bour your father she me sighed deeply my father I 1 imagine la Is not unwilling to have a friend at court what are you going to do when you are elected marry you the first thing 1 I mean after that live to make you happy do be reasonable I 1 mean what are you going to do with the opposition 1 I am going to do justly and fat fairly aly by all men whoever they are whatever they way tuny have done mine alno shall be no policy of ruin some things must be broken down but my alm aim shall be to 1 I thought so BO returned the girl and what are you going to do with the one woman 1 I am going to love her as no worn w om rn was ever loved before in this world ilow how long this might have continued can never be told young haldane interrupted them mr air gormly he said 1 I see you have heard the news 1 I have heard the essential part of 0 it from your sister do you mean to tell mo me that you read the paper yet well sit down and read it or ill withdraw my influence and vote against you I 1 suppose all meanor eleanor told you was the news of her engagement well that enough enough cried the young man why you want to read the interview with col bill hamilton its the finest anest thing that ever appeared everybody knows that you shoot the man but tbt tho the woman did they k know n ow tu that you gave her your h horse orse in the snow and that she abandoned you why man youre a berol to be b perfectly franl fran with you haldane this Is all most inter interesting sting and gratifying how on earth dill bill hamilton turned tv at the right moment and told the truth I 1 dont know but as a matter of fact I 1 do truly caro care more for your sisters stera at action and I 1 got get more mora satisfaction out of the fact that I 1 am going to be married to her immediately after the election that than I 1 will in winning it we win you are suro sure to win said haldane 1 I told you not to say that said the girl to her lover now read the paper and then well go uptown what more ta Is there here to te tell ll 11 miss misa haldane in view of the new relationship between them boldly rode up to the auditorium in the great store by the side of gormly in the ot of her brothers big car the enormous crowd that filled the great hall to 0 overflowing ve rf lowing that packed the streets outside that suspended all traffic the addresses that gormly made the frantic cheering that greeted him its as he stood overlooking the greatest multitude that had ever filled that section of miss atlas Il 11 aldane on one side and his bis old friend of a quarter of a century back col bill haell ton on the other with haldane whitefield and a great galaxy ot of supporters in the background including abbott the me cub reporter scribbling like mad on the greatest story of the day these have all passed into history Ill atory the result of the election which occurred next day Is of course known to everybody it is over he said and we have bave won I 1 yes boque noque no one congratulates you as L I 1 1 I have a great deal to live up to was waa the slow answer As mayor of noy now york she questioned softly As your husband he replied |