Show vv vv W u 4 S r War Against Rockefeller r Molln MoUn is Ia Now Disposed to Lot tho the Oil r i nato noto kavo His IUs Own Way i L j t iru AJ U On a small piece of ot sloping elopIng fronting on tho the Sleepy Hollow rout road stands a II frame frama building I which a sign alga designates no as John Me Mi lins Inn Prom Froni the back windows of ot tho the ma room there thero Is la u n magnificent view of ot tb ti the Hudson as It ft makes a bravo curtin curt curvo curvIn I In Ito seaward course off ore to tho the lies tho Limo old Sleepy Hollow from th the tho front ono one may tonIc look d o a Oil j ftc 1 village of ot Mt m Pleasant n a partS part c currytown at S and nd up to tho the hills The rho Inn stands stand almost at nt the tho of or three roads and so Insignificant I Ithe It the hue little building net In the side of ot th tho ii hill and partly concealed by a I fe houses that It cannot bo ho Jo seen until on has approached within a tow few yards o oIt ot It by the highways I Just around the turn of ot ono one of ot thee thes roads begins tho front lawn of ot one ono o ot c relina neighbors Indeed If It the Itous wore were situated like tho the Inn only th tho width of or the Sleepy Hollow toad road ton separate them loin nut Hut the front lawn o a ot ai neighbor happens to ho bo a n hal holC i mile long lone Ion and altogether some somo l Oo Oolie acres lie res lie about tho the house It Is III Impossible to see window o a or front porch Inn train from fr m the cupola of ot the tho palace of or the thue hills and this might bo he b the tho reason ronson why John and his next door neighbor nel John D aro are not neighbor 1 la Is that lint Mi Mt 11 It 1 The fhe reason a eteller sought to get et slon and the tho Innkeeper no not of ot Molins place r frustrated him him but carried tm tho hi only country and bout beni war Into tho Rockefeller candidate at nt thi tho lii out the th lost last election Melin the Innkeeper had tile the culvan advantage tage of ot being the tho Hist on the ground quenchIng quench quenching I For seventeen years his thirst i establishment has been Joen n a I ing and the thu tho thio neighborhood landmark In toS to Swede and his hili wife who S mailing smiling aro are known It to t run the place pIneo every overy gather gother one In the countryside for miles around only man that t t ever beat as os ho Is locallY the a big broad shouldered II I L moving heavy henvy built I r slow alow and good nature beam beani Shrewdness ills HIs eyes ees from his pleasant ant he speech Is slow alow and mild and what says Is characterized by a II well con sense common whole personality breathes The mans Independence combined forth personal Otto One tolerant charity for tor others with a his hut years have hac can see aee ee that Instead of ot hardened him mellowed He Ite would rather be friendly with the whole world than quarrel with any ono and but there thero Is that In the square Jaw set act that tells of ot grim per persistence heavy henvy eyes eyo ho he hoIn Is to bo be apprehended ed once e stence He Ho would fight without In a quarrel perhaps but with tenacity y yAna In his dir dlf And Ana that la Is what he has done ferenee ference with John D back him so 90 I fight nn nit Ho lie light mo mc monn Melin I J guest guess hes a pretty goodman good goodman says Rockefeller He docs doeR plenty good man him tt nothing against around hero here I X got get but buit when he lie fight tight mo me I light him blurt back backI I ov over 0 The trouble the Ule two arose or er their both wanting the same Fame thing has bee a n he rich but buit M Melin U Ii I by no means menns habit of ot holding to what he ha gets and ho be already had that which the other John Johnk k wanted anted the little six she square rod plot of at ground with the tho roadside Inn on it Mr Rockefeller wished that an on arbor or a au particular spot to put up lodge u or a barn b rn on oni possibly he only J WJ I wanted to get rid of ot the tit Inn At nr a into lie ho went about It In tho the wrong way If It he lue camo caine to mo itte man to man mant sa so John MaIm Mclin I moat most likely sell Bell him hIm n mi my place tight right off orr I eel sol It to him fi tor f less heart than I I get offered afterward too Dut tho tM millionaire dint go to tl the I Innkeeper with a I pro pr proposition position Ho Ito sent nn nil agent Tl CI fhe agent made an nil offer reins refuse It Ho lIo made mado a II better bettor offer orter Mel Mell still sUII refused refuse that hunt Ho lie went away awa Another agent came caine This TItle ono one mutt mac maca mutta mado a still better otter offer Mclin him hint shrewdly an as to whom ho was nc tic net ln ilIff for tor The Tho agent wont went away In lit n I few tew days still another man mn canto came Ins ink about twice as UR much as ns tho the Pig pIneo was WI worth Molln was bored 13 I lIe asked the tho lie agent to have havo n a drink an at annot 1 not to talk business any more I guess I keep my own place mj my m self he ho said emphatically The agents reported back to It Ill Irr Rockefeller and un It Is 18 a 1 fair Cull guess S tho thur that thurlie ho lie was wait surprised Shortly after atter pr vate detectives appeared Il In the tho llO and took more moro than a friend Interest In John Inn hl Their Interest culminated In Itt the tho at ar arrest rest of ot Mehin and the lie of ot the tho bar bai When WIlen out on ball bali nl returned t I to tho Ito place another agent came to o hh him with wih an nn offer alTer Clue Tho agent gc g glie ot tho lie place pI Hut lut ho Ito got Hot out alvo alive an that was WIS They rhoy got license away give them loin an nn old one ono ho lie explains glee Hlee gleefully fully though ho he explain who what tul 1011 that lint did dil him hll and he lie decided t I to fight lh I advised him to give gle li In I Igal gal soil Ri tho the place Rockefeller line has for tor ever overy everio 10 io you OU can raise raIBe people said Yoi You cant beat bent him him All Al right said his big III Jav jat jaw setting firmly I try It any ony way The Tho league 1 took up th thu tho coca Th against Molin anti and It Was tried It ii White ellel Plains I It cost him bun SOO 80 to do fond the tho case but lut he ht won on and Join John Inn 1111 opened again It I has hns beet alien n ever Since 1110 Its 11 popularity linn bout hn Increased locally but of ot tIm the hundreds of ot men Inert mel employ employed on the Rockefeller estate none OI ono buya boor beer there Still Sti the innkeeper did i 0 good business bu and was satisfied chance chalco to get back at nt his hla rich canto came last month The Rockefellers take tolo a n great In road rod building John Joint D and his broth or er Sr William WIlam have hao built nt ut their expense e many miles of roadway for Cor th thit the public good gool It I Is Important to their theli Interests that tho the road rond should bo be In sympathy with wih them thom They Th y did not Hot like lIko the tho road read tad commis commissioner ioner William hutton uton and secured the tito nomination of ot one ono of their own workmen named Hutton though a n Democrat Is IH nn an ni old friend ot nI Mehin who la is a Republican One on duty day he Ito came Into place much mich Tho Tha Rockefellers are going to bent beat mo moo John ho he said enId Dont Dout lot them raid Molln Molla Fight em cm same as ns me 1 Whits tho the use said eId Blid Hutton hits got Hot till all ni their vote votee All Al right raid If It you OU wont right fight cm em Ill Il fight em ant 01 for tor you youlie 01 Ight He lie throw threw himself heart and soul Into the le campaign There Thoo was waR nothing ot nt 11 stake for tor him but ho wanted to beat b l John mba D Rockefeller Night anti day he Ito worked At 0 6 ocl ck In the morning learning he lie 1 was wa on the hue road rond and often otten would woul be still lt at t work york at nt midnight Hla HI wIfe looked af at after 1 aten Je ter en the Inn In while he traveled around arund totting jotting votes for tor Hutton Me vote Huton the ite were working hard for forMo their l Mo No mOn mOnNo doubt they could by b a n Judicious votes VOICe oteo to te tofI enough hive lI of at got fI Y win but Mr Rockefeller Is iii II not a C man mall who rhio does chaos that hilt sort of ot thing It I was a n fair fight and a I hard one The Rockefeller wagons carried the tho Rockefeller laborers to register and af itt afterward to vote But Hut when whon tho tio count was over John D 1 Rockefellers Ho man mun was tas beaten b aton by votes When Whon Hutton got tho the news says saYI III In relating his victory ho lie como come comoto to tu my place an n he lie h throw his curios arms round mo ftc un ln I 1 throw my arms rma roun him an ho 0 says saB SIS John you did I It t you youcan youcan youcan can have anything I got an nn I say I dont want It I an nn wo we both oth dance danco dICO on the tho floor Probably foor Ily was ras tho the happiest man manIn manin In the tho township that night For sot sev several lev eral days duy following the tho Inn was a n sort Hart of ot ratification hull huh hlll Tho Tue successful can cnn candidates lon lost no ito In lit not only because ho hue had been the theono theono theone to ono one man who had bid brought victory them heat but also because In II their election he ho had brought to himself a n greater tri triumph trIumph tn than hart had bad come como to any of them item He lie hind had beaten benton John D Rockefeller To fo the prejudiced minds of ot many of partisans victory tool took on ona onn ona a n gigantic significance and they talked In largo large phrases of ot tho the humble n who had hatI defeated the alms aims of ot the thu mot most powerful Standard Oil Co MaIm Melin to them us tho the modern OI St 81 George GeorgI who single handed and alone loud hl chopped off the tho grasping tentacles of ot the Paean of Lice hills lulls dragon drgon und anti had forced It to tolice toI tolIce lice I 00 from tho the limits of ot the tho Mount Pleas Pleasant Pleasant Pleasant ant corporation lint Hut himself lout hns no such Rueh no notions the tho Lions Ho lie understands how much Rockefellers lons have done dOle for tor tho tim com cent community community Now that he has hat won Wol his lila fight ho lie Is thinking of ot giving up tho the place He Ho talks of ot this entirely without rancor His view uler Is that lint It has hns been boen a C give 19 fair Call tight light between bet himself ant and Mr Rockefeller and he ito no at nt the tho thought that lint In tho the end enil his millionaire neighbor wi got get his place I work lucre hero for seventeen years In Inside InsIde side he lie nays I get very tired Maybe 1 I sell aehl el out cutter after while and then thon Rockefeller get jt my place Maybe I go goback hack back to Sweden then lion for tor n a visit I don dont t know Anyhow I win this time Oh I sick work hard for tor Hutton and Ind I got not too but I win the Plain DottIer Dealer |