Show MEET za tapa a V t v WITH T V SOME 5 C I 1 W P MA L VY D aff WOMAN aby law ja 70 av ay mut faw SYNOPSIS A foolish young tenderfoot become becomes with the ti bold artful wife ot of 91 drunken prospector prot in a watern mining town lown they prepare to elope in a blind finx ax billiard blizzard but are ar confronted by the maudlin laus hubband band ille fl Is t shot hot by by the wk but the boy pins ping a no na to th the 0 body taking the crime upon himself ii in dreir to the railroad station the woman a horse falla exhausted the th youth puts her n h hi own and allws haneline to 08 e p trap seeing he Is an impede nent trient t the he wo woman an thrusts her escort eort into a ano now w d r ift and arves on liala frozen be tie loa I 1 into nto the tho railroad station lust just as the train beam the woman away twenty year years later thia man gcorge mortn Clor I 1 y in is a mu later I 1 mil millionaire liona re in in new now I 1 york ork he ile meet I 1 leanor I 1 ll aldane a and wealthy settlement ett lement worker and ca operate operates with her in her work or becomes owner of a steamship line tins and anti finds himself frustrated in pier and truck extension exten iton plan plans by grafting al li lermen ermen backed by the gotham traction company an automobile accident brings the this It aldane to his hi country horn home gorm iv ly announcer that to I 1 e will be mayor of new york ani aril redeem the city from cor r 11 P 0 n mr It allane tn in a long 1 deseret I 1 interview 1 71 1 with A ith make makes an indirect ion to compromise the light which the latter atter tins ha hern been waging in the new news paper papers faint the botham traction corn com an I 1 which I 1 if a suspected ot of rally hinr the head bol hol lly ily announce hi him llan nf nt r to li aldane gormly tide to itai Il aldano dans pla via e carry carrying inic word ot t tho lh auto accident the next morning he erpf rp ra r to ho he ride of th night before ne TV I 1 compared compa reI it to 0 on I 1 w experienced lr in hie his boylor boy lod ley jays the paper papers an bounce t c hir his didace fir fr mayor the po I 1 atlef ell I 1 d aan tion of the rn merchant prince 1 endured a in loul sensation mn atlon th the e minority party cinc in him a possible 1 0 lope oe make overture overtures looking to the in dor rement of at his hi bandl lacy by the I 1 out outs however hoever reject rejects all proposed alliance ance A meeting st of th the bachem A bety clety fr or the ning 1 is I 1 ald at the hat d dane home torn many any political dignitaries vt onil 4 henchmen hench meri are present and way ways ani aril meana means are re advanced to dampen a and hia his the younger hal lane e to Tro poel an an or position candidate c the he hole of the th city detective anrce iq 1 to be he axed to arti tin something to I 1 haldane laldan v jr ir re the n and announce anno i that he will a t gormly the ret retaining anIng then thon declele de clile to name iams A pon son parti en alk C ket t for the purse of dividing the 0 rolv tore a d at it the ame same time ruh rush arouth a Tr traction artIon company franchise Trench lne wahnit it w which hi eh the tho S fincle tn go would be helpless help le the i beia penn here inform favorable to the mer 0 ant randl litte late now under pressure dl ill and ond lh th campa tint vases warm A ro reio Is I 1 introduced granting Kr antInK a tous r rf of the traction tran fran hl alae o offer offers ten million dollar dollars for tte tie tt e th excited populace popular threaten to n arnob the all al lermen amen when addressed andr emed by he T iun U n 0 r mayor y 0 r an ani I 1 the merant mert stant have 6 e critical ri t 1 ea ara r moment n 0 ment he de force report reports a val valuable clow stine 11 IIa idane congratulates 0 donnly amly on the terms a new now declaration nf nt in I and anti he makes an enox unexpected atod of love I 1 he t t Is s I 1 by ibe he n of h hi I 1 s a i 11 i that r father if Is the head and backbone of the e tr n company which he h rf attempt attern mris n to overthrow CHAPTER XI contley id and yott couyou louvill hlll do you think lie ile topped stopped no he said 11 1 I shall stop there with this moment with thie this statement I 1 ask nothing I 1 ex bert nothing and so 0 o tar far as a man can crush down his feelings I 1 hope for nothing I 1 just want you to know the fact I 1 know it was the answer I 1 now you mist let me say I 1 am at lenet least I 1 believe myself to be absolutely heart free sometimes I 1 hare have thought that what you haro have said might bo be true with alth regard to your 4 feelings I 1 mean but I 1 bare have tried to pu it out ot of my mind mirld your declara tien therefore comes to me alth ith a 8 4 certain measure of surprise boj have hay not asked me anything anth ln and it Is just ns as welt well ahat you have not I 1 think I 1 can say honestly and truthfully that I 1 do not are fire for you now in the way you teem seem to care tor for me I 1 seem to caro care for you cried the nian man impulsively the me vay way you do care for me then returned the woman that a better and whether I 1 could care in that vt ay ny I 1 don dont t know but at least I 1 caro for or no one dao else and while I 1 hold bold myself if as a free its the air when you speak to me again on this subject 11 1 I shall at least be ready to hear bear you thai that Is in ell all that I 1 can ask Ican while I 1 want to eay SAY over and ever again how I 1 respect you haw I 1 you the fine life you have lived the splendid eland stand you hay taken for public right the crowning of your long ana and honorable aind un blemished career with the success which I 1 think I 1 ft before you and with tm cie great opportunity for ser pervical vical feils me with pride ill said gormly what you say ay to me Is in sweeter and more precious than thad the 11 the ap the endorsement indorsement Indor Indar of all the rest of at the people of now no york al As I 1 said uld it 1 began this to make myself worthy of you but I 1 would not be worthy of ou I 1 would not be worth consider ing in amy lebl light if I 1 did not eay ay to you now that I 1 urn am carrying it on for the ithe work ork and tor for the possibilities that it prents presents as an well as a for you 1 believe you said the woman and I 1 am glad to have you say that thal although Alth oLgh there la Is nothing in mr life I 1 sn in covet as nil miss haldane went on the man with the blunt hon esty that somehow appealed ppe aled to the woman much more powerfully than inc iric ia 6 graceful and romantic wooing yet it I 1 had bad to choose now between you and this great opportunity for service 1 to the people yuu would choose the opportunity for service 1 interposed the jomaa quickly bUi hare bata to do so and yet iou still hlll berlau 1 mr m inspiration aid paid the ae man your approbation meanie more move to me phaik amyth anything itis or every thing else I 1 dont don t know what fate haa has in store for me but I 1 doubt it if I 1 shall have another opportunity of the magnitude of that I 1 have enjoyed tonight and that you there corn com cletes my satisfaction mine too yet UK re ie to another thins thing that I 1 a ought u to eay say continued grimly and this was the hardest thing be had ever attempted he thought you have spoken of ot my career of my long and honorable record of my unblemished reputation I 1 have to confess to my shame shaine that I 1 am not altogether worthy of your confluence what do you mean ever since I 1 have been in new york there ie Is no ft of my life that I 1 could not tell you myself but before that you khav a boy u then bald said the woman quickly nut but I 1 mingled with life in an ugly vay ay that ride in the enow she abts blaring staring at him in turn tt it did not occur to him to lay any emphasis upon or draw any inference from the fact that she bad had kemem bared hie his remarks of several months before and that other woman was it ehe she for whom you rode ehe she went on yel yes eald said be he did you do anything that males mates you unworthy the respect of not harg dishonorable in one sense answered gormly and what ever it wax was I 1 have repented 0 it long ince since and would have ande amenda amends if I 1 could have done so butwell if it I 1 ever should come to you with tbt question about being my wife wits I 1 will toll tell you all about it it As it I 1 a I 1 don doat t want even the faintest fat fa neet IIII 1111 hadow of a pretense about where you are concerned you were only a boy ai as you may ay air gormly sold bliss II lial aldane dans after a lone long pause 1 I I don t know what it Is nor do I 1 wish ark now I 1 know you are the world know knows m hat you havo baya been boen since you have been here anil and 1 I she extended her hand to him 1 0 I 1 trust you I 1 would truit trust you with anything the man took it in both his own they thor were out beyond the city no one wits near the two in to front were buy busy about their own con cern lie II 11 bent ever over and kissed it fervently 1 I 1 thank you for that he be eald said sim ani ply aa as be he retted it it BOOK III THE CRUCIAL MOMENTS CHAPTER XII mm mrs haldane ti Is surprised the II It aldane family usually partook of luncheon together breakfast wax was an irregular meal taken at different time times by different members of the houat hoH and dinner usually brought many engs cements which widely sep op anted them A few day days after the automobile to ride tide while the excitement ii ay iy over the proposed granting to the gotham freight traction company of the new york street car company franchise was still hlll at tta its height mr and mrs airs li haldane aldane and their daughter after waiting sometime tor for the arrival of 1 livingston Il haldane eat at down to luncheon cheon without him it waa was eleanor who opened the con vers atlon alter after the luncheon bad had been a eel veil and the servants had bad withdrawn d rawn father she eald said I 1 I 1 have been thinking for some daye days now that I 1 ought to tell you something that b happen ap 1 tb other nl ism bt IN bat hat night eleanor Elea norT the night mr gormly made bla his famous speech in the city hall square you yon know livingstone and louise and I 1 were down there in the car and saw and heard beard it all yes eald said her father somewhat bitter it wae was told to me the next morning that gormly had spoken from your brothers othera br car and that after it was all over he had ridden away with you two young women told to you exclaimed his daugh dough ter I 1 chy A by hould should you be interested in mr air move movements mental II Il aldano saw that he bail had mide a mistake 1 I mean he eald said quickly that I 1 beard heard of all this from come some of those who were v ere present eleanor I 1 am surprised began mra airs haldane in her loftiest and moel most impressive manner I 1 that you should allow yourself to be mixed up with I 1 thin this ineffable person in any way it Is bad enough to have livingston espousing his ills cause but to have you associated with him in the public eye or out of it Is simply preposterous 1 Mo mother therl eald said mils allis If haldane aldane mild r ly but the older elder woman was not to bo be stopped the family has never been allied with trade since it has leen been settled on an manhattan island I 1 am a five barred colonial dame your fathers people are nearly as old and I 1 say may truell alt t I 1 do not ike like your antl inti macy with this it of course ltv liv r 1 1 Z he det de t over and kissed it fervently Ing In pitone stone being a man it does cot not make so 0 o much difference but you should be more careful 1 I think it proper said miss hat dane at thi this juncture to inform you that mr air gormly told me that be that be cared very much for roe me abail hati exclaimed boh bolh mr air and mrs haldane at ahn th same moment and with one voice the intimation however and the feeling expressed in both cases were decidedly different doth both were eur our but mrs surprise vias as lost in indignation in Ital al daner dOP amazement thero there was as a shade of to ti met lief A possibility instantly leaped toto his bin reind a possibility that he dared not or sire give utterance tc to it rendered tendered him less emphatic therefore in his disapproval nothing restrained mr mrs bedane hedane He Its dane the impudence the insolence of that danl she cried it was tad lad enough to have him aspire to be mayor of new york but that be he should hata hava the audacity the pro to calap his eyes to you eleanor Is I 1 trust that you reduced rd him to his hi proper position instantly for on ona thing I 1 m gild that he be did declare for now the acquaintance will be ful ended did not awk u me to be e bis big wife returned the daughter quietly willy good gracious you dont dout ajtan to say lay that he illta Elli tit interposed haldane dont be foolish I 1 have no doubt that mr remarks were entirely proper Mot Alot herf berl exclaimed tae the girl indig india cantly ot of coors course they were 7 1111 well you said yourself he be did not ask you to marry him no was the hesitating beel tating a answer no or soa hut but he said he intended to do 1 I 1 with wish be he would do it then and I 1 have it over with my illy dear wife bald said ilala II Il aldane ald while of course such an alliance la Is not to be thought of et mr bir gormly go so far as I 1 know has done no die dis honor bonor to eleanor by hia lis remark and have you taken leave of your lenses senses beekman ll aldane cried hia his w wife 1 fe such a proposition aa as that should bu be 1 I of lur at t r z bad 1 I 1 repeat I 1 am sorry that the man hegl tie at bated for wha whatever reason I 1 can cant t im agine go so that the affair m might ight have been conclusively settled I 1 I 1 am not at all sure mother an miss li Hal aldane dano that it would have been conclusively settled in the way at least you seem to think the only way possible ble if he had asked rae me to be his wife I 1 eleanor you could not possibly love this maat mant 1 I could do so but I 1 certainly do not love him now I 1 certainly respect and admire him I 1 think be he 1 Is the lead ing citizen of new now york today if he h wins this election and goes on as ht h should there Is to no reason why he bf should not be president of the united states I 1 believe it would be easler to be elated to that office than to be come mayor and while I 1 do not feel toward him as I 1 should toward th man I 1 will come some day marry yet then there are many other things la in the pro pros hect that allure hut but you are a IlaI dagle you are a stuyvesant you are I 1 know mother all that my an were As for myself I 1 am just an american girl who amert amerl can men and american institutions and who Js Is glad to see people dc things 1 I presume said haldane aldane II who had said little but had thought deeply that such a proposition if it definitely dennl tel made would be made to me wll well then of course eald said hie his wife you will give but one answer and what would you suggest thai that should be asked haldane to show him the door 1 I hardly think returned her bus band I 1 that jl I should be guilty of thai that dle discourtesy courtesy there Is no use interposed hei bet daughter I 1 to discuss the oe matter an tin further for he hasa t asked me I 1 haven t accepted him I 1 dont know whether he ever will ask me or not and until be he does why trouble about itt it A well ell what docs does he mean then by telling yoi a that he loves you loveal lovest sneered the older woman disdain fully yes said her father it seems te tc me a rather remarkable course tor for i a man to address a woman in that way and yet not complete hie his proposition he ile said that something was im pending which made him feel that it 11 was as proper to tell rae me this now something impending some sort of disclosure I 1 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