Show k 0 anoche aff 5 0 iff IM D bif ki M N 26 baady A foolish young tenderfoot becomes with the th bold artful wife 0 of drunken prospector proe in a western in nt n town th thy p are to slope lop in a blind ing ln blissa billiard X ere but ut ars r confronted by ih the maudlin husband lie II 11 Is I 1 hot shot by th the wife but the th chivalrous boy pine pins a not note to th the body takina a in th crime upon himself la in their ah to th he 0 ad tion the th comans horse hor falls 1 the youth put puts her on hie hi own and follow follows hanging to the stirrup trap strap he h is t an impede I 1 mont the th woman thru teruta is ht her escort cort into a now snow drift and rid 0 on n li halt lair from frozen he h tumble blos into the th railroad station juit just as a the train bar bears the woman a away we y anly five year later oil his man dorco li to a mu ti millionaire in new york ito H meets eleanor haldane a beautiful and dealt wealthy hy settlement worker and operate cooperate co w with th her in ht her work gormly becomes owner of a line alln and finds himself frustrated in pier and track extension exten alon plan plans by grafting al dormon backed by the in gotham Ty traction actton C company an automobile accident brings t th he lalane faida nod to his bl country horn home gorm ly an announce that he will be mayor el of new w tork york and redeem the city from cor the pel vol ucal deela of the merchant prince produced a tremendous ene n tion atlan the whole machinery a 0 th city a ottly ore oro to I 1 te to be used to di up so da maln to gormly th the pr tr heretofore ra favorable favorable aroos to the th mrtha a randl dat und under r pre pros sure ur divide divides and I 1 campaign car apals wax warm A rosI udon 14 I 1 introduced rani ins in a gratuitous renewal ot of the th trac traction tiOu frona hise ofer ten ton million dollar late for th too f rane rin alt chiM so miss ml JI Hl LIdane con donnly on what she h terms new now declaration of independence and nd he h an unexpected declaration of 0 love raki to I 1 a shocked hock by the th confirmation of his hi u that tr r father to I 1 the hta nd backbone beck bon 0 ot the th notorious noto riou traction conr coff ciny which b be is I 1 to over throw young toun ano discovers hi his father a connection with the th gotham traction company and nd if Is incensed Ince nied in an n interview bettien gormly and nd ital the latter practically 1 orders his hi d ashier s I 1 land and an a brian for or gormly ta withdraw W refuses in an n inter vw view with gormly ml visa lial dare learns of 0 rier her tathy ath ri r baseness basen esq though gormly vainly tries to hid hide it ambr of the rini find the woman for whose sako ahe or y dee declared lared himself a murderer mur derr and anti decide to forr forte him to with withdraw drw under threat of prosecution tha th chief of police visit who a full confes conf ion 0 of I 1 the truth yount young haldane run runs the ca gauntlet launt let of the police and carrion the confession cont eMlon to the newspapers new for cation catlon ily accident the rind tind bill hamilton one of th the men who were at camp K kill 11 devil devi and knew the truth about bout C donnly CHAPTER continued boodt exclaimed the editor that aint all aid said colonel dill ir 1 I eol got here a signed paper witnessed before justice of the peace pence jennings the only one we hid ind and elined signed by me and several other men which wre swears they herd heerd breaden lay say his wite wife killed him and that they an aton this thirty two bullet took out of his breast the autopsy bein public like me the fun ral rat and its it a made out in due form its it quit satisfactory laid said the editor glancing at it and passing it over to shaw so 80 you ire see we tellers kind 0 thought fc dyce done a man a part in to the blame on himself blei his self elf and I 1 al way ays kept these things I 1 tho tight they might turn up handy sometime you did well aad and that ain on t all either laid said col cot bill 11 hamilton amilton what more have you nell ell ire iva een seen the woman she aeve yet I 1 naturally she he must hare have been or they couldn coulden t hare bays got this tory story from her wa was the answer course well the end nd ot of the etory thie this them people plumed plunged south in that blix billiard zard we looked for em in the spring but never expected to find their remains cause it was moren human flesh could eland stand euch such a storm as that and we naturally they d both died and got e t up by the olves 1 when they wai was partly thawed out but the otar night I 1 was As taklo trip through the tender loin tor for observation purposes eee laid said colonel as the ghost of a mile smile dickered flickered on tin the face of the night ed aitor and I 1 seep this woman and had in interview with her she shea a plumb scared to death the chief of police who ho got thi this stuff tun from her a fright end her out of her boots out but I 1 bein en rn old friend of hers hero managed to calm her down and I 1 got her to give us her etory story always been or of ry 7 that she be arted served fordyce the way ahe he done I 1 don t know bow how it Is but some bow I 1 got at the good side tilde of her you at afe hen omen arr are going straight to hell bell perhaps althou although sli I 1 ain in I 1 got no inside information as to ebat but however low they git and however bad they are theres always 1 i I oft soft spot tn in em am somewhere ther thyre women stilt still and I 1 guess I 1 roust must TO touched soft spot in her somehow or other for she told me the truth at any rate she confessed the whole thing to are me aad she he said furthermore than when them twit was coln south in th storm her horse fell down and died ant an that fordyce got off his horse and she be it and he walked bandin to the saddle i trap and she slie said that that the reni re malain alain bronco was givin out too she shoved fordyce down and gal lored lord away and loft l fl him and I 1 got her signature to a paper fal it I 1 again colonel dill bill had recourse to the tin box etere it Is now ow if it then than dont make a coni conr lete lIete case for my old friend I 1 don t know what else to do where a the woman asked the editor M aitor after he be had examined xam loed the last r er ar that colonel hill 1111 had submitted we W I 1 you wont won I 1 find her said tb thi 1 1 baly she ashes a pulled a up take stakes and hit the trail trull I 1 helped her and I 1 don t mind sayin aln that I 1 laid said I 1 d her bar through this ahl thine thing I 1 doit dont belaste 1 she ih could be b caught where she be a gone ton I 1 dont b hors 1 there 11 bt be any pursuit made after her bar but if it she he li Is she be i 0 got to be let lot so 10 pete pata dree brea do den wu u a doc dog if TT ever there was wa one and he deserved nil all he cot got that all 11 I 1 guess goth goths I 1 im m dryl mr abbott ila said the editor will you procure such refreshments as a colonel hamilton is acquit med ined to take under uch such circumstances you knox know the dope boy I 1 want it straight too same a we had the other night ye yes air lr answered the reporter III have it here bore lo 10 a minute now colonel himilton Hi Iti mllton milton said the editor you bays rendered rend tred the people of new york tork ur george 0 gormly an and d incidentally the new now york planet about aa as crat great a 1 as we could expect to receive from a human being what you hare bay wd throw throws an on croly new now hint light upon mr my let lot ter he IN la Is in a much more admirable admits ole through you why my he ap in thi this like a hero jjr shaw will you pat put thil this matter in shape to accompany letter while I 1 comment editorially editor lally itt it at this moment the cub reporter en a with bottle and glasses custom at the proper time for the serving of his dinaple breakfast brea kast it ae as ready for him when he entered the dining room sonae was there I 1 in attendance a ni usual A pile of morning paper papers lay on the buffet gore gorr 1 made a tep step toward them but checked himself chy my he thought hould should I 1 poll my breakfast break by reading bat the newspapers papera hare have to say ay on the im portent subject of my con feaston the new news will keep let lot me at least eat at in peace dog dg pardon air begin somas deferentially but wron areat t you going to look OTT over the vapors air lr before you no than thank ym bames bom I 1 can a SUM cue pretty volt what they will bay say but somas was ur usually per par a BJ well 24 greatly agitated lie II 11 had ben baa up early aad and had read every crap scrap in story paper 1 I hope you yon 11 II excuse me ur mr gorm ly air he be began but I 1 really think it 11 add to your appetite if it you will at least look OTT over the planet air gormly shook ll L t head and frowned a little that will do flo bomea meol be said somewhat shortly 1 I will ice sea the pa pera pars later after this somo nhat peremptory remark the aaa naturally subsided though bla his interest and excitement were plainly visible in his hi nervous mo he ile wa wils usually the moat most delightfully tool and imperturbable of attendants atten danta you take abla thing ao so irr greatly oatly to heart somas bom aalde gormly at lut indeed str returned the maa most were we re all so 0 o act met on having you elect ad d and other things air that wha wh he waa was going to aay say remained unsaid for with that delightful ness which caa cala elly be corn com pined by chroniclers of such tern cloua clous tat batee I 1 now am pleaded to record that the bell of the door of the tk apartment cut acroca the further 0 10 ifa its AP at juht no H shouted 1 I im in clad glad said aid colonel mil bill 4 he poured out a onerous generous portion to be of service after youre all filled up be his continued as at hie its suggestion the two to editor and even the cub cul reporter a email small drink from the larze bote botoe bot e well drink health and success lucce to my young friend fordyce which li to now named gormly and damnation to the chief of police and bla his langl and that waa was the kind of toast in which they all heartily join whitefield had thought that the in aident wai was completely coterel bad that nothing more could be added to the story before the form forms were ere finally locked however and the first edition went wont to press the night editor who still remained at his poat received recel Ted j a communication of uch such amazing importance liL chrt he inserted it after the editorial in large capital double leaded 99 ft the completing touch to the most extraordinary announce mf ro it that he be feu felt bad ho ever appealed la in the planet plant CHAPTER something to live up to gormly waa was usually an earl riser but on the morning before election day be he slept until an late hour he lie was wa utterly worn out with the he atrain of the campaign campat cn any way and the occurrence occurrences of this last night bad had almost prostrated him there w i ae ordinarily nothing much tn to be done on an the next day the monday preceding prece dinc election day one final meeting afe scheduled tor for monday night and that waa was all i wai was perhaps alae nine when he woke up he ile WL zoom bathed and dressed droned he lie bad signaled aa as waa was bla his revelations Teve lations of somes with a loud clear ring see who it Is I 1 some said aid gormly indifferently it a been ringing 11 all sit morning air lr sold ad the ron man turning to leave au the room there theres been the greatest greate Kt crowd of people here reporter reporters and newspaper newe paper and mr waltson and a number of gentlemen who aie ale cam palco palt ainz for you and the ajeet 8 packed with people outside ou talde too 1 Is I my friend the chief of police cherer there no air lr nut but there a a quad squad of of fleer under a meant sergeant and thearo they re tasking people that baren bayout t any but bus moss go on well wall 86 who it Is 1 this time majd gormly an the bell rang again in some somas waa was back in a few minutes it its the janitor lr it lie ay says tho the reception room down stairs aad the ball i a filled with people an king io lo ee too you lie lay says the tenant of the build las ing can t tt got in or ott and be he wants to know what to do glanced s ao tle t clock it wa was balf plot dine tell fell them that I 1 will see mom all at the store in the auditorium at half pait past ten he replied tell them its it useless to watt wait here now that I 1 cant call t see abbody an body at present gormly heaved a deep sigh tb aa as be finished hi his breakfast break faal well b hot thought 1 I 1 bays to face them and per bap haps the tle L litter latter now for the paper papers lie looked around for lomeo but that functionary bad not yet appeared lie its pushed back hie his chair roe rose walked over to the buff buffet at and picked up the fint one somei bad been careful to c a mat the top of the pile and the place of honor was occupied by the new york planet from the bead head lines gormly saw as he supposed be would that his hi letter and the accod paying etory story covered the ih entire first page he lie hd had scarcely arcely ec glanced at it when some somes re entered reentered the room if poa possible sible la in greater agitation than ever deir pardon air he began begin hia his usual method of address well what li in it I 1 there theres two people in the drawing room asking to see you dut but I 1 thought I 1 care gave you orders not to admit anybody to tell arery ayery body that I 1 would rould see them at the auditorium la in the tore store at half past fear yea air lr you did str lr dut but I 1 t tory wu well keep these people out tell roll them I 1 am bus baay said gorm ry IT 1 I have no time for anonymous caller callers beg bec pardon air aid said some again but really mr if it you 11 excuse me tir this uon tion you must iee see them are you mad asked nearly air lr Ln answered the valet truthfully gormly looked at him curiously there wai was so much excitement laa and in the man i a manner and yet it seemed to be a rather c cheerful b earful excitement too that it seemed to presage something of importance at any rate rats after a moment a reflection the merchant decided fr from 0 in th the tran genesa of the situation that Is ae would as the people mentioned aa an entered the sunny eliee fal ful drawing room the occupant occupants roee rose to A tt t hini ove waa was young hat lial dane the other waa was hia his liter sister hal dane dean waa was intensely niely excited he its rushed at 1 I gormly with the enthusiasm of a boy grasped hia his hand and wrung it frantically ita its alt all tight he shouted tra turned out better than anybody could have expected it its a killed the tim dead everybody la Is for you now gormly heard him aa as in a dr breun he lie allowed him to hake shake his band aa as be he might hare bays shaken a pump handle hahale could that ancient and useful article have been fouad 1 1 in new now york he lie aa looking with all hia his soul in his hi glance at eloanor haldane aldane Il who had bad not come forward but stood by the chair in which she he had sat her belittle tightly clasping the low loy back of I 1 it L the color that had bad flooded her bar fa face C a when abe she fint first saw him bad had subsided almost aa an quickly aa an it bad had come she wae was very pale palo and trembling lne inC thoughts strange bewildering rushed through Gorm lya mind what could mill bliss haldane aldane Il be doing there what did she want why bad asbe he come she had heard board of the inci fact dent he lie remembered that her broth er or bad taken her one copy of hia his let ter last niehl aa what did her prea pres ence mean I 1 just raine came down here continued young aldane Il li to tell you those things to relieve your 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