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Show With Some incidental SYNOPSIS. j a. fnolteh rong trntarfeot txaa : faaelneta.l with the bold. rtf.l w1(. of erimkvn proapectur In a frtrn mining ! town Tli.r prapxra to elep, a bllno- ' Ing billiard but n oosn-onted by the , maudlin huahand II la allot br ihe wire, but the ahlvalroMi boy plna a i ola to IK. body taking tha anna I upon hlmelf. la thalr (light to ttia railroad station tt,a xmu'i horaa fails eahaueted, tha youth putt hr i OK hla own eari follows hanging to tha I stirrup atrap. Haelng ha la an ltapa.ll- I Inent, tha woman thruala hir aeoort Into a anow drift ami rhlaa on llelf-froeen ha atutaMMi Uno tha railroad alallua Juet I a tha train baari tha woman away. I Twenty-Ova years latar. thla man. Oeorge Oormly. ta a multi-millionaire In New Tom. Ha maata Rlaanor HaMana. a I baauUful and waalthy aattlnnant worker, i and ao-oparalaa with har la har work- 1 Oormly baeofnao owner of a etaameMf Una end Anna hlaaa.lt rruetreted la pier and track aitanalnn plana hr arertlna a. oennen, banked br tha rtotham Treatloa Compear An automobile aoeldenl on a stormy rhtlatanaa eve brlnge tha Hal-tfanaa Hal-tfanaa to hla country boma. ttormly makes tha marooned port 7 oomfnnabla, CHAPTER IV Continued. "Nevar!" said Oormly. "And 1 con-faa con-faa to you that of lata I have had j elmtlar thought, I want to dn iun thing for humanity," ha want an slowly. "Thar ax owrtaln people who stimulate ua to achievement, who wakan our ambition, who quicken our hope, who Don't you comprehend? Yon bar put aomethlng Inlo mr Ufa which It lackad. Now I want to do something for you, Mina Ifaldana. "For ma, Mr. Oormly f" "Tor yu and my fallow mrn; for our approval and theirs. You aaa you have brought ma In touch with a atata of baln of which I knaw Uttla. I waa not born Into Tour aoclety. Uu-til Uu-til I aaw you, I bad no desire to mln-, (la In It. 1 har not lakim a vacation, vaca-tion, except bualnana trlpa aboard, for twenty ore yean. For Inatanoa, thla la Uia flrat lima In all that long period that 1 bar atood alona In a room and talk ad eoclally, br bar gracloua prtvt-tags, prtvt-tags, an terms of outward equality, with a Una, high brad, capable, woman. wom-an. Can't you undaratand how yow am art a aaw tnfloeooe, how yoa nave brought a oaw foroa Into my Ufa, and that from my aequalntanea wtth yon raaulla ara eartaln to eomar" lie sat down on a chair on tha otbar lido of tha fireplace aa ba spoke, bringing blmaalf on a laTal with bar. Bha lookad at blm wtth carlo oa lntan-aity. lntan-aity. Hha aaw hla araooth shaven face aammed and llnad with thought and ears. Rha markrd tha atranglh, tha Intelligence, tha resolution. In hla eountananca. It Urged coinplatlng tooehaa of tandtirnaoa. It lackad the wonian'a tnfluanoa; but aalda from that It waa altugothar admirable, virile, vir-ile, and atrong. "I wan to do aomathlng," ha aald. "to maka ma worth," hla voice tram-blad, tram-blad, "tha reaper of," ha lookad at her "of people Ilka you," ha weut on, "and I am going to do aomethlnK, too" "You frlghtan me," aald tha girl, i appalled aa wa often ara by tha granting grant-ing of our prayera. tha acoeplanoe of I our auggeatlona, tha raalliatlon of our Bopea. "1 don't Ilka to feal that what I you ara doing la for tor " "Say It. Mlaa Haldane. For yon." 1 "I cant aaa Lime auch a reenonalbl'l-! tj." aha protcalad; "and ench a motlaa 1 la not the hi heat, tha beat" "Nonaanae!" aald tha man almoat roughly. "Tha beat thing In. Ufa ara dona for tha aaka of good woman, and there la not a human being In tha world who poaaraana your powera and eapablllUea who doea not thrill to raaponalbllltlea. In your heart of beam you ara glad or ynu will ba glad If through your Inaplratton aomvr tiling la aooonipllabed, by whatrvor way or maana It may be ttTon by ( ma for mankind." And the woman knew that tae woroa war true. Bha thrilled aren I than to tha atrength of hla pmieala- i Uon, "Yon aea I know wiimanlty. 1 don't ! know aorlety; you obaerved that b ! my awkward reception of you all hero tonight." "Indeed." aald tha girl; "It waa moat graceful and kindly boeiiltallty, and we deeply appreciate It." "It la good of you to aay ao. Thrae thlnga I could learn," ha healtnttxl, "If I bad gome one who knew to teach ma; but other thlnga 1 know myaf. I am at a dlacaunt with women ; but I can handle men and I know men. Every human being la glad to ally blmaalf with eucceaa. It you and I together do aometiilng, you will ba happy If wa aucceod." "And mleernble If wa fall?" queried tha gtrl with a nerroua mugb. "Wa will not fall." "You are propnelng a partnership?" "There la a quael-partnerahlp eilat. Ing letween na now In the aettlrment bouge. Your deration, your gpneroug ftimight for thoge people, with my builneag bark of you for It la bark of you, Mlaa llaldane, In that or anylhlng elae to tha Inat limit la going to produce pro-duce regullg there that nobody dreaim of." "Are you going to deyota youraelf to thatr "No." aald tha man quickly. "I bars I aomathlng higher and greater In Tien. ! . . j That a your part of the parttierahlp; mine Ig to help you, and" "And what are you golug to do?" axka.l the girl, lntt.gly Ititcreatud. loaning forward, bur breath coming qulikur. "I am ailing to b mayor of Naw Vork. fur one thlt g. Mlae Haldane." I "Yea. Anil theur I It touohtnl Llm lmnienaeiy to ee the uialtnr of fact way with hlrt I aha arrt ptntl hlu gtupemloug declaration. declara-tion. "And thn, I am going to be the ha.t j mayor New York ever had, an honert mayor. The administration ! nil bu conducted on bualneaa llnaa, and bull-nnaa bull-nnaa with ma doien't spell chicane, I There Isn't a dlshoneat dollar In n-y fortune. You will forglra my peraonl talk? I dimt often reaort to It: hut yoti make ma tall whatever you want to knuw " "lo on!" "1 am going to gurpreas graft; 1 am going to break up the gangs that rob I he city; 1 am going to bring the traction trac-tion cornpanlea, the freight and tha others, tn terms. 1 am going to make them glre tha people good value for tha franchlaca they enjoy; 1 am going to reform tha pollee force and ato Ita taking toll of crime. Ha eonnlvanri with alnl New York la going to br , rree, and I am going to tell It tha truth and maka It so!" Ho gtopped and, not trusting himself him-self (n look at her, stared Into tha lira agnln. There wag a long pause, j "Well," said ha. flushing a direct look at her. "what do you think of It, tutas Huldnner" "It la the greatest dream that ever j entered a human btaln," euld the girl I quietly. j "It Is my busn"ig. It lias been my ; business all my life, alius llaldane, to ! muke drt-ama come trua, and 1 am arcumthK now a greater dream, dearer to ma then that 1 have outlined before you " What could he mean? She strove tn meet his glance fairly; but ber own ryes fell before his own direct guze. "!o you think I can do It. make my dream come true?" he asked. "Which drrnm, Mr, Oormly?' "Moth of theni." "That you cun be mayor of New York; that you can redeem tbe city; that ynu can restore to tha people their liberties I don't know. Other men have tried It and have failed." "And I may fall, too," answered Oormly very quietly. "Such achievements achieve-ments are not the results merely of one man's efforts. Tbe people themselves them-selves must respond. Whether I can maka thniu do that or not will determine de-termine the Issue." "I think you can, Mr. Oormly. Tou bare mnde ma respond." "And will you help mat "II What can I dor" "Do what you have dona tonight; listen lo me, believe In me, Inspire me. ba my silent partner In my endeavor en-deavor aa I bava been yours In your endeavor." I "And after you have succeeded f" I "That'g tba other dream, and "Mr. Oormly," aha laid resolutely, "It yoa make that dream coma trua, you will bare done mora sarvloe to humanity than baa aver bean dose by a alttsen of this republic and you will ba tha greatest man on thla aid of the world." "And If my other dream cornea true." said Oormly, "1 will be tba happiest." hap-piest." "May they all come true!" aald tba girl Impulsively rising and giving him ber hand. "Lo you mean that?" eagerly asked the man, gratefully taking ber proffered prof-fered band In hla own firm, resolved olaap. "I don't know." she faltered, "what your othir dr.nm Is: but If It rorrn-KimU rorrn-KimU with the one ynu have told me, I repeat the prayer" "At the proper tin e." raid the iniin, "you shun know. Meanwhile, tomorrow tomor-row e h! nil get to wi rk " "Tu;nirow will ho Cl,rltinas," enld Ihe girl, smiling "M ChrlMtiiKs priwent to you. Miss HtiMiino. will Im tin- beginning of tha I amiutlgn." j "And mine In you, Mr (lormly." sha I retumud laughing, "will be my good ! "lhus and hearty encouragement In I your labor." "I could wish nothing better." be I want on lightly, glad and relieved at this change from the Intunalty of the 1 Iniervlow. "I shall announce myself as a candidate for the mayoralty at the nest election. Repreaentallvea of :tn minority party have already approached ap-proached me on that subject." "Aud what did you say to themT" "Nothing yet. You aee thla la all new work to me, and I oiual consider my way carefully." "Have yuu aver made publle speech?" "Never In my life." "Well, If you can talk to the people tg you have talked to ma tonight, I im aura you will win." The girl said It artlessly, carelessly; "I Want ta Do Something for Veu, Miss Haldane." but his heart leaped to tha assurance. "That's to be determined." he said. "Most men would say It wag easier to talk to one woman than to a thousand thou-sand people. I have had experience with neither. As I told you. It has been a quarter of a century since I talked alone with a woman." "Was that In the west of which yuu spoke ?" "I am glad to tell ynu. II was In the west. Bhe wasn't a good woman. Mln llaldane." h said simply, "and I ham nerer seen ber silica that night." ' Didn't you know that she was not a good woman?" asked Ihe girl. "Not at that time; I did not suspect, thnt Ig, I wag only a boy of nineteen ." "And la It because of that woman that you have seen no others until I met you?" "Yes, Miss llaldane- 'Tour man!" said the girl half to herseif. "Not at all," answered Oormly; "you were quite worth waiting for." "Kleanor." snld her father at this moment, "won't you take my hand? I want to talk to our l:ost a little myself." my-self." CHAPTER V. Mr. Hsldana la Greatly Surprised. Mr. Huldaua waa lo aomathlng of a quandary For certain reasons and for gome time be bad been contemplating an Interview with Oormly. Not only did ha greatly desire tba Interview which was Indeed neceesary, almost vital In fact, to tha furtherance of certain cer-tain mattera In which ba waa deeply concerned, but ba did not deglro that big lutereat, personal Interest, that Ig. In tha affair should appear. The opposition, bod greatly under- avtad the nharaeta and ability of oraly. Ihe Ootham Freight Trao-Son Trao-Son company, for Instance, had pooh j footed him at first, and even now. tkough the public press was filled ttia aecnur'g of him and Lis doings. ' still greatly undnreetlmated his suulltia, lialcana himself hud lolned H this depreciation until he hail met Oormly n ha,i eI1jllp.a uo opportuLlty of conversation wllh him, s' In a general way. aa has been ft; hit he . accustomed to deal with ii. en in, d he u- inaianlly that h w,t, I,,-, t,, f, with a personality personal-ity S! Mi- i- .il.tc, eoutUKiout. deter Him 'I. n ,1 -tihK lhl.,',1 II,. ,,.,. l.t,., n,.t,r , ' "' '' " ' i S t lire In tl.e library. ''' '" '! '" " "' ;'! ml h rl ctlUi t Mil. ,. ,,., i, I, ill,... id J If "I. a i n',.- i'. ,,i t,n;ili ,, , dVs, I .. n ..f M, lindanes n.uti ' "' ' "' 1 ' ! II oi KM It iinaull ' " "'I' " but .mi u,,-,,t of ; l I -.1'i.r .; .aim, a n, , barn, terls fl'l of I,,,,,,;;, , ti, reiaih.nahlp In , Kl h he Hi,- . t , ,-,!;,; n.llltera of ! giip.T'iin. ,. , inclined on j lir.t . ,,,. n, f,,w hla wife's laboniring. arroruni assumption of UKrliirlty. ,U ,,,, ,e strove lo In- j fsw all the geiu:iiy n, cordiality I pll,le Inm hi. t,,!,e and manner. I tn the other hand, (iormly natural- I If sad a deep interest In llaldane As tin fslher of tha woman he loved, be t'Uld n. H, pe a gnat factor hi the hnllle he meant to wage for her aid Ilia consent and Influomn, able not absolutely essential, would nmrally be of great value If he cotld by any means win tha support n counlennhee of Ihe great financier, hli dream would be by that much the aiffe easy of realliatlon. Ila bad an Ida, however, that this would be Im pnalble That did not daunt him oi reMer him Ihe lees alert To win lindane's consent pnealbly might ba Demure practicable than lo win Mies Hadane'i consent. Yet Uormly was customed to attempt tha Impnaslbla, sot nine tlmra out nf ten to achieve It That Haldane bad any relation-hk, relation-hk, or could have any relationship, to tlm other than that of a prospect-Its prospect-Its father In-law never entered hla heal. That waa ufflclent to reader thilntervlew memorable to blm, tie conversation began with a ra mok from tha older man about tba wether. I have long wondered why tin weather la the etaple Inaugural top). " have rarely eipertenred aevere a lowatorm." said llaldane blandly "I lavs been coming down to Ixing Is lad In winter off and on ever since I aa a boy, and this surpasses any-thljwitbln any-thljwitbln my knowledge" bad enough for New York," re-epWd re-epWd Uormly. "Hera when tha iaasrrmture gale down to tha aero aark and Ihe wind blows thirty or forty miles an hour, and It snows bard II day. wa call It a billiard At that laat remark, though llaldane bad no ostensible connection with tha street department, or air) other department de-partment of tha municipal administrates administra-tes In fact, tha man slightly lifted bla hts4 and glanced for a moment with deeper Interest at bla companion. "I take It from your allusloa that you have eipertenred worse storms than thla." "I have been In real billiards. Mr. Ilslaana," answered Oormly quietly; "more than onca where tbe wlnd'a teloclty waa ecarcely to ba measured, where tha temperature waa from twenty to thirty below, where tbe sleet needles cut Ilka whips, and tha storm htd full awaep unchecked and unbroken un-broken by any thing However, I am glad of tha atorm In thla Instance, since It haa enabled me to attend tn you and your party tba abetter nf my roof. have bean acquainted I have ft tha privilege of knowing, that la your daughter for gome time, and I n honored In tba acquaintance of ber father and mother and your friends." "You gay you bava known my daughter daugh-ter for some timer" "I bava had that pleasure." "If I mistake not, aha aald that ynu had been Interested In her settlement work. Quliotlo Imaginations of an ralbuslnstlo girl, my dear sir; but I humor Tn" "You da well," returned the other. "And If you will give ma leave to differ dif-fer with you, I hardly call It Quliotlo. I nsre eiamlned Into tha plan tbor-niirhly, tbor-niirhly, and I must say It strikes me us being altogether admirable as well at I entirely feasible I hoie and believe It will succeed." "Quite go," returned llaldane Ila was not In the least Interested In the mailer. "I have assisted Miss llaldane In every way possible," returned (lormlr, who did not propose lo be questioned as to the details of his relation to the scheme "Of course." he went on, "your own reputation aa a financier la known lo me aa It Is tn all of New Ynrk and If I may be permitted to suy so I sm of tha opinion that a laiK" part of your eiecutlvo ability, not to say gonitis, baa descended to your dlingMer." "Thank you," was the answer. "Kl lanor la certainly a most rapalils young woman." "And It must ba a source of grntl fif-atlon to you that she chooses to ei erclns ber capability In this direction rather than In tha vain and almlexa social avocations of a large and In flueiitlal Miction of our su called best people In the city?" "Certainly, very true. Hut frankly. I could wish that thnro wag a mora quahls division of time between the er blgh and the low, so to speak; that Kleanor oould give more of her attention to those duties, which after all, mf dear Mr. Oormly, however wa men of tha world may deprecate tbem, go to make up ao large a part of Ufa, and Issve mora of the detail work of this Initltutlon to others " (TO Ita CONTlMJfcD.) j |