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J &7ie /Vow Mayor I Baaed on G.ff. Bron dhurst's Successful Play THE MAN THEHOIIR CHAPTER XVII. "Y T E'S In there!" observed Pile I | lau In high excitement. Jerk I lug Ills tlmuib toward a door * -A leading off the committee room, "uu' I've sent for Walnwrlght an' Ilorrlgiiu to meet your honor here. An' I've fixed It so the Borough hill won't come up for ten minutes. Now. ull that's left Is to touch the punk to the fuse un' set off the whole giddy bunch of fireworks under 'em Gee, hut It's good to 'a' stuck to this old world Just for the sake of beiu' here today an' seelu' what I'm due to see!" The alderman chuckled, hut his Joy ous anticipation found no reflection In Bennett's white set face. The two were In the committee room, whither Phe Ian had repaired utter depositing Dul les In a chair lieslile her brother at the meeting and attending to one or two details of greater import. "Yes," went on I'helun, nguln nod ding mysteriously toward the farther door, "he's In there, trulned to the minute for the blowout. There's some one else wants to see you, too?some one who'll make more of a hit with you If I'm not ovcrplayta* my hand. But good news can wait. There's so little of It in this measly life that It gen'rally has to. I"? From the corridor Horrlgnn stamped Into the committee room. Walnwrlght at his heels. "Well!" cried the boss defiantly, glar ing nt Bennett and ignoring Pheliin. "You sent for us. What do you want?" "One moment!" Intervened Walu wright. "We are beaten. We admit that without argument. 80 we need wasto no time going over details." "Have you sent for us to sny what you'll sell out for?" queried Ilorrlgan coarsely, "because If you have you've only to name your price. You've got us where you want us. We've got to | I pay." I "1 Hln>ulil liuve thought," replied Hon netf, with no shade of offense, "you would know by this time that I have no "price." " "Then what do you want?" "Nothing?from you." "Why did you send word you wanted ? to sec us?" growled Ilorrlgan Impa tiently as lie and Wiinwrlgbt, unin vited, ?i?-,ti.ft themselves nt the table "To loll you." answered Alwyn. glancing from one to the other, "that every step you two have taken In this whole Infamous transaction from the very first has been carefully followed, and. to use your own phrase, we've got you with the goods!" "Same old bluff!" commented llorrl gan contemptuously, with a reassuring wink at the somewhat less coulldent Wa lnwrlebt. "By tomorrow noon," resumed Hen nett, "you will both be Indicted on a charge of bribery Even now there are detectives on the watch for you. Es cape Is Impossible." "Hot!" sneered Ilorrigan. "You've no evidence that will indict, and you know It. Even If you had. don't I con trol most of the Judges and the district attorney's office liesldes? Swell chance you'll have of getting a conviction past that bunch! Hah! You talk like a man made of mud. I s'pose It's the affair sf those Roberts notes you're counting ?n. That dou't feuze me any. My lawyer can twist that around so It'll look like a charity gift No, no, youngster. You'll have to think of soinetblug better If"? "And, anyhow," put In Watnwrlght nervously, "you can't prove any con nection on my part There's nothing against me or"? "1 think there Is," retorted Bennett, wheeling about on the financier. "And even If I can't nail the Roberts brib ery to you I've plenty more counts to bold) you on." "All these generalities and vague ac cusations prove nothing, Bennett," an swered Walnwrlght, drawing courage from Ilorrigan's colossal calm aud speaking with more assurance. "Mr. Horrlgan aud I are not schoolboys to be scared by baseless threats. This Is all guesswork on your part Come, now, name one specific charge you can prove." "One will be enough to convince you?" asked Alwyn. "Well, then, how about this as a first guess? Mr. Hor rlgan's bribe of $",000,000 In mouey and 25,000 shares of Borough stock for agreeing to put through the Borough franchise? For 'guesswork' that doesn't seem to me very bad." Wainwrlght's hard mask of a face twitched convulsively, but the steady brain that had carried him unshaken through a thousand risky financial deals came at once to his rescue. "An excellent guess," he agreed In splendidly feigned amusement, "but unfortunately the courts demand proof before convicting a man, and there Is no proof whatever of"? "Are you sure?" queried Bennett Turning to Phelan, be added: "Please ask Mr. Thompson to come in." The alderman, with an expansive grin, flung open the door of the farther room. At sound of bis secretary's name Walnwrlght had sprung to his feet and, dumfounded, was leaning heavily on the table, staring across the threshold of the suddenly opened door. There, framed In the dark doorway, y Ills face deathly pale, tils eyes (lowing with a strange light as of murder, stood Cynthia's brother. Ills presence In the city hall was uo mere chance, hut the climax of a series i of conferences between ltennett, I'he i lau and himself, dating from the night of the administration ball, when, de spite his own resolve, the secretary's hand had been forced by the Inquisi tive alderman nnd Ills Identity re vea led. Bennett had been let Into the secret next day. and the trio had had a three hour talk from which I'helan had emerged with the gleeful nlr of one who had unexpectedly found a $1,000 bill. Thompson, too, hud left that con ference with a look of calm. Intense satisfaction that transfigured him. Other conversations had followed, one of them In the presence of notary, stenographer and lawyers. The trap at last was ready to be sprung. The financier for the first time in his nine year close association with the Secretary met the younger man's gaze without seeing the latter droop In der erentlal submission. Now he received back look for look from bis former ab lect slave, and it was his own glance that wavered before that concentrated glare of hate. "Thompson!" he cried, and his voice bore a world of incredulous reproach. Before him stood the one man on earth In whom Walnwrlght had ever placed implicit trust; to whom ho had confided his gravest business secrets; the man whom he had so shrewdly tested In countless ways nnd who had proved stanchl.v Incorruptible and loy /Cf ? Uarry Oarrison. nl, nnd now Thompson apparently con fronted him In the role of traitor?of exultant spy. "Thompson!" he exclaimed once more, almost with a groan, as the sec retary advanced Into the room until only the width of the table separated employer and employee. Then the newcomer spoke for the (lrst time. In an oddly mutlled voice, ns though lighting desperately for self re straint. "No!" he contradicted. " Thompson' no longer. Henceforth I am Garrison." Walnwrlght's face grew gray, Ureath less, unbelieving, he peered ncross at the pallid features of his new foe, trne lug In them the likeness to the old friend whose ruin nnd death he had caused. The haunting resemblance that had often vaguely occurred to him when watching Thompson at work now returned In double force. Hut now, ns In a flash. It was explained, and he knew that his secretary spoke the truth. "Yes," went on Thompson In that same choked, struggling intonation, "I am Harry Garrison. You wrecked my father's life. You drove him to suicide. You blasted his memory. You beg gared his children. 1 aui his son?Har ry Garrison. Now do you begin to understand?" "You see, Mr. Wainwright," Inter vened Bennett as the secretary's pent up rage strangled the words In his throat, "my guesswork has a fairly re liable hacking." But Wainwright did not hear. He still stared, as one hypnotized, Into the blazing eyes of the man he had trusted. "You've?you've played me false!" he managed to gasp at length. "You have"? "Sure he has!" cut In Ilorrlgan. "What'd I tell you last summer, Wain wright? I said then you were foolish to trust him so. I said he'd stand watching. The minute I set eyes on that lantern Jawed, glum face of his"? "Played me false!" muttered Wain wright again, dazed and doubting the evidence of his own senses. "Played you false?" Jeered Thomp son. "Played you false? Why else did 1 become your servant? What else have 1 been waiting all these horrible years for? I've sat at your desk and listened to your orders, never venturing to say my soul was my own. Now you'll listen to me." "Why do you bother with the little traitor, Wainwright?" scoffed Ilorrlgan. But the financier was standing no i t ion loss, leaning on the table, bis An gers spasmodically gripping Its edge till the knuckles grew white. ItldlculousTy like a cowed prisoner before the bar of Justice, he faced his Aery eyed young Judge. "They sent for me," went on Thomp son brokenly. Jerkily, scarce Intelligi ble as the suppressed hatred of a dec ade battled for expression. "They sent for me. My father had killed himself., My mother lay dead, struck down by grief. Our honored old name was de Aleil. My sister was a pauper. Who had done all this? You! Oh, they bushed It up, but I found It out! I found It out! And by iny murdered fa ther's body 1 Uuelt and swore I'd pay you for It I'd pay you If It cost me my life. I would ruin you luname and fortune, as you ruined my father, and then vinu [fieri i a urn i u Kin you, as V11, at you killed you killed htm! my father." I'd"? With an effort that left him haggard and trembling, Thompson forced him self to calmer speech nnil continued: "I answered your advertisement for a secretary. I had no experience, yet out of ninety applicants you chose me. That wus fate. I knew then that one day I should have you at my feet, as now I have. Fate fought for me. I made myself necessary for you. 1 obeyed your hardest orders. I found out ways to please you. I fetched and carried for you. I ran to anticipate your lightest wish, as though I was your adoring son. It was 'I hope you're satisfied, sir,' and 'Let me do that for you, sir,' and 'I atn glad to work overtime for you, sir, any time you wish,' while every minute 1 hail to fight hard to keep from striking you dead!" "1 must go!" groaned Walnwrlght, shuddering. "I can't stand this. I"? "Oh, I made you think me a para gon!" resumed the youth. "You took to testing my honesty and loyalty In clever ways that you thought I'd never discover. I stood the tests. Then you trusted me. Y'ou fool! As if the fact that I wasn't a crook proved 1 wusn't your enemy! You could see no farther than dollars and cents. When 1 didn't steal those or sell the market tips you gave me you thought I was Incorrupti ble and devoted to your Interests. And all the time I"? "You were listening at the keyhole that day last summer," broke In Ilor rlgan, "the time 1 pulled the office door open, and"? "Then and always," answered Thomp son, "and," he added, his eyes return ing to Watnwrlght's, "I copied every confidential telegram or letter you sent. I took dowu in shorthand every private Interview of yours. I tracked the checks that completed your deals, and when they came back from the vaults as vouchers I stole them. I've got proofs, I tell you?proofs?of every crooked transaction you have dabbled In for nine years. I've secured proofs of every step In this borough franchise bribery, and I've turned them all over to the mayor here. That evidence will send you to state prison! To state prison, I tell you! To a cell, with cropped hair and striped suit! I'll send you to prison, where you'll break your heart and be branded forever as a convict! And when your term Is up I'll be waiting for you, and I'll kill you! Do you hear me, you foul crim inal?" he shouted, screaming hyster ically and foaming at the mouth In bis abandonment of Insane fury. "I'm go lug to kill you! To kill you!" CHAPTER Xvt|i UNDER the rnanlnc fury that blaxed from Thompson's eyes Waluvrrlght shrank back In panic dread. "He's?he's mad!" cried the financier. "Don't let him at me!" For Thompson seemed about to hurl himself on his foe. "Go easy, son." adjured Phelan, lay ing a restraining hand on the secre tary's shoulder. The latter, recalled to himself by the pressure, relaxed his tense, menacing attitude anil, with hysterical revulsion of feeling, sank into a chair, burying his face In his arms on the table before him. "Nine horrible years!" he sobbed bro kenly. "Nine awful years of slavery, of debasement! Watching, hating, longing to crush htm, and, oh, the time has come, thank God! Thank God!" "You're all In, lad!" muttered Phe- , lun. passlug an arm about the shaking ' youth and lifting him to his feet ' "Come with me. I'll send out and get I you a bracer." I Thompson, exhausted by his emo tions, obeyed mechanically, but at the j farther door paused for a moment and , again fixed his wild, bloodshot eyes on j Wainwrlght's haggard face. "Remember," he threatened, bis voice dead and expressionless, "when 1 you get out of Jail I'll be waiting for 1 you. And as sure as God's justice lives I'U kill you as I'd kill a dog) Nine < )cars waiting and?I'll murder you as you murdered my"? I'liclau hail forced him over tho threshold, nud the slamming of the <l.K>r behind the two seemed to break the strange spell that had fallen on all. Waluwrlght straightened himself, glanced fearfully aliout, tried to re gain his shaken composure and opened his mouth to s|?euk. Hut the hurried entrance of Williams preveuteil him. "Mr. Ilorrlgan," gasped the excited newcomer. "I've l>eeu looking every ? where for you!" "What's wrong now?" snapped the j boss. "Has"? "The lloroiigb bill's come up at last, and"? "The gallery crowd's rough bousing the pluce? Then"? "No. they're quiet as death; too quiet. And they have long ropes, and they're stringing them over the"? "Call In the police, then!" ordered Ilorrlgan. "Xow's the time for them." "I don't dare," protested Williams. "Those men In the gallery are desper ate. They're dangerous. If"? "The police?" Interrupted Beunett sharply. "What are you talking about?" "My orders!" returned Ilorrlgan. "I sent for them. Tell them to"? "Don't do It!" commanded Bennett in anger. "Do as I say, Williams!" counter manded Ilorrlgan. "Have them in and"? "Phelnn," Interposed Bennett as the alderman, having left Thompson in oth er hands, came into tho room, "go to tho sergeant In charge of the police Mr. Horrlgan sent for. Tell him I say he must keep his men where they are and take no orders except from me. L'uderst*?i!" "1 suro ?.1 grinned Phelan. with a delighted grin at the wrathful Horri gan. "An' I'll see they"? "You need not trouble!" croaked Wainwright, his throat dry and con stricted with fear. "The bill Is with drawn!" "That goes!" corroborated Horrlgan. "Do you hear that. Williams? Mr. Walnwright withdraws the Borough hill. Attend to It In a rush. man. Never mind about the police." "Well, Friend Ilorrlgan," blandly ob served Phelan as Williams hastened out, "I told you I'd cross two sticks of dynamite under you some day. Like wise I done it." "What had you to"? "To do with smnshln' you? Only that I put his honor on to the hill in the first place an' then sicked him on to Iloberts an' discovered Thompson an' turned him over to Mr. Bennett. That's about all. But I guess It's enough to make your p'lltlcul career feel like It hail a long line of carriages ilrlvlu' slow behind It. Chesty Dick, my old chum!" Ilorrlgan had turned his hack on his victorious tormentor and was facing the mayor. "Bennett." said he. "you forget I've still got that report about your father, anil"? "Tomorrow's papers will publish It." supplemented Alwyn. "No, they won't" contradicted Ilor rigan. I hat would be bad politics. The report will hold over till" "lou're mistaken," Interrupted Ben nett calmly. "I've sent a copy of that report today to every paper In the city and have accompanied it with a state ment that I shall make good to the city treasury every penny overcharged In the librury and aqueduct contracts. So"? Ilorrlgan was staring at htm open mouthed. Bennett," he muttered in genuine wonderment, "I don't know whether you're the craziest fool or the cleverest polltlclun In the state." "Your honor," humbly pleaded Waln wright, who for several minutes had lieen trying in vain to draw Bennett aside for a private word, "I am an old man. Is there no way of?of showing me mercy in my"? "Yes." retorted Alwyn. "You shall receive exactly tho same mercy you have always shown to your own finan cial enemies?no more, no less." "Oh. cut out the whine, Waln wright!" sneered Horrlgan In high con tempt as he linked his arm in the broken financier's and hauled him roughly from the room. "What's hap pened to your nerve? You're almost as bad as GIbbs. You're still rich, and as long as you've got plenty of cash no law in America need ever bother you. There's lots of talk about Indictments, and arrests, and Investigations, and prosecutions, and all that sort of rot But I don't see any millionaires going to jail. Come on across to my law yer's." The boss and financier departed with out a backward look, leaving PhelaD and Bennett alone on the late scene of battle. "Say, your honor," observed the al derman slyly, "there's one very Impor tant engagement you've clean forgot Sit right where you are attninute. an' i ll send the party In here and see that nobody butts In on you till you want 'em to. Oh. but we didn't do a thing to Horrlgan! He'll have to watch which way his toes point to see wheth er he's goin' or cotuin'!" For Over Sixty Years a standard Family Medicine. Hon. M. W. Ransom, U. S Senator from NorthCarolina: "I take very great pleasure in re commeudiug Dr. Worthington's Cholera and Diarrhoea Medicine. Dr. Worthington was a gentle man of eminent skill in his pro fession. 1 have observed for thirty years the effects of his medicine. It is my duty to state that it has pffoved an almost in fallible remedy." Price 25c. Guaranteed by all lealers. The alderman oped on Ills mission, leaving Alwyu seated alone, dejected, miserable. In tlie deserted committee tOll.ll. Sow that the crisis was post, bis heart was strangely heavy. Ho bad won. But at what cost? At the loss of all be held dear. Alwyu Bennett knew, too, that the real tight was but Just begun?a fight that bad waged since the world began and must last to Judgment day?the hopeless, uphill battle of decency against evil, of honesty against graft liorrigau's sneering words, "I don't see any millionaires going to Jull," I stuck disagreeably in the young may or's memory. Their brutal. Mid truth jarred ff! his be lief in the inevi table triumph of good. After all, !) was the dreary, J s e 1 f sacrificing I battle against an I unconquerable foe worth while? ! Could the great god graft ever be checked In his mastery of the earth? If? A rustle of skirts startled Alwyn from his dark thoughts. "Dallas!" he cried, unbeliev ing, as he sprang to his feet half .. dnzzleil at the 1 love "ou ' ,he 'atd? wondrous light that transformed her face. Slowly she came toward him, her glorious dark eyes on his, her white hands ~?*atretched In irresistible ap peal. Ai last she spoke. 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