! A Gentleman !
From Mississippi
-By THOMAS A. WISE
From the Vlay by FrtdericK "R- Toombj
COPYRIGHT. 1000. BY THOMAS A. WISE
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CHAPTER XXI
"jf you can't buy a senator, tukeat
r>' him."
SENATOR PEA BODY was the
most surprised man in Wash
ington when he heard the jun
ior senator from Mississippi
itate that no one was to enrich him
self out of the government naval base
project.
He heaped a mental anathema on
the head of Stevens for saddling soch
a man on the senate "machine," for
Langdon would of course never had
been put on "naval affairs" (Just now
?ery important to the machine) with
out the "O. K." of Steveus, who had
won a heretofore thoroughly reliable
reputation as a Judge of men, or of
what purported to be men. The
thought that at this time, of all times,
there should be a man on the commit
tee on naval affairs that could not be
"handled" was sufflcleut to make him
who reveled in the title of "boss of the
?enate" determine that he must get
another chief lieutenant to replace Ste
tous. who had proved so trustworthy
la the past. Stevens had lost his cun
ning!
As the vote of Langdon could not be
lecured by humbug or in exchange for
favors and as it could not be "deliv
ered," Peabody, of course, was willing
to pay in actual cash for the vote.
This was the final step, but one in po
litical conspiracies of this nature?cash.
But Langdon would not take cash, so
Peabody had to resort to the last
agency of the trained and corrupt ma
nipulator of legislation.
lie would threaten.
Moreover, he knew that to make
threats effective, if it is possible to
do so, they must be led up to systemat
ically?that is, they should be made at
the right time. The scene must be set,
as in a play.
Senator Peabody glared at Langdon
as though to convince the latter that
to stand in his way would mean polit
ical destruction.
so nobody is going to make a cent,
?h? Well, I suppose you want all the
profits for yourself." Turning to Ste
vens, who had just entered, the Penn
sylvanian cried:
"Do you but listen to our suddenly
good friend Langdon. He wanrs to be
the only man to make money out of
the naval base. lie won't listen to any
ether member of the naval committee
making a cent out of it. Why, be"?
"Great God, sir!" exclaimed Langdon.
"You are going too far, I'eabody. You
State what is false, and you know it,
you?you"?
"Then you are willing that others
Should have their rightful share?" put
In Stevens. "Oh, I understand now,
senator."
"No, no, no!" cried Langdon. "You
flo not understand. Senator Stevens,
snd I must say I am ashamed to speak
Of you by the honorable title of sena
tor, sir. I will not listen to any person
enriching himself at the government
expense, and I am your enemy, you,
Pea body, and you, Stevens, beyond re
call. You both know you misrepresent
me."
langdon walked over to Stevens and
faced him directly.
"Do you remember, Stevens, Lorimer
Hawkslee, back in wartime?"
"Yes," said Stevens, puzzleil, "I re
Member him?a very fine gentleman."
The old planter sneered.
"Yes, a very fine gentleman! You
remember he got rich out of contracts
Xor supplies furnished to the Confed
srate government when it wasn't any
too easy for the Confederate govern
ment to pay and when he was in that
government himself. I never quite
thought that the act of a gentleman,
Stevens. It seemed to me to be very
like dishonesty. I refused to speak
to Lorimer Hawkslee in the Carroll
hotel at Vicksburg, and when the peo
ple there asked me why I told them.
I want to warn you, Stevens, that I'm
likely to meet you some time In the
Carroll hotel at Vicksburg."
Stevens backed away angrily. "I
catch your Insinuation, but"?be re
ceived a warning glance from Pea
body and broke Into a pleasant smile
calculated to deceive the old planter?
"this once I will overlook it because of
our old friendship and the old days in
Mississippi."
"You are a fine talker, Langdon,"
?aid I'eibod.v, coming to Stevens' res
cue, "but I can readily see what you
are driving at. Tou want an Investi
gation. You think you will catch Borne
?f us with what you reformers call
?the goods,' but forget evidently the
?ntlrcly simple facts that your family
bas Invested In AJtacoola lands more
heavily probably than any one else
among us. You want to raise a scan
dal. do you? Well, go on and raise it,
but remember that you will have to
?xplain how It happened that there is
150,000 invested in the name of your
aen and $25,000 In the name of your
daughter, Miss Carolina, not to men
tion a few thousands put in by the
gentleman who, X am given to under
stand, is to be your son-in-law. Con
gressman Norton.
"How about that. Norton?" Feabody
taked. turning to the congressman,
who had followed Stevens.
"I corroberate all you've said," re
marked Norton. "I can state positively
that Senator Langden knew that his
I
money was going Into Altacoola land.
1 will swear to It if necessary," ami be
glared bitterly at Carolina's father,
feeling certain that the girl would
cling to blw as opposed to ber parent.
Langdou made a threatening move at
the congressman.
"1 consider my riddance of you
mighty cheap at the price," he cried.
"Come, come, Langdou," fumed I'ea
body, "1 must get away from here to
catch the midnight train. Let's get
through with this matter. You must
realize that you canuot tight me in
Washington. Vou must know that
men call me the 'king of the senate.'
I can beat any measure you introduce.
I can pass any measure you want
passed. 1 can make you a laughing
stock or a power.
"Why, my friend from Mississippi, 1
can even have your election to the sen
ate contested, have a committee ap
pointed to investigate the manner of
your election, have that committee de
cide that you bought your way into the
honorable body, the senate of the Unit
ed States, and on the strength of that
decision have you forfeit your seat!
What a pretty heritage to hand down
to posterity such a disgrace will be!
Why, the very school children of the
future will hear about you as 'Looter
Langdou,' and their parents will tell
them bow particularly degrading it
was for a man of your reputation to
drag into your dishonest schemes your
son, sir, and your daughter. For who
will believe that this money was not
put in these lands without your con
sent, without your direction, your or
derV Did you not sign the mortgage
on which ttiis $50,000 was raisedV"
Senator Laugdon waved Ills hand dep
reeatiugly. "I'm learning the under
handed ways of you professional poli
ticians. I'm getting wise. I'm learn
ing 'the game,' so I know you're blufif
ing me, Peabody. But you forget that
the game of poker was invented in
Mississippi?my native state."
Pressing a button, I-angdon sum
moned a servant and said: "Send in
Mr. Haines. I guess I've got to have
n witness for my side."
"It's 110 bluff," spoke Stevens ns
Haines entered. "Peabcdy can and will
break you like a pipejtem: he's done
It to other men before you who?who
tried to dispute his power. But I'll try
to save you. I'll ask him to be mer
riful. You are not of any Importance
In the senate. We do cot need to deal
with you"?
"Then why do you both spend so
much time on me?" asked Lansdon in
nocently. "Why doesn't Pea body go tc
Philadelphia?"
"Langdon." said Peabody, "you know
my control of the senate is no piece of
fiction. But 1 will forgive your obsti
nacy, even forget it. I"?
"Look here," cried Langdon, "just
because I'm a fat man don't think that
I can't lose my temper." He stopped
and gazed at his two colleagues.
"Now, you two men stay still on*
moment, and I'll tell you what real.y
will happen tomorrow," he exploded
"and I'm only a beginner in the game
that's your specialty. The naval base
Is going to Altacoola"?
"Good!" simultaneously cried both
Peabody and Stevens. "You're coming
in with us!"
"No, I'm not, but I'll pass the bill so
that nobody makes a cent, just as I
said I would. I'll fool you both and
make you both honest for once in spite
of your natural dispositions."
Stevens and the Pennsylvanlan
stared at each other in disgust.
"Furthermore," continued Langdon,
"Altacoola ixust have the base because
I've known for some time that Gulf
City was Impossible. But some crook
ed senators would have made money
if they'd known It, so they didn't learn
it Altacoola, that proud arm of our
great gulf, will have those battleships
floating on her broad bosom and the
country will be the better off. and so
will the sovereign state of Mississippi
God bless it?but neither Senator Pea
body of Pennsylvania nor Senator Ste
vens of Mississippi is going to be any
better because of it No, and if you
men come to my committee room at
12:30 tomorrow noon you'll have a
chance to hear how all that's coming
about. If you are not there by that
time I'll bring In a minority report In
favor of Gulf City,Just to show you
that I know how to play the game?
this Washington game"?
"Come, let's go. We can do nothing
with him," said Pea body to the senior
senator from Mississippi.
"Well, senator. In the name of good
ness, what are you going to do? How
can you win for Altacoola without lei
ting these grafters make money out ol
It?" asked Haines in astonishment as
the other two walked away. "What are
you going to do at 12:30 tomorrow?"
Langdon turned to him and rolled his
eyes toward the ceiling despairingly.
"I'm blamed If 1 know!" he ex
claimed.
CHAPTER XXII.
LOBBYISTS?AND ONE IN PARTICULAR.
WASHINGTON has known many
lobbyists In Its time, and It
keeps on knowing them. The
striking Increase In legisla
tion that aims to restrict unlawful or
Improper practices in business, the
awakening of the oubllc conscience.
has on used a greater demand than ever
for Influence at the national capital, for
these restrictive measures must Ix
either killed or emasculated to a point
of ttselessness by that process which I*
the salvation of many a corrupt manlp
ulator, the process of amendment.
Predatory corjioratlons, predator*
business associations of different sort*
and predatory Individuals have theii
representatives on the Held at Wash
Ingtoti to ward off attack by any mean?
that brains can devise or moucy pro
cure and to obtain desired favors at a
cost that will leave a profitable balance
for the purchaser. When commercial
tricksters, believing lu the lobbyists'
favorite maxim, "The People Forget,"
feel that they have outlived the latest
reform movement and see "the good
old days'* returning, the professional
politicians introduce a few refortu
measures themselves, most stringent
measures. They push these measures
ahead until somebody pays up, then
the bills die. The lobbyist knows til'
about these "strike" bills, hut does not
frown on them. No, no. Perhaps be
helped draw up one of these bills sc
that, with the aid of his inside knowl
edge of his employer's business, the
measure is made to give a greatei
?Scare than might otherwise have re
sulted. The bigger the scare the big
ger the fund advanced, of course, fot
the lobbyist to handle. All this alsc
helps the lobbyist to secure and retaiu
employment.
Not all the Washington lobbyists are
outside of congress. The senator or
congressman has unequaled facilities-"
for oiling or blocking the course of a
bill. Sometimes he confines himself to
the Interests of his own clients, who
ever they may be. But sometimes he
notices a bill that promises to be a
pretty good thing for the client of
some other member if it passes. Then
he begins to fight this bill so actively
that he must be "let in on the deal"
''Becausc I'm Jul don't think I can't lost
my temper."
himself. This Is very annoying to the
other member, but the experience is
worth something. He has learned the
value of observing other people's legis
lation.
The ?utsiders (members of the "third
house*) and the Insiders have a boud
of freemasonry uniting them; they ex
change information as to what mem
bers of both houses can be "reached,"
how they can be "got to" (through
whom) and how much they want.
This information is carefully tabulat
ed. and now prices for passing or de
feating legislation can be quoted to
interested parties Just as the price of
a carload of pork can be ascertained at
a pi von time and place. Perhaps it is
thi < system that leads grafting mem
bers of short experience to wonder
how knowledge of their taking what
is termed "the sugar" got out and be
came known to their associates. Did
they not have pledge of absolute se
crecy? Yes, but the purchaser never
intended to keep* the information from
those of his kind. Lobbyists must be
honest with each other.
Not all lobbyists are men. The wo
man legislative agent has been known
to occupy an important position in
Washington, and she does yet. She Is
hard to detect and frequently more un
principled than the men similarly en
gaged, if that is possible.
A woman with a measure of social
standing would naturally prove the
most successful as a lobbyist In Wash
ington because, of the opportunities
her position would afford her to meet
people of prominence. And Just such
a one was Mrs. Cora Spangler, with
whom the Langdons had been thrown
In contact quite intimately since their
arrival at the capital.
Tretty and vivacious, Mrs. Spangler
bore her thirty-seven years with un
common ease, aided possibly by the
makeup box and the modiste. Her
dinners and receptions were attended
by people of acknowledged standing
Always a lavish spender of money,
this was explained as possible because
of a fortune left her by her late hus
band. Congressman Spangler of Penn
sylvania. That this "fortune" had
consisted largely of stock and bonds
of a bankrupt copper smelting plant
In Michigan remained unknown, ex
cept to her husband's family, one or
two of her own relatives and Senator
Peabody, who, coming from Pennsyl
vania, had known her husband Inti
mately.
He It was who had suggested to her
that she might make money easily by
cultivating the acquaintance of the
new members of both houses and their
families, exerting her Influence in vari
ous "perfectly legitimate ways," he
argued, for or against matters pending
In legislation. The standard Steel cor
poration kept Mrs. Spangler well sup
plied with funds deposited monthly
to her account In a Philadelphia trust
company.
She avoided suspicion by reason of
her sex and her many acquaintances
of undisputed rank. Senator Peabody
was never Invited to her home. nnti
never attended a single dinner. rece[>
tlon or muslcaie she had given, all of
wbicb was a part of the [lollcy they
hud mutually agreed on to deaden any
suspicion that might some time arise
as to her relation to the Standard
Steel company. It was well known
that I'eabody had beeu put into the
senate by Standard Steel to look after
Its Interests
He had found Mrs Spattgler chiefly
valuable Sites tar as a source of Infor
tnatioii regarding the members of con
gress, which she obtaim-d largely from
their families lie was thus able to
galu an idea of their associations,
their particular Interests and their as
plratlons in coming to congress, which
proved of much use to hiui lu forming
and promoting acquaintances, all for
the glory of Standard Steel.
Senator llolcouib of Missouri told
Mrs. Spanglcr at an afternoon tc:i eou
fideutiully that he was golug to vote
against the ship subsidy bill. Senator
1'eabody was In
formed o( t bis
two bours biter
by a uoie writ
ton lu c i p b e r
Wben tbe vote
was called two
Uu.vs later Sena
lor Hokomb vot
i'd for Ibe bill
Standard Steel
supplies steel fol
oceau liners, an .
tbelr building
must be eui-our
aged.
Mrs Windsor
wife of Couuress
man uiu.sor 01
lie vat going to vote i?dlaua, remark
wjatnxt the ship tult- ,,d to Mrg s ?
gler at a recep
tlon that she was "so glad Jiminie is
going to do something for us women at
last. He says we ought to get silk gowns
ever so much cheaper next year.'
Jimmie Windsor was a member of tin
house committee on ways and means
aud was busily engaged in the mattei
of tariff revision When 1'resideut
Anders of the Federal Silk ^company
heard front Senator l'eabody thai
Windsor favored lowering the tariff on
silk a way was found to convince tin
congressman that the American silk in
dustry was a weakling and many in
vestors would suffer If the foreign
goods shoi lil lie admitted any cheapet
than at present
President Anders would be willing
to do Senator l'eabody a favor some
day.
Sometimes Cora Spangler shuddered
st the thought of what would become
of her if she should make some slip
some fatal error, and be discovered to
her friends as a betra.verof confidences
for money. A secret agent of Stand
r.rd Steel! What a newspaper story
she would make?"Society Favorite a
Pdid Spy;" "Woman Lobbyist Flees
Capital." The sensational Deadlines
flitted through her mind. Then she
would grit her teetli and dig her linger
nails into her palms. She had to have
money to carry on the life she loved so
well. She must continue as she had
begun. After all, she reasoned, noth
ing definite could ever be proved re
garding the past. Let the future care
for itself. She might rnarEj' again and
free herself from this mode of life,
who knows? .
So reasoned Cora Spangler for the
hundredth time during the last two
years as she sat in her boudoir at her
UOMie. JMH* 1111*1
? p c n t part ot
the day with
Carolina and
Hope I-angdon
and In the even
ins had attend
ed the mnsicale
at their house.
But she had
been forced to
leave early ow
ing to a severe
headache. Now.
after an hour or
two of rest, she
felt better and
was about to re
tire. Suddenly
the telephone
Deu rang at a v
writing tnble "HelloI fVho i? Itr
near a window. She had two tele
phones, one ill the lower hall and one
in her boudoir?to save walking down
stairs unnecessarily, she explained to
her woman friends. But the number
of this upstairs telephone was not In
the public book. It had a private
number, known to but two people ex
cept herself.
Taking down the receiver, she asked
In low voice, "Hello, who Is it?"
"Mr. Wall."
It was the name Senator Pea bod v
used in telephone conversation with
ber.
"Yes, congressman!" she responded
She always said "Yes. congress
man," in replying to "Mr. Wall," a
prearranged manner of Indicating thai
he was talking to the desired person.
"I will need your services touior
row," Senator Pea body said, "on a
very Important matter, I am afraid
Decline any engagements and hold
yourself in readiness."
"Yes."
"I may send my friend 8. to explain
things at 10:30 In the morning. If lit
does not arrive at that time, telephone
me at 10:35 sharp You know where
Understand? I have put off going to
Philadelphia tonight."
"Yes."
"That Is all; goodby."
"Something very Important," she
murmured nervously as she turned
from the desk.
"I don't like his tone of voice; sounds
<1 ana
heavens, then Stevens must now have
knowledge of my?my?business"'
(Uie calmed herself and straightened
a dainty, slender Anger against hei
cheek.
"It must be something about that
naval base bill. I'm suie. That's been
worrying Peabody all session." she
mused as she pressed a buttou to sum
moii her maid.
CHAPTER XXIII.
"ttle boss of THE senate" GAINS a
NEW ally.
MltS. SPANGLEH would have
tla?ter.Ml herself od guessing
correctly as to Senator Pea
body's uueasiuess had she
heard aud seen all that had taken
place lu his apartment at the Louis
Napoleon hotel, where ho had hurried
ly taken Senator Steveus on leaving
the I.angdou bouse.
Not only would the two seuators
lose their immense profits on the Alta
coola transaction If I.angdou persisted
In Ills opposition, but they would lose
as well the thousands of dollars spent
by their agents in purchasing optious
on hundreds of acres and, where the}
could not get options, the land itself
This land would be on their hands, un
salable. If the base weut somewhere
else. Moreover, they feared that Lang
don's revolt would bring unpleasant
newspaper publicity to their opera
tlong.
"There's only one course to pursue
Stevens," snapped Peabody as they
took off their overcoats. "That Is to
be prepared as best we can for the
very worst and meet It in some way
yet to be determined. Hut tlrst w?
must try to figure out what Langdou
Is going to Uo
whut it cau br
that bo says he
will tell us to
morrow at 12:30
If we appear. lie
uiust bave Rome
thing very star
tilDg up bis
sleeve if he
makes good bis
assertions. 1
cau't see how"?
"Nor 1," frown
ed Stevens, "ami
my |>olltlcal eye
sight Is far bet
terthan that fool
w I.angdon's. Un
'Tm going to *crui )or tier ordinary clr
Juke Steinert." cm instances we
could lot blm go ahead with his minor
Ity report for C!ulf City, but as things
stand he'll have every newspaper re
porter 111 Washington buzzing around
and asking Impertinent questions"?
"Yes, and you and I would have te
go to Paris to live with our life lnsur
ance friends from New York, wouldn't
we?" laughed I'eahody sarcastically
"I'm going to send for Jake Steinert.'
he added.
"Steinert T" Stevens ejaculated
"What"?
"Oh. that's all right. Maybe he can
luggest something," said I'eabod.v, go
ing ta the telephone. "We've too much
ut stake to make a mistake, and Jake
may see a point that we've overlooked.
Luckily I saw him downstairs in the
prill room as we catne through to the
elevator."
"Steinert Is all right himse'f.-' cou
tinued Stevens, "but Ids methods"?
"Can't be too particular now about
his methods?or ours, Stevens, when a
bull like Ungdon breaks loose In the .
political china shop. Fortune and rep
utation are both fragile."
A ring of a bell announced the nrriv
al of Jake Steinert, whose reputation
ns a lobbyist of advanced ability had
spread wide In the twenty years he
had spent In Washington. Of medium
height, sallow complexion, dark hair
and dark eyes, his broad shoulders till
ed the doorway as he entered. An Illy
kept mustache almost hid a thiu lip
ped. forceful mouth, almost as forceful
as some of the language he used. His
eyes darted tirst to Peabod.v and then
to Stevens, waiting for either of them
to open the conversation.
The highest class lobbyists, those
who "swing" the "biggest deals," con
cern themselves only with men who
ran "handle" or who control lawmnk
era. They get regular reports and out
line the campaign. Like crafty spiders
they bide In the center of a great web.
a web of bribery, threat, cajolery and
Intrigue. Intent on every victim that Is
lured Into the glistening meshes.
Only the small fry mingle freely with
the legislators in the open. In the ho
tels and cafes and In the capitol corri
dors.
Jake Steinert did not belong In either
of these classes; he ranked somewhere
between the biggest and the smallest.
He coupled colossal boldness with the
moat expert knowledge of all the Intri
cate workings of the congressional
mechanism. Given money to spend
among members to secure the defeat of
a bill, be would frequently put most of
the money in his own pocket and for
a comparatively small sum defeat It
by Influencing the employees through
whose hands It must pass.
"Sit down, Jake. Something to
drink?" asked Pea body, reaching for a
decanter.
"No," grunted the lobbyist; "don't
drink durln' business hours; only durin'
the day."
"Well, Jake," said the Pennsylvanian
"you probably know something of
what's going on In the naval affairs
committee."
"You mean the biggest Job of the
session ?"
"Yes."
"Sure thing, senator. It's the work
of an artist."
"The boss of the senate" smiled
grimly.
"Now, suppose a committeeman
named Langdon absolutely refused to
be taken care of and insisted on band
ing In a minority report tomorrow,
with a speech that read like the Dec la
ration of Independence?"
Stelnert JerkW bis bud forward
quickly.
"Yoh mean what would I do If X
wan?er? If 1 wan runnln' the Job?"
"Yen."
Btelnert leaned toward I'eabodjr.
'?Where do 1 come In on this?" he
asked suspiciously.
'?Come, come, man," was the Irritable
retort. "I never let a few dollar*
stand between myself and my friends."
"All right, senator."
The lobbyist thrust himself down In
his chair, puffed slowly at a cigar and
gazed thoughtfully at the celling.
"Few years ago." he began after ?
minute or two, "there was a feller who
was koi 11 to
stjueal about a
bond Issue. He
bad bis speech
all ready to warn
the couuiry that
he thought a
crowd of the 1
pluto-eracy was
goln" to get the
bonds to resell
to the public at
advanced rates.
Well, sir, " ar- if
ranged to have a "He uas at the Insart
carriage, a closed asylum."
carriage, call that night to take hlra
to see the president, for he was told
the president sent the carriage for him.
When he got out he was at the Insane
asylum, an' I cau tell you he was bun
dled into a padded cell in jig time,
where be stayed for three days. 'He
thinks he's a member of congress.' [
told the two huskies that handled him
nn' gave 'em each a twenty case note.
The doctor that signed the necessary
papers got considerable more."
Stevens' gasp of amazement caused
the narrator genuine enjoyment.
"I Know of a certain senator who
was Srunk an' laid away in a Turkish
bath when the roll was called on a cer
tain bill. He was a friend of Pea
body's," laughed the lobbyist to the
Misslssipplan.
"But in his case," said Stevens, "we
must be very careful. Possibly some
uf your methods in handling the men
you go after"?
"Say." Interposed Steinert, "you
know I don't do all pursuin', all the
goin' after, any more than others In
my business. Why, senator, some of
these congressmen worry the life out
of us folks that sprinkle the sugar.
They accuse us of not lettin' 'em in
on things when they haven't been fed
In some time. They come down the
trail like greyhounds coursin' a coy
ote."
The speaker paused and glanced
across at Pen body, who, however, was
too busily engaged in writing in a
tnemoradum book to notice him.
"Why, Senator Stevens," went on
the lobbyist, "only today a down east
member held me up to tell me that he
was strong for that proposition to
give the A. K. and L. railroad grants
of government timber laud In Oregon,
lie says to me. he says: 'What 'n b?I
do my constituents In New England
care about things way out on the Pa
cific coast? I'd give 'em Yellowstone
National park for a freight sldin' if
'twas any use to 'em,' he says. So
you see" ?
"1 must go." broke In Stevens, ris
ing and glancing at his watch. "It
will soon be daylight."
"If you must have sleep, go, but you
must be here at 9 o'clock sharp In the
moruitig." said Peabody. "Steinert
will sleep here with me. We'll all
have breakfast together here in my
rooms ana a
final consulta
tion."
"You won't
pi .id anything
really desperate,
Pea body, will
you? I think I'd
rather"?
"Nousense, Ste
vens, of course
not Our game
will be to try
to weaken Lang
don, to prove to
him In the morn
ing that he alone
* will suffer, be
"Suppose Langdon cause our Iianlet)
does not weaken t , ,
do not appear la
the land deals. The options were
signed and the deeds signed by our
agents. Don't you see? Whereas his
daughter and son and future son-ln-luw
actually took land In their own
names."
"IIow clumsy!"
"Yes. Such amateurism lowers the
dignity of the United States senate,"
Peabody answered dryly.
"But suppose T^angdon does not
weaken?" asked Stevens anxiously as
be picked up bis bat and coat.
"Then we will go Into action with
our guns loaded," was the reply.
Continued next week.
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"We will teach those trusts a
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"Don't do It," answered Senator
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