New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-11-30

when the task was over Mr.. Smith Weed got 0ut :
quietly by the door, and the mysterious youns
man went in to supper with his uncle THE pub
lie interest in an honest skilful performance Of
official trust" said the old gentleman as he helped
himself to corn-dodger must not be sacrificed
TO the usufruct of the incumbents. Have You
heard from the South to-dayp The young man
! looked HIM in the face and said "No." The slight
est possible movement quivered in the venerable
gentleman's left eye, vanishing before one could be
| qnte sure of IT, as he remarked ~ have been
! asleep all the afternoon and evening" The young
man cOughed and said the tea very hot
On Saturday morning. when the young man let
himself into the back parlor, the desk was already
covered with kilograms, the accumulatiOns of the
| previous night. Smith Weed, disguised as the
| butcher, entered by the kltchen-way with basket
on his arm. 1t isn't meat" he whispered; " moth
| ing but hatfull of dispatches from Columbia
about HaskelPs June. That will have to wait"
The cipher messages came thick and fast all day.
"Woolley to be buffy" said Weed, as he
! translated dispatch signed Fox" Select some one
! in whom you have more confidence, p" You'll have
| to smooth him down. And Marble has got his
| shoulders up high as his ears" Here
| an exclamation burst from the younger
| cOnspiTatOr, as he finished the Transportation
! of a telegram beginning Certificate required to
Moses decision" Wont you listen to this Weed:
! Have just received proposition to hand at
any hour required Tden decision of Board and
certificate of Governor for 100000. MOses.'n
Well" said Weed. of all the high-pesaure jack.
asses ever saw, that Marble -. Do you suppose
the man doesn't know that Woolley has got the
same thing for quarter of the money! Answer
him short say Bolivia Brazil : that's enough.
And now what's to be done about that eight thOus'
and for Oregon n
Just there. at the bottom of the pile of messages,
lay a sealed envelope directed to Colonel W. T. Pei.
ton. 1t contained a certificate of deposit for
$4,000, and there nothing to show
from whom it came, for what it was
intended. Smith and William looked at it. Then
they looked at each other. "Ahem u said Weed
" how do you suppose 1t came there Y " | can't
imagine" said William. A telegram immedi.
atcly forwarded to Patrick in Portland" Cutie
doctrInal for consectary" Deposited eight fOI
cOunsel-fee as directed. Understand not to be used
unless they carry arrangement, recognize Demo.
cratic electOr and duly forward his vote to Vice
President" The cOnsplrators worked all night ana
all day Sunday, messages pouring III upon them ri
the rate of twenty-five an hour. second dispatch
was sent to Patrick, " Go ahead do not fail" The
newly commissioned agent at Columbia began
to telegraph about raising twice and hall
times four thousand dollars to purchae
four State Senators and couple new negroes
before anything further was heard from lallahas-
see, and then came proposal from Moses to supply
vote of one Republican member Of Board for bali
hundred best United States documents" followed
in the small hours of Monday morning by the ques-
ton from WoOlley May Fox give hundred
thousand less half ?" " William" said Mr. Weed,
" those internal idiots are both bidding for the
same vote" And so William telegraphed to
Woolley: See Israel and act in conjunction with
him. You must coincide, you will ruin each
other"
At breakfast the old gentleman said 10 his
nephew, II am afraid you are studying too
hard Take a walk around the square
before you go back 10 your books. Have you heard
ANYTHING from the South y The nephew looked
him in the face and said NO" and then be went
for walk. When he came back he found few
words penciled on the margin of the last telegram
from Moses. They read Eight fifty, ten ;" and were
signed "Mr. Smith, of Chicago" At the perusal
(which name William smiled. Dispatches in cipher
were now sent Oft fast as they could he written.
To Patrick in Oregon went the message: Matters
fixed here just yOn first directed" To +. IN
Columbia the message ran "WIll do as re-
CURED If il will secure several electors"
And to Marble there was this important
reply: " Proposition accepted if done only once.
Better consult with WoOiley and act IN concert
Which being done, the cOnsDlratOrs placed their
right forefngers by the side of their noses, and
creeping of the sought little rest and re-
freshment while the thing was working"
Toward evening however. there came tremendous
rush of telegraph boys to Gramcrcy Park aud every
message was loaded with trouble. The dispatch to
Marble had been mutIlated in transmission and
nobody could understand it. Max. and Fox. and
Moses, all clamOred in frantic haste and anxiety
for an explanation. ThOraX was IN mess at New
Orleans. +. was brought to a dead halt at Column
bia Patrick had LETT Portland and the deposit
could not be drawn. Time pressed. Everything
was going wrong. The message TO Marble was
repeated. +. was advised that it " would be hui
name TO imprison the Hayes electors IN separate
cells till after Wednesday" Senator Kelly, in
Oregon was urged to act in Patricks place. But
the golden opportunity had slipped away. The
fatal reply soon came from Woolley, Power re-
ceyed too late :" and Marble added Proposition
failed. Tell Russia to saddle Blackstone" IL was
then that the mysterious William sent the fual de-
spaIring kilograms to Senator Kelly: . Let no
technlcality prevent winning. There must be no
mistake. All depends on you Place no reliance Oh
any favorable report from three Southern States
When it was all over Smith Weed went
home, the dictionaries put by, the
watchfu mental took bis eye away from
the crack of the door, and having bad cold
III that organ proceeded to bathe it, and the young
man. looking rather and crestfallen, joined his
uncle in the drawing-room. The old gentleman was
pacing the floor in state Of great agitation. 1.-THE
cause have represented,' said ne, has embraced
the largest and hottest interests of humanity" And
then sinking into a char. he remarked: " William,
great fraud has been committed, which the Ameri-
can people will never cOndone-neyer, never,
neyer!"
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