The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-12
Stories of an Inland State.

Treat, who is in the pen. / know further
that this same Jim has no sister, although
you claimed you were his sister to the gey-
ernor. / know further that you moved the
old tape-worm over in the state house and
got him to sign the pardon. Jane III be
honest with you. Your fine clothes at first
led me astray. I thought you were. But
Jane I am onto the whole racket. 1 have
heard of you for the last year-and to think
you should be my own daughter. I'm
proud of you, Jane, proud of your talent
for that takes talent and it's as honorable
as robbing the state through appropria-
items and introducing bills against corpor-
atoms so they will buy an adverse report
from the committeeman they all do that"
''What are you talking about?''
"Jane / know everything. Such things
come to me by intuition. I think, too, /
can put two and two together. There is a
beautiful woman in the United States who,
for fee, will appear before governors and
move them into giving pardons, You're
the woman
"Wen?'' she asked.
81 want to congratulate you, Jane, on
your last job. You're a chip off the old
block
Corder was really pleased with his daugh-
ter; pleased because of her talent in his
own fleld-politics, and pleased more in an
indirect way that she was not as he had sus
pected her, when he had seen her in Gin
cinnati with her fine apparel.
He didn't sign the pardon" she said
simply.
Jane! He didn't, His private secretary
told me himself the governor asked him to
draw up the pardon. He didn't sign it?"
"No. Some man at his side took II from
the table unsigned and put it in his pocket
and told the governor It should not be
granted
Mark Wayne" and Corder nodded as
he said it.
What is he?''
''king of everything in this section. Why
did he do it?''
Because the mans wife had been there
before me and he said had neither beauty
or eloquence and failed
That's just like Wayne"
The two sat in silence.
and you lose your fees?' asked her
father.
She lied to him coolly.
Eyes" she replied.
'Jane.' he said. ST can help you"
Here was a chance for one politician to
use another. Jane accepted II.
What can you do?' she asked.
I'm close to Wayne. I'll work to make
him keep his hands Off He has steno-
grapher, named Anne Boiling. Her mother
lives In the south part of town. Go and
board there. Get into the girls affections.
Make her make your case hers and get her
to ask the Boss. She's got influence if she'd
only use it. Keep away from the Boss. You
can't work him. Keep a running fire on the
governor. You've got him now. Hold
him.
You want no pay?" she asked.
''None."
The next day Corder went to the Boss.
''Mr. Wayne" he said. "I do not often
ask favors of you do I?''
mo"
"Well, I want to do that now. I want
you to withdraw your influence against the
pardon of Jim Treat"
"Oh! So that beautiful sister has got you
hypnotized too? The governors plumb
iaft and his private secretary and the
deputy. You are all crazy"
Let him have the PARDON
''Tll do nothing of the kind IL can help
t." said Wayne. You are all acting like
A pretty face has capsized
he whole load. The mans wife came here,
/ poor, weakened, dried-up, ugly little
country girl and the governor refused. A
pretty face came along and he acceded.
It's burning shame and you and the gov
error and the whole outfit ought to be
ashamed OF yourselves"
Corder withdrew. He had failed and had
lurt his daughters case rather than helped
Meanwhile Miss Treat, in her simple black
lress was boarding at the home of Miss
Boiling, the stenographer, who quickly fell
n love with her and talked for hours SYM
over the sad case OF her BROTH |
r. Miss Treat never asked Miss Boling's |
assistance She was far too clever for that. |
Sut she wept when they were alone at |
light and the brunette stenographer would |
ay her cheek against the red gold hair OF
he distressed woman and calm her.
And it was all Mark Wayne's fault. Mark !
Wayne, her kind-hearted employer. Why |
hould he of all men stand in the way OF !
his woman's happiness? She could not |
it. She had almost volunteered |
N several occasions to go to him and ex
lain the case. He would listen to her. Blu. |
er respect for him. and her long habit of |
with him forbade her.
One night in a moment of desperation |
he said:
81 shall go TO Mr.. Wayne myself and ten |
I'M everything /
Miss Treat became sober-and sincere. |
he had come to love the woman before |
er. love her Ike a sister.
mo- she said. Don't do that. II might |
urt you with him. II would be an inter-
erence. Don't do it.
Jane Corder meant what she said. Blu. |
pposition was a good card-better than /
he meant to play.
Yes I will Anne said. "Tll do it,
The other woman begged now; pleaded
18th her not 10 do it And she was in ear
est.
But Miss Boiling was firm. The next day
he put the matter of until close 10 the
con hour. Then she spoke to Mark
Wayne:
Mr.. Wayne" she said. You have been
cry good to me. don't want to do Q.
ay anything that I ought not. But must
peak to you now. I want you TOTO with
raw your objections 10 the pardon of
ames Treat"
you. too" gasped the Boss.
He stood a long time studying. This |
oman had never asked a favor before.
Miss Boling's white face grew tinged with
"a. Her reQues; was efrontery. L was
ne infrsction of her custom. Could she |
ave withdrawn IT gracefully now she |
ould have done so.
Mark Wayne looked up at her.
To grant her request was the fracture OF
principle with him-a principle which had !
nd adarnarr acainsr the cnre-rc- and |