Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-07-28

boss" eye, Of a suspicious tone In
his voice, yet Chester had an uncom-
Portable consciousness that what he
had said struck Mr.. Pratt as very
l~udicrous. And his impression to that
effect was correct.
"A all events" continued the lead
er, there is no hurry. For several
months to come there will be nothing
going on but district organization and
general preparatory work, which is
almost entirely in the hands of the
central committee. During that time
you had better get q foothold in the
Eleventh assembly district. If O
don't live in it already you will do
well : omove there SOON. L will give
you a note to a man you ought to
know. Cultivate him q little, and he
will post you and introduce O
around to the boys, and between us
L guess we can find something tenn
porarily for you as a start. When we
know you better, Mr.. Sewall, l have
no doubt we will be able to do better
for you, but the main thing at pres
ent is to get n local foothold. Drop
In and see ME again in n few DAYS.
While speaking Mr.. Pratt had been
rapidly ocrawling a note of introduce
ton which he handed to Chester as he
said lin a few days. a phrase which
the young man rightly accepted as a
dismissal.
"You will find Mr.. Cofferty a dia.
mond, but rather in the rough" re-
marked the boss smilingly as he stood
up to take leave Of his visitor. you
are too much of a mar of the world to
take nNnnntinn 10 Liz. ,,au1.. - -,
count of his business and L do not
u you and he will like each other
upon acquaintance. Go right up stairs
and show your note at the wicket, and
it Will gain you admittance at once.
Good day, Mr.. Sewall, good day"
Chester went away from the pres
ence somewhat dazed by those final
instructions, and when he reached the
street looked with no little curiosity
at the superscription upon the note
that had been given him. 1t was adj
dressed to "Mr. Daniel Cofferty'' at d
certain number on T~hirty-first street,
not far from Broadway. lie went to
deliver 1t at once and readily found
the indicated number overa narrow
stairway at the side of a saloon.
A burly man, with a keen, hawklike
race, STOOD In the doorway, with his
hands in his pockets, but moved aside
sufficiently for Chester to pass, and
then turning eyed him sharply as he
%ascended the steps. At the top of the
flight was a door, with n bell pull be-
side it and a wicket in one Of the up
per panels. He gave a tug at the bell
pull and could hear a little "click" be-
You'd the door in response to which
the wicket opened and a black face
pecred out at him. Upon the expo
sition of the note the door swung
open noiselcssly, and he entered. AS
he did so he observed, with a little
surprise, that the door was nearly
three inches thick, plated inside with
Il sheet of iron and secured by Il for
midable system of bolts, chains and a
huge wooden bar. A half dozen steps
along a narrow hall brught him to
another door, the entrance to a large
and elegantly furnished suit Of par
lors, where there were already some
twenty-five OF thirty men, n few OF
whom were gathered about n roulette
wheel, but by far the greatest number
clustered at Il faro table.
Continued Next Week.)