The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-11-06

a4lniGAt AZ about fhis No. - -
visited by Q man IN plain ejothaa-
Slept on your drunk yeti" n -
quired blandiy.
Sir" replied Kane with such dig
nifty as he could muster, despite his
torn collar and otherwise damaged ap-
pearance. "sir. I have not been drink
ing I am the victim OF q terrible mis
take or else Of q conspiracy. u"
.'Oh, chuck that" said the man In
plain clothes. You're drunk and
you've been disorderly. Don't you for
get that Now. the question is. do
you want to appear In police court to-
morrow, or shall we let you so. being
as you're kind of sobered up?"
The spirit Of the martyr sustained
Kane TOR two hours longer, the plain
tervals.
You'd best go home and not be too
confident ial like about your spree"
he advised, as the clock struck two.
And don't you forgit,' he added,
that we've got witnesses. and mum
Der of 'em, and you amt.
1t has always been bitterness and
gall to Kane that in his hour Of mortal
weakness he accepted this advice, but
he probably deals with himself too Sc
yereIy. To be sure, he could not have
known at the time that his wife would
save the situation, and his reputation
as man above corrupt influence, by
herself expelling Bigelow from the
vicinity and closing the dance hall.
But it was prudent If not heroic to re-
alize that his methods were a failure.
His wife's more direct endeayors
which were crowned with almost i'm
mediate success. were largely due to
her confidence in the political acumen
of the baker. She heard him declare
that the one man who could put a stop
to the dance hall nuisance was
O'Brien, the Tammany district leader.
At the next meeting of the Mothers
Club she accordingly proposed that he
be appealed to. There were instant
protests, and some members threat
ened to resign.
"Then 1 shall go myself" she de-
clared.
Gard 1 will go with you, said Mrs.
Early.
They found O'Brien in the dining
room of his small apartment on the
| floor playing with small edition OF
| himself who crowed immoderately.
He listened to them gravely and with.
| out establishment.
"They told me that you were the
one who could stop it," said Mrs.
Kane, and she added earnestly: "As
soon as 1 saw that you've children OF
your own, l knew you would"
At the rooms of the O'Brien Outing
and Clambake Association they say OF
their president that nothing ever sur
prises or startles him. Undoubtedly
it is true enough but the big hand
fondIng the child stopped short and
rested still for one dramatic moment
in the boys curly locks as Mrs. Kane
said this. O'Brien is fortunate in pos
sessing an open mind. He Is not
above accepting suggestion.
j. He also has other excellent quail
ties, and some of these he exhibited
the next day when ne paid brief visit
to headquarters.
Whose graft is that new place OF
Bigelow's in my district" he inquired
without preface.
A name was whispered in his ear.
''WelI, l say, he's got the nerve,
said O'Briel as he went to the tele
phone.
At 9 o'clock that evening the cap
tain of the precinct walked in full uni
form to the door of the dance hall ant
demand admittarce in the name O
the law The proprietor hurried tt
him with angry inquiry.
Goose up" said the captain.
do you mean it?"
Yes, l mean it.
Look here, Captain, you know In
right
"You were right, but you amt" sait
the captain. Nov close up, and b.
quick about it."
Fifteen minutes later the lights wer,
out. The dance hall is now a highl.
respectable if not largely attended
mission.
AS for Kane, restored by his Wife
prowess to the good opinion of hi
neighbors. he alludes in vague phrase
to dark pages in his life history, ant
permits his hearers to understand tina
: there are things which he might tel
if he elected to do SO. But he neve
tells.-Morgan Eliot in New Yorl
Press.
One Good Scotch Story.