Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-01
pany, who read us follows:

| puuy, WHO Tettu us IOllOWS:
"All ballots are straight. No. ticket
has received the preferences of the
holders Of 5.l50 shares. No. ticket
has received the preferences of the
holders of 1850 shares No. / ticket is
therefore elected"
"Here!' cried Kelvin. There's some
mistake about this. Well verify those
ballots"
| expected reply from Donaldson,
but he had crossed to the end OF the
table where Carl was sitting. l fol-
lowed and touched him on the shout
der.
"How the dickens did we get such
a result as that?" 1 asked. "Thorn-
dyke must have voted for us and Bum
against u.s.
'Thorndyke voted for u.s." said Don
aldson, land Bum voted for US. This
man voted against u.s."
Carl! exclaimed. Impossible"
"My son tried to warn me of this
long ago." said Donaldson, land l
would not hear him."
at is a matter of business" said
Carl harshly. 81 am stakeholder of
this company. l vote as my interest
dictates"
'Thorndyke," cried Donaldson, seiz-
ing the mans arm US he was passing,
did my son know how you were going
| to vote2"
well, to be frank with you." replied
Thorndyke, your son Is responsible
for it. l had thought that saw my
interest clear to vote with the other
party, but at late hour Last even
Ing your son came to my house with
Mr.. Bum, and l then learned what an
Internally crooked game this man Kel-
win has been playing. Between us,
| gentlemen, and to use the slang of the
day, / couldn't stand for it."
"Why didn't you lift the weight
from our minds by telling us this?
demanded
young Mr.. Donaldson desired that
l should say nothing" was the reply,
land l seemed to see his point"
For the first time in his life Thorn
dyke had kept secret.
Don't you understand" said Don
aldson. "Archer, Archer! He's the
man whom my son was fighting
against. If Bum had stayed away,
Archer would have voted with us, and
we'd have lost the election just the
same, supposing that Thorndyke had
not changed his mind But with Bum
here to vote for us and Thorndyks
supposedly safe for the Kelvin party,
| ,.so 70 t,,c IL
and 1t could be turned IN no other toay.
i Kelvin would force him to cast it.
Donald has foreseen this long time.
It was the only way to unmask this
man completely"
"Unmask. eh?" cried Carl. "Well, I'll
do little unmasking. Kelvin, where's
that man GillespieY'
Come away" growled Kelvin.
you're making fool of yourself. It's
all over"
mo; not quite" said Carl. "Jim
Bum, answer me this: Who stole that
money? Who got the $4,000? You
/ know. Is this the manY
He struck Donaldson roughly on the
shoulder.
NO." answered Bum almost in a
whisper. ''You'll get no lies from me. I
am the man."
Carts hands dropped to his sides.
"Are you-are you such ID fool
as that? Go to states prison. then, If
you want to and die in cage like a
rat"
Bum shrank away as If he had re-
ceived n blow in the face, while Archer
turned on his heel and walked out Of
the room, followed by Kelvin.
"He has played the game too hard"
said Donaldson. 'The strain has smash.
ed his wits"
upon my word" said 1. 81 don't
quite see what his game was"
Power" answered Bum. "Kelvin's
control Of this road would have forced
your business into the trust. You
would have made the best terms you
could and would have retired from nc.
tive management. Kelvin promised
Archer that he should have the whip
hand of everything here. and you can
see what that would have meant fol-
Donaldson. AS for me, they had me in
a trap"