The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-28

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Il 70 7IoRE VoZZSS -
- said ai the smooth se h-faeed nan;
" RI ,we'vc got to get Two nlorc.''''i5
y IS@%ESy We've got TO quit loser snid
& V&ks2eseI the man witllsa black muStac lle,i
S'and we nigh t MS well face the! music
There's no possibili ty&of getting \ single,
one more. s ct q man In the othear@lis 81
cam be touched. Il and you know q I. ms
Il well as III do. Can twell. " N S.t8
~ know that IN never WI pred until
the last name OH the roll lis Ca led: Sel'u
i for Shacklett$as soon as you can, BARD,
" and lets 60 over It. gain. ,3si
Baird stepped overt 9 the dull on al Y
2callcdst the bellboy While thattyouth with
carefully coinbed hair, BACKED shoes and.
worn Jacket was So unterillg up the sta lrs
q Baird wrote 4 a e not q {#s Ics 4 did mot look
I pleased. He stopped & In Il he mic Idle h, 70
say that lie knew W hen he was Hshipnod.
u Cantwell finished his scrutiny ~ he list;
sSof names before him md thcnsren,a maj :! Z
The minute hand of the 81 ock$ held aloft
Y BY Mercury on the ymantel liza dsnot Used
y over more liza n# as qua rter irclci
before Sfacklett came lin, Wl til a knock
that apparently wa $ merely o. announce.
4 his arrival rat Their than to ask admission
He fel t at home iii that room liz he I.e-
land Six weeks before 4 he had IS tied
5for the ans wer Z his knock before wall !!
ling In and for the next 4 hrce, weeks he
had entered tina I'D oor5 a all times or me
day and night. TIe knew where the i5cl-3
Il CARS were kept. " hen the box on the table:
became empty II eSS knew which of the
1 two clnirs on the side opposite the gate
and away FROM the 6windo was I he more
comforta bic. hen liz, ca ME up the eleva :
G8tor he never IA We nunbero the room
stoathes boy but Srnerel sal rlor floor
" Once when he eft tho Eel evators Senator
v Cunninghal, wa S ina no act Of eayinE
sSthsErooln and Shacklett walked lownftha
n corridor inSthc oppos site direcuon with "
expression of X intercs ted amusement on
Il his face and a mental note for futurs
Y use. sfls Sisss ati sisfi " 4is5!s
Good morning ~ lie said impersonally,
\ s heslaid his hat and cane on the bed.
I. How,s The game going nov Got EN- all
- in hand. or! have you. dropped the cards?lt
looks up at the Country cluh like old
llaney's going II to civ O YOU N u fight for
street. and he tai ed q bout you wi thout.
swearing 4 sure you We got EN- stacAtAi
TO beat him ii sS5 he w 5-t
wv need two more loan you get en- III
II ame from caa,twcll \ 81 an order from
ahe quarterback, and vet wlth$Sa faint
4 tlnge Of appea In the tone
sitsg Don t know ~ how bad do you want
long And Sha exile tt stepped up TO he
mirror to give his hair that charactcris
s6tic pat with his fingers N II
81 .CanByout get then, for three thousand
\ Hpiece? said C,antWell,
sShack|ett turned around, b took a. cigar
turned a. smile upon both men like a;
sweeping seartA,lig ht...'lighted the cigar
and reached .fors' his hat and cane. 8
81 thought you wanted to see me, = bai
IL remarked In the mos t pleasant OF tones:
AM I'll 60 over to the Senate and see the
III Not e. ssSF5 Nh ~ $f $if
" hat do you want? r, Baird claimed:
receiver and said Can YOU get two
a more Is what i want to know
i58fa"I can't promises; you know I've got
x Some pretty leary ones now and made
4 1 hem right It's a long shot and i can't
& tell what ] tan do. If you must have
4 body can, guess you know how hard.
shall I try?
Cantwell's VOICE had a vibrant ring as
Il he played his very last card In the words:
.,I'Il give you $40, 000 for two more votes:
81 Two & or none, you understand
1911 can't promise you anything, gentle
4 men,. said Shacklctt; = don't know;
whether can get them or not, Give
mo the money in centuries and III either
deliver 1he votes Il t roll call or return 1t
Il TO you this evening. You know It's a big
L contract. and it's uncertain. You've stir
red up such a hullubaloo that It's worth
4 II mans lie to even dream about your
4 bill. You ought 10 have got down here
With your money a month sooner. Every!
4 farmer knows this bill Ii u plain old
q Chicago steal. and you've got TO simply
ask a man 70 ruin himself for so much
ruin But 5I'il see II I can find one
g willing 10 he ruined between now and
r,p clf- -, M hrn., Ia ne
smile into Il little laugh as he went out.
y t-s He walked rapidly TO the elevator, drop
ped 10 the first floor, and only nodded to
"a several senator's In the lobby on his way
TO the street. He was moi planning, He
had done that wnile in cantWcll q and
+ Bairds room. He wanted to get TO the
II State House in the shortest lime. and
he looked a little veNed when he found
no carriage at the entrance 10 the hotel.
N He walked quietly around the corner and
started up the street that looks directly
upl,to the capitol Of Illinois,
M But Shacklett saw neither the State
81 House dome nor the ugly brown bridge,
st3 He saw the face Of a girl over at WAR
saw. He had not meant to tell her that
4 he loves her. but that evening when they
4 were coming home from NnnvDo along the
3 river road lie half told it, and the girl
on his telling the other half
THE moon was only a little more than a
q slim crescent hanging over the Iowa
bluffs but every ray OF III spectral bright
ness was reflected from each wave In
The river The lights Of keokuk shone
like q string o gems along the top or the
nigh bluff, and the red and grtEn lights
Y below along the western shore and over
Inc locks OF the canal added 70 lie SUPER
natural tone OF the scene,
The hoarse tone Of an excursion boat
growing out notice Of rs approach ha n!
Turned the conversation between Shack
lett and The girl along the channel i,f
J 1be friends waiting eagerly in the town
1ur the signal that tbs passengers lh !.
S safely returned Tire ilf.t minute Shack
actt waa taking about Us wrong OF max
a8ang ones friends wait for himi The echoes
pf The. last long blast from lie bahte