Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-04-18

curlty QeDt your sOu-lu-idW iet you IL
for?"
"It was $4,000. It is an honest
debt, and I shall pay It."
But not out of the salary Of q cir.
cult judge" Bucks interposed. MOI
yet out of the fees you make your
clerks divide with you. And that isn't
all. Have you forgotten the gerry.
mander business? How would you
like to see the true inwardness Of that
in the newspapers"
The Judge shrank as II the huge ges.
turing hand had struck him.
"You wouldn't dare" he began
'You were in that, too, deeper than"
Again the governor interrupted him
"Cut 1t out" he commanded. "I can
reward, and can punish. You are
not going to do anything technically
illegal; but, by the gods, you are going
to walk the line laid down for you
II you don't, shall give the documents
In the gerrymander affair to tha pa
pers the day after you fall. Now well
60 and see Falkland"
MacFarlane made one last protest.
"For Gods sake, Bucks! spare me
that. It Is nothing less than the foul
est collusion between the judge, the
counsel for the plaiptif-and ths
dewitt"
"Cut that out, too, and come along,
said the governor, brutaily; and by tha
steadying help Of the chair, the door
post and the wall Of the corridor, he
led the way to the parlor suite on the
floor below.
The conference In Falklapd's rooml
was chiefly q monologue with the
sharp-spoken New York lawyer In the
speaking part When It was concluded
the Judge took his leave abruptly
pleading the lateness Of the hour and
his duties for the morrow. When he
was gone the New Yorker began again
"You won't want to be known In
this, take It," he said. nodding at the
governor. "Mr. Hawk here will an
swer we'll enough for the legal part,
but how about the business end Of It?
Have you got man you can trust?"
The governors yellow eyebrows met
in a meaning scowl. ......
"I've got q man can hang, which
10 more to the purpose. It's Maj. Jim
GuiIford, He lives here; want to meet
him?"
"God forbidi" said Falkland, fervent-
Iy. He rose and whipped himself in
to bis oyercoat, turning to Hawk:
"Haye your young man get me a car
riage, and see to 1t that my special
is ready to pull east when ! give the
word, will you?"
Hawk went obediently, and the New
Yorker had his final word with the
governor alone.
81 think we understand each other
perfectly" he said. "You are to have
the patronage: We are to pay for all
actual betterments for which vouchers
can be shown at the close Of the deal.
All we ask is that the stock be de.
pressed to the point agreed upon with
in the half-year."
Its going to be done." said the
governor, trying as he could to keep
the eye-image Of his fellow-conspirator
from multiplying itself by two.
"All right. Now as to the court af-
fair. If it is managed exactly as
have outlined, there will be no trouble
and no recourse for the other fell
lows. When I say that, I'm leaving
out your supreme court. Under GER
tain conditions, If the defendants
hardship could be definitely shown,
a writ of certiorari and supersedeas
might issue. How about that?"
The governor closed one eye slowly,
the better to check the troublesome
multiplying process.
"The supreme court won't move in
the matter. The ostensible reason
will be that the court Is now two years
behind its docket"
."And the real reason?"
"Of the three justices, one Of them
was elected on our ticket; another is
q personal friend Of Judge MacFar-
lane. The goods will be delivered"