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formed purposes now. Murphy leaned
forward and contemplated him.
What are we worth?" she said.
Enough he replied. '"They will be
properly provided for" He was think
ing of something outside the room.
What were ye doin' in tn hash
house-when ye belong UP town?"
II do not know-fate, perhaps"
st believe it," she said, and there
was silence for a time. Then Murphy
tore piece of paper from bag which
had held sausages and showed it to-
ward him.
Write me cheque there-me names
ASH give here thirty dollars month
for ten years-she won't live so long
So put yer address ON another piece of
paper-fer ye can't lose me-" She leaned
across the table and narrowed her eyes
as she regarded him. The two sat thus
moment and then the man wrote.
There's time to get to the bank" she
continued. You're goin' wit me-; If
ye should drop dead on tn way l still
have tn order for tn money-'n' I'll
collect it unless we've lied about yer
bank account" She nodded at him con-
fidently, and he smiled the smile of
hope. Certainly it did not occur to him
that one part of the transaction was
more strange than another.
Come, now" she said; we must
hurry, fur mebby she's in none too
good shape, N must get back" Then
they went out. Murphy returned to
the room within the hour. aroused the
Counter Woman to her satisfaction,
and then permitted the woman to
sleep again while she herself sat by
till the day slipped into night.
Just before the early summer day
the Counter Woman sat up and stared
about her till she found Murphy, and
after that 1t was minutes before IN
telligence looked from her eyes
where is he?" she asked strug-
Cling up.
Gone" said Murphy. When the
fact finally penetrated the woman
lunged toward Murphy and fell upon
her shoulder Murphy had risen to an
ticipate the shock.
''Why's he gomez" she asked. gath
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,naIf formed idea Of the imperfect hus-
band. For one thing she knew him to
have been twenty three when he had
married Pearl-and that Pearl had
been ten years older.
After that night in ner room Murphy
often looked at the counter-woman and
philosophical upon the rights and
wrongs of life and as to which was
which. There was no change in the
inimitable Pearl. unless IL was that she
wept more readily than common, and
with less discrimination as to where
her. tears should fall. But there came
a day in the hot summer which
marked time for her.
1t was just before Murphy's knock
ing off hour on Wednesday-wh
meant oclock-and the rush was at
its worst, when Pearl met up with
him once more. Murphy, who was
taking a sandwich from Pearl, saw a
tranceike look come upon her face
and suspended action of the hands.
and she followed the womanis
gaze to where it impaled a man who
had just sat at one of the tables.
Hello, Murphy" said the woman,ln
q low tone. Instinctively she know
what had happened in the light of cer-
tain exclusive knowledge that had pe-
come hers on the night Pearl had gone
over to NIurphy's room.
When Murphy spoke the Counter iWo5
man looked at her without comprehen-.
sion and left her place. Almost within
the moment she returned wearing hel.
hat, and, ignoring the propriety of OBJ
tanning preliminary privilege from the
manager she crossed to where the
doomed man sat and laid her hand upon
him. There was no speech. no indica-
tion of words of explanation between
them. The man simply rose like ole
suddenly gone dead, yet stirred by a
secret mechanism, and followed her.
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''As a bad. dream
"Ye never thought that she might be
starvin' 49,
ut was part Of the bad dream.
did not dare provide for her; If she
had discovered the hand that fed her II
would have killed me then, as It he's
killed me now"
"Oh, yer not dead yet" Murphy mer-
toned I'VE didn't divorce her like o
good man and poor Catholic
because to divorce her was to ac-
knowledge that had married her"
Eye poor article!" murmured Murphy,
with fine, pointed contempt, yet with
a tolerance FOR weakness which was
evidently for the better part. THE di-
rectory-yer name in tn business?"
my name did not appear in my bus
mess. 1 took care for that. l am the
firm of y, 2 & Co.. he said, and
Murphy leaned back in her chair TO
look at him. n
"Y-, z-?" she repeated, The
name meant something even to Murphy.
"Well!" she resumed, after a minute.
What are ye goin to do? Are ye soin'
to live wit her?p she asked, encourag-
ingly. The man turned his, eyes. to-
ward the dirty heap upon the horrid
bed, whence came snores and heavy
breathing, then he looked again at
Murphy.
"Well, I'm not pushin' We off TIL
dock" she hastened to say, because
there was no mistaking the mans ex-
preston. 1t was not distracted, it was
resolved What folks have ye"-
Among them-a little girl, about 50
high he said whimsically, and he
held his hand about three feet from the
floor so you see-it is the dock-for
mine" His manner was no longer OPP
pressed. He seemed to have well
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Him as I've been drunk m dramin' fur
these twilve years Me time has comet
and she shook her fist under his nose
Murphy stood just beside and between
them. and at this moment the man un-
der the spell turned his eyes upon het
ana something in her face seemed ia
break the continuity of his horror. Ht
Strengthened himself, breathej deep
passed shapely hand across his eyes
and slightly relaxed in his chair.
'Its me treat, Pearl" Murphy said
placing her pint flask upon the table
we've got'm In tn dark, so let's have
somethin' out Of 1t before We Kill him
Murphy poured a drink from the pint
flask and held it toward the Counter
Woman. Here" she continued, speak
ing to the man; its your funeral, but
just tn same ven drink at it2-sae
inadvertently poured him a drink from
Pearls bottle instead of from-the flask
she had brought in with her. Nov.
then, Pearl here's to his hands crossed
and a peaceful smile upon his facel"
And thus aroused the Counter Woman
drank again.. and ditheh the woman who
couldn't get drunk presently arose and
stared atlMurphS with contracted pu-
pills.
Murphy. g, she said. and put out her
heavy hand without direction of motive,
.e'si' down? said Murphy.
Yer me frind?"9she asked, with pc
culiar effort.
IF We have sense. enough to know IT,"
Murphy remarked, all the while mar
rowly regarding her as she more or less
slumped in her chair. The man seemed
to observe all as one apart and op-
pressed with some ghostly spell The
horror of his expression had not
changed since the Counter Woman's
hand had fallen upon him.
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phys point of view; frequently it was
his own.
"And the woman?"--
rs just a poor thing, m couldn't be
helped"
you are perfectly convinced of
these things. Murphy"
"By me soul and tn Hash Housei"
Murphy. 1 congratulate YOU. The
sudden relief that gladdened Murphy's
face was almost pathetic.
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portunities fortune presented to him. He
was born on farm in Mills county, Ia,
and was graduated at % at Tabor College.
one OF the smaller colleges of the Hawkeye
State. For two years he taught school in
Nebraska town to get money enough to Sc
cure an education in the law. He was grad
uat d from the University of Nebraska
law college in 1893 and had praotised only
three years when he was made member
OF the Nebraska Legislature.
In Nebraska young lawyers deem II part
OF their training. and incidentally pretty
good advertising, to hold political Office.
Most OF them run either for County Attor-
ney or for the Legislature. Mr.. Burkett was
comparatively unknown. but he happened
to be located ight and to have the needed
number of votes at his command to secure
a place on the slate. He was nominated
and elected. This was in 1890.
At that time D. L. Thompson, now Am
bassador to Brazil. was the local Republican
leader. In 1898 he picked upon Burket
10 mako the Congressional race against
a District Judge Of learning and high stand
ing, but who Was at outs with the local
machine. Burkett had made a favorable
impression upon Thompson during his
legislative career. and he had enough
strength outside the organization TO make
him a valuable ally. He won by narrow
margin, but was elected easily. notwith-
standing the Bryan landslide of two years
previously.
once In Congress Mr. Burkett proceeded
70 make himself Indispensable to his con-
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tereeted In Ireland's freedom probably
more than Kelly ever was scout the idea
that he has been murdered because OF the
enemies he made In Irish societies.
1T is ridiculous" said a man in this city
who knew Kelly we'll. Every time an
Irishman OF any account drops out Of sight
some one sets up the cry that the Fenians
have murdered him. It getting TO be such
n Joke that Irishmen laugh at 1t more
heartily tam any one else. / understand
there was some friction in one Of the Irish
societies OF which Kelly was q member, but
wc1ld It be en- iriah society unless there
was frichon2 Show mo an Irish society
and / will show you members who DON'T
agree with their brother members.
In my opinion there Is nothing IN the
murder by secret society enemies yarn.
That statement Is made advisedly' LOT l
knew Kelly and great deal about the
societies with which he was connected
When Kelly began to branch out In pusi-
ness he became interested In cotton nii'
In Philadelphia. Later he became a OIL
rector Of the Continental Trust Company.
He attended a meeting OF the directors Oh
the trust company the day he disappeareo'
Before going to the meeting he visited nus
sister. Mrs. Patrick Kelly OF 22s9 North
Second street, Philadelphia, and presented
n gold watch to his nephew. Kelly was
cheerful then and in his accustomed GOOD
spirits. When he left his sister he told her
he was going to the trust company meet
ing.
The meeting was held In the forenoon
Kelly apparently went straight to It from
his sisters. Nothing unusual happened
at the meeting and he left it with several
OF the other directors before noon After
stopping for few minutes In the street to
chat with the others Kelly started away
alone. No trace Of him can be found after
be rarted with his fellow directors.
He didn't appear at his grocery store
the next day or the day following, nor at
the cotton mill. His only relatives In the
citv his sister and brother-in-law, we're
informed of his Disappearance. They,
with his business associates. thought he
had been called away ON sudden business
trim and did not have time TO tell any one
where he had gone
week went by and no word came from
him. 1t was known that Kelly made IRE
ouent trips to this city, coming over once
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then Governor.
A year ago the Union Paciic-North-
western men. fearful that Thompson, whom
for prudential political reasons they had
helped TO get the Brazilian assignment,
would again enter the race, began to look
around for man who could split Thomp-
sons natural support and could bring
enough votes that. added TO their own,
would elect. Congressman Burkett, from
Thompson's own town, ward and precinct,
was selected as the one 10 do 1t.
Thompson was far away In Brazil, and
when he heard gave no sign. Burkett de-
clined 10 become candidate save in a re-
ccptivo sense To make assurance doubly
sure he was nominated for Senator by the
State convention. His luck had stood him
in good stead again. He was the one man
for the occasion. Just "a soon as tho con-
venuon named him he enlarged his dis
trict machine 10 take in the State, and as
result OF his campaign he elected all but
nine Of the 1873 Republican legislative nomi-
nees, although the Governor had close call
for election.
Mr. Burkett il an orator Of power and
siren 9Th. An earnest, hard student. he
set himself TO master questions Of govern
ment as soon as he reached Washington
and he will enter the Senate thoroughly
tried and trained legislator. He Is a residen,
OF Lincoln, and his family consists of a
wife and three small girls.
In appearance he Is typically Western
He invariably wears black clothes q lone
frook coat and soft hat Of full round block
being distin gushing characteristics OF NJ
dress. lie Ia breezy and cordial in manner
and tie only persons in his district whom
he does not know personally have moved
IL sinco last November. This is the dis
irict that Mr.. Bryan once represented.
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stituents. No letter to him. even from
the humblest or upon the most trifiing
matter. remained unanswered: no requ est
was too modest or too great to receive
from him at least an effort to assist. He
also began to organize political machine
OF his own within the party organization.
The result has been that he has found IL
comparatively easy TO be renominated
and reelected each time he has run since
1898.
In Nebraska factional differences in the
Republican party split along geographical
lines, the Platte River dividing the State
politically. The North Plato region is
led by men identified with the Union Pacific
and Northwestern railroads. The South
Platte is dlstinctively Burlington territory,
Four years ago the Burlington tried TO force
the election of D. Z. Thompson, once
division superintendent, but later gas and
insurance magnate, TO the Senatorship.
Thompson was the caucus nominee, but
the Union Pacific and Northwestern poll
ticians pulled nine men out Of that body
and kept them from voting for Thompson.
He remained in the race until the very last
day when he withdrew and named Dietrich.
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Is familiar story for a congregation to
move away from its old church. For the
old church itself to peregrinate, though,
is more unusual. The Bronx Is the home
of this ecclesiastical novelty.
About ton years ago the Congre gational
Church OF North New York erected large
wooden ednoe in 143d street near Willis
avenue. The nelghborhood grew RAPIDLY
and the congregation grow with It. Soon
the church and the congregation no longer
fitted each other. Three years ago 1t was
decided to buy an adjoining lot, tear down
the old building and erect new house Of
worship. A committee was appointed to
find ball in which the congregation could
hold services while their new home was in
process Of construction.
The committee searched the whole neigh
borhood and reported that while there were
halls aplenty, they all had attachments
which left them unfit for place OF worship
1t really looked IA though there would
have to be a suspension of services If the
new church was to materiah2e on the site
Of the old.
Then Dominic Kephart exclaimed
Damn and the trustees and deacons,
smiling joyfully. after some hesitation.
bOtlOtt2 DdlllllA' i no RIObAtll ~ az bbANtNl-
Those wise in Bronx lore know that the
unclercal monosyIlable in this matter
stood for Fred Damn, the house mover,
who will shift anything from a chicken
coop to a row Of five story brick fat houses.
Damn took this job, and a vacant lot at
Willis avenue and li5th street was leased,
and in the following week, after the Sunday
services, jackscrews were put in place and
the church raised two feet or so.
Then long wooden skids were showed
underneath the building. Others were laid
In the street traokwise A rope that wound
around a horse windass was hitched 10
front beam, the horse was told to git APP,
and the church slid on its foundations and
started on a two block pilgrimage.
The gait Of this ecclesiastical wayfarer
was slow and deliberate, as beftted it's dig
nifty; but by the week end 1t had COM
peted Its journey, and services were held
in 1t as usual.
Work was pushed rapidly on the new
building. 1t was finished and occupied
last autumn. Then a question arose as to
what was 10 be done with the spare church
which the congre CATION had on its hands.
II looked as though IL would develop into
metaphoriCal white elephant.
just 10 the eastward Of the corner on
which stood the deserted church is a flourish
ing colony Of Jews Hidden away in thi5
is the congregation Of Talmud TLora Beth
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him for few minutes for the trihing sum
Of $500. To show that he was bold bad
dynamiter he returned on the following
day by engagement with Kelly and dis.
PLAYED an internal machine. But mean.
time Kelly had become sceptical of isos.
seau's motives and called in the police
The bluff dynamiter was nabbed then
and that put an end to his clue. There
isn't the least doubt that he was trying to
got a little money out Of the Kellys
There are other persons the hetlys would
like to lay hands on for the trouble they
are causing. They are the anonymous
letter writer's One OF them ia a most per.
sistent fellow. He has the Kellys 50 worked
up that they think he may know something
about Owen Kelly. He writes in blue
pencil on letter heads and envelopes OF the
Hotel Walton. Philadelphia. Sometimes
he mails his letters in Philadelphia and
sometimes here
His first letter advised the Kellys to ask
n certain Philadelphia Irishman what had
become OF the missing man. The man
referred TO Ia friend Of Kelly and he mas
done as much in the search as any one.
Nothing came of that blue penoilled tip, so
several others of like nature followed.
Last Wednesday Patrick Kelly received
another blue pencil Hotel Walton letter
which had been mailed in this city. The
writer said that Owen Kelly was being
help captive on the top floor OF the Van
derbilt Hotel here, but that it was the
present intention OF his captors to transfer
him soon to a house in East Fifty-eghth
street.
This Fifty-eighth street house happens
10 DO the home Of an Irish organization
The tip was investigated and resulted like
the others. Only one thing is certain,
the writer knows many Irishrnen and much
about Irish society affairs. That he knows
anything about the missing man is doubt
full.
Owen Kelly is a well built man, weigh
ing 100 pounds. His hair Is sparse and
turning gray Tho two most noticeable
things about him are much gold in his upper
teeth and q bad scar on the inside Of his
left wrist. In the mass OF facts gathered
about his disappearance one stands out
more prominently than the others. This
is that Kelly, the day before he disap-
peared Enlightened out many accounts
that he would not ordinarily have done
if he didn't expect TO go away. This has
convinced many OF his friends that his
disappearance was premeditated.
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ar tvioe each week. Francis Mulgrew
of 71e Columbus avenue Is cousin, ana
MulRrew was asked to skirmtsh around
and see II he could git any trace OF Kelly
Mulgrew hunted, but could not find any one
VIII, had seen Kelly here. Mulgrew didn't
think he was in this city, for Kelly nearly
aluays called TO see him when he came
here.
In two weeks Kelly's relatives became
alarmed and made known his disappear
anoe. The police were asked to look for
him and advertisements were printed in
all the large cities asking him to commune
cate with his relatives. There was no
response.
Then Kelly's relatives began to got tho
idea that he had been done away with.
There was nothing wrong with his accounts
and no one knows just how much money
he had with him when he dropped out OF
sight.
Kely's wealth has cen estimated at
quarter Of a million dollars, and this does
not seem to be an overestimate. He sell
dom talked about his business affairs and
never had any entanglements with women.
His habits were as regular as the CLOCK
40 the employees Of tho hotel where no
nNed alOne 30 many years Ieotiy'
The search for him was kept up in the
newspapers without result except bringing
forth food Of anonymous letters Most
Of these letters said Kelly had been muir
dered. They worked on the nerves OF his
sister 80 much that on Jan. she adver-
tised here and abroad that $1,000 reward
would be paid for Kelly. dead or alive.
The reward attracted the attention OF the
taking dynamiter Rosseau-
Rousseau made bluff to blow up the
Cunarder Umbria last May. Two weeks
ago he tried to dynamite the statue OF
Frederick the Great in Washington. Fresh
from his Washington bluf Rosseau turned
up in Philadelphia week ago last Thurs
day at the home Of Patrick Kelly brother
in-law Of the missing man To Patrick
Kelly Rosseau talked mysteriously about
Irish secret societies. plots and so on He
declared that he was a member OF a secret
society to which Owen Kelly also belonged;
that the missing man was being held In
confinement in this city, and that money
could not obtain his release.
Rosseau volunteered to direct Pat Kelly
TO his brother-in-law and let him talk with
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many people would be astonished at the
number OF illegal votes that have been
counted. / do not say that ballots have
been deposited In the boxes before the
polls were opened, but do gay that such
an investigation would disclose many ille-
gal ballots as counted.
in the Brooklyn election district where
I was watcher in the election OF 1908
there were sixteen protested ballots out
OF a25 counted. In the Manhattan dis
trict where was watcher on Nov. last
there we're ffty-three protested ballots
out OF total Of 24e in the district.
.They we're all counted. though last
year we succeeded In getting the inspector
to place them in the special envelope pro-
vided by law for prosested'ballots. These
ballots were all protested on the ground
that thew we're marked tor Identification.
Il believe that an examination OF suoh
envelopes and few ballot boxes would
disclose a laxness In regard 10 the enforce
meut Of our election law that would alarm
the public. So far "a my experience goes
neither party here Is eager for suoh an
invest cation.
In Colorado the winning candidate for
Governor Joined with the defeated candi-
date in applying for IL. Suoh an inveeti-
CATION here would not change the result
Of the election in all probability except in
few cases. What more fitting time than
now for an inquiry, after an overwhelming
victory
so long lower element can get
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when ballots are counted which violate
the plain provisions OF the law the ballot
box IL stuffed and that is the truth II
"a not additional legislation we need but
the enforcement Of the election law as il
stands.
There Is no question that great frauds
were perpetrated at the last election and
at preceding ones by means OF marked
ballots. 1t was freely stated that at the
election OF 1903 the ballots were 50 re-
Gently printed that tracing of the star
and the Cross in the circle under it could
be readily taken from the ballot in tho
booth as voucher for money paid.
MANY fraudulent schemes were worked
and nothing done Some Of the most
narrowly defeated candidates had so lofty
a conception Of their dignity that they
would not apply for u recount, even though
they might believe themselves beaten
through trickery.'
President John r. Voorhis OF the Board
Of Elections was inclined TO think that
the problem Of doing away with the mark
ing Of ballots and Of curing other defects
under the election law would ultimately
be solved by the adoption of the voting
no marked, void or defective ballots.
But Mr.. voorhis doea not believe In adopt
ing the voting machine until II has been
made much more perfect than Il Is now.
II would cost 81 ,000, 900 or more TO equip
the city with these machines. and the
Board OF Elections In not ready TO rec
ommend the expenditure OF that amount
because IL has not been satisfied with any
test It has made OF the voting machines
up TO date. At present but two brands
OF voting machines can be used In this
State because no others have thus far
been approved by the State Voting Ma
chino Commission. - 49, "a