Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-10-11


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lareA hls Mercury tllore 40 could rap
on the door.
We'll e. hes Queried sharply.
It's Just al you suspecte what
Mr.. Hendricks telegram limited at. l
met him at the station and couldn't
do thing with him. 5ss. 1s=s
Where has he gomez . .:... 81 +.
IF 8 To the same old place" .5ss5.
You followed him q I'll. 2... .:s.. . SIS.
3 "Sure. That Is what kept me so
long. 5<.s: Y. ...; b 81. 5. =&
Hawk hung upon his decision for
the harest fraction OF second. Then
he gave his orders conciselv. y
Hunt up Doctor Macquoid and get
him QUITO the clubhouse as quick az
you can. Tell him to bring his hypo-
dermic. I'll be there with all the help
he'll need" And when the young man
was gone Hawk smote the air with "a
clenched fist and called down tie Black
Curse Of Shielygh, or its modern equiv
alent, on all the fates subversive of
well-laid plans. -s@....<> - !, 81 r 8.
A quarter of an hour later, on the
upper floor of the clubhouse at the
Gentlemen's Driving park, four men
burst in upon q fifth, huge figure,
crouching in corner like wild beast
at bay. A bottle and a tumbler stood
on the table under the hanging lamp;
and with the crash of breaking glass
which followed the mad-bull rush of
the giant, the reek Of French brandy
filled the room.
''Hold him still, II you can, and pull
up that sleeve" It was Macquoid who
spoke, and the three apparitors,
breathing hard, sat upon the PROSTATE
man and barred his arm for the physi-
clan. When the apomorphia began
to do Its work there was a struggle
Of another sort, out Of which emerged
a pallid and somewhat stricken rein
carnation of the governor.
Falkland is waiting at the hotel,
and he and MacFarlane can't get to-
gether." said Hawk. tersely. when the
patient was fit to listen. "0therwise
We shouldn't have disturbed ycu. It's
all day with the scheme if you can't
show up"
The governor groaned and passed his
hand over his eyes.
Get me into my clothes-Johnson
has the grip-and give me all the time
you can," was the sullen rejoinder;
and in due course the Honorable Jas
per G. Bucks, clothed upon and in his
right mind, was enabled to keep his
appointment with the New York at
torney at the Mid Continent hotel.
But first came the whipping-in of
MacFarlane. Bucks went alone to the
judges room on the floor above the
parlor suite. 1t was now near mid
night, but MacFar!ane had not gone to
bed. He was spare man, with thin
hair grazing rapidly at the temples
and a care-worn face; the face Of q
man whose tasks or responsibilities,
or both, have overmatched him. He
was walking the floor with his head
down and his hands-thin, nerveless
hands they were-tightly locked be-
hind him, when the governor entered.
For large man the Honorable Jas
per was usually able to handle his
weight admirably: but now he clung
to the door-knob until he could launch
himself at chair and be sure of hit
ting it.
whats this Hawks telling me
about you, MacFarlane?" he demand
ed, frowning portentously.
Il don't know what he has told you.
But it is too fragrant, Bucks; can't
do it, and that's all there is about
it, The protest was feebly fierce, and
there was the snarl of baited animal
in the tone: :
"It's too late to make difficulties
now was the harsh reply. you've
got to do it,
Il tell you I cannot, and I will not!"
IA late attack of conscience, eh?''
sneered the governor, who was sober.
ing rapidly now. LET me ask ques-
ton or two. How much was that Sc
curity debt your son-in-law let you in
for?"
1T was $4,000. It is an honest
debt, and shall pay it,
But not out of the salary Of cir
cult judge Bucks interposed. ''No1
yet out of the fees you make your
clerks divide with you. And that isn't
all. Have you forgotten the gerry
mandcr> business? How would you
like to see the true inwardness of that
in the newspapers"
The Judge shrank as If 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 it out" he commanded. II ca*
reward, and can punish. You arr
not going to do anything technically
illegal; but, by the gods, you are going
to walk the line laid down for you
If you don't, Ishall give the documents
in the gerrymander affair to the pa
pers the day after you fail. Now vel
go and see Falkland"
MacFarlane made one last protest.
For Gods sake, Bucks! spare me
that. It is nothing less than the foul
est collision between the judge, thu
counsel for the plaintiff and til.
devil!' IL. =.- FL - "
"Cut that out, too, and come along,
said the governor, brutally; and by thu
steadying help of the chair, the door
post and the wall Of the corridor, h
led the way to the parlor suite on thu
floor below. + r IS. .@>S@i@..a S.. -