The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-23
CHAPTER XIII.


/ did not dare communicate my sus-
picioDs to my dear friend Roebuck.
AS it was, with each refusal l had
seen his confidence in me sink; if he
should get an inkling how near to ut
ter disaster l and my candidate were,
he would be upon me like a tiger
upon his trainer when he slips. Irea-
soned out my course while we were
descending from the fifth kings"
office to our cab: If the negotiations
with the opposition should be success
full / should not get a cent; if they
should fail, Wall street would be
frantic to get its contributions into
my hands; therefore, the only sane
thing to do was to go west and make
such preparations as l could against
the worst
Lets go back to the Holland" said
I to Roebuck, in a weary, bored tone.
These people are a waste of time.
I'll start home tonight, and when
they see in the morning papers that
I've left for good, they may come to
their senses. But they'll have to hunt
me out. I'll not go near them again.
And when they come dragging them
selves to you, don't forget how
they've treated us to-day
Roebuck was silent glancing fur
lively at me now and then, not know
ing what to think How is 1t pos
sible to win without them?" he
finally said This demagogue Scar
borough has set the people crazy.
can't imagine what possesses these
men of property with interests
throughout the country. They are
inviting ruin"
1 smiled Ny dear Roebuck," 1 re-
piled, do you suppose I'm the man
to put all my eggs into one basket
and that basket Wall street,"
And 1 refused to talk any more
politics with him. We dined togeth-
er, calm and in the best of spirits;
we went to musical farce, and he
watched me glumly as l showed my
lightness of heart Then 1 went
alone, at midnight, to the Chicago
express sleeper-to lie awake all night
staring at the phantoms of ruin that
moved in dire panorama before me-
In every great affair there is a crisis
at which one must stake all upon a
single throw. I had staked all upon
Wall street. Without its contribu-
tons, Woodruff's arrangements could
not be carried out.
When 1 descended at the Fredonia
station I found De Milt waiting for
me. He had news that was indeed
news. I shall give it here more con-
secuuvely than my impotence for the
event permitted him to give it to
me.
About ten days before, a para
graph in one of Burbanks pilgrim
age" speeches had been twisted by
the reporter 80 that it seemed a per
sonal attack upon Scarborough. AS
Burbank was a stickler for the Ell
quette Of campaigning, he not only
sent out a denial and a correction
but also directed De Milt to go to
Scarboroughs home at Saint x, In
diana, and convey the explanation in
a personal message. De Milt ar
rived at Saint X at eight in the even
ing. AS he was leaving the parlol
car he saw q man emerge from its
drawing-room, make a hasty descent
to the platform, hurriedly engage 6
station hack and drive away De
Milt had an amazing memory for iden
ities-something far rarer than mem
ory merely for faces. He was con
WINGED he knew that man; and beins
: shrewd and quick OF thought, he
Jumped into trap and told the driver
to follow the HACK which was jus
! disappearing. A few minutes driyins