The Lake County times., 1907-06-01
Boss Dorsey
And the Babies.
By EDWIN J. WEBSTER
Copyright by EdsVin J. Webster
By EDWIN J. WEBSTER
Copyright by Edsotn J. Webster
(ConcIusiOn.)

tie Wu4Ie MI. OOI56y W III be SOAAy nC
spoke that way. The Express will
have an extra on the street in half an
| hour. Won't that D-n the bablesP
please the Tenth ward, where there
are about a hundred to each tene-
| ment?"
That's all right as far as it goes"
replied Wendell but we want to put
! Dorsey in a position where he can't
deny having said it. III draw up an
| affidavit corroborating it. Then we
/ can get affidavits from Mr.. Mann and
others who talked with Dorsey this
morning. If the Express will publish
these, it will make our case stronger"
"If the Express will publish them,"
answered the newspaper man. IF
! know how Mr.. Rogers feels about Dor
sey, think they will be double lead
ed, with three column headlines. You
| get the atidavits, and I'll hurry back
TO the Office and be writing the story
''Well get out an extra" said the
managing editor to Whitney, "but we
might as we'll wait and get the afida
Wits, too. SO as to have a complete
story. You were the only reporter
PRESENT. Then none of the other pa
pers can come out ahead of u.s."
"And I'll send a man over to see Nc
M4nnis," broke in the city editor.
Jones, run down to McMannis' place
and ask him if Dorsey Is going to do
anything about the recreation pier.
Don't tell him we have other inter
views on the subject. Just get him to
state, IL you can, in the strongest terms
possible that Dorsey says they can't
have the pier. Telephone in what he
says, for we want it for an extra"
By the time Whitney had finished
writing his account of the Dorsey in
terview the affidavits had arrived at
the Express Office, and Jones had tele-
phoned in the interview with McMan-
mis-. That worthy, ignorant of the
steps which were being taken to dis
turb Mr. Dorsey's peace of mind, had
spoken in strenuous terms. Not that
McMannls had any intention of break
ing from the organization, but his
heart had been set on getting the rec
reaton pier, and he had brooded over
the refusal of the morning. The city
editor read the account that Whitney
had written and after marking it 'dou-
Bile lead' sent it to the composing room.
at looks sensational" observed the
city editor "but it is a big story.
guess when the copies of the paper be-
gin to come into the Tenth ward there
really will be sensation"
A few minutes later the newsboys
were calling out:
Extra! Extral All about Boss Dor
sey an de babiesv'
Better send q lot of copies over to
the Tenth ward" said the managing
editor 'T wouldn't wonder if they
would interest McMannis."
And the paper did interest McMan-
mis-. He was sitting in his little back
room when Tim Collins. his most
trusted lieutenant, entered. Tim was
excited
"Have you seen the Express" he
cried. thrusting copy of the paper at
McMannis. why, Dorsey must have
been crazy to say such thing. And
see you are quoted there too. Are you
going to break from the party?"
what do you meanY' retorted Nc
: Mannis angrily. whats Dorsey been
saying. and what rot are you talking
) about my breaking with the party?'
There'T be something else broken II
you don't take that back"
But Tim Collins stood undaunted.
look for yourself" he replied. "Its
all over the ward. The women are wild
about it. I'd have thought it a fake
put up by the reformers If it hadn't
: been for your name and those affda-
Wits. Dorsey's killed himself in this
ward"
McMannis was eagerly scanning the
paper.
They've got what I said to that re
porter about right. although 1 didn't
think I put it so strong. And I didn't
know they had those other interviews
and afidavits. It's a trick Of thai
young Wendell to down Dorsey and tc
make a break in the Tenth ward il be
! cam
He's done it all right. all right
; asserted Tim Collins. "'D-n the ba
biesr There isn't a woman in the
ward who viii give her husband any
peace until he's promised to vots
against Dorsey. He's gone up, and S
are we unless
Unless what?" inquired McManni
= sharply.
Unless we break away from him,
j answered Collins sullenly.
: Break from the party? I neve
thought to hear you say any such
thing.
; Young Wendell must have put u
the job to get Dorsey in a hole" dt
clared McMannis angrily. And he
put Tom Mciannis and Tim Collins
just as bad a one"
I'll stand by you. whatever you do,
said Tim Loyalty. But as Dorsey me
? neither Of US can get job on a cit