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b free; 'ad' In The Homeseeker' or a kes
Of beer? or was 1t just cash?".

free: 'ad' In The Homeseeker' or key
Of beer? or was it just cash?".
Cunningham, assisted by impatient
hands, hustled Hamilton to one side.
"Brennen,' said Cunningham sharp
~. what does this mean? I don't
say that you have been bribed, that's
preposterous But there = something
wrong somewhere. You've got the
vote down there IN your pocket. The
returns show that you have given the
district to the regulars-the railroad
clique, Why, man, yau are one of the
directors of this League"
Brennen's face paled.
II wouldn't have come here to-
night" he said. had 1 not realized
that explanation is due you. It's just
as Cunningham has said, voted with
the regulars this year. I had my rea-
sons for 1t. although up to ten days
ago had expected to vote the League
ticket, with the exception Of Wilson
for Supervisor, whom you know I've
opposed from the start
Now for The Homeseeker.' broke
IN Hamilton. "Or the free beer"
The end of the confusion that fol-
lowed found Hamilton edSed out of
the crowd that had gathered around
Bremen. Bremen scarcely noticed
the interruption.
About year ago." went on Bren-
men, "one Of my neighbors, whose son
is a brakeman on the road, suggested
to me that we could have a flag sta
ton in the township ii we went about
1t properly. We certainly were en-
titled to 1t, and saw the Division Su-
perlntendent as my neghbor had sug-
gested. TO make long story short,
through the kindness of the Superin-
tendent, we got the station"
THE kindness Of the Superinten-
dent!" snorted Hamilton, in a delirium
OF recklessness, 1.-THE kindness Of the
superintendent! suppose that the
Superintendent called?"
Old man Brennen's face flushed.
YES" the old man admitted "he
did, last week."
And reminded you Of the $3.50 shed
that he had erected on your ranch ?"
went on Hamilton, whom nobody took
the trouble to withstrain. And asked
you to go back on us-that's the way
TO put ito go back on us, because
ne had given you a shed on the rail-
road track that didn't cost the COM
pany cent over $3.50. And you sold
us out! Oh. h-l!"
You will remember, gentlemen"
broke in Cunningham, that re-
minded you just before our friend
from Blossom came in, that there are
more ways to bribe man than one.
IN the light of these interesting reve-
latlons, L wish to say that the brib-
cry OF the respectable and wealthy is
usually the cheapest bribery of all.
over in the bloody eight the voting
cattle there whom We all despise so
cordially for their ignorance and their
corruption, got at least, in one way or
another, five dollars apiece for their
votes. At Bremen, the votes cost the
railroad trifle under six bits each.
and thee company still has the shed
that 1t paid for them. At Blossom the
votes cost nothing at all, for the COM
pany had to fill up its magazine with
something and it might as well have
been a free adj Of Blossom as any,
tn1ng else. But key Of beer, free ad-
vert1sement and fiag-tation shed COM
olned have been too much for
the Independent Good Government
League. 1 guess that the courthouse
ring will hang on yet little longer"
Hamilton cleared his mouth of to-
oacco juice by unerring aim at the
center Of cuspidore twenty feet
away. Carefully observing the excel
ience Of tine shot without taking his
eye from the cuspidore, he calculated:
"Oh, h-l!"
And the ejaculs ton appa, emily hit
on the expression for which the al
most exploding men present were
cropping as unertingly as the stream
OF tobacco Juice had gone on it's fight