Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-16

pleasantly and sat himself down. unmasked,
in a chair near the door, tucking his derby
hat between his feet
Good evening. Mr.. Standsh,'' said Billy.
PLEASED to see you again. Same here,
says YOU" he added, after an embarrassed
little pause which Give made no move to
break.
What do you want?" asked the candi-
date at last.
Just little gabfest with you. that's all.
/
You come with a message from Mr.. Con-
over?"
Not me. 1 amt seen the boss this ten
Il thought you were his special nench-
man., said Give, amused in spite of him.
self by the heelers ingratiating manner,
and puzzled as to the cause of this mid
night call.
THE boss what?" queried Billy.
His 'henchman, l said. Aren't"
NO, l amt. l don't know just what a
bench person is. but 1 amt one. This amt
the first time I've been called that. Some
day when / get time I'm goin to look it up
in the dicshunary. An if it means what l
think it does, In going to lick"
II wouldn't bother if | were you. But
you haven't told me why you're here"
Well responded Shevlin. with an air of
casting all possible reserve to the winds, Il
wanted you to kind of get line on what
you're up against. Why not take your
| medicine graceful and quit?"
rs that any affair of yours?"
| sure, II s my analr. DO you pose m
| settin here Just to hand out REFINED con-
| versaton with you this time of night ?
| You've put me to a whole lot of bother
| lately Mr.. Standish. I've had all 1 could
do sometimes to block the game ahead of
| you on this tour. An then, tonight
so it was you"
II done my best" assef,ted shevlin mod
[ estly.
| Hold on he continued, as Give jumped
up. Hold on, Mr.. Standish! Don't you get
welded to the idee that twas me who
, kicked up that row over the girl nor the
| scrap that followed. That amt my line.
The bossll skin me alive fer lettin you
make such pose in the limelight as you
! did when you butted in as the hero and
COPIED off that rescue. All l did was to
| organize the cheerin' party, and post that
| guy what to say when he was nabbed. I'd
"a got away with it all without a break.
| at that, only this Grafton gang amt got no
Refinement They has to go an make a
| toadpe of the whole party"
Give sat down again. He realized that
| the little heller, for his own interest. was
| telling the truth in disclaiming all share in
| the riots later stages. He was curious,
| too. to learn what else Shevlin had to say.
so 1t was a Pyrrhic victory for you after
| all, you Think" suggested Standish.
"Pyrrhic?' unused Billy, thoughfully.
Must a run on some of the western
! tracks. No skate of that name ever won
| a vict'ry here in the east. Some ones been
| stringin' you about that, L guess, Mr..
Standish."
Perhaps So And you've come to sug-
gest that / withdraw? Why should %
Cause you amt got the chance a snow
ball has on the south slopes of Satanville.
Come. Drop out an let's have no hard
feelin'. Conovers got ten times your
strength everywhere. An the strong man 8
always the man that'll win. You can dope
that out"
Not always. There was Davids fight
with Goliath for one, and
David who?"
"A little chap who won out against man
double his size smiled Give. Goliath
was what you'd call a heavyweight
An what was David'S manager dom
putin a bantam into the ring with a
| heavyweight? He'd "a had that David
person asleep in the first round. Say. Mr.
Standish, 1 seen tonight you're a first-rate
scrapper. an you handle your hands fine
! for an amachocr. But what you don t
a City Record Some ones sure been
| guying you good an plenty
We'll. all that has nothing to do with
| what you came here about You've got
| something on your mind. Speak out, can t
| you?"
| It's just this, replied Shevln edging
| his chair nearer, and lowering his voice,
! you're beat. An you've been to consid BILE
expense in the campaign, AM
| ''Yes?"
| An Mr.. Conover's set his heart on bein'
| gown by a good majority. An when he
sets his heart on thing he's willn' to pay
well for it"
Yes"
so" continued Billy, emboldened by
Gives calmness, what's the matter with