The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-10-22

OF dishonest politicians and grafters is
to buy him on W ISL
An old wheel horseieallst ohlSsDa-
tor HsrdmRn 10 cafeess way and
talked about the Iedtenant governor
ship and whatfwopld naturally follow
t. Ileutenant governors asd come to
lie presidents The senator nodded his
head In the affirmative. but did pot rise
10 the bait The old wheel horse limited /
at the financial obligations the ring
would be under II a certain new sena- |
tor went straight" and IIardman
opened the door aud held II open until
the other had passed cut.
The ring employed a bureau 70 hunt |
up HardIaans record. and there was
gnashlng of teeth when the report |
came back that ala was clear. There !
was not even the robbery OF henroust |
in his boyhood days on which TO found |
charge against him. He had once
been engaged 10 he married, and II WAS
whispered that the girl had learned
something against his character and
broken the engagement. A detective
and offer her a thousand dollars to eX-
pose the senator. hat the officer was
ttoo late. She had married 4 butcher
two weeks before he found her and
the husband throw the sleulh out.
a female lobbyist tried to throw her
charms about the senator, and q pitfall
was nicely arranged. hut he glidcd over
II and escaped. II was at lcu@th real
ized that the bntic mtist bc fought out
knee TO knee. and the ring girded NJ its
/ loins for the combat IIardman was
hunting up facts aud statistics for a
Il telling speech against rings and graft
ers lie worked q"'ctly. but faithfully.
aud he finally gat ed such a mass or
|levidence in favor OF the stand that he
had taEer from the first that his enc
mics became alarmed and desperate.
When the senator's notes were mt last
completed lie put thcin in the form OF
speech. and the copy was given TO
female typist TO Ee transposed into
print. There was no fear Of trlckery In
that. II did not secm to IIardman that
q young woman who was seeking 10
support widowed mother could prove
recreaut 20 her trust Nevertheless In
1 the last two hours the manuscript was
left with her she sold him out for
inoney and turned everything over 20
the enemy. The ring shouted IN glee.
He was baked The statistics that had
been dug up out OF the past would new
er see daylight. The senator's facts
and figures and denunciations had van
ished into thin air The speech that
was TO be the effort OF his life wonld
remain undelvered. He had promised
much. but he would be unable to de
"a liver the goods and his downfall would
follow.
Hardman could not SO over the
n ground again. The ring had made that
Il Impossible. Without his statistics his
a speech would not amount TO more than
4 general denunciation. No trust or cor
cared for that. They had been
a denounced for years and years. ana yet
a their dividends were growing all the
:, time. few hundred dollars had
u bought the honesty OF n trusted girl
and drawn the sting OF an honest sena-
+ tor, and the ring spoke of 1t as an in
terposition OF Providence.
Three days more and had all gone
well the senator would have been
ready TO open his batteries lie sat IN
his room of an evening with his head
on his hand and knew that he was a
beaten and vanquished man. He had
promised much. and he could do moth
ing. At the end of his term the people
would want him no longer. AS he sal
thus In his bitterness the door opened
Hand a girl stood before him. He had
20 look at her twice before he recog
nlzed her as the typist who had sold
him ont. lie did not upbrald her. There
was no scowl on his face as he re-
gar,led her and waited for her TO speak
They lied 10 me, she finally said.
.Yes?'
Mother was IN, and we were In 9th
er trouble. and IL didn't think q
speech amounted to so very much
that is, l thought you could easily
make up another"
Yes? Two or three hundred dollars
seemed great sum to you. II mei
sell their honesty, why shouldn't WON
en?1
NJ "But mother died, sir" sobbed th'
tEirl II wanted TO get her TO the hos
lpltal. but shc-she died.
Il am sorry for that believe he
death leaves you alone In the worldE'
~ YES. sir. ia have brought II soon
), er only there was the funeral. and
Nthought 1t was only just speech
i WAS II TO be great speechT
"Well, | hoped SO"
"But mother said II was ard that W
shouldn't use penny OF the mone
md that I'd done very wrong. Sh
said must get it back aud give a
he money. aud mere Is the copy"
"The speech" exclaimed ;he senate
is he reached her side. You don't tr
ne that you have got the speech back!
This IS II. sir"
'And where- where
"In the next room down tue hall +"
"In Senator Hanks room. Bles
{vou. but he has been loltdest IN IL