Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-05-01

| she doesn't care for any one else"
| you're sure? There's Bennett, for
instance" -..-..
,"Alwyn Bennett Why. absurd!
She's known him all her life. They're
| just good friends; nothing more. He's
| our nearest neighbor here. and it's
! only natural. Besides, he isn't the sort
| Of man she wants. He's an idler.
| She likes men who have made some
thing Of themselves-like yourself, for
| instance. So make yourself easy on
that score. If Bennett loved her. he'd
have proposed long ago"
| mot necessarily. He's not man to
get started easily, but once start him
and
"Then don't start him. Go in and
win. What is 1t, Thompson?"
! The secretary entered from the Of
flee with dispatch.
There's an answer, sir" said he.
Here's blank"
Wainwright read the message, scrib
bled few lines and handed the reply
to the secretary, who hurried out
with it.
$50 Thompson is not only a secre
tary, but telegraph operator as WELL"
remarked Gibbs as the clicking of
Morse instrument sounded from the
office.
Hes everything" replied Vain
wright. Hes a wonder. He heard
me say wished had good operator
up here whom could trust, SO with
out a word to me he goes and learns
telegraphy. I've had him nine years
now and tested and tempted him fifty
ways, but he's as true as steel, the one
employee l ever had that could trust
BY the way, the message he just
brought me ought to interest you. 1t
tells me Borough Street railway stock
Is offered now at 6. I've given orders
for your Office to take all they can get
hold Of at that price quietly and with,
out making any bids or attracting at
tention. That,l be the biggest deal Of
my career If can carry 1t through.
You understand your part perfectly
to take for yourself 20 per cent Of the
deal, handle the whole affair on the
floor and not buy any of the stock for
your own private account? Stick to
that and there's just one thing that
can possibly block u.s."
"You mean the defeat Of the present
city administration this fall?"
"Just that, and don't believe it will
be beaten. The organizations solid as
a rock. They have the police. the of.
iceholders and
But the people at larger" 4ss..
1.-THE people at large are sheep that
like to be driven by the strongest shep-
herd. II they weren't, they'd have
broken loose century ago and run the
city and the country to suit themselves.
Just now Dick Horrigan happens to be
the shepherd who can make them 60
wherever he says" ~
shepherd and crook combined,
should say" commented Gibbs. chuc-
king at his own feeble joke.
II wouldn't let q speech like that
get back to Horrigan II were you"
returned Wainwright dryly. "Your
career might suffer. Nothing (except,
maybe. gratitude) IN 90 bad as humor
for spelling mans chances in bust.
ness or politics. A laugh costs more
than people think. But. speaking Of
the election this fall. reform wave
or any change OF city administration
would smash our Borough Street rail-
way deal. To Offset that I've Joined
hands with Horrigan. II can bring
him to see things my way. he shall
have cash enough to buy all the honest
voters he needs. He's coming here
this noon to talk things over with me.
Phelan's coming too" M
"Phelan? You mean the alderman
Of the Eighth? You'll have a pleasant
little gathering. Perhaps you didn't
know that Phelan and Horrigan have
had row and
Ito Be Continued.)