La Junta tribune., 1908-06-06
ron. Mr. ,senn,.,.


wonder Has the poor. dear man got
sweilin' OF the heart. or in be mayie
the advance agent Of the millennium!
To think OF Old Tightwad Vain.
wright
Ingram forcstalicd a3 reply from
the fnancier 10y eutering with the It'd
ings that Thompson WAS IN the ante
room with an important message for
wainwrigh,
May see him In here:" asked the
visitor. 1T is my private secretary.
and
Certainly" asserted Bennett "Show
him ln, Ingram
I'D like 10 see u private secretary Of
mine conc i,nttin' in like this con
hded Phelan 10 the picture. "i'd chase
him 80 far he'd discover a new street
f'd'-
The alderman broke on short Ills
eye had fallen an Thompson M the
latter entered i'hclsn stood rigid
with mouth open aud eyes bu,giug
taking In every detail OF the quiet.
paiitd young mans appearance The
secretary meanwhile had gone up TO
Wainwriyhi and begun to deliver his
inessage
''Mr iicrrgan called you up. sir"
said be. 'jnst minute or 40 after You
left the office lie wishes you to come
and see him Immediately n possible
All right, answered the iinancier.
III come at once I'm sorry, your
honor. that am called away Just now.
for ia like tu discuss this Borough bill
further with YOU. But what wished
10 express can be- said in II nutshell
n !. who own the rival road am In
favor Of granting the Borough fran
chise. J. can't see why any one else
should object to IL. Come on. Thomp-
son. Good ,l,Iy. yonr honor. Good day
alderman
The tinaucier passed ont Thompson
WAS following when rhclan. who had
never Once removed his eyes from the
secretary stepped In front OF him.
well. Young nian." said he.
We'll. SIR said Thompson in mild
surprise,
"YOn rcmember me-
II dOD'T think 80. SIR
Huh. That's queer. I'm Alderman
Phelan OF the Eighth"
i've read about you. OF course. sir.
but r.
"But.y@, don't know me. Never met
me bcforef"
''l'm sorry. sir but cant recall 1t
T. =. .lh 0ool day. SIR
fhc secretary hurried out after his
employer. Pheian. with n puzzled shake
Of tue head. seemed trying to solve
some elusive problem. But Bennett,
who had not noted the brief scene be-
tween Thompson and the alderman.
broke in on the latlcr's musings with
the remark:
You appeared TO be amazed at Mfr.
Wainwriglt's attitude toward the Bor-
onsh Street railway franchise"
Amazed is n mild. gentle word for
my feeling" declared the alderman.
ITO hear that old tint heart prattlin'
about widows and orphans and fair
play why. say. your honor. know
Charles Wainwright from way back.
and | lcll you he has the same affec-
tion Tor the money OF widows and or
pI,nns That Il tomcat has for canary.
As Tor fair play. he wouldn't recognize
II If he was to hear II through mega
phone He's up to something! ! don't
know lust what. But mr.
",'ome.. GOMEZ demonstrated Bennett
good humoredly. I'm sure you do
Wainwright an Injustice. He
"IIcs fine old bird. Do you chance
to remember the Garrison case nine
years Lack? President Garrison OF the
Israel i'utnam Trust company
..who shot himself after being ruined
by tinancier who WAS his dehrest
friend: Yes. What has that to do
with
with Wainwright? Oh. nothin
much. Only Wainwright happened to
be the Annncicr."
No. You must be mistaken
"Au 4? ought to know something
about il. I was the chief of police NJ
the time and handled the case. II was
l who suppressed Wainwright's name.
For small consideration T.
"Wainwrightr' gasped Bennett "of
NIL men. But"
$50 yon see why coppered the
mercy and 'fair play cards when he
dealt EN- Just now pnircd fhelan
"Thcre's something big behind this
talk of his III favor of the Borough
bill Wasn't II at his house last sum
mer that Horrigan offered you the noni-
nation: That's the story. and
Eyes On the 18th Of July. He
'The 18th or July, hey? That was
the day he hnd me ont there. The day
! met that fellow Gibbs. BY the way.
your honor. the papers say It's Gibbs
firm that's buyIn' all that Borough
stock They've been buyin' 1t up on
the quiet for months. ! begin to see
lot Of funny little lights that make this
thing clearer. Gibbs Il buyin' Borough
stock He's Wainwright's chum. Hor-
rigun and Wainwright frame up your
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