Putnam patriot., 1908-07-24


 for nothln'. You've signed the hIll7' squeals Herrigan. Nc. you hig stiar says you, I've vetoed il Now go chase yourself before knock you from under your hat" says t0a Them was the very words. so Ia teIAs
 T congratulate you on your secret service men" laughed Bennett They seem te have wonderful faculty fer quoting ones remarks literally. haf-
 But did come here to iadle out hot uir to yeuf" supplemented Phelan. Nc. I didn't. come 10 tip you off to z meetin' that's held last night at Wainwrights house-him an' Herri- gan an Gibbs an some others. ineleod- in Hen Williams. who's Horrigan's mouthpieee an handy man in the board of aldermen Ditnt happen to hear of that meetln'. did youf'
 No. am unfortunate in having no secret service corps"
 Never mind" returned phelan. on whom the satire of the reply was quite lost. You ean get the benefit of mine. Now. at this meetin, they did lot of lHnieilH aH fAtS &GSStd Nou ul bli' an down dale. Says Horrigan. If that young cub -
 Thanks interposed Alwyn. but 1 don't care fa hear hat was said about me. I"-
 All right. then. hut there's some thing you do want to hear. They got busy at last an' framed up new word in for the Borough h!l that'll maybe throw dust in your e,es If you ain't put on to il in advance They've cut out the subway paragraph an' the express business clause an they allow trans fefs at all cross iinrs. That's the way they'll put the bill up to tie aldermen next time. X nice. harmless lookin document it'll he. an perhaps the board II swaller it if'-
 "Rut do the alterations In the bill also eliminate the perpetual franchise clause:'
 "Ah. there's the point, They don't All the other things you kicked against have been wiped out, but the perpetual franchise clause stands"
 And the S20ooeo cash offer stands. too" added Bennett 'i still fail 10 see why should present Mir. Wainwright's company with a franchise for which another man is willing to pay the city e eoo. GOO. and I shail fight the bill to the very end
 Good boy. your honorl An Jimmy Phelan's with you. We'll make Horri gan look like
 He needs fourteen votes to carry the bill past my veto. He has his thlr- teen aldermen. under Williams lead. But only those thirteen voted for the bill in its original state Unless Iiorri- gan aud Williams can find fourteenth alderman to-
 @Trless one of the men who voted against if before can be brought 10 vote for it next time iiorrigaH loses. answered Phelan. He'll make it his business 10 buy fourteenth man. an I'll make 1t my business fo find out who he tries to get an to help your honor keep that same fourteenth man straight. That's how it adds up 70 far. Well. I'll be joggin'. I'll keep you post ed. an between us we'll make Horrt gan give a Twin picture imitation Of . man without a scalp before we're through with him"
 Little Of Pbelan's sIuitatlon was re- necfed in the new mayors face ss the alderman hustled out His duty lay clear before him. and that duty he would follow. But be alone realized the cost He had 90 counted on the promised fAIk with Dallas Wainwright the preceding evening. On the hopes of that interview he had sfaked h's all. In fl he was fo have received the half pledged reward for his months os toll and achievement
 Yet in view of his present relations toward Wainwright he could not. Of course. visit ibe nnancler's home The doorr of the house that contained the woman he loved had teen barred to him. And Dailas-whaf must sbe have thought of his failure to calf