The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1908-06-04

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now and tested and tempted him fifty
ways, but he's as true as steel, the one
/ employee ever had that could trust
/ BY the way, the message he just
brought ME ought to interest you. II
| tells me Borough Street railway stock
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'll be the biggest deal OF
! my career if can carry it through
! You understand your part perfectly
! to take for yourself 20 p: Int 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 us
"You mean the defeat of the present
city administration this fall?'
/ "Just that, and I don't believe 1t will
be beaten. The organizations solid as
Il rock They have the police. the Of
( ficeholders and
I but the people III large!
"The people at large are sheep that
like to be driven by the strongest shep-
herd. II they weren't, they'd have
4 broken loose a century ago and run the
Just now Dick Horrigan happens to he
/ the shepherd who can make them 60
wherever he says"
"Shepherd and crook combined, l
should say" commented Gibbs. chuc-
king at his own feeble joke.
II wouldn't let speech like that
get back to Horrigan If were you,''
returned Wainwright dryly Your
career might suffer. Nothing Except
maybe. gratitudel is so bad as humor
! for spelling Il 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. If | 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"
"Phelan? You mean the alderman
of the Eighth? You'll have q pleasant
little gathering. Perhaps you didn't
know that Phelan and Horrigan have
had a row and
"And that's why I'm bringing them
! together here today. want to patch
up their quarrel if l can. need them
both. Phelan's useful man."
''Rut Horrigan is boss of the organi-
cation. If you have him on your side,
why do you bother about getting
Phelan too?"
"Yes. Horrigan is boss. He's fought
his way up by bulldog tactics. He
has no lplomacy-nothing but brute
force. Now, Phelan has just as much
! force IN his way, but he's as tricky as
a fox too. I've known him ever since
he was chief of police. He's danger
GUS man. If he's against us, he can
make trouble. l want him. Hess
"Judge Newman announced the
butler.
A whimsical frown crossed VAIN
wright's face. but cleared into pass
| ably hospitable expression as a little
gray haired man. with a solemn, weak
face, trotted pompously in on the heels
OF the buffers announcement.
Good morning, judge" said the host
pleasantly. "You don't know Mr..
! Gibbs. think. of Gibbs, Norton & Co.
Judge Newman is my next door neigh
Dor ON the left as you come from the
station, Gibbs. You must have no.
ticed the phce-Queen Anne house,
with
"Oh, he probably never gave it a
glance" put in the Judge "a mere cot
tage. that's ALL When man with nv
meager judicial salary has a social DO
sition to keep up and four daughters
that aren't married and-Charles, you
can't realize what it means TO have
four unmarTied"-
mo, l cannot" assented Wainwright
quickly, land from present signs I'm
not likely to. hope Mrs. Newman is
welI?"
Tie little judges face grew doubly
important.
Extremely well, thank you" said
he. "a wonderful woman! You've met
her, Mr. Gibbs?