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the campaign is over" retorted
Ryan.
Who's Joe Mason?" asked Bay.
Ter.
Joe Mason" returned Ryan, i'm
pressively, sis the next alderman
from the Eighth"
For a moment Pepper and Bayler
were too astonished for words.
From the Eighth" repeated
Pepper, finally.
That's what | said"
whats the matter with Bax-
/, ter?" demanded Bayler. eve need
him"
"Yes." answered Ryan, you al
ways have needed him, and you've
used him SO much that he's no good
now. Even the Eighth will hardly
stand for him another term. There's
going to be hot fight in that ward
this year. The republicans will
put up O'Hara, and he'll be en-
dorsed by the Citizens Safety
league. That alone wouldn't cut
much figure, but he's strong with
the people. Out there they don't
| care what a man does so long as
: he's good to them, and O'Hara has
been mighty good to them. So has
| Baxter, but O'Hara can cut into
| Bakers vote in the poor precincts
and Baxter can't do a thing in the
others. And some of the scandals
| have hurt him, too. One of your
cold blooded prominent citizo
| couldn't get vote in 20 from Bax-
| ter, but O'Hara can. He's one of
the people. They know him and he
knows them, and we can't control
him"
Can we control Mason?" asked
Bayler.
He's young" replied Ryan, land
It's the chance of lifetime for
him. He's the kind of fellow that
the Old Man can push along, if he's
right with us. All we ask is that
he shall be right when we need
him, and lots of better men have
done more to make sure of their
political future"
He may be right for the Old
Man, and not right for u.s." sug-
gested Bayler. Its the game of
politics that the Old Man is playing
with a 'rake-off,' of course"
while you're playing the game
of Doodle only retorted Ryan,
with brutal frankness. But don't
worry! The Old Man has to look
out a little for your game in order
| tp NAV hic HI nonIc van
And I don't know about this
Mason, either" urged Senator
Pepper.
"If the Old Man does, that's
enough" said Ryan, decisively.
"You stick to the Old Man, or
you'll have to work for a living
Senator Peppers laugh lacked
hearttiness. He rang the bell for
Casey, and Casey came with the
drinks. He didn't have to ask
what they would have; he knew.
There's r-rumor," commented
Casey, casually, that yere goin' to
r-run a dood fr alderman in tn
Twinty-foorth. A lad was in here
bit ago tellin' about it, an l give
him tn laugh"
well, you were wrong, Jim," re-
turned Ryan, with a smile. UNLESS
something happens you'll see Har-
ticket"
"Harld Darnell!" repeated Casey
reflectively. How'll it LUX along.
side iv Mickey Hogan? An they
say he plays golluf."
81 believe he does"
can pushes wan iv thin auty
mobils."
That's right"
Casey shook his head dismally.
How about tinnis?" he asked.
"Do he play this game iv long
tinnis, where they say, oh, pshaw!'
and Dear met whin they miss a
shtrake with tn openwor-rk shin
gle?'
Perhaps. I don't know about
that"
think iv it," commented Casey,
lugubriously. think iv tn great
dimmycrathic party going into
campaign on tn platform iv long
tinnis an pink tea, Like as not
yell be servin' limonade on tn
levee"
Hardly that" laughed Ryan.
"Ye think So" returned Casey,
"but We can't tell where yell land
whin We shtrat goin' down hill
Before the laugh that greeted
this had died away there was an
interruption, occasioned by the
sudden appearance of young man
He took In the party at glance
and then addressed himself to
Ryan.
"The Old Man wants to see you"
he said.
Anything wrong?" asked Ryan,
as he rose to go.
'He wants to talk over the situa-
ton in the Twenty-fourth with
you," was the reply. "Darnell posi-
lively refuses to run"
THANK hiven f'r that" ejacu-
lated Casey. Twill not worry me
so to vote tn tickit now"
Ito be continued)