Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-17

What things" asked young Haldane
Things that concerned him. Or
81 don t know what they are
well. | think l do" returned the young
What are they" his sister asked him with
great eagerness.
But young Haldane not quite prepared
to declare what things they were. "On second
thought" he said, / don't know. At any
rate | want to talk some matters over with
father
Financial matters, my boy:
Political
Very well If your mother and sister will
excuse us, we will go into the library
"Certainly. answered Mrs. Haldane, max
ing virtue of necessity.
:" If they concern me or my relation to Mr.
Gormly. said Eleanor, Il should like to know
them Immediately.
by the way" he added. :" | going to with
hold it but might we'll give it to You now.
Here's letter to you from Mr.. Gormlv He
asked me to & i've it to you when | saw YOU. l
was going to talk to father about this other
matter before | gave it to you; but You can
read it over while we gone.
The impudence Of that man, saying he
loves you one day and writing to You an
other,F' exclaimed Mrs. Haldane as the father
and son left the room.
WHAT was it YOU wished to say to me.
w Livingstone? began the elder man as
they entered the library.
FEATHER" returned his son with bewilderlng
abruptness, :" learned at headquarters to-day
that you were the head and front of the Gotham
Freight Traction Company and all the rotten
lot against whom fighting.
" From whom did You learn it ?,
-" From Gormly himself
Does anybody else know it,
t" 1t ism It generally known, if that's what You
mean 1t hasn't got in the papers yet. The
people who found it out, of course, told
Gormly. and he came to me with 1t. He SAID
that had been of his best and most useful
helpers in this campaign: that he valued my
assistance most highly
Eliminate all that. my dear boy" said the
father. and come to the point.
&" / am coming to it He said that as his
fight was against the Gotham Freight Traction
Company, and in that respect against you. he
supposed | should want to draw out OF 1T, and
he would give me opportunity so that
could leave before the news became public.
And what did you say:
81 said Id come right up here and find out
the true facts in the case from YOU.
And suppose that | am interested IN the
traction company?
TO what extent are YOU Interested" asked
the younger man He had all his fathers
directness when his interest excited and
he put the question straig ht at him.
" Well. that not the question | asked
YOU
- But it is the question with me, father
Il recognize no right that YOU have to put
such questions to me-
Il may not have any right; but am doing
it Just the same. | know and we all know Just
what the Gotham Freight Traction Company
is. Its ramifications have been followed out
and discovered We know that it holds nearly
every public franchise We know that it is the
financial hacker of the Central Society We
know that it is hand in glove with the admins
tration. We know that 1t Is robhlng the peo-
pie. And for that reason | want to know how
deeply YOU interested IN it.
Go back to Gormly and find out thun-
dered his father. inten ely aroused at the young
man scathing denunciation.
NO. I'm going to find it out from YOU be
fore ! leave this room.
DO YOU threaten me.
81 entreat YOU to tell me You might as
we'll 1t is to be published in every paper IN the
city tomorrow. The articles are all written,
saw them. I've got Gormly to hold them
back until | could see you. If You don't tell
me, you II have chance to deny perhaps a
great deal more than you are able to or want to
tomorrow morning.
THE situation was terrible one for the elder
man. Under ordinary circumstances he
would not have greatly cared if his connection
with the Gotham Freight Traction Company
and the administration had gradually leaked
out; but to have it sprung as a trap. without
warming. on the instant as IT were and at this
tax, OF the ruInouS. Haldane