The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-15

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"Cougr,ss has some leaned forward
MuJ to say. aud half whis.
| pcrcd To the secretary.
Nah young friend. don't let Sen
ator langdon get switched away from
Gulf city 10y them cheap skates from
Altacoon Now. II youW get tn son
| ntor To vote fo' Gulf city wen see.
| III see. sab, us an officer Of tn GuTf
city Ian company that you get taken
| ca.nh Of"
llalncs' eyes opened wide
Go on. colonel. go ON with your of
fer" he said
well. I'll see that a block Of stock.
sah-n big block Is set aside To- Sen.
ator langdon an nnnthcr 10 you too
| We've made this arrangement else.
whrnh Wen outbid Altncooia cvcrah
time. They're po' sports an hate to
| give up"
so AItacoola is bidding. toot' cx.
! citedly asked Ilaincs
why, Of co'sc It is Ah yo' as
! blind as that a. all Nu' fuuliu' with
me- questioned Trlfcr suspiciwIsly
! Seems to me go ought to know more
about that end Of 1t than a rcllah clear
from tn gulf"
certainly. certainly" mumblcd
! llaincs impaticntly rs he cndcavorcd
. To associate Cuhcreutly. intclligcnliy.
In his mind these startling new rcve.
lntlons Of Teller with certain Incl.
] Al la. huI IA. g,. Fl,
| operations of the committee ON naval
affairs.
| Then hc looked across at tho mayor
and smiled, Apparently he had heard
nothing 10 amaze him.
Colonel" he returned calmly. drop.
ping into II voice that sounded II pity
for the gray hairs Of the lobbyist.
about ifty men a day come To me
with propositions like that There is
nothing doing, colonel | couldn't pos
sibly Interest senator LaDgdon, bc.
cause hc has the faculty Of judging
for himself. and he would bc prcju
diced against either town that came
out with such u proposition"
Ian speculation is Legitimate" pro
tested the colonel cunningly.
Hancs agreed
"Ccrtainly 10y outsiders. Hut It's
id thicvcry when engaged In by
any one connected with putting n bin
through II | were to tell senator
Iangdon what you have told me II
would decide him unatcrably IN favor
Of Atacooid. senator I.auS.lun. sir
Is one ~ the few men IN Washington
who would rather be thought FOO,
than CRATER If ii came down To
that"
The mayor Of Gulf city jumped to
his feet, his face blazing In rage. not
IN shame.
Seems to me yo'rc mighty fresh
young man" he clustered What
kind Of politics Is Langdon playin'T
Not fresh. colonel. only friendly
I'm Just tipping you OF how not TO be
friend to Allacoola As To his poll
ties, the senator viii answer you him
self"
A scornful laugh accompanied Tel
fcrs reply.
"Altacoola huh! | reckon yo' must
be n fool, after all Why. everybody
knows OF the spccultin' In land around
Altacoola. and everybody knows II aim
outsiders that's doin' H. IT'S the insid
ers, right here IN Washington. II yo
amt In, yo' can easy get latchkcy
Young man, yull Gud out things some
day, aud yp'll drop 10 II all.
Il guess | was too late with yo'
That's about the size ~ II. guess Al
tacoOla II talk To yo'." went on the
mayor. III that feller Fairbrother Of
Altacoola had been able 10 hold his
tongue maybe | wouldn't know so
much But now | know what's what
know this that yo'rc either II big foo
or-an insidcr Yo're a nice young fcl
Ter. | have kinda taken fancy To go
| lik. to see yo' young fellcrs get along
and not miss yo'r chances. Come. my
boy, get wise 10 yo'rself. get wise To
yo'rself Climb on TO the band wagon
with yo' friends"
Bud concluded that he might be able
10 get more definite information out of
relfer II he humored him bit. q.
IL tell you. colonel" he finally said
these are pretty grave charges you're
making, but III tell you confdcntially.
owing To your liking for me. that Il Is
not yet too late TO do something for
Gulf city Now. just suppose you and
! dine together tonight early. ana Wei
go over the whole ground to see how
things lie. VIII you?"