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writing table Hello! Who Is ttT'
near window. She had two tele-
phones, one in the lower hall and one
In her boudoir-to save walking down
stairs unnecessarily, she explained to
her woman friends. But the number
of this upstairs telephone was not in
the public book. 1t had private
number, known to but two people ex-
cept herself. -'-
Taking down the receiver, she asked
III low voice, Hello. who is it?"
"Mr. Wall"
1t was the name Senator Peabody
used in telephone conversation with
her. 80
eyes, congressman she responded.
She always said Eyes, congress.
man." In replying to "Mr. WALL" a
prearranged manner Of indicating that
he was talking to the desired person.
II will need your services tomor-
row." Senator Peabody said, ION a
very important matter, I am afraid.
Decline any engagements and hold
yourself in readiness "
eyes,"
Il may send my friend 3. to explain
things at 1890 in the morning. II he
does not arrive at that time, telephone
me at 1895 sharp. You know where.
Understand? l have put of going to
Philadelphia tonight"
EYES,"
"That is all; goodby.'
Something very important" !. she
murmured nervously as she turned
from the desk.
II don't like his tone of voice; sounds
strained and worried-something un-
usual for the cold, fiinty gentleman
from Pennsylvania. And his friend
S.,' of course, means Stevens! Great
heavens, then Stevens must now have
knowledge Of my-my-businessv'
She calmed herself and Strengthened
a dainty, slender finger against her
cheek.
'Tt must be something about that
naval base bill, I'm sure. That's been
worrying Peabody all session." she
mused as she pressed button to sum-
mon her maid.
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mo. no. man." snapped Peabody.
They'd stick In town to hear their
fathers wonderful speech"
WELL" went on the lobbyist, 'I'u hev
Langd'n watched by n careful picked
man, niger thet won't talk He'll
pick a row with the colonel on some
street, say, Wen he's comm from his
home after lunch. The coon kin bump
Into Langd'n an call him names. Then
wen ole fireworks sails into i'm, yellin'
about what ed do in Mississippi, the
coon pulls a gun on the colonel an
fires couple O shots random. Cons
come up; an our pertickeler copper IL
lug I-angd'n away as n witness, refus-
In to believe 'es a senator. I kin ar
range to hev him kept in the cooler n
couple O. hours without gettin' any
word out, or I'll hev i'm entered uD
as drunk an disorderly. He'll look
drunk, he'll be SO mad"
"But the negro-how could you get
n man to undergo arrest on such a
serious charge, attempted murder" ex-
claimed Stevens.
There, there" said Steinert patron
izingly; "coons has more genteel home
life in jail than they does out. An
don't forget the District Of Columbia is
governed by folks that amt residents
Of 1t, only durin' the session. TIL poll
ticians don't leave their fr'en's In the
cooler very long. Say, Senator Ste
vens, are you kiddin' me? IL 1t any
different down in your
The Mississippian choked and splut-
tered over a gulp of unusually hot cOf-
fee, and Peabody again decided Stein
ert to be on the wrong tack.
THAT proceeding would attract too
much attention from the newspapers" :"
he added.
"Well, I thought you wanted to win"
grunted Steinert 'I've been offerin'
you good stuff. too-new stuff. None
Of yer druggin' with chloroform or
ticklin' with blackjacks. Why, I've
gone from fne-esse to common sense.
But, come to think of it, how about
some woman? en- get one to intro.
duce to-
'This is the wrong kind of n man.
interrupted Peabody.
"Unless you got the right kind Of a
woman" went on Steinert.
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ACHAPTER XIV.
~ THE HONEYBIRD.

IN th@ African jungle dwells pretty
litt bird that lives on honey.
tn saccharine dainty Is there
i fotd in the hollows Of trees and
undel e bark, where what is known
as thehrpenter bee bOres and depos-
it's his extract from the buds and
blossof Of the tropical forest.
The Yird Is called the "honeybird''
becay 1t Is a sure guide to the de-
posits}f the delicacy. The bird dis.
likes te laborious task Of pecking its
way trough the bark to reach the
honeyand 80. wise in the ways of
men, procures help. 1t locates a
nest honey, then dies about until 1t
sees sme natives or hunters, to whom
1t sh$s itself. They know the honey
bird nd know that 1t will lead them
to th treasure store. Following the
bird Yhich dts just in advance, they
reac&he cache Of dripping sweetness
and tadily Jay It open with hatchets
or YES. Taking. what they want,
ther is always enough left clinging
to tree and easily accessible to sat.
isfy lhe appetite Of the clever little
bird
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Senator Stevens choked some more.
"The boss Of the senate" sank down
IN his chair. crossed one knee over the
other and drummed his fingers lightly
on the table. He gazed thoughtfully
at Stevens.
"Yes," he observed slowly, unless
you've got the right sort Of woman"
Rising. he led the Mississippian to
one side.
The lobbyist heard the southerner
give short exclamation Of astonish-
ment as Peabody whispered to him.
"It's all right. It's all right" he then
heard the Pensylvanian say irritably.
She'll understand. She can be trust
ed. She crpects yon."
Stevens gave violent start at the
last assurance. but his colleague hur-
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=" Vos'sy W ocfeU y" utE OEulOdIy Clf-
JAKE Stctnert." cumstances we
could let him go ahead with his minor
ity report for Gulf City. but as things
stand he'll have every newspaper re-
porter in Washington buzzing around
and asking impertinent questions
eyes, and you and I would have to
60 to Paris to live with our life insur-
ance friends from New York, wouldn't
we?" laughed Peabody sarcastically.
''Tm going to send for Jake Steinert," /"
he added.
"steinertw Stevens calculated.
s'what"-
"Oh, that's all right. Maybe he can
suggest something" said Peabody, 60
ing to the telephone. We've too much
at stake to make a mistake and Jake
may see point that we've overlooked.
Luckily I saw him downstairs In the
grill room as we came through to the
elevator"
"Steinert is all right himself con
tinued Stevens, "but his methods
Cant be too particular now about
his methods-or ours, Stevens, when a
bull like Langdon breaks loose in the
political china shop. Fortune and rep
utation are both fragile"
A ring Of bell announced the arriv-
al of Jake Steinert. whose reputation
as lobbyist Of advanced ability had
spread wide I'm the twenty years he
had spent in Washington. OF medium
height, sallow complexion, dark hair
and dark eyes, his broad shoulders I'LL
ed the doorway rs he entered. An lily
kept mustache almost hid a thin lip
ped, forceful mouth, almost as forceful
as some Of the language he used. His
eyes darted first to Peabody and then
to Stevens. waiting for either of them
to open the conversation.
The highest class lobbyists, those
who Swing the biggest deals" con-
cern themselves only with men who
can ''handle" or who control lawmak-
ers. They get regular reports and out
line the campaign. Like crafty spiders
they hide in the center of great web,
web Of bribery, threat. cajolery and
intrigue, intent on every victim that ID
lured into the glistening meshess
Only the small fry mingle freely with
the legislators In the open, In the ho-
tells and cafes and in the capitol corri-
doris.
Jake Steinert did not belong in either
OF these classes; he ranked somewhere
between the biggest and the smallest
He coupled colossal boldness with the
most expert knowledge Of all the intri.
cate workings of the congressional
mechanism. Given money to spend
among members to secure the defeat OF
bill, he would frequently put most OF
the money in his own pocket and for
a comparatively small sum defeat II
by influencing the employees through
whose hands 1t must ps5s.
"Sit down, Jake. Something to
drink" asked Peabody. reaching for a
decanter.
NO." grunted the lobbyist; don't
drink durin' business hours; only durin
the day"
"Well, jake" said the Pennsylvania
"you probably know something OF
what's going on in the naval affairs
committee"
"You mean the biggest job Of the
session.
EYES,"
"sure thing. senator. It's the work
Of an artist"
"The boss Of the senate" smiled
grimly.
"Now, suppose committeeman
named Langdon absolutely refused to
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SieI ot u EeCep-
tion that she was 80 glad Jimmie Is
going to do something for us women at
last. He says we ought to get silk gowns
ever so much cheaper. next year."
Jimmie Windsor was q member Of the
house committee on ways and means
and was busily engaged In the matter
OF tarif revision. When President
Anders Of the Federal Silk company
heard from Senator Peabody that
Windsor favored lowering the tariff on
silk a way was found to convince the
congressman that the American silk In
dustry was a weakling and many in
vestors would suffer If the foreign
goods should be admitted any cheaper
than at present.
President Anders would be willing
to do Senator Peabody a favor some
day.
Sometimes Cora spangler shuddered
at the thought Of what would become
OF her II she should make some slip,
some fatal error, and be discovered to
her friends as betrayer Of condolences
for money. A secret agent Of Stand
ard Steel! What newspaper story
she would make-"Society Favorite q
Paid Spy" ''Weman Lobbyist Flees
Capital" The sensational headlines
fitted through her mind. Then she
would grit her teeth and dig her finger
nails into her palms. She had to have
money to carry on the life she loved so
well. She must continue as she Ind
begun. After all, she reasoned, moth
ing definite could ever. be proved re-
garding the past. LIE. the future care
for itself. She might marry again and
free herself from this mode Of life.
who knows? =
SO reasoned Cora Spangler for the
hundredth time during the last two
years as she sat in her boudoir mt her
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This land would be on their hands. nm
salable, Il the base went somewhore
else. Moreover. they feared that La1ln
don's revolt would bring unpleaeoIt
newspaper publicity to their cpera-
dons.
There's only one, course to pursue.
Stevens" snapped Peabody a. they
took on their overcoats. That Il to
be prepared as best we can for the
very worst and meet It In some way
yet to be determined. But first We
must try to figure out what Langdon
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~
rsted to have q "He soas at the snsans
csfiage. q closed asylum"
caSase. call that night to take him
to De the president, for he was told
9 President sent the carriage for him.
WIN he got ont he was at the insane
esylm. an can tell you he was bun
oi9f into q padded cell In Jig time,
We he stayed for three days. He
he's a member Of congress- l
he two huskies that handled him
ave 'em each twenty case note.
doctor that signed the necessary
b got considerable more"
Otens' gasp Of Amusement caused
the Aerator genuine enjoyment.
i bow Of a, certain senator who
was funk an laid away in a Turkish
patSg ghen the roll zwas called. on a GER
iI HA-w q friend of Pen
Doa" laughed the lobbyist to the
Mn sippian.
"By in his case" said stevenn 1--WE
must tte very careful. Possibly some
OF Xr methods in handling the men
yoy after
interposed Steiuert. you
knU don't do all pursuin', all the
goin fter, any more than others In
mn iness. Why. senator. some of
tnes pnSressmen worry the life out
OF folks that sprinkle the sugar.
iney ccuse rs Of not lettin' 'em in
On % Es when they haven't been fed
IN 90 time. They come down the
tran u greyhounds coursin' a coy
peaker raused and glanced
across Peabody, who. however, was
TOO oVy engaged in writing in a
memorlum book to notice him.
WI Senator Stevens" went on
tne 10 list "only today down east
memp held me up to tell me that he
was sing for that proposition to
give the X. and L. railroad grants
OF goVerhent timber land in Oregon.
he saysb me, he says: What II HI
90 my 1pstituents in New England
care dD9 things way out on the Pa
cine coaP I'd give 'em Yellowstone
Nationapark for q freight sidin' II
twas use to 'em.' he says. So
you seej -.
&C.," broke In Stevens. ris-
Ing andklancing at his watch. 1T
will sooIbe dayiieht."
III yoqpust have sleep. go. but you
must % re at 9 o'clofk sharp in the
morning said Peabody. ''Steinert
Will sle here with me. Well all
have br fast together here in my
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home. She had
8 p e n t part Of
the day with
Carolina and
Hope Langdon
and in the even
ing had attend
ed the musicale
ut their house.
But she had
been forced to
leave early ow-
"S 10 u severe
headache. Now,
after an hour or
two Of rest, she
felt better and
was about to re-
tire. Suddenly
the telephone
bell rang at a
xx,rfft~~ - hl
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the lam aeais. The options were
signed the deeds signed by our
agents. bn't you see2 Whereas his
Idaughterl lpd son and future son-in-law W
actually fook land in their own
"Yes. amateurism lowers the
dignity .tHe United States senate"
Peabody answered dryly.
"But oppose Langdon does not
weaken asked Stevens anxiously as
he pickeup his hat and coat.
"Thenhwe will go into action with
our gun loaded" was the reply.
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is going to do
what It can be
that he says he
Will tell ~ to-
morrow at 1890
II we appear. He
must have some
thing very star
tling up his
81 e eve If he
makes good his
a assertions. I
can't see how
"Nor l." frown-
ed Stevens, land
my political eye
sight is far bet
terthan that fool
Langdon's. Un-
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CHAPTER XIII.
THE BOSS OF THE SENATE" GAINS

"THE BOSS OF THE SENATE GAINS A
NEW ALLY.
h RS. SPANGLER would have
I'VE flattered herself on guessing
correctly as to Senator Pea
4 4 body's uneasiness had she
heard and seen oil that had taken
place In his apartment at the Louis
Napoleon hotel, where he had hurried.
ly taken Senator Stevens on leaving
the Langdon house.
Not only would the two senators
lose their immense profits on the Alta
coola transaction II Langdon persisted
in his opposition, but they would lose
as well the thousands of dollars spent
BY their agents In purchasing options
on hundreds. Of acres and, where they
could not get options. the iand itself.
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and daring. He needed many hours
Of sleep. Peabody could work twenty
hours at stretch. He had to have
his meals regularly or else suffer from
indigestion. Peabody sometimes did
days work on two boiled eggs and
a cup Of coffee.
bssS sna se Is fsaR pSR SSi tS
body the possibilities for profit in the
gulf naval base project, but the morn.
ing following the conference with
Steinert when he rejoined them for
breakfast at the Louis Napoleon he
was far from comfortable. he did
not mind fighting brain against brain,
even though unprincipled methods
were resorted to, but indications were
that more violent agencies would be
called into play owing to the compiled.
tions that had arisen.
Stevens ate heartily to strengthen
his courage. Steinert ate hugely to
strengthen his body. Peabody ate
scarcely anything at ALTO strengthen
his brain.
Waving away the hotel waiter who
had brought the breakfast to his
apartment, Senator Peabody outlined
the probable campaign Of the day.
III our best efforts to weaken and
scare OF Langdon fail today" he said,
1T will naturally develop that we must
render 1t impossible in some way for
him to appear in the senate at all, or
we must delay his arrival until after
the report Of the committee on naval
affairs has been made. In either
event he would not have another op-
portunity to speak on that subject.
"Of course later. Mt 1890, we will
know his plan Of action. Then we can
act to the very point, but we must be
prepared for any situation that can
arise"
Cannot the president Of the senate
be persuaded not to recognize Lang
don on the floor? Then we could ad-
5ourn and shut him off," asked Ste
vens.
mo-" responded Peabody; "he has
already promised Langdon to recog-
nize him, and the president Of the SEN
ate cannot be persuaded to break his
word. I am painfully aware OF this
fact"
But Stevens was not yet dissuaded
from the hope Of defeating the Junior
senator from Mississippi by wit alone.
"Can we not have a speaker get the
floor before Langdon and have him
talk for hours-tire out the old kicker
and await time when he leaves the
senate chamber to eat or talk to some
visitor we could have call ON him,
oh ttn 1t
rilyf" he suggested.
'I've gone over all that" answered
Peabody quickly. It would only be
delaying the evil hour. You wouldn't
be able to move that old codger away
from the senate chamber with a team
Of oxen-once he gets to his seat. His
secretary, Haines-another oversight
Of yours, Stevens"-the latter WINGED
twill warn him. Langdon would
stick pins through his eyelids to keep
from falling asleep"
'I've been thinkin'," put In Steinert
slowly, that little fine-esse like this
might keep him away: When Lang
don'sA I'm his committee room before
goin' to the senate send him q tele-
gram signed by some Of his frien's'
name that one Of his daughters is
dyin' from injuries in a automobile
collision a few miles out a-town.
That ud''-
Ridiculous" snorted Peabody. He'd
know where they were. They're al
ways"-
Huh, then put in more fne-esse."
How, what7"
'cHev some'un take 'en cut a-au-
toin'"-
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be taken care Of and insisted on hand
ing in a minority report tomorrow,
with a speech that read like the Decla.
ration Of Independence"
Steinert terked his head forward
quickly.
"You mean what would do II /
was-er-if I was runnin' the job?"
"Yes."
Steinert leaned toward Peabody.
Where do come in on thisf" he
asked suspiciously.
"Come, come, man." was the irritable
retort. 81 never let few dollars
stand between myself and my friends" !"
Call right, senator"
The lobbyist thrust himself down in
his chair. puffed slowly at a cigar and
gazed thoughtfully at the ceiling.
Few years ago." he began after q
minute or two. "thers was feller who
was getn' to
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roo m 8 and q
6nal consultR-
ticn."
"You w on t
plan anything
really desperate.
Peabody, will
you? I think I'd
nsRasnssn.s,-e.
vens. Of course
not. Our game
will be to try
to weaken Lang.
don, to prove to
him In the morn.
ing that he alone
will suffer. be-
cause our names
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riedly helped him
into his coat.
"Go In a closed
carria ge," was
Peabody's final
wSrning. BEL
sure to tell her toI
get hold Of hisI
two daughters onI
some pretext att
once. She knows|
them well. Mny-I
be we can infu-
ence the old man
through his girls.
don't you see?"
And while Sem
ator Peabody and
Jake Steinert re-
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Peabody was In.
formed Of this
two hours later
by q note writ
ten In ciphe 9 r.
When the vote
was called, two
days later Sena-
tor Holcomb vot-
ed for the bill.
Standard s t g !
supplies steel for
ocean liners, and
tr building
must be encour-
aged. .
Mrs. Wfndnor
wife Of Congress
man Windsor OF
Indiana, remark
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walk ups t a i r s
without stopping
on the way. I
tried three differ
ent doctors and
each told me some
thing different. 1
received no benefit
from any of them,
but seemed to suf-
fer more. The last
doctor said moth
ing would restore
NM uhnn1kL
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VHITeu 10 pre-
vious discussion concerning one ]. ID.
Teller, mayor Of Gulf City. Senator
Stevens started on the most memorable
drive Of his career on this bright win.
ter morning. to the house of the fasci-
mating Mrs. Spangler-who for the past
week had been considering his proposal
of marriage.
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DOCTORS
FAILED
LydiaE. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound Cured Her.

WiIhmantic, Conn.-"For five years
l suffered untold agony from female
troubles, causing backache, irregulari-
ton. 1t was impossible for me to
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"s~
a Iked resem-
ble to the
hQyblrd - 30
mt so that he
has Yell won the
bi1's appella-
tiod for himself.
Abprmally keen
atpcating pos
sib4ies for ex-
tracing "honey"
from the govern
merel affairs in
waAington, he
inyria bly, led
Peaody, repre-
seYng the hunt
er With the ax,
to be repository.
I'D would then
ret on the Penn
sytanian's supe-
rif force to
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This Intensely interesting story Of love
aud intrigue in Washington political
life will b" continued in next weeks
Chronicle. This story alone is worth
NOR" than the price of a whole years
subscription.
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bafiers. Stevens would fiutter about
and gather up the leavings.
nually as mercenary 40 "the boss Of
ths senate" he lacked Peabody's iron
mere. detsrmipation. resourcefplness
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-08-05
SAY CHILDREN
were SHIPPED
IN TRUNKS
That is the Police Theory Concerning
the Two Italian Children Who
Were Kidnapped in st. Louis
Last Monday.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, August 5.-Three
additional arrests We're made yester-
day in the kidnapping of of Grace and
Tommasse Viyiano who were taken
from their home Monday and are be-
ing held for $500 ransom.
With the arrest of the suspects the
police announced that they believed
the children were put in trunks and
shipped out Of the city.
Lamantia Giroloma, driver, Pietro
Fanaro, a groceryman and Domino
Lutticco, another employe, and Fanaro
were the suspects taken to police
headquarters. Giroloma admitted hav-
ing taken tAEee trunks in a grocery
wagqastS'an express office. Vincenzo
Ricardo, friend of Samuel Turrist,
with whom the children disappeared,
had an unidentified man supposed to
be Turrisi, ride to the express office
with the trunks. The trunks were put
put on the wagon at the home of
Joseph Pagano, who was arrested yes
terday.
The police made the rounds of the
offices with Giroloma, but fail-
ed to find the clerk who received the
baggage. Giroloma said the men who
hired him to deliver the trunks were
excited and in great hurry. Ricardo
had told Pagano he was going to New
Orleans.
Detectives accompanied by Giroloma
located the express office where he
delivered the trunks. A clerk said two
of them had been sent to Chicago. The
police there We're notified.