Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-01-06

~ ulle OF morning. pAPr -. :.
81 Srsw about Il at Q o'clock TINS o.
.orn,nr I've been waiting for you 70 q
nm mn for the last four hours iue
ns.e a. superiority in bis oee =
vbIeh strange TO say. Broaef'eA :,
resented. sal, !.
Broderirk ever since nc pau 80 !.
rbone had felt an admiration 'ot lnn !
~ h.ndsome. dIgnined young nan 9
with the gray Just commencing
Green IN his hair. Thorne possessed IA J
Qualities that 90 to make ~
s,ovsr astute counselor at law. OF ms
sn,.esaen,sL II Is true. no o knP~
srgh, He had merely arrived . few
snort Years before. opened bis blg Jaw
omce etalked into the courts n GU.
N them. into the clubs and Q 81
49, n cannot be denied that ne
made bis best impression upon lnymen
and not upon the lawyers, althousn
even the members Of the bar conceded
that Thorne had ability. That DC eA.u
"a a great deal Of money was CUTE
manifest. for be spent Il With a free
hand n a trine too ostentauously. he
hohnobbed with the best people. new
everybody worth while. aud ~everyoody
worth while knew him. Frederick fe't
that II fste could regenernte Din ne
shorid like to be Thorpe-
We'll blurted out the politician
what are you going to do about tY
awhat are xs golns to do about nj
asked the lawyer in urn-
7 can handle the police Broderlek
ARMED
THAT goes without saying, But
we're up against something more than
the police"
II Tom Martin or Sam Apgar was
the prosecutor now" walled Broder'
Sch. ~we'd have no trouble. They used
10 come to the regularly for instrue-
tons
Tborne paced rhe entire lcasth Of
his long private Office
But" be protested. Martin isn't
prosecutor. Neither Is Apgar. Murga-
troyd Is prosecutor. and
-Coufound the man. interrupted
Broderack Hes so straight that be
leans over backward. II was be who
said SIX weeks ago that the Tweedal'
EuIelde Was the last straw; that II an
other fracas occurred inside Of Cradle
baugh's II would be goOdby to Cradle
bauEbE And now there's this blamet
MURDER!
Tborne looked Broderick In the ey'
for a moment and asked:
do you know that this murder hap
pened inside Of Crsdlebaugh'sT
sNa But I'm satisfied Il did
-Hsre you talked to PemmieanT
Broderiek stared IN surprise
no But haven't your
Thorne shook his head
~You forget that / waited here n
yOu Nov that you're here. my ide
Is 70 see Pemmican and get the facts
The captain Of the - precinct vi
be there" explained Broderiek z
understands that you're counsel Il
Crndlebaugh's- Seer
Come on repeated Tborne- we
20 and ses Peinmican-
Broderick remained seated Presen
" be said hesstaungly:
AUST q second counselor. | wis
! you'd draw 4 check for i've for ne"
~DollaBT-
: NO
"FTre tbousaDdr Thorne whistle
Coming II inst q bit strong. Brcde
ick.r
Broderick vigorously shook his bea
? Now, look here. Thorne- I've &
no complaint 70 make Of you. N
/ you've got no complaint 10 make
I me- You've paid me wei. but you
had blamed good returns for
hayen't yOus COME. nowr"
. ~Yes.~ admitted Thorne. But
-No buts.- interrupted Frederic
This ts s crisis"
, Th0rpe drew down the corners Of b
mouth
n do ron think that ! dout know Il
q crisis He went back 10 bis deS
!. Grew forth a check book and wrote
check. Before passing il over to Bro
. erick be looked BIN squareiy in 4
\ eye and added;
-Peter. I've always paid you
eheck and taken your receipt"
Sure returned Broderiek. r
: no o6cebolder. You could publish
IN the newspapers Nobody could &
fault
r -The polut is continued Thor
referring to a memorandum. that T.
passed over 70 y0n a sight Of money
-And ypu got a sight q tnhuenre
return" retorted Broderick-
e Thor1e passed oTer the 5000 che
i seized Broderick by the arm. march
4 him out then began TO relieve
II mind
s ~Broderick, { want more EnsBeD
1e IRE got a pet scheme. a great smbiti
that Is oFerweening. overwhelming.
II won't down. Ii owns me body q
sOuL" he paused a moment hef'
= United States"
II -Pbewr whIstled BrodeEick- Nc
= ing stingy about your
Il shall want every i0ta OF your
on euence.- Thorne went on. i 81
need if. And. Peter, I want TO kn
I'd whether I'm going TO have it, W
to know that ROs0.
nd Broderick stopped him In the mid
Of the sidewalk and sbook him By
he hand
laf ~Therne" be exclaimed. there
nat a man I'd rather send TO the Unf
mt States senate than you mean
in- There's ny hand on it, And. n
n.y. ing Thorne into the waiting TAXI
ult be commanded the driver to take Il
up TO Crzdiebaugh-s hack entrance.
sp- oace IN Cradlebaugh's the denim
Inr influence Of Frederick again
serted itself.
.sd- where's PemmicanT be inqu
nm grumy. and, without waiting for
answer. send him along right avn
The Hyeried man who did his bid
yon bowed $ BIT fanIliarly TO him.
BOW ve-y deferentially to ThOrne.
Almost instantly Pemmicsn c
q 10 His face was haggard. his eyes b
.rer- s. P. Carter bought from
mar sydenstricker "a head Of 2esI
s al hogs 4 s7-25 per cwt-
ua- grange feature of the hog