Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-05
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Gormly." began Cornell bruskly.
81 am not aware Of any intimacy
between you and me, Mr.. Cornell,
which warrants you In your familiar
mode of address. Address me with
| decency and respect, or Ill have you
put out of the house!'
MET" roared Connell. you'd lay
hands on me, an officer Of the law. In
| the discharge Of his
Are you come here as an officer of
| the law In the discharge Of your duty?
II so. will you please tell me without
| further delay what you want, where IL
your warrant and incidentally inform
me why you come In plain clothes?"
Never mind how ! come or why |
comet" said Council wrathfully. "As
said, I've got something to say to
you."-he paused for a moment--"Mr.
Gormly, if'that's your name. I'm 60
Ing to say It. and you're going to
listen!"
Am II" said Gormly. "You see that
bell?" He pointed to one of the but.
tons in the big desk In the library.
II have only to press that to have two
men here instantly. The three Of us
are quite equal to throwing you out
Of the apartment, and two of us, |
know. would be more than willing to
do 1t. think I have had about
enough Of you, anyway"
WELL. I don't leave till I've had
my say, George Fordyce!" was the
answer.
In spite OF himself Gormly started.
He controlled himself instantly, how.
ever.
you SEEM" he said coolly enough,
ito have discovered my middle name,
which I dropped for reasons that
seemed good to me when I came to
New York"
For reasons that seemed good to
you!" sneered the big officer. 81
guess they were good to you!"
What do you know about them?"
asked Gormly quietly.
81 know what they were"
And 1t Is to tell me what you know
that you came here tonight?"
mot by any means. It's to tell you
what you've got to do that I'm here"
And what have l got to do?"
you've got to withdraw from this
campaign now, tonight"
And how do you propose that |
should withdraw"
set down there and write that for
business reasons you've concluded to
withdraw from the campaign; that
you advise your friends to vote for
Pete Warren the best mayor New
York ever had; that you're convinced
that you were wrong in the charges
you've made: that investigation has
showed you that the Gotham freight
Traction company is all right and that
the Sachem society Is equally honor.
able and virtuous. You'll know how
to put It. I give you the substance.
Fancy 1t up in your own language
You can sling words good and plenty
as has been proved in this campaign
That's all you got to do"
"And II I do this" asked Gormly
what do I get?"
you'll get silence as to your do
ings twenty-five years ago"
would you mind telling me what
my doings were twenty,lve year.
ago"
Certainly not" said the chief. "Nt
and me, that I can see. You ran ava,
with a miners wife out at Camp XII
Devil, Wyo., in the midst of a howlin
blizzard. With the wife you took tn,
mans pile, product Of his hard.worh
In, toilsome life for a worthless won
an and you. And before you left, yor
put a bullet into the mans breas,
There's three counts against you
theft. 'dultery, murder. You'll make
hell Of a reform mayor. won't you
How'd the people enjoy that?"
why are you offering me anythin,
II you possess this power and are col
fdent as to your Information? VIII
don't you publish this stuff and knoc
me out without giving me any chanc
} to withdraw"
] "See here, Gormly. It amt for yo
!, to question! It's for you to do VIII,
you're tsld. We've decided that tn
is the way this scheme is goin' to |
worked. that's all there Is to It.
9 we have our reasons for not publish
:. the stun. why they're ours: they,
not yours.
Q why. man, all rye got to do is
so down to the district attorney al
d swear out q warrant to have you a
rested for murder, We've got O.
fingers on the woman you run aw,
with-and q pretty lookin' old hag 81
?. Is now, too. She don't want to
Is mixed up in 1t: but we've got hold
her. and II necessary she'll swear tn
10 you done It. We've located sever