Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-07
SYNOPSIS.

foolish young tenderfoot becomes
fascinated with the bold. artful wife OF
drunken prospector in a western mining
i0 Taey to e2Pe ed BY ot the
maudlin husband, He is shot by the
wife. but the chivalrous boy pins
note to the body taking the crime
upon himself In their flight to tns
falls exhausted; the youth puts her
on his own and follows hanging TO tne
stirrup strap. Seeing he Is an impeal-
ment, the woman thrusts her escort INTO
a snow drift and rides on. Half-frozen
he stumbles into the railroad station Just
as the train bears the woman away, away,
Twenty-Five years later. TINS man; ueUl Su
GOrmly, is multi-Inillionaire IN New
York He meets Eleanor Haldane,
beautiful and wealthy settlement worker
and co-operates with her. In her WORK,
GormlY becomes owner or a steamship
line and finds himself frustrated IN pier
and track extension plans by grazing az
dermen. backed by the Gotham Tracuon
company. An automobile accident brlnss
the Haldanes to his country nome. Gor', 10
" announces that he will be mayor OF
New York and redeem the city from cor,
ruptlon. Mr.. Haldane In long desired
interview with Gormly, makes an lndirect
proposition to compromise the fight Which
the latter has been waging In the news
papers against the Gotham Traction coHl..
pany and which Haldane Is suspected OF
being the head. Gormly boldly announces
his pan OF campaign To lldlhill'.' ''4
rides to Haldane's place. carrying WORD
OF the auto accident The next morRlns
he refers to the ride OF the night DelorS
ms mild compared to one he experienced
in his boyhOod days. The papers an
nounce his candidacy for mayor. The po-
litical declaration of the merchant prince
produced tremendous sensation. hne
minority party. seeing in him p0sslpIe
dorsement of his candidacy by the outs.
Gormly. however. rejects all proposed
alliance. A meeting OF the Sacnem 81
ciety or the Ring" is held at the Hal
and henchmen are present and ways ana
means are advanced to dampen Gormly's
mayoralty aspirations and sdetrack MS
candidacy. The younger Haldane Is
proposed as an opposition candidate; the
whole machinery of the city's detective
force is to be used to dig up something
damaging to Gormly. Haldane, Jr., re-
fuses the nomination and announces that
ne will support Gormly. The reigninS
party then decides to name a -parti-
san ticket for the purpose OF dividing the
Gormly forces and Mt the same time rush
through Freight Traction company
franchise without which the Sachem So
ciety would he helpless. The press here
tofore unanimously favorable to the mer-
chant candidate. now under pressure al
vides and the campaign wakes warm,
resolution In introduced granting gratul-
tous renewal of the traction franchise.
Gormly offers ten million dollars for the
franchise. The excited populace threaten
TO mob the aldermen when addressed by
Gormly. The Ring mayor and the mer-
chant have a critical moment. The de-
tective force reports valuable clew.
Miss Haidane conRratulates Gormiv on
what she terms n new Declaration of In
pendence. and he MAKES an unexpected
declaration of love. He is shocked by
the confirmation Of his suspicious that
her father is the head and backbone OF
the notorious traction company which he
IS attempting to overthrow