Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-10-06
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A foolish young tenderfoot becomes
fascinated with tho bold, artful wife OF a
drunken prospector In a western mining
town They prepare to eiope IN a piin mo
maudlin husband. lie Is shot by the
wife. but the chivalrous boy pins. a
note TO tho body taking tho crime
upon himself In their flight to the
falls exhausted; the youth puts her
on his own and follows hanging to the
stlrrup strap. Seeing he Is an lmpedl-
ment, the woman thrusts her escort Ih,o
a snow drift and rldeS on. Haif-trozen
he stumble into the railroad station JUST
as the train bears the woman away.
Twenty-Five years later, this man, George
Gormly, is a multi-mllionalre IN Ncw
York. He meets Eleanor Haldane., a
beautiful and wealthy settlement WorkeI'
and co-operates with her In her work.
Gormly becomes owner OF n ms
line and hnds himself frustrated In pier
and track extension plans by graItlnB az
dermen, backed by the Gotham Iracuon
company. An automobile accident brings
the Haldanes 10 his country home. Gorms
~ announces that he will be mayor OF
New York and redeem the city from cor,
ruption. Mr.. Haldane In n long desired
interview with Gormly, makes an indlrect
proposition to compromise the night whlch
tho latter has been waging In the news
papers against the Gotham Traction. COM
pany, and which Haldane. IL suspected OF
being the head. Gormly boldly
his plan Of campaign to Haldane. Gormly
rides to Haldane's place. CARRYING wore
OF the auto accident. The next. morning
he refers to the ride OF the night beiors
~ mild compared to one he experienced
In his boyhood days. The papers an
nounce his candidacy for mayor. The po-
iitical declaration Of the merchant prince RIM,
produced n tremendous sensation. Inc
minority party. seeing n mn 2 p2ss'n ,n
Moses, make overtures looking 70 uhe IN,
Al. ,npJlInaU hU thn '0lTA.|
Gormly. however, rejects AL Proposeo
alliance. A meeting Of the Sachem 80
ciety or the "Ring," Ia held at the HAT
dane Home. Many political dlgnitaries
and henchmen nre present ana Ways hnn
means arc advanced to dampen Gormly,,s
mayoralty aspirations and sidetrack ms
candidacy. The Younger Hnldane is
proposed ms an opposition candidate; the
whole machinery Of the city's detective
force IL to be used to dig up something
fuses the nomination and announces that
no viii support Gormly. The reignlng
party then decides to name. n
san ticket for the purpose of dividing the
through a Freight Traction company
franchise, without which tho Sachem 30
ciety would be helpless. The press here
tofore unanimously favorable TO the mer-
chant candidate, now under pressure, al
vides and the campaign wakes warm. a
resolution IL introduced granting a gratul-
tous renewal OF the traction franchise.
Gormly offers ten million dollars for the
franchise. The excited populace threaten
10 mob the aldermen. when addressed by
Gormly. The Ring mayor and the mer-
chant have n critical moment. The de-
tective force reports q valuable clew.
Miss Ha,dane congratulates Gormly on
what she terms a new Declaration OF In
pendence, and he makes an unexpected
declaration OF love. He Ia shocked by
the confirmation OF his suspicious that
her father Is the head and backbone OF
the notorious traction company which he
q attempting TO overthrow.