Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-02
BY HENRY RUSSELL MILLER
coPR1eHT, 1910 BY RoRBs r1ERRILL CO:

. he continued "Bnys. tIaggin has
t turned lin duwn."
We'll. guess that lets Jim out"
said Mike i'l'yiii.g!y.
Il tell hin Rob continued. thai he
ought 70 ti.,nt aim
Mike s.i .,k Ei: !m'ad at cant hs
done. fsu,
Eyes. 1t r.n" Roh responded 'arf.r.
Sand I'm .nlur 10 G;. it,"
An nmi 2"u silence. fell uv,nD thn
group The silence was hru&-u nv
Mixes drlih.e ejurua'ion
''!ie tn p"He' it's y tsr- Srri:n.ra"e
wen he havin If amy "aa can II =
Hag"in y.' re- b bye. Pol,
.Tha, We are usSrnlra the o'hers.
awakened from ,Epir wuiidr.in-nt.
'Ail right 81. mere ,"sn"rru" night
and I'll tell ynu what to do And bring
the other boys along as u!:iuy az yon
can get Come along lin" And
mepkiy followed by the squire. W.T."
had not ye, recovered from his aston
ishnpu,. Rob left the saloon
Huggln had been a prizatghter ani!
a successful one History records bow
be fought u twenty round draw bare.
fists with Donurlly. the heavyweight
champion of the world At the zr":;ll
Of his career he abandoned the ring ana!
Invested his last purse In an lrishtown
saloon And lrishtOwn coua:rd II III,
honor to buy Its drinks from the only
, man that hAd ever given D0nmeily II
hard fight SO that Haggin waved
prosperous and sportad many d!a
mondx 1t was Il natural result Of biz
popularity and huSueSs thar be- should
60 into politics. He developed GER
tain crude genius for the game. Hr
was good naturpd when not opposed
IL, knew how to bp generous. when to
be generous was a gtn'd policy And
hc learned 70 organize his henrhmen.
But beneath all were his fame and
skill as fighter. Consequently he
became the undisputed autocrat OF
things political IN the Fourth ward.
Now the average American. especial
u he Irish American. loves fair play
and has snenkinS admiration for the
under dog Bob alrpady had certain
personal following. which nucleus he
began systematically to augment.
'Thi. young McAdM, of the Fourth
| TX II c0rker.' said the grert MACPHERSON
.Of course. Haegin u hent him: the
old CRATER has tOo strong a grip on his
ward to lose this time. Blt the young
ster will bear watching 10 the future
Say. now. this IL fight" Hag-
! gin exclaimed when reports began to
come In to litm.
But the fight came to q most uue1.
pectpd ending.
The second night before the pr!ma.
rips irishtown was In frenzy OF ex-
element. The saloons were crowded.
the streets alive with enger. exI~.t.tan ut
men and h,yx. A rppOr'er Ut one of
the morning papers entered MalOney s
HI loon ard Mtt.oStpd Rob.
II hear the reporter remarked
with what was meant as an .ngpatiat.
Ing smile. "shat you intend visiting
| Haggins SaiOon."
IAN ass. Rob answered dryly. amid
the guf'aws of his followers. "havin'
long ears. can hear lot that ain { big
business"
The reporter flushed nngrily. 'ltc'd
the same thing to HnSgtn." he said
spifafuily. "and ne said it you entered
his saloon he'd Kick yOy out. KNOCK
the stlfrs block or were his exac;
words. briisve.'
| The crowd stood aghast. II was Z
challenge.
Els ,iaf so?" Leisnrety Bob emp
tied his bottle 1T beer ana then With.
out word left the saloon. followed
at respectful distance by friends.
torn between delight and fear.
| Easgin sat In the -ear room o: 81:
saloon trying to maintain q CONVERSE.
ton with some of his lieutenants. Q
difficult matter because of the tur1ult
! in the ouier room. Suddenly the
cla,nOr censpd: blank silence envcloped
the saloon. Huggin spranE to 1ts feet
and rushed to the ds,r. There ne
stopped short. petritieti ny amazement
al tile sight before him. for there oy
the hur In ne midst Of M awestrnrk.
dazpd crowd lowered Rob McAdOo.
Bob calmly struck match and
lighted his cigar. Line ny. bOys:" be
cOlntiA ndp0.
Slowly. mechanically. A. under {
compulsiOn they could not resist. the
mun moved to the tn.r
"WhatU you nave3 This IL on Jim
Mphnffey. bOys."
NJ, nun dared to name his drink.
"flumph"' Rob snpprpd. ''Whtsky
for mine. The hest In the hoiise. bar
keep" he ordered sharply. 'rhs bar
! tender moved eemefulv to Ohey.
Then Hnxgin came tO himself Witt
low grnwt he sprnng In front os Hot,
j who nOnchnianfly i0s,ked him over.
'NOt drink d've get IN this hons
Bob McAdoo.'' Haggin rngpd. 'Not
drink. dye hear: An git out o tn
salM,n. quick see:"
! Rob's only answer was TO take n
/ bOttle from the ,barteuder's uncert:
hand. pour himself 4 liberal porti
and swallow It AT guip. Then l.
| seized = glass of water and TOSSED u
contents full into Higgins face.
! The crowd breathed painfully.
Haggip dashed the water from b
eyes and shook bis great DIST lSefOi
Bob's face. "D'ye know whnt tha
means. Bob McAdoo.'' he reared. II