Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-22
BY FRANCIS LYNDE
copydsht. 1870. By Street @ smitf,
Continued

"T'li tell You first what it amt" said
the ward boss sulleniy. II amt here
TO beg for no rakeof. I've been given
the double cross. and I'm sore"
BIount's smile was consemptuous-
"You doubtless got what was coming
to you." be said cooHy. but go on
and tell it out and don't waste time.
This is another of my busy days"
~ want to get hold of q newspaper
man." said Gryson: "that's what l
want. II they're going to throw me
down I'll squea1. 1t amt too late
yet. Money talks with me every time.
-FOUR boss, MeVickar. thought he had
me coopered up in a barrel, but the
other side saw his bid and raised it.
What other sideY" queried Blount.
There nin't but one other side IN this
state when your d1ddy gets into b
ring ands.puIls OF his coat" said the
bride tHker, with an eviI~Ieer. lyon
aiutt been fighting round here a couple
OF months without finding that QUIT"
$50 on" was the terse command.
GAS I was a-saying, money talks, and
Eight now, when everything is ready to
pull off, Sheehan turns up and says the
barrels run dry. There ain't nothing
left In 1t for ma BY cripes. III show
him.
B1ount went fnto a reflective trance
with half closed eyes. Sheehan was
the machine organizer for the capital
the pay boss," some called him. Da-
vtd Blount's son saw the door to a
chamber Of hidden facts slowly OPEN
ing before him. For some reason Cry
son, the twice bought and sold, had
been dropped, and his actuating motive
new was plain revenge,
.sTeIl 1t and tell it straight, Cry
son." he resumed at the end OF the
hesitant pause.
tits In the registration lists In four
wards Of this town. They've been
cooked up two to one. I've got the
lists of the crooked names right here In
my pocket. Sheehan knows, e COM
nittee of six knows, and the senator
knows. But I'm the man that can
swing In them extra votes, and, more
than that, by grabs. I'm the only man!
When / told Sheehan that a little while
ago uo AuFitCu A0 W ~ " 49,
show him."
Blount's brain wa IN a whirl, and
his heart was poupadng like that Of a
man who finds himself looking over
the verge of a bottomless chasm.
what Is 1t tlat yen want to do.
Grysonf" he asked when he could
control his voice sufficiently.
81 want to give sheehan sad his
machine crowd what's coming to 'emA
win you make afidayits to/the
fact of the false registration"
I'm do anything to get square with
shnt crowd OF ttrow-backsf"
Your affidavit isn't much better
than your unsupported word" said
Blount coldly. "Can you get any one
ELSE to swea4 10 the facts with your"
t'Snre I can. I can get a half dozen
Of the boys in my W gang thatl
do it.1
1t was up to BIount fairly and
sqaareiy to say the word which would
p~recipitate the greatest election scan
DIAL that, had ever disturbed the peace
of the Sagebrush State, and the centra
figure around which the story of cor
rdptfon and bribery would center
would be his fatherl For five lons
minutes he sat I'm grim silence. frown
ing at the miserable traitor, who was
shifting uneasily In his chair under
the a6fd glare OF the hereditary Blouni
eyes. But when all WEI over the trat
tor had gained his point.
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