Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1911-09-14
SYNOPSIS.

A foolish young tenderfoot becomes
fascinated with the bold, artful wife OF
drunken prospector in a western mining
ing blizzard but are confronted by the
fnaudlin husband. He is shot by the
wife, but the chivalrous boy pins a
note to the body taking the crime
upon himself. In their flight to tne e
railroad station the w9man nuts ho hsT
on his own and follows hanging to tne
stirrup strap. Seeing he is an lnp 1oto
ment, the woman thrusts her escort INV
he stumbles into the railroad station lus'
as the train bears the woman away,
Twenty-Five years later; this man. ueS ga;y
Gormly. Is multi-millonaiTg ,d IN "a
York He meets Eleanor Haidahe, d
beautiful and wealthy settlement WorhJit'
and co-Operates with her In her Wo LS,,
GOrmly becomes owner or steaIi5iidP
line and finds himself frustrated IN plyyl
and track extension plans by grating az
dermen, backed by the Gotham IraCtIom
company An automobile accident pIlm5S
the Haldanes to his country nome, ' nui ~
~ announces that he will be mayor VI
New York and redeem the city from G TI5
ruption. Mr.. Haldane in long ue 51,.n 81
interview with Gormly, makes an ihuitI t ~
proposition to compromise the HSllt WIZ WIZ
the latter has been waging IN tne he eNro
papers against the Gotham TRACTION CVil
pany, and which Haldane Is suspecteu 81 oI
being the head. Gormly boldly aHL GorIniy
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rides to Haldane's place. carrying WI
of the auto accident The next mQr .snnSo
he refers to the ride OF the night pelolSJ
as mild compared to one he eKperlehosu
in his boyhood days. The papers an
nounce his candidacy for mayor. The po-
ltical declaration of the merchaht " t NJ,
produced a tremendous SehsaIio Inl,,.itiie
minority party, seeing IN MN pI }' I,o
Moses, make overtures looking 10 the IN,
dorsement of his candidacy by the outs.
Gormly, however, rejects az pfU JIp a.
alliance IA mse It 81 h tGe at the Hal
dane Home. Many political dIgr ,,s ae5
and henchmen are present ana ways tys % ~
means are advanced to dampen GorHnly
mayoralty aspirations and sidetrack ms
candidacy. The younger Haldane .ts
proposed as an opposition candldatei the
whole machinery OF the citys u eteCtiLVe
force is to be used to dig up something
damaging to Gormly. Haldane, Jr, re.
fuses the nomination and announces It,as
he will support Gormly. The relsnlnB
party then decides to name q non-patti-
san ticket for the purpose OF diV ION, Ill, tse
Gormly forces, and at the same time rush
through Freight Traction company
franchise, without which the Sachem so
ciety would be helpless the press mere
tofore unanimously favorable to the heI-
chant candidate, now under pressure, d.
Vides and the campaign wakes warm a
resolution is introduced granting grdtul-
tous renewal Of the traction tranchlSe.
Gormly offers ten million dollars lor tne
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 Haldane congratulates Gormly on
what she terms a 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. Public senti-
overwhelmingly AGAINST the
party in power and the Sachem Society.
Miss Haidane informs her parents Of
Gormly's declaration to her, which they
characterize as impudence and insolence.