Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-08-16
CHAPTER Vlil-Contlnued.
Liffey snorted with disdain.

Liffey snorted with disdain.
my dear Mr.. Warren, undoubtedly
you are very available. Whether or
not you are the most available is the
question: interposed Mcdonald.
'"We ought to get some man of the
highest consideration, who belongs to
a most respectable family, and yet
who's amenable to the right pressure.
How'd you do yourself, Mr.. Haldane?"
asked the boss 1nnocently, if bosses
can ever ask anything in that vein.
Under no consideration he said,
decisively, could I accept the honor.
My interests, our interests, are too
vast for me to localize them by be-
coming mayor of New York.
Haven't you got a SOM" asked
Connell, the chief Of police. He'd
have all the advantages of name and
station and SO on that you would, and
I have no doubt he'd do pretty much
what you said, and I'm sure you'd
say what was best for us ALL"
II think that would be an excel
lent idea," chimed in Rutherford.
How old is your youngster, Hal
dane?"
Hes twenty-eight."
Never done anything in his life,
has he?"
do you mean in business, or any
any other way?"
Anything he's got to cover up
mean"
Nothing, I believe" answered the
father. Hes been lively lad; but
nothing dishonorable that am
aware Of
young, enthusiastic, inexperienced,
rich, comfortable. Where is he now?'
asked Rutherford
Hes down on Long Island at my
country place."
"Can you get in communication with
him by telephone?"
X think so.'
him whether or not, if he got the
nomination, he would run"
II will. Excuse me, gentlemen"
said Haldane, going out into the hall
where one Of the duplicate telephones
was installed.
He did not care to do his telephon-
ing in the library before the group Of
conspirators.
Il think," protested Warren as Hal
dane closed the door behind him, that
this is shame. You promised me
that if I made a satisfactory mayor,
i should have the refusal of the office
again, and I'd like to know what I've
done that you should throw me
DOWN."
PROMISES" said Litfey, don't go
in politics longer than It's agreeable,
as you very we'll know. We amt
throwing you down, either. You'll be
provided for doubtless in some way,
and maybe this young Haldane amt
the most available man after all.
We're not committed to him yet"
I'll tell you one thing that we can
do without waiting for candidate, -
here interposed the chief of police.
And what is that, pray?" asked the
mayor
1--WE can put the Central Office de.
tcctive force on Gormly's trail. We
can look up his record. We can find
out all about him ever since he was
"a baby. It's dollars to pennies but
what we'll discover something that
he'd like to keep hidden"
"Your suggestion Is an excellent
one, and your observations do you
credit. It's the first practical sugges
ton we've had here this evening, u
said Van Slyke.
Right" said Lffey, bluntly. "Turn
up some dirty story about him, and II
you need evidence I'll supply all that's
necessary"
You'll have to be careful" said
Rutherford, that such evidence as
you supply shall be unimpeachable
and that such story as you turn up
shall be true, else won't have any
thing to do with it"
! "Oh, guess you'll take your orders
from the society,""
:. mot from you, Liffey, not from any
body" said Rutherford quietly
enough, though his face flushed at the
, insult. "As a matter of fact, being
district attorney, hold the whip hand
of you ALL And again the uneasy
movement from the 1nanciers evi
denced the truth Of that assertion
my term still has two years to run
remember, and there are things
could do even with you. Don't forge,
that"
! Litfey gritted bic teeth: hut raid