Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1911-08-31
CHAPTER Vlll.-Continued.
iffev snorted with disdain.

Lifey snorted with disda1n.
my dear Mr.. Warren, undoubtedly
you are very available. Whether or
not you are the most available is the
question" interposed Mcdonald.
I'VE 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 1nnoceEtly, If bosses
can ever ask anything in that vein.
Under no consideration" he said,
tGecisively, could 1 accept the honor.
my interests, our interests, are too
vast for me to localize them by be-
looming mayor of New York"
Haven't you got a son" asked
tConnell, the chief of police. He'd
have all the advantages of name n
station and so on that you would, and
II have no doubt he'd do pretty much
what you said, and I'm sure you'd
SAY what was best for Is ALL"
II think that would be an excel
lent idea," chimed in Rutherford.
I"How old is your ~youngster. Hal
ldane?"
He's 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 I
mean"
Nothing, I believe" answered the
father. He's been a lively lad; but
nothing dishonorable that I am
aware Of"
Hes the very man we want
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?"
81 think So"
"Suppose you call him up and ask
him whether or not, If he got the
nomination, he would run"
"I 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.
II think" protested Warren as Hal
dane closed the door behind him, that
this is a shame. You promised me
that if I made a satisfactory mayor
1 should have the refusal of the office
io-,So o-l T'a 1}Ln RI 1nNu Whof I've
done that you should throw me
down."
Promises" said Liffey, don't &C
fin politics longer than it's agreeable
as you very we'll know. We ain'
throwing you down, either. You'll be
provided for doubtless in some way
and maybe this young Haldane ain'
the most available man after all
Were not committed to him yet"
It'll tell you n thing that we car
do without waiting for a candidate
here %interposed the chief Of police.
"And what is that, pray?" asked the
mayor.
I'VE can put the Central Office de
tcctive force on Gormly's trail. We
can look up his record. We can fine
cut all about him eve since he was
"a baby. IT'S dollars to pennies but
what we'll discover something thai
he'd like to keep hidden"
your suggestion is an excellent
one, and your observations do yol
credit. It's the first practical sugges
tion we've had here this evening,
said Van Slyke.
Right" said Lifey. bluntly. "Tur1
mp some dirty story about him, and i
you need evidence I'll supply all that!
necessary"
You'll have to be careful" sait
Rutherford, that such evidence a,
you supply shall be unimpeachable
and that such a story as you turn VI
shall be true, else 1 won't have any
thing to do with It."