Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-20

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Again the vice president refused to
| comment on the Office breaking.
What I am most afraid of now Is
that u young man win be o~verzeai-
GUS" be said musingly. HE is some
thing Of a fanatic. as you have init
mated, Gantry."
Hes more than that" Kittredge put
In quickly. .1'rs had one mar keep
ing tab on him-Farnsworth-who Is
as good as any detective that ever
walked. He says Blount isn't half as In
nocent as he looks His speechmaking
has taken him into every corner Of the
state. and Farnsworth says he has
been doing a lot of quiet prying and
investigating on the side-looking up
evidence, was what my man thought"
Gantry began to look uncomfortable.
Perhaps / ought to have mentioned
it BEFORE" he said. .Blount has been
holding me up to the rack all along;
says If he breaches straight we've got
to walk straight I've argued with
him. but it doesn't do any good"
Once more the vice presidents heavy
eyebrows ose
"You mean that he might be tempted
to try. compulsion7 he asked.
"Yes-er-in fact he has threatened
to do Just that" stammered the traffic
man.
At that the shaggy eyebrows bent
themselves into a frown of distracted
reflection.
eve must take care not to give him
a chance" he announced finally. Dur
ing the few days that intervene be-
tween now and the election he must
be kept safely in hand. 1t won't do
for him to be around and In the way
while you two are trying to do busi-
ness with Hathaway and the others.
Keep him out Of the capital. And IL
you think he has been gathering EVIL
denee zee to 1. tha. he doesn't get d
chance to use it. How about that mat
ter In the Fifth ward? We've got to
make sure Of Gryson this time"
Kittredge held up a thumb and fore
finger tightly pressed together.
we've got the city wards right
there" he said, with the Honorable
David pretty safely euchred. He is
playing a deep game this time-so deep
that 1t is altogether underground and
out of sight. But we have him down
Just the same"
The vice president reached oyer and
pressed the bell push which signaled to
his train conductor.
"That Is all / have to say" he con-
cluded. Keep your eye on young
Blount and get rid Of him for a few
days. III leave the details to you.
Get orders for me as you go up, Kit
tredge. and let me out as soon as pos
sible. I ought to be halfway to Alkali
by this time"
It was young Raniett, a reporter for
the Daily Capital, who told Evan
Blount of the arrival OF the presi-
dents al running as second section
of the overland.
Ranlett had tried Intellectually to get
to the private car, having for his OBJ
ject the interviewing of the vice presi-
dent.
Blount thought it a little singular
that the vice president should come to
the capital secretly, but he did not
stop to speculate upon this.
Having something more than a sus-
picion that Gantry was not passing
his threat of exposure up to Mcvickar.
he determined at once to seek an In
terview with the vice president.
Walking rapidly down to the Sierra
avenue station, he saw a light in Gan
try's office, and. meaning to be fair first
and severe afterward, IL needful, he
ran up the stair and tried the door of
the traffic managers ONCE. It opened
under his hand. Gantry was at his
desk.
"Raniett tells me that McVickar is
in town." he began abruptly. where
Is he7"
"Ranlett is mtstaken-about twenty
minutes mistaken" was Gantry's re-
ply. "Mr. Mcvickar passed through
here a few minutes ago IN his way to
Twin Canyon City. His special has
been gone some little time"
When Is he coming backT'
D., so q. . No r., ,.
81 did"
did you take up with him the mat
ter OF issuing new tariffs-to do away
with the preferentials or to level the
public rates down to themT'
Gantry shifted ~uneasily in his chair
and tried to evade. aaThere was very
little time" he said. "Mr. Mcvickar
was In d great hurry, and his special
was held only a few minutes"
Blount crossed the room and sat
down.
"Dick, we've come to the last round
up" he said gravely. "In the nature
of things / can't give you any more
time. You've got to do something and
do 1t quickly. Let's go up and see the
editor OF the Capital"
What forT' demanded Gantry.
II want you to give him an inter-
view to the effect that a revision of
the freight rates is In process and
that shippers having grievances should
present themselves at once. That will
at least start the ball to rolling in the
right direction
81 should think 1t would" scoffed the
traffic manager. what you don't
know about the making OF freight tar
Ifs would sink a ship. Evan. These
things can't be done while you wait"
But they've got to be In this IN
stance" Blount insisted. "If you don't
withdraw the preferentials given to