The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-05-25
The Honorable
: Senator Sagebrush
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say and do it qua ekiy. But eandidly.
AEE. Mcvickar, Ira afraid OF Gryson-
IF Blount should hA ppen to so at him
Just right there migA t be consequences
onapother sort. GryA on 10 pretty sore
.asAit Is"
Never mind about tina consequences.
Ga and do as I tell you to. Then go
eroA nd to the telephone q vchange and
tell Aee manager that VISA special
ouerabAr-a man If he's goa one-puf
on. this long distance wires Nrnat you
want tho connection brokeES 0erEEeen
the cauitG and David Blou1tcs conn
trv house aAed that my wire 10 To be
kept open to ous and to Kitu eds1s all
day. Has KitAredge got his ltnsmen.
out guarding the, telegraph wh~AF up
hereT
eyes; ansthesway out fromsthe clnt-in
at Grand canyon"
."All right That's all. Now MA .
that boy ofAyours burn thesroad ga+
ting back"
It was oniyXa little after 8 o'clochi
when this conference was held in the
rsest deserted mountain resort house
at the head Of Shonoho canyon. AT
III o'clock Blount, whoesuass dfctaHng
70 three stenographers I'M succession
sn his Offices in the Tsmplesconrt, had
ascalIer.
AIt,s that fellow. Gryson," said Col
Tins. who had gonesto answerstte ante
room bell HE says he's got Ito see
you whether you. want tossee shimAo or
not
s'Send him I'M said Blount hr1edy.
And a moment later the exzbad man
OF the min1ng camps entered andacare-
fully closed the door behind him
''WeN, what IL itY' Queried Blount.
snappingIy when GrysOn9 drewsupt a.
chair ana sat down.
'TTteII yen flrst what itsa unit said
me ward boss sulienly- 81 amt here
% bee forFno rakeonf. I've been given
the double cross, and I'm sore"
Blount's smile was coutemptuous-
~You doubtless got what was coming
to you he said eoolIy. "But go on
and tell It out and don't waste time
This 10 another Of my busy days."
II want to get hold OF a newspaper
man" said Gfyson; that's what
want. If they're going to throw me
down. IN sQueal. It amt too late
yet. Money talks with me every time.
Your boss, McVickar, thought he had
me cOopered up In a. barrel, but the
other side cav his bid and raised It"
what other sideT queried Blount
'sThere amt but one other siGe in this
state when your daddy gets into tbs
ring and pulls or his coat" said the
bride taker, with am evil leer. You
amt been fighting round here a couple
Of months without finding that QUIT"
"Go on" was the terse command
"As was a-saying, money talks, and
right now. when everythingis ready to
pull of, Sheehan turns up and says the
barrels run dry There amt nothing
left in it for me. By cripes, III show
him!'
Blount went into a reflective trance
with half closed eyes. Sheehan was
the machine organizer for the capital
the pay boss" some called him. Da-
vid Blount's son saw the door to q
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
now was plain revenge.
Tell 1t out and tell 1t straight, Cry
son." he resumed at the end OF the
,hesitant pause
"It's 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, the COM
mittee 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 little while
ago he invited me to go to h-l. I'll
show him"
Blount's brain was in whfrl, ana
his heart was pounding like that OF a
man who finds himself looking over
the verge OF bottomless chasm.
''What is it that you want to. do,
Gryson" he asked when he could
control his voice sufficiently.
al want to give Sheehan and his
machine crowd what's coming to 'em."
VIII you make afddavtts to the
fact of the false registrationT
"rn do anything to. get square with
that crowd Of throw backsr'
'TYour affidavit isn't much better
than your unsupported word" said
Blount coldly. Can you get any one
else to swear to the facts with your
"Sure can. I can get a half dozen
Of the boys In my own gang thatn
do It"
It was up to Blount fairly and
BQuarely to say the word which would
precipitate the greatest election scan
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