Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-08-05

" following the safe blowing In
BlOunts offices in the Temple
court building that one car
special train slipped unostentatiously
into the capital from the east, running
as second section OF the overland
Coincident with its sidetracking,
O'Brlun, the vice presidents secretary,
dropped from the step of the car and
made his way across the tracks In the
yard to the nearest railroad telephone.
which Glanced to be in the yardmas-
ter's Office
Fifteen minutes later the result of
O'Brian's telephoning became evident.
Gantry and Kittredge, the division SUI.
pcrintendcnt, left their respective Of.
fees in the railroad building, met in
the echolng train shed and walked to-
gether down the yards.
The vice president, sitting ut the
great table in the open compartment
which served him as a desk In work.
ing hours, looked up and nodded when
his two subordinates entered.
you got my messenger" he quericd.
uHSWtItu loT bttu It's,
and we We're waiting. Your orders
have been carried out. Nobody out
side Of the dispatchers Office and the
few men In the yard crew knows that
you are here"
Mr. McVicLar sat back In his chair,
took one OF the large black cigars
from the open box on the table and
passed the box across to his two sub
| altcrns.
Light up" he said tersely. ~ am
due IN Twin Canyon City tomorrow
morning. and we've got to thrash this
thing out In n hurry. Any change In
the situation since your last report?"
Gnntry shook his head. Nothing
very important. Blount's uptown of.
fees were broken into last night, and
his safe was ripped open with dyna-
mite That's ALL"
"Well." said the big man at the ta-
bic. what came of it,"
Nothing so far as any one can find
out"
To disihterested observer 1t might
have seemed little curious that the
vice president made no further inquiry
into the safe blowing. As n matter Of
fact. his next question completely ig-
nored IL.
"What has Blount been doing this
week." he asked.
HE has spoken twice, once Mt Ari-
quipa and once at Hellersville. Col
Inns says he has engagements enough
to keep him out OF town right up to
election day.
That's good" was the nodded ap-
proval. He'd only be in the way here
Mt the capital"
nearly frost" remarked Kittredge
casually. III he isn't wild eyed
| fanatic. rs Gantry here insists he Is,
he is deeper than the deep blue sea.
I've been keeping tab on him, as you
! directed. and he has worn out three
OF my best office men trying to Keep
cases on him."
"You are prejudiced. Kittredge,"
was the vice presidents comment. ut
was the best move In the entire cam
paign putting him In the field. don't
suppose he has accomplished much In
u practical way. but we have kept the
Honorable Dave from using him, as he
meant to-"
Il don't know about the accomplish
ment," put In Gantry. ''There is
four ply mystery linked up In this
| speechmalsing business. At first /
| thought Evan Blount's sudden popu.
| lar!ty dated back to some word sent
out from your Chicago office, but when
you told me 1t didn't l began to do
little wondering on my own account.
l can't make up my mind yet whether
1t Is pure popularity growing out Of
his speeches or whether it's the as
sisted kind"
| "Assisted?" said the vice president,
with lifting Of the heavy penthouse
eyebrows.
Yes" Gantry went on. ut has
been too unanimous. Collins has kept
me posted, and he says the invitations
have futtered In thicker than the au.
tumn leaves In Vallombrosa, and
kittredge's men tell us that the young
orator has been making what figured
as trlumphal progress all over the
state-bands, receptions, committees,
banqueting and all that everywhere
he has gone"
"But his speeches have been straight
to the point, our point" interrupted
the vice president i've been reading
them"
| kittredge shook his head.
"Gantry says Yes but say NO. A"
he commended, "There is such u thing
as putting too much sugar in the cot.
fee. Blount's been overriding It. He's
been putting the whitewash on so
thick that any little handful Of mud
that happens to be thrown will stick
ana look bad" "t
eve must take chances on that"
was Mr.. McVlckar's decision. young
Blounts good work has undoubtedly
had its effect upon public sentiment
There IL distinctly better feeling to,
ward us, and 1t Is fairly state wide
We must be exceedingly careful not to