The Alaska citizen., 1911-06-19

fe dl. he finally saw. would he tO .ali uraH 'hi- Jim Warren person himself and aajus. matters Buy ire him of. of course. was the feasi blc thing He would go and do ir N au second thoughts he would mat. Jim Warren come to him. To -ui, ,r1 ho dispatched courteous #rla ;n'o ID Jim Warren asking ffw 'u drop by he Hotel Stanton .' ..- .arIy convenience 'o talk .l-e. rlDr
 iii Ea. van. ro see ne y.u know AG,., us a.ie, is." Jim Warren a--.s..I sarrly If yoG come. .r.-. a.fo afrer six o'clock"
 If yov come. come alorc," Lewis fnauG lrliu of com'.rl in that nmEcl,s- ~cutcnco CT course it mean. rhaf Jim Warren was amen atl- fa reason if reason took substantial form The fnaIty of s.r ne'e Ee construed aS merely au eta-sroarlng 4 he egorism that Ind THme n Jim Warren with his ar-t feeling af power So he pocket ed hi- pride and called-alone- after six o'clock. Jim Warren grin nod when he came in. and shook .ho rro@crrd hand without hesi'a- sian
 red a few preliminaries oa51e Aa -.ndted the frcckled face. he lean jaw. rho whimsical sky huc eyes. He felt himself 'o be a keen 5nilo of men. did Lewis; and instantly he isolated and classified to his own satisfaction those quaI- #.c- that drew men fo Jim Warren and maGe acm believe in him. Con HdcnrlE he came down ro the matter iH hand.
 ~Irs unfortunate Mr Warren" he ICgaa -aaHrly. that We never met Hsrare Eag CT hcf re you became a candidate fer the legislature. I'm -sre if wa had mel il would never HaEc happened that We would have ho.n opposed politically
 For several reasons Jim Warren .uiuf mention rho fact that he had called ua.n him in the beginning and diiur duf him; instead he fuss rd around his desk for a box of ci- gar Casually. quite casually. his finger touched an electric button hid don NHtr d pile f nWeSpapers. I.t@i, accepted and liehfod cigar.
 "Iaa @au. ma ro qui,'' Jim War rrn ueG.red p3uodly
 Low. waved his hands dsprocat- inglv.
 ~#eH. 1's unfortunate that We
 h.u.a h. oppo-ed.' he tcmporzed. 'Na.rer~ might have been adjusted .a another Was fl We had only un- &er-,e d. Now if you had proceeded il rlo regular way
 1Now. Lewis. 1ers cut our the a1a'' Jim War0 interrupted curt Iy I'll maeh i@ il worth to me
 There i+ nothing 90 disconcerine r1 1T 4tF matisf aS inter frauknesS. For miua'e Lewis stared al Jim Warren tAen the whole expression If Ai- face ehaneed his lips curlod into an eNqHisifely caHr' eous smile which nevertheless was q sheer. He -.auatd aboaf the room,
 speak yaur piece" jim Warren directed There is m one 10 hear 5uf me: not q soul in the builamg buf yau and me
 II think it'- possible for Ills to get together. Mr. Warren Lewis said slowly after moment. "You've me- me frankly; we'll gel along"
 "Ho" much is ii worth 10 me tr uit2" reiterated Jim Warren.
 How much k ii worth?" Lewis 1 reflected Well. ycu declined the offer of a commissionership al five housaud q year. made through Fran i 4pe-; so---
 Talk businoss." said Jim Warren impaticmly. That was merely a sop and You would pr hably have doublc-cros~cd me. How much real money is il worth To me to quit?'
 Lewis smiled blandly. The diff culries he had anticipated were thin ming out.
 On a cash basfs?" he queried
 on a cash basis. Make your propos,ior.'
 Ten thousand daIlars?" -tenra- lively.
 Not enough. Come again"
 Lewis was still smiling Jim War ren's withdrawal at any price within reason would be cheap, both. 10 him self and the interests he represent ed This year was 10 bring the har- vest of many schemes that had been under Va, for months. With Dwight TilliughaSt a- speaker. and with himself on three or four choice com mittees, there was no end to possi- bilires
 "THenty ,housand?" he suggested briskIy; and h. rubbed his we'll manicured hands together insraliat- ngly. That is to be paid on cor diri0n that you ge' out and sta ut; and that you return 10 me all plates and all photographs of the various papers in my safe. Twent' thousand dollars is real money. as you cali it."
 Jim Warren's sky-blue eye; were fixed iurently upon Lewis. Alter while Jim Warren drew long brca,n and grnned cheerfully.
 "Thosa photographs seem to sick in your craw," he remarked pleas antly. II believe we had q short conversation about them one niShC over tho telephone. didn't we?' Lewis chose 10 ignore the Q"Cs- tiJn.
 Does twenty thousand go?" he asked
 ~. ,.a~ not maNo il twenty fye?"
 Twenty five it is then," Lewis exclaimed; and he banged the desk with quick mpatience. The price was stiff. but il meant his political life. and he was in no position to