Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-06-23

with grim satisfaction.
Not for mine" with g. laugh.
You're welcome to yours"
McQuade folded his deliberately and
put it away in the safe. The sheet or
| carbon paper he crumpled into a ball
and tossed into the waste basket. we
all commit plumbers at n time or an
other, and McQuade had just commit
ted his.
That's all, Morrissy. I think can
trust you fully. l mean no harm, BOY;
tbs only self-preservation."
"Oh, so long as your names on 1t
there's no kick coming from me; only
l never saw you do such a fool thing
before, Anything else today" .
No. You might keep tab on h a
fool Bolles. He's been drunk ever since
he came back from New York. And he
doesn't know how to keep his mouth
shut"
I'll keep an eye on him"
He's the only man we have who
can handle the dagos. III see you up
at Dutch hall tonight. Donnelly Is
making a speech there, n Wen open
a few kegs of beer for the boys"
When Morrissy was gone McQuade
laughed softly n went TO the safe
again. He proceeded to do TO his re-
ceipt exactly what Morrissy had done
to his-burn IT. So long as Morrissy
believed that McQuade held his sigma
ture, so long might Morrissy be trusted.
1t was only an idea. but it proved that
the boss knew his lieutenants tolerably
we'll. ,
THE blackleg would sell the tomb
off his fathers grave" he unused,
brushing the ashes from his clothes.
Let Bennington rip up his shops; all
the better for Donnelly's chances Of re-
election. The laboring party would be
sure to desert W~arrington's standard,
since he was q personal and Intimate
friend of Bennington the oppressor. He
laughed again sinisterly. Presently
he would have them all by the throats.
He would watch them squirm. too.
This young fool Warrington; he was
the first real obstacle he CMcQuade)
had encountered in his ~Checkered ca
reer. Threats could not move him. He
had believed at the start that he could
scare him away from the convention:
but the fool wouldn't be scared. And
his damned dog!
He'll never reach the city hall, not
while l live, damn his impudence!
That woman, though, is no fool. She's
kept her mouth shut. They don't al
ways do that. Well, I al write more
than receipts on the machine. I'll ruin
them both II l can. Ordered me out OF
the house, and l honestly liked the
woman! But I'll square accounts pres
emily"
Meanwhile Donnelly set the wires
humming. He finally got Bennington
at the shops.
This is Mr.. Bennington. Who is It
and what Is wanted?"
This is the mayor talking"
oh! Well, what is it. Mr.. Donnelly?"
II must see you at once in my office.
This Is an urgent request. l can't ex-
plain the matter over the wire. But
you'll do yourself and me a great favor
If you'll come into town at once"
Very Important"
Extremely so"
II shall be there at 5 o'clock"
Thanks. l shall await you" Dom
nelly hung up the receiver, very we'll
satisfied.
Bennington understood. Politics was
going to take a hand in the game.
After all, ii was best to take the bull
by the horns at once and have it over
with. He knew how well he had forth
fed himself against any political ma
chinery. SO, promptly at a quarter OF
5, he departed, leaving explicit orders
with his subordinates. The strikers
moved aside for him, muttering and
but they made no effort to
impede his progress. There were
groans and catcalls, but hat was all.
He looked neither to the right nor to
the left, but presented his back to them
fearlessly. Chittenden, upon Benning-
advice, had gone to New York.
The strikers would have used him
roughly. could they nave laid hands on
him.
Arriving in town, Bennington went
at once to the city hall and straight to
The mayors private office.
We'll, Mr.. Donnelly?" he began. his
hat on his handsome head and his cane
behind his back, neither offensive nor
defensive.
Donnelly closed the door leading to
the clerks office and came back to his
desk. He waved his hand toward a
chair. If he could bend this young
hot-head 1t would be a victory worth
while, politically.
I'm the first place, Mr.. Bennington,
aren't you going a little too hard on
the men?"
THAT was their lookout: they had
every chance to think the matter over,
to examine all sides of the question:
You went personally to the governor
for deputy police. Why didn't you
come to me?"
"The governor is a personal friend of
mine.'
Il don't believe that I have been
found lacking in Justice" said Donnelly
thoughtfully.
Il can't say hat you have. But I
was in a hurry, and could not Walt for
the local machinery to move"
You have placed armed men in your
shops without a justiiable cause"
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