The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-07-31

still betrothed to another man. You
must do all this yourself"
! His blood famed and swiftly his
sinewy arms EMBODIED the shrinking
1 figure. She struggled to free herself.
I'll be honest" he said harshly.
ri play the game as | intended
to play il. but you must believe in
income what will. happen what
may. you must believe in me. Say
| You will, Say you Will"
Il will she promised.
| For an instant she lay there quies-
! cent. overcome by the violence OF
this man. and a thrill of peace and
| content passed over her.
Jim Warren. going down the front
steps. met Lewis coming up.
"Hello." Jim Warren greeted
| bruskly
| Lewis nodded and stood mOtionless
on the steps until the sturdy figure
/ of the maker OF plows vanished
around a corner Then he rang the
| bell.
! XIV.
| Whatever ideas Of honesty and
! loyalty TO the trust OF his constitu.
ents may have been knocking about
/ in Jim Warren's head. they were
not in evidence during the next two
months. Instead. with the faithful
| Tyson al his elbow. he was going
around with his hand out The
| old-time grin had returned 10 his
| long stay There was a gouge here
and a holdup there. and the diplo-
matte turning of doubtful trick
| yonder. TysOn's function was to
supply expert advice as to where il
was to be had: Jim Warren furnish.
ed the holiness and audacity neces.
sary to get it. Tyson was never
| SO scared and pleased in his life as
| he was during those TWO months
| He didn't know there was so much
money in the world. And the big
| trick was yet to come-the deal
with the O. & X. railroad for that
bridge privilege.
Rumors of corruption in the legis-
lature flew thick and fast and
Jim Warrens name led all the rest.
AT last it came to be an open
| secret that he would take anything
that wasn't nailed down. He proved
| that late one afternoon when he
StrOlled unannounced into a commit
tee room where four men were bust
| " engaged in counting money They
| thought the door was locked.
Hello boys" Jim Warren greeted
/ chee'ilv. Cutting up something
Don't | get in?"
! Il 10
| and he had nothing to do with any
bill that had come or might come
before it. but he picked up a couple
f hundred here Lewis heard of 1t
and grinned This redheaded para
gon of virtue was a wizard when it
came to getting his share; and every
dollar he took placed him more
surely in Lewis grip. Meanwhile he
! had no complaint. because Jim War
rem was living up to his compact so
! far as the fight in Public Structures
which had for its purpose the
strengthening of Tillingast in the
doubtful end of the state, was con-
cerned Those bills for recreation
! piers and the rest of it had been
damned in as political move; and
here was man who had fought for
them so hard and consistently that
now they stood a bare chance of
passing All of which reflected great
glory upon his puppet-Tillinghast.
Jim Warren was sitting alone at
his private table in the hotel cafe
late one afternoon when Tyson came
in hurriedly. Victory was written
| all over his fat face. 1ntuitively
Jim Warren knew what it meant
the @. & X had fallen for the big
deal-the money was in sight. Ty-
son sat down.
I'VE put it over" he calculated in
a hCarse whisper.
Good Franques came TO see 1t
our way. eh?"
II told him we were ready TO re-
port on the bridge bill when the
-er - Tyson made a motion of
counting money. And that will be
tomorrow morning at ten O'Clock"
"Where?"
That was all that was said about
it, After while Jim Warren glanc-
ed at the calendar hanging on the
wall June third. it said
by the way" he queried careless
ly. what date are the primaries to
elect delegates to the state conven-
tom"
July twenty-first," Tyson re-
piled. That'l be about two weeks
after the session Closes" He tapped
Jim Warren on the wrist meaning
ly. You've done an awful lot for
! Tillinghast It'll be a walkover for
him 1t just occurs to me that he
might stand for little-er-touch? ?"
Forget it," said Jim Warren.
Properly abashed. and recognizing
Tyson dropped the subject. He went
back TO Franques.
DO you know. I'm surprised that
Franques hasn't got it in for you
good and plenty?" he remarked
Instead of being sore at the way
you double-crossed him he's mild
as milk"
Jim Warren leaned back in his
chair and stared at Tyson steadily
through the cloud of cigar smoke.
He's framing up something to
hand me-" he remarked; but don't
let it disturb yu - he won't get
away with it" He scrubbed his
name on the check. And don't let
| that idea that Tillinghast will
have a walkover in the state con-
vention run away with you. He
won't even be candidate before
that convention"
HE won't-what!" exclaimed Ty-
son.
You may bet all the money you