Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-02-23
SYNOPSIS.

A foolish young tenderfoot becomes
fascinated with the bold, artful wife of a
drunken proSpector in western mining
ing blizzard but are confronted by the
maudlin husband. He is shot by the
wife, but the chivalrous boy pins
upon himself. In their flight. to, the
railroad station the woman's horse
falls s., exhausted; the youth puts s. h +ee
sdrrup strap. Seeing he is an lmpedl-
'nent. the woman thrusts her escort lnto
II snow drift and rides on. Half frozen
he stumbles into the railroad station JuSt
as the train bears the woman away.
twenty-five years later. this man. George
9orm!y' IS a multi-millionalTg ,d IN new
beautiful and wealthy settlement worker
and co-operates with her in her work.
.Iormly becomes owner OF steamship
line and finds himself frustrated IN pier
and track eXte plans by grazing 81
dermen, backed by the Gotham Iractlon
company. An automobile ACCIDENT orlltss
the Haldanes to his country home. form ~
~ announces that he Will be mayor OF
New York and redeem the city from cor
ruption. Mr.. Haldane III a long d eslrea
interview with Gormly, makes an lndlreGt
proposition TO compromise the hght "Illcii
the latter has been waging in the news
papers against the Gotham Traction com
pany and which Haldane IS suspected o.
being the head. Gormly boldly announces
his plan of campaign to Haldane. Gorniy,
rides to Haldane's place, CARRYING N9Iu
ne refers to the ride Of the night before
as mild compared to one he experiences
IN his boyhood days. The papers an
nounce his candidacy for mayor. Inc po-
litical declaration Of the merchant prince
produced tremendous sensation. me me
minority party, seeing in MN a p9ssli31e
dorsement OF lis candidacy By, the outs outs
Gormly, however, rejects al proposed
alliance y meeting OF the Sachem 80 so
ciety or the Ring is held al, the Hal
dane Home Many political dignitarieS
and henchmen are present and ways ana
means are advanced to d3mpen GorInly
candidacy The younger 1Ialdane Is
proposed as opposition candidate the
whole machinery of the city's detectlve
force is to jbe USED, to dig up someth1 l
fuses the nomination and announces ttat
he will support Gormly The relgnlng
party then decides to name a n0n-paftl-
san tici,et for the purpose or dlViolhS the
G0rmIv forces and at the same time rush
through Freight Traction company
franchise, without which the Sachem So
ciety would be helpless. The press mere
tofore unanimously favorable to the meT-
chant candidate. now under pressure, oil
vides and the campaign wakes warm. =
resolution is introduced granting a 2ratul-
Cormly offers ten million dollars for the
franchise; The excited popuiace threaten
to mob the aldermen. when addressed by
Gormly. The Ring mayor and the fner-
chant have a critical moment. The de-
tectiVe force reports valuable cleW.
Miss Haldane congratulates Gorm}y on
what she terms new Declaration of In
pendence, and he makes an unexpected
declaration of love. He is shocked by
the confirmation of his suspicious that
her father is the head and backbone OF
the notorious traction company which he
is attempting to overthrow: Public sentf-
irent turns overwhelmingly against the
party in power and the Sachem Society:
Miss Haldane informs her parents of
Gornly's declaration to her. which they
characterize as impudence and ifisolence.