The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-11

open, and Haig, followed by the prot estant man servant, entered. The nov elist briskly crossed the room and planted himself in a chair before Mur- chell.
 The involuntary host greeted him inhospitably. q told Jim I would see nobody tonight. What do you want?'
 'eYou remember, Saturday night I said you and would have to discuss the matter of payment? The time has come, the walrus said-'"
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 'ssenator Murchell, have you con science ?'
 ''Are you trying to be inperdnent, young mana"
 "How impertinent? I'm merely try ing to verify an impression. The otl- CT night, while you were watching Warren Blake die, got the notion that you had one. Now Warren Blake is out of the way. Hampden won't be disgraced. There's to be no scandal. Your plans to save the bank are 1rl- der way. Other plans of yours are no longer in jeopardy. So it's time to think of payment. have just come from Dunmeade. He isn't very happy man, Senator Murchel1. He's oppressed by the knowledge that he has been weak. He has lost his pride, his belief in himself, his sense of ab- solute honesty-call 1t soul for short. The poor fool even thinks he is to blame for Warren Biake's shooting himself You and I know better We know who killed Cock Robin." Haig laughed insinuatfngly.
 ssYou have a strange sense uf hu- Ts.- >ok lr<,fS fTa. sinuate 2s
 ~I mean that we know that the man who killed Warren Blake was the man who killed Creighton. Hawkins, DeIehanty, Burns, Schneider. Larkin and Blake And he's the fellow that created an atmosphere of dishonesty in political banks and public treas tries, made opportunities for thievery, Encouraged and prof1ted by pecu1ation in short. the man who devised and built the machine whose creatures and victims have paid the penalty of their crimes with suicide. Do make my l self clear? P
 Murchel1 sat up angriiy. 'srhat isn't true. I'm not responsible if a few weddings aren't able to resist tempta- tion and take the easiest way out" eIt was Cain. I believe" Haig pur- |
 ..see here, Haig! If you have any, thing important to say, say it. Other 1 wise''-
 1 Haig leaned over. interrupting men, acfngly, tapping the senator's knee to emphasize his words: 'T'd advise you 1 to listen. Will your
 l sGo on"
 4sThat's sensible" Haig resumed his easy attitude. Let's take up Dun- meade's case. His mouth is closed by his love for Katherine Hampden. The i question now is, who profits most by l his silence and hence will have to paya 1 It isn't Hampden. I think under 1 stand the political situation pretty well l Just now, when you're trying to scram- l ble back into power and Jerry Brent l has taken their convention out of the hands of your friends of the opposi ! lion for another bank in which you ! politicians have had your dirty fingers 1 to fail, with another cashier putting . mussy little hole in his head. would 1 be most inopportune. Also, you've put 1 up money to cover Hampden's short l age. I've never beard you accused o1 doing anything for anybody without return. And since you've put up loi 1 of money without security, it must Bt
  valuable to you. Now do you get tht point? Are you ready to pay:" Haven't I paid enough?'
 "Can you ever pay enough to balance what Warren Blake and John Dun meade have paid?'
 "What do you want then7'
 ssWell, you're trying to get back int power through the convention. Int general impression is that you cant beat Sherrod. But I guess differently You're not the kind Of man to go back into the scramble unless the chances for a win are pretty good. Well--nom mate John Dunmeade."
 'tThe thing" exclaimed Murcneil, ant extreme irritation was speakfng-'t: preposterous!'
 You have thought of it as much al that, then? But why preposterous tt nominate a fine, big, honest man Measure him against Wash Jenkins o any one of your kind you choose; his character is something you haven been able to go to the people with fo many a year in this state. And hi nomination would pull the teeth O dangerous Jerry Brent"
 Power" said the senator virtuous ly, s'isn't to be taken lightly. Even i I could do it, which isn't probable,
 certainly don't propose to make jok 1 or a fool of myself before the po1ftica public by helping narrow. pig headed
 impractical ronancer to a powerful of
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