The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-08-24

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How much aid Won at ont 81 llf;
demanded DoHiIn M q 6ni y. (
looked Al hin ana Inc Ne haa
read ltiie letter. \,
s.seIsfl come throurh Win about. III /.
900. !. i said. ..Bnt ! Scuidh4 = IS
thfouEh, this worry again for ten iifnes
+ that .nuch.e M Z. s !.
.HeiI,s hs growied ind YOURS
kicking! What Would You say to tfit.
'gins & ineasie little tNentytffe min.
aSed from asdirty bunek Fitch, crook
Z and going around, With, eEerybo dy sub,
. pectingi You. Of HAVING done q
',s4gsay, Cornell. he said. strIhnE the
side Of his chair, "You think you've
been steered up against Il and thrown
I down, but let me tell ybut that you
J don't know what q raw deal u. Hers
now, listen to me, I want to ten you
this; you'yS GOT TO- listen. Why,
darn II, man. you've got To- listen.
I'll 60 crazy II l don't tell somebody
He ioosened Ills collar and went Oh.
( Hers d little over q month as6
old man smytbe, our mayor, and
Bruiey, the commissioner; Of public
works, and the rest iof. I'm. bunch oi
high:bindefs that runs, things In Peeks.
vile, got sint6 q, mess. They'd tried
to.,Eetf contractor named Kellner "a
/ help them sting the city Tor $4,000
J He turned on EN- and wouldn't Eite
! 'em a chance, and to Iget even With
J, him they cut down lis charge fol
/ work on the watervorks contract
SIS, 900. Well, he comes out and sues
them. He's got q cinch case. see, and
the best they can hone for In To mack
/, the Jury and Eet a disbursement, =
"old smythe, saya iDonlin. you.re
drawn ON the yetlire for theiiurS fi,ni
rs going 10 try this chae.y Ws;sT mn,
Won on there Won underata,e ! N
want 10 have one OF our friends On
that fury. We're riadfof the icainucS
to have Won ON becanNe Wa I NAV
you're one OF us and We ali want 10
stick toEether.,i We will see that You
get on that tufyAdon,t worry about
that-and thereil be atlIttle enyeiope
slipped into your, pocket as you leave
here. and-the worst we want n !
disbursement Unterstandr" !?
"How long ago wae thisf, : 4 % 3
"only a little more than asfnonth
| aro.a he said. Gust three DAYS Sc.
| fore the trialAthe night Of May 2Srd,
Well. as | was saying. I went out NM
| when rot home ] felt in my pocket
and there was the enyelope-yith
| $500 in IL" fg9 is!
"Didn't you see them slip the en-.
| yelope to you?" l asked; . A 3 3.
"sure" he said. "Brliley! slfrpsd' 4.
into my pocket and wtnked and Slap.
ned me on the shoulder when he aid
| II. Well they got me accented for
the Jury ali right. Then Br,iley comeu
TO me and says: ssay. Donlin, don't
forget you're one q, M now. You've
got to deliver. the goods. q III az, (, I
.rwelI. n delivered the goods All
right Tho other eleven man wsntetj
10 XIII me but I hung ont No ipdr,
I ment, / said 'or ri stay ont nntil
Christmas Learned that $500 ali
might've ,dlsagreed, And the othel
day Mrs. smythe gives d lawn party
and never word abcut inviting Mrs
Donlin. oh, yes, Itwas one Of them
| all rlght-Ehen they needed me- !,
"Pshaw!" ! said, u ''You hung
Jury for EN- 70. twenty-five hundred
and now they're turnI g cold to your
"Yes. That's the kind they are"
"Pshaw!" I said. Now let's ) &C
and get something to cot. I'm desper
ateiy hungry" 's I
~ haven't given Donlin's complete
conversation here, but only theg glsl
Of his confession. But Donlln himself
had a complete typewriter report Of
hisStalk in the stateroom handed t.
him in the hotel In Albany two dayI
later. Tho Chief and the ONCE man
ager called on him Unexpectedly y
his room and. handing him 2 carbor
copy Of his conversation, asked him !
there were any Inaccuracies to be cor
rected In II. Il I y 'tSths sA,' ~
~ guess that's about right, = ysait
the Chief casually. 1--WE tkhe&Sall The