Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29

| following and his methods. But when,
to his growing establishment, he found
Give was actually winning a respect
full, ever larger, hearing in his home
town, he decided it was high time to
call a halt. Accordingly he sum-
moned Billy Shevlin.
Whats doing?" he asked curtly,
as he received his henchman in the
Mansoleum study.
"Tonight's the big rally at Snyder's
Opera House, you know" replied
Billy. "Standishs booked to make his
star speech before he starts on his
state tour. He's got team of good
gov'ment geeZers from Boston to do
gest scream of the campaign so far.
awful lot of noise, Boss. When are
you goin' to give us the office to put
the combination on his mouth? On
the level, he amt doin' you no good.
The silk socks is with him already,
and he's winner with the business
bunch in family groups"
Look here" said Caleb, pointing
out of the study's north window,
which commanded a view of exclusive
Pompton avenue and its almost
equally fashionable cross streets,
chow would you figure up the popu-
lation of that district ?"
"The silk-sockers You knows
well as me. Thirty-eight hundred in
round numbers"
"And over there ?" pointing east.
9TH business districk! An easy
10000"
"Say 10000 in both. S'pose they
are all for young Standish. Now see
here"
He crossed the long room and ran
up the shade of one of the south win
dows. The great marble house stood
on the edge of hill-crest, overlook
ing a distant vista of mean, winding
streets, dirty, interminable rows of
tenements, factories and small shops.
Through the centre, like a huge
snake, the tracks of the c. G.. & X.
wound their way, and over all a
smeared pail of reek and coal smoke
brOodod like some vast bird of prey.
Coal yards, docks, freight houses, ele-
vators, shanties-and once more that
irterminable sea of dingy, squalid
domiciles.
What's the population down there,
Billy?"
"Hundred'n ten thousand, six hun
dred an" began Shevlin glibly.
can every soul of them solid for you,
Boss. Sixteen thousand to hundred
n'-ten-thous-"
That's right. So long as the
Youngsters content to speak his little
pieces here in Granite, I've stood by
and let him talk. 1t would be time
enough to put in a spoke when he
started across country. But this
blowout tonight is different. The
stories Of it will get in the Boston
and Philadelphia and New York pa
pers. So"
"Well?"
$50 there won't De any meeting ?"
IF you say so, it goes. Will / give
the boys the office to rough-house the
joint ?"
"And have every out-o State paper
screeching about ring rule and row.
dyism? Billy, you must have been
born more ignorant than most. You
never could have picked up all you
don't know, in the little time you've
lived"
Shevlin looked duly abashed and
awaited further orders.
Il hear the gas main that serves
Snyder's Opera House isn't in very
Il
shouldn't wonder if all the lights
went out just as the meeting
opens tonight. That1l mean a lot of
confusion. And my friend, Chief
Geoghegan, being a careful man, will
dispense the crowd to prevent a riot
and to keep pickpockets from modest
ing those pure patriots. / want you
to see Geoghegan and the gas COM
pany about it, right away. But look
here, there mustn't be any rough
house or disorder. Tell the boys to
keep away. I'll have work enough for
them to do when Standish takes the
road"
Billy Shevlin, great light of joy in
his little beady eyes, departed on his
mission, while Caleb, summoning
Anice Lanier, set about his daily task
of dictation.
Have you kept your eye much on
Jerry lately?" said Conover, sudden
ly stopping, to his stenographer.
"No, why"
"That young ass has got something
on the thing he calls his mind, and
I've a good notion the Something is
scheme to get even with me. / just
judge that from what / know of him
He gets his morning letter from that
chorus missus of his, and then he sits
and rolls his eyes at me for half al
hour. He's framing up something al
right, all right. What it is, | don't
know. That's the advantage a foo
has over a wise man! You can dope
out some line of action on a man OF
brains, but the Almighty Himself
don't know what fool'll do next. Sc
Pm kind of riding herd on Jerry from
affair.""
perhaps if you tried new tack
took him into your confidence"
"There wouldn't be any confidence
left. No mans got enough for two
Sometimes I'm shy on even the little
l once had"
"The campaign"
} "The campaign? That amt ques.
ton of confidence any more thar
knowing the sun will rise and Mis-
souri, will go Democratic. l was
thinking of the confidence l had OF
winning the Pompton Avenue CROWD
by that measly reception"
! "You haven't succeeded 2"
"A II