The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-07-10
HIS RISE
POWER
By HENRY RUSSELL MILLER
tstbof Of
The Man Higher Up"
Cepyrisbt. 1911. BY the Bobbs-Herrtn
Company
SYNOPSIS

0achlne, ana bbeehan, local boss OF New
chelsea, offer the nomination for district
attorney TO John Dunmesde Dunmsads
. Independent in his political ideas
Dunmeade will accept the nomination.
His father. a partisan Judge. congratu-
htes him His Aunt Roberta urges John
- call on Katherine Hampden. daughter
- capitalist
Katherine Hampden 10 Q worshiper Of
success She and John are friends Jsrs-
ny Applesste. a political dependent. cam
Deigns for John and the state ticket
In New Chelsea lives Warren Blake, Q
nedel young bank cashier. connected with
1ampden In high finance" They try
without success for Johns aid
The rottenness OF politics In his state
end party as revealed In his campaign dis
ossts John. He calls upon KatheyinA
Katherine's peril In q runaway reveals
- her and John their unspoken love
John publicly turns down" the machine
q his party.
John will not compromise with his co.,
science even for the sake Of Winning
katherine. and the two part
The course Of his son 10 disapprovsd By
Sedge Dunmeade John 10 elected and
Duts sheehan on trial for political corrup-
0pn
oheehan II convicted and fees. John
0sets Haig. a novelist who 10 introduced
- him BY Warren Blake
Blake proposes to Katherine and II re-
Spcted He praises John to her. Murchsll
has . visitor.
.
-
1gan out of the Steel City. He wants
Nurchell to retire. The latter cannot IN
luce John to stop his attacks on the ma
chine John and Katherine meet.
sun .nNs ~, 1on - ~. 49,. %,
Ss".aS,n.s. A. .,a,s no,,,,.. "a ssi,s m
V..ah.n 60, a. nc,ai IA 20 On. nm
.s.Sas
eided by Hsig. In the Steel City he meets
1Atherine. VINO eourteo oy oress'
,.
merrod anS rs,,res no,,,rs,1s I,orn no, ~
tics. sherrod gets drunk. and q messes-
esr Ia sent to Murchell for aid
sherrod has embezzled $4,000 Of state
money. Murchell resumes control aft-'
e'oins ms zoe 10 conceal inc crime .
Inrough sneehans plea Tor mercy u
csrry,na worthiass noi,,;caI nn,.. .s 49,
Of the Farmers bank assets.
Tho hank ia in srn Jobr ,o... IN IN.
,rimaries Hampden loses his fortune IN
stock speculation and fears exposure Of
me oaok oea's'
John and Haig. investigating the bank.
are mere WIN Mureneli ana hampden
silence can save Hampden Murcbeli will
save the bank
Katherine appeals to DunnAaA. for Glenn
sncy for her father. Haig suggests to
nurcheh me ponucai eIpeoiency OF nom
ststa for the marty
Reluctantly he rose and went down to
the library She was standing at
southern window through which the
sun poured a golden food. She heard
MIN enter and turned. He halted Just
within the door, For moment. silent.
they looked at each other across the
sunlit room.
IL was she who, with the brave d.
rectness that had always been hers,
nrst broke the silence.
nave heard what-what happened
last night. And ! have come to ask
you to do nothing that will harm my
father"
UnconsciousSy his face darkened 1t
was not because Of her request. but
because OF the picture she recalled.
Il suppose II was for that. You
nave He would have said. mo need
to ask" But she misunderstood and
quickly.
Il have no right to ask thls-or any
thing OF you? know that more
clearly than you can tell me. put |
you In the way Of unhappiness and |
then chose against you for things-for |
things OF no value. II may give you
some satisfaction to know that they
are gone-though you can hardly be-
lieve that the taste for them went |
nrst.
"I-my father and Senator Murchell.
the men who will profit by your
silence, deserve nothing at your hands,
1t anybodys l can't pretend that
they would show mercy to you. But
my father, at least. is broken man.