The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-11-20

What can dot" asked Gilbert.
It was for this Kerr had weiteA
It was for this moment that he had
called the past to mind. He had |
wanted Gilbert to have before him !
the many obligations under which he |
rested. 1t is true that he could have
commanded, but he was too much the
easy boss to issue orders where he
could hold forth glittering reward
as the price Of valuable services. To
the ward heller the word Of the boss
is a fetish to be blindly worshiped.
To his few leading lieutenants the
command Is coated with sugar which
has negotiable value. Gilbert hav-
ing asked what he could do brought
Kerr at once to the arrangement he
had planned whereby the lawyer
would profit through the introduction
OF Miss Kerr to society.
I've made bargains all my life.
| An1os,-tonight / make one with you
Prosecuting attorney, Judge, corpora
ton counsel. with all the money
you've made"
| At this Gilbert made disparaging
gesture which caused Kerr to add, "in
fees--with oil the money you've made,
you still fall short Of the riches that'll
purchase real freedom. / know how
you stand, and things are pretty much
in the balance.
Think what 1t means to your
daughter, money" AS he spoke he
pointed to the girls picture. ITS
leisure, travel, friends abroad, an as
sured future. can give them to you,
l, David Kerr; and l wilton one
condition. Gloria Kerr must have the
place she thinks is hers In Belmont"
He paused to let the lawyer grasp
the Importance and the value Of such
an undertaking, and then disclosed
the means by which the fortune was
to be secured. If man should ever
pay another out of his own pocket
for such service he would be a
philanthropist and not q political
leader; Kerr was certainly not the
former, and his life training had
never caueed him to separate dollar
from his own bank account when he
could extract 1t without pain-to him
from some one else.
For this one thing" he exclaimed,
II give freely into your hands any
franchise you may draw for the stock
yards belt line railway Disguise 1t
as street railway line to run down
Maple avenue. Make what bargain
: you like, five hundred thousand, a
million dollars, it's worth it. And al
ways remember, I'm back Of you"
The possibilities Of the scheme
overwhelmed Gilbert. What he was
to do for Kerr, even the fight for the
franchise, did not enter his mind. He
was busy thinking Of the freedom he
could purchase in SO short a time.
All that he had ever dreamed Of could
be brought to pass. Kerr, who knew
almost to dollar the financial stand
: ing of every man in Belmont, was
" we'll aware that Gilbert had been hard
. hit in several stock exchange trans
actions, so badly in the last one that
he had called upon the boss for as
sistance Yet he had Just told Ken
1 dali that he would have nothing more
! to do with that kind of work. He had
begun to develop conscience-fo1
l Julia's sake, perhaps, for his daugh
ter's future-and here came Kerr who
wanted him to 60 down once more
into the maelstrom Of shady politics
4 for the sake Of his daughter.
1 His gratitude for what Kerr hae
& done for him was great enough t.
cause him to do anything for Kerr''
daughter he could, but since the bos'
had put 1t up to him and he had bacl
: Of him all the boss's power, he bega1
to wonder why he should not accep
!. the opportunity to make forum
quickly. 1t had been held out to hin
as meaning leisure, travel. friends
= and roseate future for his Julia. H
longed for those things for himself
no less, and here was the chance O
his lifetime He would know how t
make those Chicago schemers pa
we'll for the legal advice he woul
give them.
1T won't be easy" said Gilbe1
finally.
Kerr had won his first victory. tn
r, lawyer had surrendered.
ne "That's why l came to you," wa
as the boss's answer, a reply charge
re with subtle fattery Gilbert really di
a represent in his autocracy the bel
element; a SNUG set, perhaps, b,
ne still the best. To other lieutenant
IN were delegated hammer and ton
rr Jobs; Gilbert was the instrume1
ed when flnesse was required.
nd "Theres certain element, M
ed Kerr, it will be hard to win over
ul- that wholesale clique. You have I
ed direct dealing with the men. and
ne wel,-that is-you see they dor
tn know you and they might not be |
terested in Gloria They're a ella
ed nish lot"
en- Cro BE CoNTINUED.)
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