New Ulm review., 1913-02-12
HIS RISE
POWER
By HENRY RUSSELL MILLER.
Authes Of
1.-The Man Higher Up"
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The Man Higher Up"

0s00Jy. lMelleVsuk VLElt III IpuulSunTu"
~ ,Qealin virtue for the state. Now
70 hMd learned its futility. and the
hEUken man In front Ut him had ~
ready been punished enough. Surely
he could show 50 much Ieniencv ana
harln no one.
-Iii do that much for you gladly"
u M,id. "And II you need any legal
help. in STRENGTHENING out your affairs
yli be glad to help you" \,
Rheehan suddenly sat bolt upright.
Ne red rushing to his sallow face
ats that sanctimOniOus. !. Blake" hr
said ansrily. lies gettin' after me-
he<ause they think I'm afraid to come
tack Dirty crook! The banks tryin
y collect some old notes OF mine thai
wasn't surpassed to be us,id."
mot to be paid? Whyy
.Tolitital notes. Look here!" Shee
hRn's face lighted up in slow. cum
ming smile that h,ded No good for
Warren Blake. ''DO you want to make
big piay:''
John. too. sat up. suddenly alert
Just what do you mean?'
"~Have you been perO'atin' around
u politics for six years an not known
ahopt the Farmers'?t There's always
. few. easy banks for the politicians
They, get state deposits. See! An then
Ash them out to the p0liticians Oh
notes. Sometimes the notes are paid.
a. isometimes they're Just carried
aleng. Ny. notes wasn't to Be paid
oocause ! helped get the Farmers it~
deposits- 1t used to b. one Of the easy
baukA An I guess II II still El*t'
WY u q bank that's friendly to Muir
eheli carrytn' deposits under sherrod:
! guess they must be gettin' prett!
shaky. because ain't the only one
they're after I've been skirmishin
around here. seein' some men ! used
o know. an they tell me Blake's push
n gUOd many old notes hard.
.But Hampden and Blake. with their
stock. wouldn't iet''-
-Stock! I bet they haven't ten shares
apiece. II you want to find that STOCK
you've got to look In the tin boxes o!
he farmers or in the estates Of the
widows an orphans"
but their last report was fine"
~rhat's easy. You just carry tn
notes as assets. As>ets!
"See here. Sheehan!" John was stern
"Have you anything but suspicion fo'
this?'
"Ain't suspicion. the kind I've got
enough? You 20 after 'em an show
'em up. bet you'll find 'em rotten
Those easy banks always do bust VI
sooner or later. s'pose I've got t"
pay. I've got property an, II they sue.
l can't make any defense. But ne
concluded vengefully, somebody else
has got to pay too"
"Sheehan.'' John said coldly. rising.
~youre letting your desire to get even
eet away with your common sense. III
not destroy confidence tn bank. ruin
4 BY going after it on mere suspicion
Az for yourself he added. more kind
b, If you report at my office next Sat
urday morning With new bail i'll 81
before the court and ask that execution
q your sentence be postponed untilyour
s6airs are easier" With that he left
Only a few days remained before the
urimaries. During the two terms oI
odice John had acquitted himself with
skill and fidelity Fear Of him had
aoubtiess restrained the machine from
many characteristic depredations. but
uctory was well. nigh hopeless. he bad
become candidate again only that the
Aeht might 60 on. in the faint hope that
something might occur to turn the tide
n his favor. In the absence Of the IN
toreseen he would carry the townships
by a slight majority. but New ChelSe''
and Plumville would 80 strongly
sGaiust him. The little city hnd grown
remarkably in population and impor
hnce. John was an old story tD which
4 had lost interest. 1t got the Impress
ion that in turning deaf ears to bis plea
4 was righteOusly sQueIching shn''
NV, impudent. self seeking upstart.
Even among the farmers John met
With the unresponSiveness OF discOur'
acement. They would vote for him
most Of them. but it would be perfume
tprily. hoIelessIy. They were diS''p
euipted. The reform that bad begun
~ auspiciotlsly six years before was
ending in dismal failure. with no other
fruit than to evolve new and stronger
machine.
Well It was for Johns melting trust
h himself and his fellows that ne
could meet an occasional <ranSha We
q Sykes or Crtswell Their faith sur
vived. he met the trio. the night ne
fore the primaries. at Cransha"e
home on the pike. They did not pre-
tend a vain optimism: they knew that
they faced defelt
AT any rate" remarked Crtswell. at
@e close of the discussion. we've bad
dx years OF good tightin'."
~ guess" s,sid Cranshawe kindly
''ye think 1t hasn't paid. In one way
nebby it hasn't. An then again III
another it has It's like what once
told We. Ye've showed us the way