Lower coast gazette., 1913-08-30
CHAPTER v.

WIN
Sim Blake.
The man whose advent In the Kes.
wick corridor caused more attention
among the loungers than would the ar
rival OF q stage beauty. had at first
little about him to Justify such
Interest. He was long rather than
tall. thin with q wtry compactness, and
Of q pleasant non-committal face. His
age might have been fifty. But =
glance at his half.shut eyes al.
ways gave an odd impression that they
were fully q thousand years old. Per.
haps this vi why Jim Blake seldom
opened them wide.
Hello, boys" repeated Jim Blake.
glanctng genially and ine~xpressively
from one to the other. from beneath
his hanging lids. Seemed to ma I
smelt something burning. How IRE
you, standish! What's up. Toni"
Why" answered Tom vaguely esn.
barrassed, nothing very much. Just
Q little political discussion"
80 I gathered" yawned Blake.
mark. you seemed to have been sup
plying the fireworks for It. I don't sup
pose 1t occurred to you that the whole
surrounding landscape is fairly crawl
ing with reporters? Nice little story
for the morning papers, hey! High
Words Between Speakership Aspirants
In Kesvick Lobby And q half col.
umn more Of what you both would
have said II you'd said what the re-
porters thought maybe you might have
said. Fine business. Especially at
this time"
HE called me-" burst forth Mark.
And you showed your hand?'
hazarded Blake. Good poker. Mark.
But punk politics. Mark. I'm afraid
we're keeping Mr.. standish from his
dinner"
Good night replied standish, tax.
ing the broad hint with no show Of
feeling.
Good night-tl the house meets
ut ten O'Clock" said Blake. II suppose
you'll lead your gallant insurgent CO
horts in person this EVENING""
Eyes,"
Don't want to call It of and come
into the fold again. I s'pose?" suggest.
ed Blake quizzically.
mo. thanks smiled the insurgent
md passed on toward the dining room
: Hello, Van Dyke!" called Blake a
the lawyer, with Neligan and Gregg II
f tow. came along the corridor TOWARD
!, them, from the bar. What brings yo'
/ to Washington? What's up"
r "That's what I'm trying to ind out.
answered Van Dyke. shaking hand
!, with Blnke and instinctively leadin'
the way to the adjacent amen corner
, What is up? You're supposed to b
managing this fight, Jim. And her
!, we find ourselves In the very wors
It hole we've been In since n~inety-sevel
II you and I hadn't fought shoulder I
It shoulder for years and years. Id b
ia tempted to say you were lying down
70 1.-THE crowd down on broadway
!; answered Blake. 'have handed US
:, raw proposition in this Mullins bi
The bill smells so rank that even II
VI dear. dear public have got q whi6
It. And when the public gets It, sen'
X OF smell into good working order-O
NJ what's the use. Van Dyke? You q
Of see what we're up against. You kno
ks the temper Of the country. We cai
even defend that bill OF yours. 4,
this 10 no time to put over such = II
one. It's like"
"stnl," argued Van Dyke. you q
you'd be able to put the deal throul
And there's surely enough In It !
~ AL"
OF Il said I could put It through. A
tai could-when We started. But Sta
by ish wasn't Aghting Il then This 10
for the Bill versus the People. N's \
led standish versus the Organization. 4
standish has the people The walked
or people-behind him. He's their u
ted Hes the parsons pet They look
ted him a. the Worthy Young Man y
.et. couldn't do wrong II he tried and '
tho isn't wicked enough to try. In OF
;. words. he's never been found
There's only two classes OF men TIL
u'e ever met-the sort that have b
y found out and the sort that have
II We can damage Standish In the 9
lers Of the people-if We can make
the clergy repudiate him"
the "That's just the point" cried
Dyke. "Why haven't you been abb
do that. instead Of sitting peacef
to one side and waiting for him
ha- wreck himself?"
SAID we've had detectives on hin"
han IN Neligan. Il told you all that
ticn Dyke"
him. .Detectives?- snorted the Law
the .N7hat good 10 that? Your detect
der WIN charge you seven dollars >
+he and expenses-mostly expenses
giving you q full report OF tho
..s standish spends the day ana VIVA
nAs has to eat and the number OF cigar
smokes and the addresses o SON
the letters he writes. Your never
standish that way. II ever he's br
~ 4 law-and most men have
"Oh, not 80 many" gently co
a..on dicted Blake. 1.-TWO jails woul'
this a,srtv ,o-ra - hold all the folks
the have broken any law. And the
Cor fails could be built real easy-ju'
running q high wall around the
me. tor. But you're right IN ono !
,tHcio Van Dyke. Well never get sta
In fha vav these boys have Dee