The Dermott news., 1913-10-09

The third of the trio was an iron-gray well groomed aspect.
 Wanda knew him well. by sight. For | whenever political crises swept Wash | ington he was as certain to appear as are vultures to congregate for the l feast. He was Ralph Van Dyke, g New Yorker, and counsel for great railroad Ills was one of the shrewd
 est legal minds in America. And he had so carefully trained that mind %
 the million dark intricaCies of corpora tion law as to be doubly worth the an
 nual fortune he rcaped from the inter
 ests.' What Jim Blake was in politics, Ralph Van Dyke was In corporation law. The chance word Wanda had just overheard had been spoken by him.
 Are things still going as badly with the Mullins bill as when you wired me today" he had asked NeIigan. "Oh." " returned Neligan. we had the house cinched when 1t was reported We'd have passed it, hands down, if
  But now-we may as well stand up to
 facts were as good as licked.
 But. gentlemen. urged Van Dyke , impatiently. this bill has 10 pass"
 Sure 1t has" gloomily assented Neligan. Only it can't Unless some
 thing explodes Standish before 1t
 comes to a vote Oh. It's the people I'h,y'ro roe,rr,,.r,yy IDbo, don't pbu
 what they want. and nine years out of
 ten they don't want anything except to stay asleep and let the right crowd 1 handle the country. But when q man ! like Standish gets them to listen 10 | him. they all wake up and yell for re | form and purity in politics as hard as waking baby squalls for its bottle They've made him popular idol. " The people," scofred Van Dyke
 They make an idol one minute and oyerturn it the next
 That's right agreed Gregg. but the Mullins bill will be defeated before they get time to oyerturn Standish The people are awake They rsally seem to have an idea We ought to keep S'ili' Ot ''i lil'AillS'o NiAb, Sdt EtAhV' all. We did promise them a lot of | things"
 Did we" echoed Neligan. We
 made our platform look like cross.
 section of the Ten Commandments. | frinsed with pages of Pilgrims Prog
 ress Yah, That's the trouble. We're over.promised
 "If We could loosen Standish's pull
 with the parsons. said Neligan. wed have him against the ropes in one
 round
 Now you are talking sanity" ap- | proved the lawyer. That was just what l was waiting 10 suggest"
 Well. We didn't wait for you to sug gest it.a retorted Nelisan. We aren't
 corporation law.contortionists. per haps. but we've got few grains of
 gray matter left That's the first stunt
 We tried We put good men on the
 case to look IF Staudtsh's record to
 find enc break that We could hang d story ou
 Well
 Well. from their reports. Stand,sh
 seems to have led life that wouli
 make saint Anthony and Sir Galahal
 and the Pilgrim fathers look like q | bunch ot soIsed Teudorlofu rouuders "
 You're sure Nonr men left nothing uncoN cred 23
 Do you think wed overlook any. thing when the whole game hangs on | it Q"
 That's right. Van Dyke" supple merted Gregg We've been over Stand;sh's record with microscop" Hes cost Us enough to make tho search mighty careful Even if you don't give Us credit fer sense enough to probe the business. you'll have to allow that Mark Rohertsons s no fool And Ruhertsons moved heaven and hell to get something on Standish Hut he cant Robertsous got more at stake than any of us r Staudish licts him u ths fight and gets the speaker ship it1. cost Mark Robertson nor" than most people coall understand .'olrrespcct and ambition and future tand
 It sure Vit." asrFed Ncliran. Lets see + must b. close on Hte wears uaN. that Staualsh and Robertson .>a<NsE'Sa<