The Dermott news., 1913-10-23
CHAPTER VI.-Continucd.

CHAPTER VI.-Continued.
 Then he paused The rugged mask Of face had not changed But the pupils of the half.shut eyes had sud denly contracted as though q bluding light had been flashed before them. Yet a second later. when Blake spoke again. thrrc Was no trace of pain or resentment tu his dry draHlias voice.
 'Blaeh,uaIi'a be said onrc more How about the uaT Standlah dra ,ged up that franchise affair of m.ue la=e ycar2 What was that bat blaekmail3" 2"
 Well. demanded Tom a. tho stark n,erci'es nc~e ef youth. you veFe stealing the Franchise, weren't >oaa daa2"
 "Yes" ass,rted Blake With de H,huui ahacuc" of all false modcsty. v sure war And Nas deiue .' neat ly, too Not ripple uot | kck. til StgHdish hutted n N.th hs@ mrasls roforme7s and Gaeer"d -he MhoIc job aud cost us haf million dnlIeta Sop. every tune think ot that. I want tn chase some or" vtrh @a aN. don llo Nzke uishts th5uk.He how cta= rnf cur friond Staud.>H 3aHld laoE with seaWcrd h hts hUr and sand ua der hts p#ils Rat keep that fran ch'se memory and 3 f,N others fresh on tlse lee NHl E; sure doesn't rreal my h#tr. to have a chance now of sot'ias aaek II hun
 'ltat@ nris sled Tow. =stt4t Vaa | public matter. Il doesn't Rsufy foa in dragging lis private l.se into tha Nmel-ht"
 rhe deuce t doesn't Who told }ou tAata1
 Ny selir' poet
 On t1oHsht uayhe so8 might have eat tae t.p from some reliable sop-c, G, ahead. so. Doesn't jus;i {, me. h=yr'
 No. daI. f zau want truth. t doesn't l. isn't clea0'2
 "tleau' Say son. ,h's a politics Not ursyc, me.t.us No1ye got in th" vfa4g pow
 r Che right pow justiacs dirty work Ike that" flashed the boy. "Um GIld have. And want to stay there Ttis huasness of making poltieal cap. cal of a mans dead and buried a'us is enough to turn Che stomach of c1md \ thousand times more 70 when one considers the Noman
 We'll qur-ivd Blake. tH high good humor. as he always was when he could stir up quarrel betT,eu his aiorad only son and himself What ahclt her"
 "Eseryihiur She made fool et herself Presumably when she WAS voung She has pyoha@y repeated [: bitterly ten thousand times She may have ntoned for what she did She may even he wife and mother wow Respected. loved All the world ond Heaven. besides. to her husband aud children. Aad. just to pass rot ten railroad h'N. you are going to drag her eat iHto the glare of the neNspa- per world and cruelty her You are going eo strip from her her husbands love. you are going tp make her friends shuu her as all outea4U you re throwing black shane on her innocent childrcns name. You are
 Excuse me. son, interrupted Blak, ''Aut I'm not doing single one ot those terribly dramatic things Standish is doing it--or. rather. he has done tt Not l. Catch the idea? 'f Standish committed murder and [ found tho body. would you call me n murderer, Hey9 We'll that's what has happened th.s time When St~pd ,sh took the lady on that little hsft- handed wedding trip, five years ago tn March. he rendered her liable to all that and worse A man doesn't think of such things at the time. Neither does woman. guess This one eurC uldn1. or shed neFer have thrown over her one hope ot safety ty jiiting him
 Listen. dad. returned Tom. Chok trS back hot answer. Ever sjace you brought ne here into the thick of 'te fight, you and haven't agreed about politics Hut I've stood with you through and through I've work od hard for the party. because felt , was working for you But we'll this time d rather be working for tho other side Because believe they're right and We are wrong
 "WeN. then" hlazed his father in dry gust of unwonted wrath. why don't you work for the other side? Go ahead It's no great less to us
 You know perfectly well why don't It's because you are on this Etde the wrong side just now"
 Co over to them" snapped Blake, ais rare anger stlll unspent They'd