Hammond Times, Volume 1, Number 293, Hammond, Lake County, 31 May 1907 — Page 3

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( Conclusion.) "Don't yon consider my position poverty? I thought every one over there had a contempt for an income that didn't run Into tens of thousands." "I told you, Alan, I had been unused to money, and so your income appears to me quite sufficient." "Then you are not afraid to trust in my future?" "Not the least I believe in you." "Oh, you dear girl! If you knew how sweet that sounds! Then I may tell you. "When I wag In London last I ran down to Dartmouth, In Devonshire. I shall be stationed there. You see, I have finished my foreign cruising, and Dartmouth is, for a time at least, to be my home. There's a fine harbor there, green hills and a beautiful river running between them, and I found such a lovely old house not grand at all, you know, but so cozy and comfortable, standing on the heights overlooking the harbor ia an old garden filled with roses, shrubs and every kind of flower; vines clambering about the ancient house. Two servants would keep It going like a shot. Dorothy, what do you say?"

Dorothy laughed quietly and whole heart cdly. "It reads like a bit from an. old English romance. I'd just love to see such a house." "You don't care for this sort of thing, do you?" he asked, glancing round about him. "What sort of thing?" "This yacht, thes silk panelings, these gorgeous pictures, the carving, the gilt, the horribly expensive carpet." "You mean should I feel it necessary to be surrounded by such luxury? I answer most emphatically, no. I like your ivy covered house at Dartmouth much better."

For a moment neither said anything Lips cannot speak when pressed together. "Now, Dorothy, I want you to elope with me. We will be In Stockholm long before daylight tomorrow at the rate this boat is going. I'll get ashore as soon as practicable and make all inquiries at the consulate about being married. I don't know what the regulations are, but if it is possible to be married quietly, say in the afternoon, will you consent to that and then write a letter to Captain Kempt thanking him for the trip on the yacht, and I'll write thanking him for all he has done for me, and after that we'll make for England together. I've got a letter of credit in my pocket which luckily the Russians did not take from me. I shall find all the money we need at Stockholm, then we'll cross the Swedish country, sail to Denmark, make

our way through Germany to Paris, If you like, or to London. We sha'n't travel all the time, but just take nice little day trips, stopping at some quaint old town every afternoon and evening." "You mean to let Captain Kempt, Katherine and the prince go to America alone?" "Of course. Why not? They don't want us, and I'm quite sure we well, Dorothy, we'd be delighted to have them, to be sure but still I've knocked a good deal about Europe, and there are some delightful eld towns I'd like to show you, and I hate traveling with a party." Dorothy laughed so heartily that her head sank on his shoulder. "Yes, I'll do that," she said at last And they did. THE EXD.

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tion pier for this district." observed Harry, looking at the river front, which had been the coveted Canaan of the fat baby. "It would be a wonderful comfort for the children as well as for older people." "It would that." assented McMannis. "I was telling Dorsey the sarafc only yesterday. But he didn't seem to look

at it that way." )

And McMannis. after giving tha now cheered fat baby some pennies and telling him to "run and get a bit of candy," strolled into the saloou which was his political headquarters, while Wendell hastened up the street On his way to the meeting Harry Wendell's thoughts reverted to the ward leader from whom he had just parted. McMannis was uneducated, unprincipled ia both public and personal life, a machine politician of the worst type and not a bit ashamed of the fact Yet McMannis was the absolute ruler of the crowded Tenth ward. However corrupt local politics might be, the fact must be faced that the or

ganization, led by Dorsey. was strong, well disciplined and could put up a hard fight And, while it would be for their own good, the big foreign element and the poorer classes generally did not care for reform. Again and again the City Reform club had led campaigns against the machine and each time either had been defeated at the polls or after what seemed victory found that Dorsey had again worked his way back into power, aided by the indifference of the good citizens who had voted for reform. But If a break could be made in the machine ranks, if McMannis, whose sway in his own ward vras indisputed, could be arrayed against the boss, then indeed some

thing might be effected. And as he pondered the matter Harry Wendell saw through a glass darkly a plan whereby a break might possibly be

made in the compact forces of the machine. "It's playing machine politics on my own account," he soliloquized, "but McMannis is a good deal better man at heart than Dorsey, and a recreation pier would be a good thing for the babies in those big Tenth ward tenements, however It is obtained." The next day while Tom McMannis, seated in a little room back of his bar, was talking over the details of the coming campaign with a few of his favored henchmen a bartender entered and in the confidential whisper as

sumed by all practical politicians and

their followers announced that Harry

Wendell would like to speak to the ward leader. McMannis nodded to his retainers, who filed out of the room. When Harry entered, McMannis looked at him with complacent hostility. "I was at the meeting of the City Reform club yesterday." began narry. "I heard there was to be one," murmured McMannis, "but 1 couldn't get the time to go.". . ..... , McMannis and Wendell, while political opponents, were personally friendly enough. The young lawyer laughed. "I have been thinking of what you said yesterday afternoon about a recreation pier. It would be a godsend to the babies this hot weather. Now, can't we combine on this point even if we fight each other on other matters?"

The leader of the Tenth ward leaned back in his chair, his hands in his pockets, and looked hard at Wendell. For reformers in general McMannis had a deep rooted dislike. But the recreation pier for his ward had been one'of McMannis' heartfelt desires for the last two years. "What you say is right," replied McMannis after a moment's thought "I certainly do want the pier, and. what is more important so do my people, but I didn't expect help from the City Reform club." "It isn't necessarily a political matter," answered Harry, "and perhaps if both crowds combined we could force the board of aldermen to appropriate the money." "We could." assented McMannis, "and mighty glad would I be to see the pier here whether the reformers or

the devil himself helped me to get it

I've been after Dorsey about it but be says the city needs the money for

something else. It makes me angry tc

think," added McMannis naively, "that just because I've got the Tenth ward

so that it is safe they Insist all the money ought to be spent in othei

wards. It's coming election time,

though, and Dorsey won't want tc

make any enemies."

"It's worth trying anyhow," answer-

This hot weather is mighty hard on the people." "What can I do?" replied Dorsey impatiently. "If the city appropriates money for the pier It will run over the debt limit. You know the people at Albany, and the reformers are just looking to catch us up on that very point" "You might let some of those new pavements go or have them put in for half what it is going to cost" answered McMannis bluntly. Dorsey looked disgusted. "What's the use of talking that way?" he grumbled. "You know where the money for that deal Is going. A man has to live, and so must his friends. Seems to me that I didn't hear any howl from you when we put down the east side sewer. And you know what that cost and who got the money. Most of It went right over to the Tenth ward." This unvarnished statement of city finances was somewhat of a facer for McMannis.

"Well, as long as every one was get

ting a bit of the coin I didn't see why

I shouldn't myself. But it's the truth I would give up my share to get that pier. Sure, if you lived In the ward and saw the hot kids and the tired women you would feel the same way about it" "Maybe we can do something about it next year," replied Dorsey. "but just now it's up to you to do some hard work for the organization before election. You're not going to let this turn you against the party, are 3ou?'r "Of course not," answered McMannis almost indignantly. "You ought to know better than that It will be many a long day from now before Tom McMannis votes against the party. But I think it Is a shame about the pier," he added obstinately as he left the room. Dorsey had not recovered from the annoyance caused by the discussion of the recreation pier when Rev. Alfred Mann was ushered into the office. If

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1ROWN-EYED Johnnie O'Neil,

better known to his family and immediate friends as the "fat baby," bad wandered to the

long avenue skirting the river front Harry Wendell, a young lawyer who was rapidly becoming prominent ic politics, was hurrying to the meeting of the City Reform club. He did nol notice the perspiring toddler and almost ran into him. The fat baby made a frantic effort to dodge, collided with another pedestrian and fell to the sidewalk. It was not a hard fall, but the fat baby's ordinary optimism had been undermined by the weather. Instead of scrambling to his feet he lay on the pavement and sobbed In helpless misery. Harry Wendell picked up the small

sufferer and handed him a carnation

he had been wearing. As the babe's feelings changed from sorrow to won

der and then to delight his sobs grew

fainter. "Sure, and these hot days are hard on the babies, with never a breeze stirring except along the river and the trucks and wagons keeping them away from there." Harry Wendell looked around and saw Tom McMannis, the ward leader and one of the strongest supporters of Richard Dorsey, the boss whom the City Reform club was working hard to overthrow. "It's a pity they can't get & recrea-

ed Harry. "I'll hustle around and

bring all the pressure on the part of

the people I know to bear on him

"If the other reformers were like that

boy," declared McMannis impress vely

to one of his lieutenants, "it's more

they would do in thi3 world.1

A week later Richard Dorsey, the

head of the organization, the recog

nized ruler of city politics, was sitting

In his private office, a frown on his face. For days the Express, the reform mouthpiece, had been printing

stories about the sufferings of the children on the crowded east side dur

ing the hot weather and insisting that

a recreation pier was more needed

than the new pavements In the outside districts. But Dorsey and several of

his political adherents were financially

interested In the paving contracts.

"Stirring up all this trouble about a lot of babies and women who don't rote," thought the boss angrily. "Why can't people mind their own business T

And just then Tom McMannis was an

nounced.

McMannis had called to talk over the political situation in the Tenth ward.

As usual, this ward, the largest la the

city In point of population, was solidly

for the machine. Dorsey's face bright

ened up at the first part of his lieutenant's discourse. Then it clouded when

McMannis said positively:

"But it seems to me that we ought

''Sure, and these hot days are hard on

Vie babies."

there was anj person in the city for

whom Richard Dorsey had a cordial

dislike, It was Mr. Mann. The feeling

was reciprocated. While well mean

Ing, Mr. Mann was far from tactful.

His advocacy of the claims of the east

side children In the matter of a recrea

tion pier was such as to leave the po

litical boss in a hot perspiration of

rage. In the end, with stronger lan

guage than was due the Banctity of the

cloth, Dorsey requested the clergyman

to leave the room and added that no

body but meddling fools wanted the

pier. Neither Mr. Mann nor Boss Dor

sey appreciated that Harry Wendell

had foreseen the interview would prob

ably end this way.

Following Rev. Mr. Mann several

business and professional men prominent in the community, but declared

opponents of Dorsey, called on the po

litical leader and advocated the claim of the Tenth warders to the recreation

pier. The result of these maneuvers was that the generally silent and self contained boss was exasperated to

such a pitch of Irritation that a mention of the recreation pier had the soothing effect upon him that the waving of a red flag has upon a bull. Then Harry Wendell himself was shown into the boss' private office, and with Wendell, unobtrusive, but keenly alert to every detail, came Jack Whitney, one of the reporters for the Express. "I came to see you about the recreation pier that seems so much needed In the Tenth ward," began Harry suavely. "I think" But the patience of the exasperated boss at last gave way. "You think!" he thundered. "Well, I think there has been too much fuss made about that pier. It won't be built The babies need It: D n the babies anyway! They can't vote!" "All right" replied Harry cheerful

ly. "If that s the way you feel about

It there's no n-ed of 6aying any more,

Accompanied by the reporter, he hur

ried out of the office, for he had ob

tained exactly the statement he want

ed. Any modification of it would only

weaken his position.

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