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0 v. ; 1 1 . inv mini WITH SOME INCIDENTAL RELATION TO THE WOMAN By Cyrus Townscnd Brady Illustrations by Dearborn Me bill ftotrliit. IMS, bj MutUl. Yard Co. CHAPTER XV. The Last Council of War. Summoned by Llffey at Haldane'. urgent request, the governing mem ber! of the ring met that night at their secret rendezvous. There were pres ent besides the two mentioned, Van Slyke and McRonald, Rutherford, Con nell, Habberley, Benson representing ;the allies, and the mayor. When Hal dane arrived, he found the others al ready assembled. "Well?" asked Llffey as soon as the other entered the room. "He's found It out and he's going to 4o If "Found out what and going to do what?" asked Rutherford. Gormlv has cot onto ua Mr. Tin. therford," was Llffey'. reply. The boss I r..n,.,i n,tonn , .r.A realized Instantly that Haldane had failed to poptpone the disclosure. "He's found out the secret history of the Gotham Freight Traction com pany. He's found out the whole bloom in' history; where we git our money, how we spend it." "And who was the traitor that be trayed you?" asked Benson fiercely. "I'd like to know that same," an swered Llffey, his fat Jaws clamping together, his "pompadour" crest bris tling. "I don't imagine anybody betrayed us, said Rutherford. "We've known all along that the thing was bound to get out sooner or later. If it had been later, it wouldn't have made much difference; but now la he going to publish It?" "He is," answered Haldane. "When?" demanded Van Slyke. "Tomorrow. It will be in every pa per in the city except our own." "Great God!" exclaimed Connell. "If we could only stave it off for Just three more days. GImrae three days, and " "Did you bid for him?" questioned the chief of police. Haldane nodded. "Did you go high enough?" asked Benson. "I went so high," said the man, "that his refusal covered me with worse shame than the publication will 4o." "And It wasn't enough?" queried Ttutherford, who had a clearer compre hension of what the offer might have been than the others. "No." "So it's coming out tomorrow, ti Jt?" V "Yes." "Well, I don't know what we can do," said Llffey, "but grin and take it." "Gents, hear me!" burst out Connell. "I can't throw no light on this sltua tion; I don't see no way of keeping this rot out of the papers unless we could burn up the plants or close iu down some way, which I'd like to have the Job of doln'. But we ain't beat yet. "This man that's posln' as an angel of virtue before the people of New York and talkln" reform and so on Is an adulterer, a thief, and a self-confessed murderer." "What!" roared the men present. "You're dreaming! You're mad!" "I am, am I? Well, you Just wait," returned the chief, "and you'll find I'm the sanest man In the whole bunch. You know the other night when you was Jammln' through the franchise at the city hall and Gormly made his great play?" "Yes." "Well, one of my men I had a bunch of plain clothes men scattered through the crowd with his eyes and ears open heard a man say, lookln' at Gormly standln' up on that automobile and glvln' the crowd his Infernal rot, 'Well, tf that ain't a dead ringer for a boy named George Fordyce that I used to know back In Kill Devil. Camp In Wyoming twenty-five years ago, I'll eat my hat!' My man sized up the speaker at once. He was a big west ern man free of speech as he was with his money. His name's Bill Ham ilton, and he's a big Montana mine owner. They call him colonel out there. They struck up a friendship right away, had a few drinks together, and my man got enough out of him to get on the trail of the story we been Inokiu' for without Hamilton In the least suspectln' what he was after. 1 Kent a doen of the smartest men on the force out td Wyoming to ruBtie up old Inhabitants of Kill Devil Camp, which has long since been blotted off the map. It seems that this Gormly, or Fordyce, or whatever hla name is,' once run away with a miner's wife, first, robbln' him of his pile and shoot in' the miner." The little group of men listened to the chief's startling story in a fever of excitement and surprise, which Con nell greatly enjoyed. "Now, we knew that he never came to New York with no woman," he ran' on. "We've got his whole history froni the day he landed here, every minute of it. We reasoned that the woman must have denerted him. or he ter. i Xaturally she'd make for one of the ci'.ios, especially If sho hal the i n.oi'ey. We uelieved that she had it; for he had practically none when he landed. He went to work as a elerK i In a store at five dollars a week, A turn up on the town somewhere soon er or later. We've got a detailed his tory of everyone of 'em here and else where. If she went down to the gut ter, she'd be dead. If she went up to the parlor, she'd be alive still. It was only necessary to look among those that are runnln the thing. We found one, who'd come from Wyo ming. I went to see her myself, and I've got her confession here." He hauled a paper out of his pocket. "She didn't want to tell nothing about it She don't come out of it especially creditable; but we had means to make her. All we got to git now Is the Btuff from Wyoming, a witness or two to Identify Gormly with Fordyce, and that's the end of him." Connell snapped his finger In de rision. "Has the woman seen the man?" asked Benson as soon as he could gt bis breath. "Often." "Does he still M "Lord, he don't know she's on the earth." "Is she sure he Is the man?" "She says so." "Has she never tried to blackmail him?" "Never. She's glad enough to let him alone, I guess." ; "Why Isn't she witness enough then?" asked the district attorney. "Well, she's mixed up In it In rather a nas,y she'8 afrald Bhe'n Buffer If her part of it Is made public." "I can fix that," said Rutherford coolly enough. "A promise of lmmun lty, and " "She won't do it," returned the chief. "You can drive these women Just so far, and there you stop. Be sides, It ain't never goin' to come into court." "What do you mean?" asked Ben son. "I mean," said Connell emphatically, "that Gormly Is goin' to give up the game." "Give up the game!" repeated Hal dane. "That's what I said. It's goin' to be put up to him as to whether he wants this told or whether he withdraws from the field." "You might back your 'put up' to him with a warrant for murder, I be lieve," said the district attorney. "If the evidence Is what you say, I'll have charges preferred against him." "All right," answered the chief, "Mr. Rutherford and I will fix that up, Now, gentlemen, you leave this to me, I am accustomed to denltwlth crlm inals, and I'll fix Gormly. I ought to "He's an Adulterer, a Thief, and a Self-Confessed Murderer!" have all the reports In my hands the day after tomorrow." "Wouldn't it be well to spring It to night?" "Hardly. .Besides it's too late. Not even Gormly himself could keep the etuff out of the papers now. "I guess now, Mr. Haldane," said Rutherford, as the assembly dissolved and the two found themselves alone together, the others being gone, "that youjtre rather glad than otherwise that your bribe did not work." "Yes, I suppose so. I don't know," enswered Haldane brokenly. "I had heard some Intimations of thla, noth ing definitely. Connell has been very close mouthed. I tried to bluff Gorm ly with that. I don't know what ef fect the disclosure la going to have. I don't know how true It la. It seems rather suspicious." "Connell had better be careful what he does," returned Rutherford. "He'd better be very sure of his facts." "Why did you leave the handling of the affair to him?" "Well, he'd make a good scapegoat j if anything went wrong," answered Rutherford with cynical Indifference Now, as It happened. Colonel Bill Hamilton was not bo guileless as he looked. After the first exclamation and the first few confidences over the drinks which he gave to the plain clothes man who had so adroitly sought to get his story on that event ful night, Colonel Bill shut ud like clam. The interest of the stranger in the story was suspicious. Colonel Bill knew a great many things that be had tint roiu, Mjq are not Inteno to tell un less it was necessary. Therefore, he soon got rid of his new friend and went to his room to think It over He Vas morally certain that Gormly and the man whom he had known as a boy as George Fordyce were one and the same. Fortunately he bad always liked Fordyce, and he was not dis posed to do anything that would in jure him. i r, i ur course be nad heard, as hnd ev-1 eryone else In the United States, of the remarkable campaign of George Gormly for the mayoralty of New York. He had not had a great amount of personal interest in the matter. however. But when he identified Gormly with Foriyce, the affair at once engaged his keenest attention. Since the day he had left Kill Devil Camp, he had never heard one word 'of either the man or the woman. He had supposed, as everyone else had. that they had perished in the storm, and although their bodies had never been recovered there were plenty of reasons to account for that What was he to do? Was he to see Gormly, or Fordyce as he called him, and put him on hla guard? Or was he to wait and be governed by cir cumstances? This was not an easy problem to decide; but Colonel Bill Hamilton finally came to the conclu sion that his best game was the wait ing one. Besides he liked to play a lone hand, and he felt every confi dence that he could do it. Meanwhile he determined to fortify himself with such evidence as ha could secure, and at the proper time, if the story was ferreted out and an attempt was made to make use of It, he would, as he phrased it, "butt into the game!" He Bet the telegraph to work, therefore, and presently receiv ed from his partner in Butte by ex press a tin box full of very private official documents. Thereafter he amused himself by following the prog ress of the campaign and doing some highly profitable local investigating on his own account, the result of which filled him with Joy and satisfaction. The demonstration of the alliance between the Gotham Freight Traction company and the Sachem society, the publication of the membership of Hal dane and his friends In the traction company, the exhibition of Its Iniquit ous processes, came off according to schedule. Such a Btorm of wrath and Indignation rose in the public breast after the disclosure as had never been equaled in any political campaign in New York. The storm was so terrific that the administration papers made no at tempt to counter It. They contented themselves with statlrjg that any dis cussion of the Issue or any defense of the accused was Inadvisable In tho present heated state of public opinion, and at the proper time, under proper conditions, the matter would be ex plained satisfactorily to the unpreju diced. Meanwhile the party in power grimly set its teeth and under the able leadership of the Sachem Boclety never so brilliantly displayed, massed its cohorts for the final trial of strength in the election, now three days off. With all the machinery In their hands, with all the facilities for promoting fraud at their disposal they were nevertheless by no mean assured that they could so control af fairs as to win out. , The stocks of the Gotham Freight Traction company had fallen off terri fically, and every other Interest fur thered by the syndicate of which Hal dane was the head had suffered ac cordingly. The city was on the verge of a tremendous panic. Unrest, ex citement, uncertainty, were In the air. The people had been aroused as never before. The great multitude of them were resolute and determined to break up once and forever the ring that hnd dominated the city and put at the head of it the man. The members of the Sachem society and the forces of the administration were equally deter mined that' this should not be done. T he Continued. Ileal li Near South Bend. On Friday, December 16, 1010, oc curred the death of Mrs. Louis Detz auer, near South Bend, this county. She had ailed for some time with nervous prostration. Funeral services were held Monday, December 19, 1910, delivered by Rev. Hydke. Two soloa were rendered by the young ladies present: "Nearer My God to Thee," and "Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me." Mrs. L. Detzauer was born on Feb. 2, 1868, and leaves to mourn her loss, a husband, two daughters, Mrs. Herman Schell and Miss Minnie, and four sons, Lucas, Emll, Bennle ami Deitrich, and a father and mother and four sisters. Interment was made In the Main land cemetery. Box Social at Becker School. The pupils of the Becker school in District No. 41 and their teacher, Miss Marie Iliber, are going to give a box social at the school house on Fri day evening, December 23rd, to which they most cordially Invite everybody. A fine program Is being arranged, which will be given at 8 o'clock sharp. Proceeds from the sale of the boxes will be used for school sup plies. 12-15-3td3w Do you want an AUCTIONEER? If you do, get one who has Experience, Ability, Judgement. Telegraph or write ROBERT WIKINSON, Dunbar, Neb. DateB'made at this office or the Murray State Bank. -Good ServicJ Reasonable Rates Men's House Coats $4, $5, and 67. Men's Hath Kobcs $5 to ?10. Men's SHU Umbrellas, pold and pearl mounted ?3 to 5?5. Men's Leather Traveling Cases, in wall us or goat, $4 to $15. Men's Japanese Collar Hags, with button pocket, $1 to $3. Men s Tie Kings, for hanging ties, several different shapes. Ju t the proper thing for nis room $1.25. vi e E - c . 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Banning, of Union, stopped off In this city yeuterday as he was en route from Omaha and discussed with some of the citizens of rialtsmouth and vicinity and mem bers of the county board of commis sioners, and county officials, some of the details of a measure which Sena tor Banning proposes to Introduce at the coming session of the legislature which will convene next month, amendatory of the present road law. The law as it now stands Is very unsatisfactory to the public and the officials whose duty It is to disburse the fund which the levy for road pur poses brings Into the county treasury each year. Under the present coiuMtlons a supervisor In each road district is elected at the general election each fall, and It devolves upon this offi cial to warn or notify each individual property owner who votes In his dis trict to appear at a time and place designated each year and do a speci fied amount of work on tho road. In addition to this the district super visor may have the property owner work out In his district one half of his road property tax, tho balance of the road tax Is under the control of the county commissioners. The pub lic has never received anything like a fair return for value of money ex pended by the district road overseers. For some unaccountable reason when a taxpayer is warned to appear and work out his tax, he appears all right, but usually only about half works. If there Is any excuse to stop his team to talk to a passing neighbor for an hour, he does so, and his time goes on so far as the road boss Is con cerned. The result is the road is poorly worked. Mr. Ilannlng's pro posed bill if enacted into law will do away with the loitering and soldier ing on the job. His measure provides for a county engineer to be appointed by the coun ty board, and to be responsible for all toad and bridge work In tho coun ty tnd accountable to the board. The engineer Is to appoint a deputy In each road district who will bo under the direction of the coiftjtx.f nglnecr, and amendable to him and his ap polutment can be revoked when at any time the deputy's work Is unsat isfactory, and it Is found that he is YOU 'UP STUMP? about your Christmas buying. Can't think of anything for "him?" We've a hundred things he'd like things he buys for himself would prob able think more of them if you bought them for him. Look around this ad, them come to our store and look around. It will solve your dilemma. C. E. SONS HOME OF SATISFACTION iu)t having the rond under his juris diction properly maintained. The i ew measuro Is meeting tho approval of men of experience in county rond effairs and la pronounced a good method of handling this vexed ques tion of county road work. ItecrlvcH N'omn of Sister's Dentil. J. li. Douglass received a telegram last evening Informing him of the death of his sister, Mrs. Bessie Mur ray, at Sulphur Springs, Arkansas. Her funeral will occur Thursday at Maryville, Missouri. Mrs. Murray was forty-one ycarB of age, and had been an invalid for almost a year. She leaves surviving, her husband, Edward Murray, and one son and an adopted daughter, and five brothers, V. S., of near lOlReno, Oklahoma, J. K., of I'latts in oil th, Rev. Lane Douglass, of Bur lington Junction, Missouri, Dr. G. (1. of Cortland, Nebraska, and P. E., of Maryville, Missouri. Settling l-lNtule. E. G. HanBen, A. P. Hansen, C. N. HanBen, from neur Nehawka, and Peter Hansen, from Walt Hill, Neb., and J. G. Wunderllch, from near N'ohawka, were In I'lattsmouth last Saturday, the latter gentleman hav ing some business matters to look after, and the four former gentlemen coming In to attend the final hearing In the probate court of the estate of J. G. Hansen. These gentlemen are among the best farmers of south C'asH county, the kind that It Is always a pleasure to meet. We acknowledge a brief visit from Mr. Wunderllch, who has always been a staunch friend of, the Journal. It. II. Mycin in Town. Our old friend "Hube" Hyers came In last evening from Lincoln to visit his old friends and neighbors, and of course called on the Journal. Mr. Ilyers has a host of friends in I'latts mouth and Cass county, who are always glad to meet him. In men tioning tho appointment of Mr. Hyers some time since, we were mistaken, ho being appointed deputy game war den Instead of deputy coal oil Inspec tor. Anyway, the governor couldn't have found a better man for the place. Attention. Take a trip to a warmer climate and Bee the Adeline plantation lands. Fare round trip, $32.50, sleeping car, meals, etc., furnished free. Go Dec. 20th, Jan. 3rd or 17th. White us for full information. See our ad on an other page. Windham Investment Co. 12-lS-wkly. a o 2. C to o " p w P, o i K" O. O o n 1 w r . ro o in 1 to o cu n 0 ' () C - a K . to r l u a c b ' " sr. & 3 s f o Z a ' !" m 3 - to -i a 0 r p F1 to o o -o 5' w c o -1 n o k 2. r-r- NOTICK TO NO-IIKimcvrH AND ih:ii:m vvr whom: hi:xi- IH:.N KM Altl-3 I MiNOYVV IN TI1K MrtTKlOT COUUT Ol-' CASS County, NolniiHkii. Wlllltim II. lialiu-y. riulntllT, vs. O. M. Joril.-n, (tlt-Kt mi mo unnown) (lenrKe V. Jorilmi, Jmnt-H K. Jordan. JiuiiiH o. Jordi'ii, 1'luillnlii Jordan, rharlci O. Jordan, Mary 10. Jordan, JuHimr A. Ware, KmUlitun II. DavlH, Ha run K. luvln, lic-nrg" Al . Itobnrl- non, nnil Mrs. ITuiicIh A. I'arry, L fndantM. To (I. M. Jordcn, (flrnt namo un known), dt-roirtt V. Jordrn. Jump K. Jordeii, Jinni-H o. Jordi-n, Cliallxta Jor den, Clmili-H O. Jordan, Mary 10. Jor- uun, JUHpcr a. Wur, Mull him II. IuivIk, Harali 10. Jin via, (IcnrKO M. KoliertHon, and Mrs. KranclH A. I'arry: You and ciicli of you will licrchy tak notice that on tlitt ZL'd day of Novm I !!, HIM, William 11. Itiilncy, plain tiff, tlli-d IiIm petition In tlin IilHtrlct Court of Oiihh County, Nohraxka. BKUlnHt you, tho object, purpono ami player of which In to remove rlouda from ninl quiet til In of record by Oi decree of nald court to the eaHt half ot the northeiiKt quarter of nee! Ion twenty-four (24( In town eleven (11) north. In rnngo thirteen (13) Hint, and th south twenty-live and one-fourth. (25 1-4) uciea of the nouthwest quar ter of the north wext quarter of auc tion nineteen (10) In town eleven (11 north, In ran tin fourteen (14) east ot tho Sixth . M., In Chhr County, N brnKka, In plaintiff, William II. Italn ey, oa iiKnliiHt you, n ml to exclude you and eiiih of you from ever aHertlnif or clnimlnK any rlKlit, title or Interest therein, or to any part or parcel there of, and for audi other and further re lief ns may he. Junt and equitable. You are required to aiiHwer anld pe tition on or before the 01 h day of Jan uary, 1U1I, or the alleR-ntloiiH contain ed In on lil petition will bo taken as true and a decree rendered according- 1 luted: November SMIi, 1910 ly. WIIXIAM 11. ItAINlOY. Plaintiff. Ily John M I.eydn, 1 1 Ik Attorney. Mr. 1 C. Hansen, of Macy, Ne brnska, and J. N. Wunderllch, of Ne hawka, were over night visitors iny the city, guests of tho Plattsmoutn. hotel. Mr. Hansen departed for his, home this morning while Mr. Won derllch returned to Nehawka after looking after business matters In thqi " " : '. . , . ,s Better Live in a Trnt on your own land than pay rent for a mansion on your neighbor's land. .Thlok It over, talk it over wlto your wife. i' Itecodio Independent. Others have done it, why not your Start todaf''C6'tne and see us "and learn -w'kati'aWery little ready cask will do for you. " 1 W. E. ROSENCRANS & SOH J .... f