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In limit fllnht to Ihu railroad itutlon tbo wnmnn'n horiii falla extinimtrri: the youth puts brr n bit own ami follows lminjliiK to Urn tlrrtip atrap. 8rliiK Iim l mii ImpHI tnent, tii nomun thrtiita Iter rseort Into he atumhlra Into tbn rullroml stntlon Just a the train bnrH tbn wotnnu away. Twrnty-flvo ynn Inter, thla man, Oenrije nnrnily, la a mtiltl-mllllotulrn In Nw York. Itc timet Ktinnor HiMnni. a beautiful nml wealthy aetlli'inrnt worker mid o-npcriitri with tier In lier work Oormlv bpconu's owner of a ateiimalilp llnp nml find lilnnolf fimtrntetl In p.er and trui'k externum) plnti by uraftlnK nl dermen, barked by tin Ootlmm Traction Company. An ntilnmoblln uocid-nt brlmm tint Hulilnneii to his round y homo. Oiirtn ly ntinouni'PH that Im will be mayor of New Vork and redeem thu city from cor. ruptlon. .Mr. Hnldnnp In a long itcalrud Interview with Oormlv. iimkes an Iml reel froMiiiltlnn to rompronil.iu tbu tlwht wblcli hn Inttpr ban been wiulnir In tho new papero nualnnt Hip Ontliutn 'mutton cimi; pany. and which flnlilaim In ant-peeled of belnK tbn brad, (lormly boldly nnnoimeen Ida plan of i-mnpnlKti to Il.ildatio. Oornily rides to flnlilanr'a plnee. iiirrylnK word of tin nntn Hcehlent. Tbo nuxt morning he, refers to tho ride of Hip nlKbt Won mild compnrpd to one bo experienced In his boyhood iliyi. TIip p.ipi'ra un nounre hla camlldacy for mayor. CHAPTER VII. Continued. "Mr. Poolo, excuso mo; It In qulto SsclcRS to talk to mo nny more on thU line. My mind Is mnilo up. nmi nothing you enn rnty, or nnyono can ay, will chani;o It." "Mr. Gormly," said ncnion, rlnlnR, contempt nml rpRctittnent HtrlvltiB for the mastery of his voire. "In sotno wnys you'ro n mighty Rtnart man. You have begun this movement bril liantly, but tho position you'ro takln' now makes mo regard jou as, you'll forgive tho language, n damned fooj!" "Mr. nenson." said Gormly. "thank you for your compliment. Your opin ion does me honor, at least tho last part of It. Let mo say that I have "been const IbroJ by politicians of your tnmp as damned fools who havo done the good work ot tho world. Mr. iPoole, Mr. Kltchett, I wish you good afternoon." Tho dlBgustcd delegation tramped out The threo men hud to run tho gauntlet of roportors outside the busi ness office. They communicated .nothing whatsoever of tho results of Ithelr Intervlow to theso assiduous young men. Gormly, however, was more amen Able to their nppenls for an Interview. One resolution Gormly had taken; to give tho people tho fullest Informa tion all tho time about what he pro posed. Ho was willing to discuss any public question at any tlmo with any cno and he hnd no objections to hla opinions being quoted. "Gentlemen," said Gormly to tho group of newspaper men, "as has al ready appeared In tht press of tho city, these gentlemen who havo Just loft camo to offer mo tho nomination of tho mlnoilty party for tho ofllco for which I havo pioposed myself. I thanked them for tho honor that they fcad done mo; I declared that 1 should pprcclato tho Individual votes of any members of that or any other purty mt election time; but I refused posi tively to allow myself to bo tied up to ny party, to 4v allied with any party, to be the candidate of any party. 1 Intend to make this canvass ua an ab solute Independent." "Isn't Mr. Poolo a stockholder In Ithe Gotham Freight Traction com (puny?" asked on of the roportors. "I know nothing whatever about, Wr. Poole's financial undertakings." "Doesn't lawyer Kltchett desire to run for district attorney?" asked an lother. "1 am not Informed as to the polit ical ambitions of Mr. Fitchett." "What did 1)111 l)enson say to you?" iked a third. "As a practical politician ot large oiporlence, he ventured to glvo mo ome advlco upon tho conduct of my campaign." "Did you take It?" asked anothor 'amid tho roar of laughter which greet ed this reply. 1 "I am sorry to say that tho cogency 'of his arguments .and thu forco of his representations did not nppoul to mo s he expected. My methods aro so different from those ho advocated that It is hardly possible to harmonlzo our nlaws or practises." 1 think that will be all this after Boon, gentlemen," said Gormly, rising to signify that tho Interview was over. . CHAPTER VIII. . A Quiet Meeting of the Dictators. Early In the new year, at the In stance of Haldane, a meeting of the inner circle of the -lovernlug body, popularly known as "Tbo Ring," was called aA his prlvato residence on up per Fifth avenue, which he very un obtrusively reoccupled for tbo occa sion. The meeting was hold lato at might The men summoned thereto came up town quietly and unostenta tiously slipped Into the bouse. For many reasons Haldane's rela tion to the Sachem society was care tolly concealed. He represented a distinct group of financiers and busl bm InUreats whose relations with Ua party In pswer were most Intl put. These relations In soma In- 8 s Mn - ftrratr trmtnt rti nmMny stnncofl wcro suspected, but their ac tuality had not been allowed to trans pire, llnldano kept In constant touch with I.lffey tho boss; but no ono, save the Inner circle, suspected thnt tho two wcro hand In glovo Uogother. llnldano did not often meet with anyone but Llffcy. In this Instance, however, ho at least appreciated tho gravity of tho situation, nnd had di rected Llffey to bring with him thoso whoso advlco would naturally be sought ,on such subjects as ho desired to disctiGS. Ho hnd also assembled two of tho directors of tho Gotham Freight Traction company, to wit, Van Slyko and Mcllomild, mon associated with him upon whose Judgment and nblllty ho could rely. In addition to thorn camo Llffoy, Brand chief of the Sa chem society and tho acknowledged and undisputed buss of the party; Connell, the chief of pollco; Ruther ford, the district attorney; Ilabbor ley, Hie street commissioner; nnd Inst anil also least, Hon. Peter D. Warren, mayor of tho city. Llffy, as lender of tho Great Sachem society, controlled tho or ganization absolutely. Tho chief of pollco wielded the vast, rowers for graft of that remarkable organization. Tho dhtrlet attorney, through whoso hands nil criminal prosecutions must pass, was tho safely vnlvo of both thu Sachem society and that portion of thu people to which It looked for sup- The Disgusted Delegation Tramped Out. port. The street commissioner, who had at his disposal nioro appointments thnn all the rest of tho administration put together, usod thorn primarily, for the good of tho party nnd nfter that for cleaning tho streets. The mayor, tho ostensible head but really tho servnnt of tho quartet, was there because of his office, and he was In office because ho could bo con trolled. From tho point of view of tho men presont, he wns the best mayor that Now York had ever had. Ho wns a mnn of somo parts. He could make a brilliant speech, pre sldo gracefully and with dignity nt public meetings, and was altogether an admirable flguro to head a great city in everything but morals. Associated with these four Intcnsoly practical men and this pliant, willing figurehead wero tho Interests repre sented by the Gotham Frolght Trac tion company, of which Haldane was In absoluto control, although tho presi dency was vested In another man. Tho Interests ot Hnldane and his asso ciates wero not confined to tho Gotham Freight Traction company. Thoy had their hands on every public franchise. Their private affairs, of course, wero vast and multiform; but with them we have nothing to do. Their alliance with the political party, for which they had paid and would contlnua to pay enormous sums, bad brought them very material advantages In one form or an othor. All the trusts that make New Jersey their headquarters hardly equaled in wealth and control the organisation! these men represented. Haldane, from bis one Interview with Gormly, had an Idea that In this Instance the two fon.es to be dread ed by the ring were Incarnated In Gorstfy and would rally about Gormly. Now, of course, everyone of those present hnd rend Gormly's startling nnnouncementa of his candidacy Most of them had read them with amuse ment; only 'tho most prescient with nny feeling of alarm, and even that feeling was not sufficiently deep to hne awakened any special degreo of anxiety. Yet tho fact that each ono had been summoned to llaldano's house, tho politicians through I.lffey nnd 'ho financiers through llaldune himself, rather startled them. Tho eight men assembled In tho spacious library of tho Fifth Avenue house. The curtains wcro discreetly drawn. Tho men had arrived smgly and at different times. Thoy wore admitted by Halduno's confidential secretary In pe.von. Cigars and liquors wcro prsvldftd, and tho eight, ftom nil ports of differing social ranks, mingled irovly together on terms of absolute equality. Tho district attorney, for Instance, was a graduate of Yale, llnldano him sel( had come from Harvard. Tho mayor was a product of Columbia. Llffoy had started In an a poor Irish Immigrant. The chief of pollco had been a snloonkeopor and finally the colonel of a National Guard regiment McRonald was a Scotsman whose shrewdness and nblllty had won him a high position among tho financial ningnatcs. Van Slyko bolonged to an old Dutch family and hnd Inherited a vast fortune, which his adroit man agement had tremendously Increased. They represented Amorlcan life with Its opportunities nnd Its possibilities. "Gentlemen," began llnldano quietly, "I havo called you hero, as you havo doubtless surmised, bocausu of tho announcement of tho candidacy of George Gormly for mayor." "Do you think It's of sufficient Im portance, Mr. Haldane, for such an unusual conferenco ns this Is?" asked tho boss. "I certainly do, Llffey," was the re ply. "It Isn't tho first tlmo," Bald Ruth erford, a man of exceptional ability and great distinction of manner nnd bearing, "that somo Impracticable re former has offered himself for popular suffrago on such a platform." "Hut It Is tho first time In my recollection," returned Haldane, "that a man possessing the peculiar com bination of business ability, unques tioned Integrity, nnd unlimited money has put himself forward, and I beg to asKuro you that I consider htm tho most "available man from tho point of viow of the opposition thnt has ever appeared on the political horizon." "I don't enro a cuss how available ho is," said Llffoy. "Wo can beat him, and wo will. Of courso, It'll tako more money." He looked significantly at the trio of financiers. "Tho amount of money that It takos now," said McRonald grimly, "Is homo thing terrific." "I should say ro," addod Van Slyko. "Well, you get what you bargain for, don't you?" returned tho boss viciously. "You got a free hand to take It out of tho people, don't you?" "Gentlemen, gentlemen," said Hal dano authoritatively, "I hardly think the discussion Is taking a profitable turn. Doubtless, as Llffey says, we can beat him; certainly we must do so. Probably It will cost raoro money; that Is, If In somo way bis candidacy cannot be headed off." "Can he be Induced to withdraw, do you think?" asked Rutherford. "No, I think not; but If we mado him somo concessions It la barely pos sible he might, though I gravely doubt it. He's all stirred up over this switch business. I have already taken upon myself to offer to use my Influ ence to get the price demanded cut In half. He declined the offer Imme diately. I think he said he wouldn't pay anything except tht coat of the swlt.b and a reasonable sum $ 0,000 for tho prlvllego." "I want you to mark, Mr. Haldane," put In Llffey, "thnt If we're mixed up In a fight, It's tho extortlonnto de mands of tho Gotham Frrlght Trac tion company which has Drought It about." "My dear sir," answered Haldane con tompttiously, "how aro wt,i to satisfy tho demands mado upon us' by you and your fellow members of the Sa chom society and mnko u profit for ourselves out of the matter, If we don't mnko men like Gormly pay heavily?" "That's your lookout." "Well, you will find that It's also yours If via stop payments." "Oh, I don't know. I guess there's others thnt'd bo glad to enjoy the franchises." "Now, Llffey," said tho district at torney, who perhaps from his official position as public prosecutor hnd moro Influence over tho boss than any body present. "Don't talk like a fool! You know perfectly well that we are all necessary to one another; that wo aro nil In the same boat; wo all havo to fight the same battle. Havo you anything to propose Mr. Haldane?" "I don't know that I have any definite proposition Just at presont." was tho answer. "I havo mot this Gormly. I have er as you would say, sized him up carefully; I put him down for a man of Indomitable cour nge. Whatever his motive may be, ho Is thoroughly determined upon his course. However small his experleuco In politics, ho Is a buslncbs man through and through." "Does he dabble In Wall street?" asked Warren. "If so, It would be easy for you to form a combination to break him." "His business methods arc confined to his mercantile establishment and they aro purely legitimate." "What resources has ho got?" "Well, I should sny he can command perhaps a score of millions." "Whew!" exclaimed Llffey. "He might bo a good mnn to tie to." "You can set your mind nt rest as to that, Llffey. He wouldn't tie to a mnn lllco you." "Oh, 1 don't know. Pretty good men havo found It to tholr interests to tie up with mo, and thoy haven't lost any thing by It Have you, Mr. Haldane?" llnldano locked bis teeth. It was this sort of covert insult which was tho necessary concomitant of his ulllanco which, in his secret heart, he loathed. Again It was the district at torney who interposed. "I take it that this Is a conference," ho said equably, "as to what wo are to do, if anything, to head off this man. You don't think be can bo bought off, Mr. Haldane?" "I am Mire be cannot be." "Well, then, he'll have to be fought down," returned tho other; "for It Is evident that we cannot afford to have the workings ot tho Sachem society brought beforo the public. The thing to be done now Is to get together, keep together, and beat Gormly." "You think he's got a chance, do you?" "More thnn a chance." "nut wo control everything." "Everything but Gormly, apparent ly," answered Van Slyke. "Yes," said Rutherford, disregarding the last remark; "but you know, Llf fey, our control rests largely upon the indifference ot the people. It thoy got wnked up, it would go llko that." He snapped his finger as he spoke, and no man contradicted him, for true it is that on the indifference ot the many Is founded the power of the ono. "Wo, could still count the votes," said tho cblef of pollco uncertainly. "Undoubtedly; but If thero are enough people Interested In the affair, the votes will bo counted as cast." ".And we have the courts on out side," addod Habborley. , "Yes, to a certain extent; but there are limits beyond which even our own Judges could not go. Therefore, If Mr. Haldane's estimate of Gormly la correct, and for myself I am rather Inclined to believe that It Is, we are face to face with a terrific proposi tion." "Well then," said Llffey, "I think tho beBt thing to do, If you gents are all agreed that it's serious, Is to pitch unon a candidate. We want to have a man that's entirely respectable, and yet who knows which side his bread's buttered on and who 11 take care oi the organization." "1 think." said Warren tentatively, "that I havo earned another term. I certainly haven't failed in my duty" "To tho people?" asked Rutherford. "To tho organization," answered the mayor with dignity, "and my private character is all that could Jho u sired." (TO UK CONTINUED.) FIfty-ilx Years In One School. Prof. Zophnnlah Hopper, the oldest school teacher In Philadelphia, who Is eighty-two years old, began his fifty-sixth enr ot teaching at the Central High school. He was greeted by the faculty and by another generation of students, as be marched Into the assembly ball the other day. He Is as active as ever, still walking every day to and from bis home. Tee veteran profess: r was gradu ated In th' first class that left the high school. After spending a few years at college and in special work, he went back to the school as a pro fessor. He has remained there ever since. There are men all over the country who are now grandfathers, who re member Doctor Hopper as their teacher. It Is estimated that be haa taught fully fifteen thousand students during hla long service. Sounded Like Another Word. Maud What la woman's sphere? Jack That her bat Ua't os straight 1&LES &ND OTHER, IITir Dies While Posing OWvrcKsr ON MRTll Df-PlCTinG AN ACTUAL TKA(ifcW NEW YORK. A moving picture ma chine set up to mako a lllm of. tho rescue of a young woman from tho waters of a luke in Stateu island tboiotbor day recorded instead tho drownlug of the actor-rescuer and tho saving of tho actress by herself. The actor drowned was Albert Brighton. Tho play which ended In the trag edy took placo at Drndy's pond, Grass mere. The pond has nn area of about six acres. Mary Murray, an actress, rowed out twenty-flvo feet or so from the shore. The young woman, In a fluffy whlto dress and alone In tho boat, was to pick water lilies, and, In reaching too far for one of tho (lowers, was to upset (ho bout and be rescued. The ptcturo machine was started, and Miss Murray picked several of tho (lowers. Then, at a signal from the operator, she leaned far over the rw Army Convicts Building Model Prison FORT LKAVBNWORTH, KAN. Work on what Is Intended to bo tho largest and llucst military prison In the world nn Institution which the war department plans to mukc a model for all future pcinil establish mentshas been begun hero, to re-' placo the prison built In 1S77. Tho cost of1 the new prison Is estimated at only $643,000, but tho completed structure will bo tho equal of $3,000, 000 ( buildings erected by contract. This saving of moro tluiti $2,000,000 will bo represented by tho work done by convicts, tho material manufac tured In the prison, and tho parts of the old prison utilized In the new. The entire work, it Is expected, will be completed by January 1, 1914. By the end of next year, however, a large part of the new prison will bo occu pied. When tho new prison is completed It will havo accommodations for 2,182 convicts, nnd each will have a large coll to himself, fitted with every mod ern convenience. The cell houses ore to be built on tho radial plan, each tier of cells radiating from a central rotunda, from which tho watch ofll cer can, by merely turning his head, see the entire frontage. Military prisoners differ greatly from convicts in civil penitentiaries in that most of them are under sentence Sun Victim Spends KANSAS CITY, Kan. Alone In nn underground cave, studying the Biblo and occasionally painting a llttlo In oil, II. H. James of this city, sixty-five years old, passes the hot summer months, afraid to come out Into the sunlight. He knows that the blistering rays of the sun will cause his death If he is exposed to them. James suffered sunstroke while at work In a wheat field near Otta wn, Kan., 27 years ago. The prostra tion was so severe that for weeks it wns thought he could not recover. He finally recovered, but doctors told him that exposure to the hot sun would aggravate his case and prob ably kill him. James resolved to keep out of the sun, and for 26 summers he has escaped tho sweltering heat that other persons In Kansas have under gone. James had saved a little money. He Servant in One Family for' Fifty Years CHICAGO. Fifty years In the em ploy of one woman, whom she has served with rare intelligence, eager ness and devoted loyalty, Is the won derful record established by Miss Barbara Rltter, who has worked tho halt century for Mrs, Samuel Faulk ner, 4746 M,adlson uvenuo. While thousands of women In Chi cago have changed servants at the rate of ten a year, Mrs. Faulkner not only has retained the Invaluable as sistance of her helper, but has won her stanch fealty for herself and her family. Miss Rltter, known as "Bar bie" to the hundreds ot friends of the Faulkner family and as famous among them for her personality sb for ber ginger cookies, baa been Mrs. Faulkner's first lieutenant In the rais ing of the Faulkner family of eight children. Miss Rltter entered Mrs. 'Faulkner's aervlce fifty yeara ago aa a nurse maid for the one little Faulkner of that time. She was tireless, she liked work, she looked for work and ahe accomplished work faster than two other ordinary maids could have done It, And all the time ahe waa Fi Jjt IT! Awl M. aA '.W lM W I Sk-J '- cvtW i for Picture Films guuwalo and stretched her hand to ward another ot the lilies. As she put her w'clght on tho sldo of tho boat It tipped und went over, throw ing her into tho wuter. i It wds part of tho play that the girl should scream for help and throw up her hands to uttrnct tho attention of Brighton, who wub strolling along the shore of the pond In immaculate sum mer flannel. When tho girl screamed Brighton throw off his straw hat und bis coat and dived into tho water. Tho young woman In tho water con tinued her acting of tho helpless drowning girl. Tho actor Bplnshed toward her, apparently half swimming and half wadlug. Then ho began to ehout for help ns if appealing to thoso on shore to come to his assist ance In rescuing the girl. As ho shouted ho disappeared and (hen reappeared and shou(ed again. The others of tho company mado no move, thinking that he had taken a notion to Impart an additional appear mice of icnllty to the act. So for a few seconds tho film ran on, but tho rcBcuer snnk nnd did not reap-, pear. Then Miss Murray swam ashoro herself and Brighton's body was after wards found. for what In civil life woufd merit merely discharge from their employ ment. Mostof the prisoners are un der sentence for desertion or disobedi ence of orderB, nnd many of them vol untarily surrender for punishment. As a rule they average higher in tho scale of manhood and Intelligence than civil convicts and, accordingly, will re ceive better treatment. In tho old prison thero are now nearly 800 men, aud many of them live two In a cell. In the new prison it is doubtful whether nil of the cells ever will bo occupied, unless the army should bo Increased greatly. The men now convicts are erecting the new buildings, burning the lime, making cement blocks, cutting and sawing timber, fitting tho 'plumbing, erecting the steel, in fact, doing prac tically every part of the work under civilian foremen. Practically all mate rial entering into tho construction of tho new prison buildings Is being made by convicts. Summers in Cave came to Kansas City. Kan., nbout lltteen years ago and ono of tho first Improvements ho mado at his homo pluce was a Bummer cavo. Tho cavo resembles a cyclone cellar. It Is a largo excavation in the yard at the rear of his home. Grass has grown over tho cave for many years and one must look closely to discover it. Tho entrance to the cave Is a door llko that on an outside cellar and steps lead to the interior of the cave at one end. Tho temperature in the cavo nover gets above 60 or 65 and day after day, when everyone around him Is suffering with the heat, James reposes on a cot, reads his Bible,, to which he devotes most of the time, or paints pictures. Mrs. James and children live In tho house. Mrs. James prepares the meals and the children carry them to their father, and on hot afternoons the entire family gathers in the cave to escape the heat, and neighbors also drop In often. On cool nights James leaves tho cavo and walks about the neighbor hood or visits his own home, but the approach of sunrise is the signal for him to hasten to the retreat. During tho winter James works as a laborer, happy In its accomplishment. For several years the Faulknors havo been trying to retlro "Barbie" from active work. But she retain tho same energy that has always domi nated her work and she refuses to' be relljed. The Faulkners are eolnz to celebrate "Barbie's" fiftieth nnntvur. of ber coming to them, although herself declares she cannot see the event should be celebrated. e It was so natural that aha uld stay. ;But some hundreds of society worn- es and oromlnent nrnfoacinnai .., bislness men In Chicago, whose child hfod recollections mo fndlssolubly mnected with memories or the Faulk srs' "Barbie." will aid tin. fnmiiv i living tribute to Mln Rittar .,. nj? 5S i oistn t ' f & flnSb , .?- gssssV Uirou WOVLO (rgBrmtUyuio you s fSsHS Jon and loyalty. . I v. v.-U Jiut '" "- -L .-wtt.w. jirtMww)MiivtMtHjtasteki'a flc!Ssix'i mALAi--- ?..'SSJrA mmmmmmmmimm