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She was half-way out of the room
before her employer could hurry after
and detain her.
"What'B—what's the meaning of
this?" asked Caleb, the brutal bellig
erency trailing out of his voice. Then,
before she could answer, he added:
"Because I spoke like that Just nowT
Waa that It? Because I said —And
you'd throw over a good Job Just be
cause of a few cranky words? Yes, I
believe you would. You'd do it It
Isn't a bluff. Maybe that's why you
make such a hit with me, Miss Lanier.
You're not scared every time I open
my mouth. And you stand up for
yourself."
He eyed her in a quizzically admir
ing fashion as one might a beautiful
but unclassified natural history speci
men. She made no reply, but stood
waiting in patience for him to move
from between her and the door.
Caleb grinned.
"Want me to apologize, I s'pose?"
he grumbled.
"A gentleman would not wait to
ask."
"Maybe you think a gentleman
wouldn't of said what I did, in the
first place, eh?"
"Yes, I do think so. Don't you?"
"Well, I'm sorry. Let It go at that.
Now let's get to work. Say"—as they
moved across to their wonted places
at the big centre table, "you oughtn't
to take offence at anything about me
this morning. You must know how
■ore I am."
"What's the matter?"
"AB if you didn't know! You saw
how many kinds of a wall-eyed fool I
made of myself last night. Isn't that
enough to make a man sore? And to
think of it being taken down by those
newspaper idiots and printed all over
the country!"
He gave the nearby chair a kick,
avalanchlng the morning papers to
the floor.
"Have you read those?" queried
Anice.
"No. Why should I rub it in? I
know what they—"
"Why not look at them before you
lose your temper?"
Caleb snatched up the Star, fore
most journal of Granite. He glanced
down the last column of the front
page and over to the second.
"Here's the story of the show Just
as We dictated it beforehand," he com
mented. 'List of guests— Where in
thunder Is that measly speech?
Have they given it a column to itself?
Oh—way down at the bottom. 'ln a
singularly happy little Informal ad
dress at the close of the evening Mr.
Conover mentioned his forthcoming
candidacy for governor.' Is that all
any of them have got about It?"
"They have your pledge to run for
Governor blazoned over two columns
of the front page of nearly all the pa
pers. But nothing more about the
speech itself."
"But how—"
"I took the liberty of stopping the
reporters before they left the house,
and telling them it would be against
your wish for any of your remarks to
be quoted."
"You did that? Miss Lanier, you're
fine! You've saved me a guying in
every out-of-State paper in the East
I want to show my appreciation—"
"If that means another offer to raise
my salary, I am very much obliged.
But as I've told you several times
before, I can't accept it Thank you
Just the same."
"But why not? I can afford—"
"But I can't Don't let's talk of it
please."
"And every other soul in my em
ploy spraining his brain to plan for
* raise! The man who understands
women—if he's ever born —won't need
to read his Bible, for there'll be noth
ing that even the Almighty can teach
him.
"But Miss Lanier, let all the rou
tine go over for to-day. I've a bigger
game on, and I've got to hustle. That
Governorship business—"
"Yes?'
"That was the foolest thing I ever
Aid. It seemed to me at the minute
a grand idea as a wind-up for my crazy
■peech. But I guess I'll have to pay
my way all right before I'm done with
last evening. The free list's sus
pended as far's I'm concerned."
"You mean there's some doubt of
your getting the nomination?" she
asked a sudden hope making her big
eyes lustrous.
"Doubt? Doubt? Say, I thought you
me better than that Why, the
domination's right in front of me on a
sliver salver and trimmed with blue
ribbons. And the election, too, for
that matter."
"Then —the hope dying—"why do
you speak as you did just now?"
"It's this way: I've held Granite
and the Mountain State by the nape
ot the neck for ten years. I'm the
Boss. And when 1 give the word folks
oome to heel. But all this time I've
been standing In the background while
I palled the strings. It was safer that
way and pleasanter. That's why I've
never took publlo office since I was
Hfiror. And then It was only a step
ping-stone to the Leadership. Now
I've got to leave the background and
pose in the Capitol. There's nothing
in it for me, except a better social po
sition. That!k « lot I know. But I'm
not so sure that oven such a raise fs
worth the price."'
"Then why not/Withdraw?"
"Not me! Withdraw, and be
laughed at by my own crowd as well
as the society click? It'd smash uoc
forever. No, sir! I'm In it.and L
got to swim strong ; *Tho nomination
and the election's easy enough. But
just a 'won handily' won't fill the bll*
I've got to sweep the State with tli.
all-flredest landslide ever ulidden since
U. S. Grant ran around the track
twice before Horace Greeley got on
speaking terms with his own stride.
I've got to start in right away."
y orders
"Yea. Whelf you go down stairs,
please send for Shevlin and Bourke
and Itaynor and the rest 011 this list,
and telephone the editors I'd like to
see 'em this afternoon. I'll have the
ball rolling by night. Say, Miss Lan
ier, the campaign'll mean extra work
for you. I want to make it worth
your while. Come now, don't be silly.
Let me make your salary—"
"I beg you won't apeak of that any
more. I cannot accept a raise of sal
ary from you."
CHAPTER IV.
Gerald Conover's Wife.
TiIIE door was here flung un
ceremoniously open and Ger-
LW aid slouched in, his pasty
[ilfcJai) f ace un wontedly sallow from
last night's potations. For, with
a few of the mushroom crop of the
Jeunesse doree of Granite, he had pro
longed the supper-room revels after
the departure of the other guests.
"Hello, Dad!" he observed.
"Thought I'd find you alone."
Caleb, his initial temper softened
by his talk with Anice, greeted his
favorite child with a friendly nod.
"Sit down," he said. "I'll be at
leisure in a few moments. And, say,
throw that measly blend of burnt pa
per and Egyptian sweepings out of
the window. Why a grown man can't
smoke man's-slzed tobacco is more'n
I can see."
The lad, with sulky obedience,
tossed away the cigarette and came
back to the table.
"Hear the news?" he asked. "It
seems you've got a rival for the nom
ination."
"Hey?"
"Grandin was telling me about it
last night. His father's one of the big
guns in the Civic League, you know.
It seems the League's planning to
spring Clive Standish on the conven
tion."
"Clive Standish? That kid? For
governor? Lord!"
"Good joke, isn't it? I —"
"Joke? No!" shouted Caleb. "It's
Just the thing I wouldn't have had
happen for a fortune. He's poor, but
he belongs to the oldest family in the
State, and his blood so blue you could
use it to starch clothes with. Just
the sort of a visionary young fool a
lot of cranks will gather around.
He'll yell so loud about the 'people's
sacred rights' and 'ring rule' and all
that rot, that they'll hear him clear
over in the other States. And when
they do, the out-of-State papers will
all get to hammering me again. And
the very crowd I'm trying to score
with, by running for Governor, will
vote for him to a man. He's one of
them."
"So you think he has a chance of
winning?" asked Anice.
"Not a ghost of a chance. He'll die
in the convention —if he ever reaches
that far. But it will stir up just the
opposition I've been telling you 1 was
afraid of. Well, if it meant work be
fore, it means a twenty-five-hour-a-day
hustle now. I wish you'd telephone
Shevlin and the others, please, Miss
Lanier. Tell 'em to t>e here in an
hour."
As the girl left the room, Caleb
swung about to face .lis son. The
glow of coming battle was in his face.
"Now's your chance, Jerry!" he be
gan, hot with an enthusiasm that
failed to find the faintest reflection in
the sallow countenance before him.
"Now's your chance to get back at
the old man for a few of the things
he's done for you."
"I —I don't catch your meaning,"
muttered Gerald, uncomfortably.
"You've got a sort '>f pull with a
certain set of young addlepates here,
because you live in New York and get
your name in the papers, and because
you've a dollar allowance to every
penny of theirs: I want you to use
that pull. I want you to jump
right in and begin working for me.
Why, you ought to round up a hun
dred votes In the Poinpton Club alone,
to say nothing of the youngsters on
the fringe outside, who'll be tickled
to death at having a feller of your
means and position notice 'em. Yes,
you can be a whole lot of help to me
this next few weeks. Take off your
coat and wade in! And when we
win—"
"Hold on a moment, Dad!" inter
rupted Gerald, whose lengthening face
had passed unnoticed by the excited
elder man. "Hold on. please. You
mean you want me to work for you
In the campaign for Governor?"
"Jerry, you'll get almo6t human one
of the&£! days if you iet your intelli
gence take flights like that. Yes, I—"
"Because," pursued Gerald, who
was far too accustomed to this form
of sarcasm from his father to allow it
to ruffle him, "because I can't."
"You—you—what?" grunted Caleb,
incredulously.
"I calf stay here in Granite all that
time. I— l must get back to New
York this week. I've important busi
ness there."
"Well, I'll be—" gasped Conover,
finding his voice at last, and with it
the grim satire he loved to lavish on
this son, so unlike himself, "lousi
ness, eh? 'lmportant business!'
Some restaumnt waiter you've got an
appointment to thrash at 2.45 a. m.on
Tuesday, or a hotel window you've
made a dabe to drive through in a
hansom? From all I've read or heard
of your life there, those were the two
most important pieces of business you
ever transacted in New York. And it
was my money paid the fines both
times. No, no, Sonny, your 'lmportant
business' will keep, I guess, till after
November. Anyhow, in the. meantime
you'll stay right here ami help Papa.
See? Otherwise you'll goto New
York on foot, and have the pleasure
of living on what the Three-ball spec
ialists will give you for your hard
ware. No work, no pennies, Jerry.
Understand that? Now po and think
It over. Papa's too busy to play with
little boys to-day."
To Caleb's secret delight he saw be
had at last roused a spark of spirit
in the lad.
"My business in New York," re
torted Gerald hotly, "is not with
waiters or hotels. It is with my wife." !
Caleb sat down very hard.
"Your —your —" he sputtered apop- I
lectieally.
"My wife," returned the. youth, a
sheepish pride in look and words. "It ;
was that I came up here to speak to 1
you about this morning. You were so
busy yesterday when I got to town
that—"
"Jerry, you ass! Are you crazy or
only drunk?"
"Father," protested Gerald with a
petulance that only half hid his grow- j
ing nervousness, "I do wish you'd call \
me 'Gerald,' and drop that wretched
nickname. If-"
He got no further. Conover was j
upon him, his tough, knotty hands
gripping the youngster's shoulders and j
shaking him to and fro with a force
that sot Gerald's teeth clicking.
"Now then!" bellowed the Rail- i
roader, mighty, masterful, terrible as j
he let the breathless lad slide to the I
floor and towered wrathful above him.
' " -j
"Are you going to tell me about this
thing?"
"Are you going to tell me about this
thing, or have I got to shake It out
of you? Speak up!"
(To He Continued.)
IINOPOSE» AMENDMENTS TO THE
1 CONSTITUTION SUBMITTED TO
THE CITIZMNS OF THIS COMMON
WEALTH FO ft THEIR AITtIOVAI, OR
UKJET'TION, HY THE GENERAL. AS
BEMW/V OF THE COMMONWEALTH
HP PENNSYLVANIA, AND PUBLISH
ED HY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OF THE COMMONWEALTH. IN PUR
SUANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
Number One.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section twen
ty-six of article live of the Constitution
of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Resolved (if the Senate concur). That
lite following amendment to section twen
ty-six article five of the Constitution
of Pennsylvania be, ami the same Is here
by, proposed, in accordance with tho
eighteenth article thereof:—
That section 2i; of Article V., which
reads us follows: "Section 2G. All laws re
lating to courts shall be general and of
uniform operation, and the organization,
jurisdiction, and powers of all courts of
the same class or grade, so far as regu
lated by law, and the force and effect of
the process and judgments of such courts,
shall be uniform; and the General Assem
bly is hereby prohibited from creating
other courts to exercise the powers vested
by this Constitution In the Judges of tho
Courts of Common Pleas and Orphans'
Courts," be amended so that the same
shall read as follows:
Section 2»i. All laws relating to courts
shall be general and of uniform opera
tion, and the organization, jurisdiction,
and powers of all courts of the same class
or grade, so far as regulated by law, and
the force and effect of the process and
judgments of such courts, shall be uni
form; but, notwithstanding any provi
sions of this Constitution, the General
Assembly shall have full power to estab
lish new courts, from time to time, as the
same may be needed in any city or coun
ty, and to prescribe the powers and Ju
visdlctlon thereof, and to increase the
number of judges in any courts now ex
isting or hereafter created, or to reorgan
ize the same, or to vest In other courts
the jurisdiction theretofore exercised by
?<>urts not of record, and to abolish the
same wherever It may be deemed neces
sary for the orderly and efficient adminis
tration of Justice.
A true copy of Resolution No. 1.
ROBERT McAPEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
| Number Two.
RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Consti
tution of the Commonwealth of Penn
j sylvania, so as to eliminate the require
ment of payment of taxes as a qualifl
i cation of the right to vote.
Resolved (if the House of Representa
lives concur). That tho following amend
l ment to the Constitution of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania be, and the same
is hereby, proposed, In accordance with
the eighteenth article thereof:
That section one of article eight bo
1 amended, by striking out the fourth
numbered paragraph thereof, so that tho
said section shall read as follows:
! Section 1. Every male citizen twenty
nno years of age, possessing the follow
ing qualifications, shall be entitled to
vote at all elections, subject however to
such laws requiring and regulating the
registration of electors as the General
Assembly may enact.
First. He shall have been a citizen of
the United States at least one month.
Second. Ho shall havo resided In tho
State one year (or if, having previously
boon a qualified elector or native-born
citizen of the State, ho shall have re
moved therefrom and returned, then six
months), immediately preceding the elec
tion.
Third. lie shall have resided In the
election district where ho shall offer to
vote at least two months immediately
preceding the election.
A true copy of Resolution No. 2.
ROBERT McAPEE,
Secretary of tho Commonwealth.
Number Three.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Consti
tution of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, so as to consolidate tho
courts of common pleas of Allegheny
County.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of tho
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania In Gen
eral Assembly met, That tho following
amendment to the Constitution of Penn
sylvania be, and the same is hereby, pro
posed, In accordance with tho eighteenth
article thereof:—
That section six of article five
amended, by striking out the said sec
tion, and inserting in place thereof the
following:
Section G. Tn the county of Philadel
phia all the jurisdiction and powers now
vested in the district courts and courts of
common pleas, subject to such changes
as may be made by this Constitution or
by law. shall be in Philadelphia vested in
five distinct and separate courts of equal
and co-ordinate jurisdiction, composed
of three judges each. The said courts in
Philadelphia shall bo designated respect
ively as the court of common pleas num
ber one. number two, number three,
number four, and number live, but the
number of said courts may be by law
Increased, from time to time, and shall be
In like manner designated bv successive
numbers. The numlwr of judges In any
of said courts, or in any county where
the establishment of an additional court
may be authorized by law, may be in
creased. from time to time, and when
ever such Increase shall amount in tho
whole to three, such three judges shall
compose a distinct and separate court as
aforesaid, which shall be numbered as
aforesaid. Tn Philadelphia all suits shall
be Instituted in the said courts of com
mon pleas without designating the num
ber of the said court, and the several
courts shall distribute ami apportion tho
business among them In such manner as
shall be provided by rules of court, and
each court, to which any suit shall be
thus assigned, shall have exclusive juris
diction thereof, subject to change of
venue, as shall be provided by law.
Tn the county of Allegheny all the
Jurisdiction and powers now vested in
the several numbered courts of common
pleas shall be vested in one court of com
mon pleas, composed of all the judges in
commission In said courts. Such Juris
diction and powers shall extend to all
proceedings at law and in equity which
shall have been instituted in the several
numbered courts, and shall be subject to
such changes as may bo mado by law,
and subject to change of venue as pro
vided by law. Tho president judge of
said court shall be selected as provided
by law. The number of Judges in said
court may be by law Increased from
time to time. This amendment shall take
effect on the first day of January suc
ceeding Its adoption.
A true copy of Resolution No 3.
ROBERT McAPEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Number Four.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to section eight,
article nine, of the Constitution of Penn
sylvania.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania In General
Assembly met, That the following is pro
posed as an amendment to the Constitu
tion of tho Commonwealth of Pennsylva
nia, In accordance with the provisions of
the eighteenth article thereof:—
Amendment to Article Nine, Section
Eight.
Section 2. Amend section eight, article
nine, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania,
which reads as follows:
"Section 8. The debt of any county,
city, borough, township, school district, or
other municipality or incorporated dis
trict, except as herein provided, shall nev
er exceed seven per centum upon the as
sessed value of the taxable property there
in. nor shall any such municipality or
district incur any new debt, or increase
its Indebtedness to an amount exceeding
two per centum upon such assessed val
uation of property, without the assent of
the electors thereof at a public election in
such manner as shall 1» provided by law;
but any city, the debt of which now ex
ceeds seven per centum of such assessed
valuation, may be authorized by law to
Increase the same three per centum. In
the aggregate, at any one time, upon such
valuation," so as to read as follows:
Section 8. The debt of any county, city,
borough, township, school district, or oth
er municipality or incorporated district,
except as herein provided, shall never ex
ceed seven per centum upon tho assessed
value of the taxable property therein, nor
shall any such municipality or district in
cur any new debt, or increase Its Indebt
edness to an amount exceeding two per
centum upon such assessed valuation of
property, without the assent of the elec
tors thereof at a public election In such
manner as shall be provided by law; but
any city, the debt of which now
seven per centum of such .assessed val
uation, may be authorized by law to In
crease the same three per centum. In tho
aggregate, at any one time, upon such
valuation, except that any debt or debts
hereinafter incurred by the city and coun
ty of Philadelphia for the construction
and development of subways for transit
purposes, or for the construction of
wharves and docks, or the reclamation of
land to be used In the construction of a
system of wharves and docks, as public
improvements, owned or to be owned by
said city and county of Philadelphia, and
which shall yield to the city and county
of Philadelphia current net revenue In ex
cess of the Interest on said debt or debts
and of the annual Installments necessary
for the cancellation of said debt or debts,
may be excluded In ascertaining the pow
er of the city and county of Philadelphia
to become otherwise Indebted: Provided,
That a sinking fund for their cancellation
shall he established and maintained.
A true copy of Joint Resolution No. 4.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of tho Commonwealth.
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