The Post-Signal (Pilot Point, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, October 23, 1908 Page: 2 of 10
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THE P08T-.SIGNA1
Pilot Point, Texas
chapter
('ontlnued.
I.luir by lit:i<‘ On numbness lifted
from Ills brain, mid In Its pl*c“ crept a
borrlbl* convlrtiou of tb* truth. Hi*
fifher-tb* gallant .voting soldier who
had wou a nation's applause in the
civil war—the man who. pour, and un-
aided. tiad hull? up n fortune against
keenest competition and had earned a
repute for alerting probity which bad
ever tieen the delight and model or bta
ann Au :i,r mao wooru a low
blackguard like Horrigao now had the
right to revile a man ap*Mlw?t)y no
lielter tlmn the tiosa himself—than any
dishonest heeler In the organisation!
And, aa If it were not enough that
the Ido! of a lifetime wqr* hurled,
crushed and denied, from it* bright
pedestal, the family name must next
bn. dragged through the nslre of polit-
ic*! fllf>] a,1(j pi repute and the (lead
man's memory forever blasted. Rhber
I bat or hi. son must withdraw from
the gallant tight he waa waging against
civic corruption, for that tlorrlgnn
would carry out hla threat and l.lnzon
forth to the world the story and proofs
"f the elder Rcnm-tt'a shame Alwyn
hud ro doubt With «U his rHtilt« the
whw « iitRu of it in word.
"Stop your tight again*! ua," Horrl
gsn had said. and the report la
burned.”
Yea, the boas was a man of his word
Kvon Bennett admitted that Ha would
fulfill hla promise In either event
JJatieaaly Alwyn began to review
the case. On the one aide a perhaps
Quixotic fight for an abstract principle
—a fight whose reward waa political
death, loss of the woman be adored,
family abimt that might crush his
fragile oid mother to the very grave.
On the other wealth, honor, love, the
governorship, a future happy and glori-
ous.
"as ho uot a fool to hesitate? lied
he not snived his conscience su(fV?lunt
ly by vetoing tbe Borough franchise
bill? Had he the right to bring this
new shame upon l,!a mother’s gray
head? Where lay Ida highest duty? '
Hie soft runtllng of allk and a hand
laid tn light careen upon Ids head
aroused the miserable man from his
reflections.
Bennett looked up to see hts mother
standing beside him She had thrown
on a wrapper and In slippered feet had
stolen noiselessly Into the study.
"I was awakened iy voices,’’ she ex-
pUlned thought I heard some om-
tslklng excitedly In here Is anything
the matter?"
-Dili , . nothing dear,” lie answer.
<*d gently, drawing the little old i*dy
affectionately down to a seat on bis
kute and smiling mu'clly into .jar
»I«M> Bushed face; ••nothing Is tbs mat
t*f. Only n bitsbiet,* call " !
‘‘A business call «t i o'clock In ttio
qiornlngl” she excluiniad. "Dear .oy,
you are working too hard. Your father
neter brought his business worries and
work home. He always left them at
the office. Can't yon do tbe same?
You'll wear yourself out.”
"My father"- began Bennett, but
tbe name choked him.
"You are growing to be sc murk like
him. ' went on Mrs Bennett foudly.
And it makes me' so happy that yon
are. I our splendid fight against that
infamous Borough bill, for Instance .
lloxui niuuiA *„ _ ... - i
----- '**•'+ “V "*VMIU unxts lH?en or f
that: It ia jest the sort of thing he
himself would have done In your place
He waa surrounded with wicked and
d'shuhest men just as you «re. But
through It all he remained true, hou
orable, Incorruptible. What a grand
heritage for my aon! He- Alwyn!”
she broke off, alarmed, "why do you
look at me that way? | never saw
such a look in your eyes before. Are
you ill? Has Hoineuihig happened shut
yon grt keeping from me?”
"No. no,” evaded Bennett. “I only”—
Ton hnd a caller here before I
came In,” pursued tbe mother, refusing
to nliandon the clew to which her wo-
manly intuition bad led her. "‘He
brought you bad news? Tell me, dear'
I’m your mother, and I love you."
"You art* making my course more
difficult for me by asking such .pies
ilons, mother,” bn sue wared wretched-
ly, “and I”-
of mine. That’s nil ' lied Alwyn. "it's
very late. YouMl ha\e headache. I'm
afraid. Won’tynu go to tied?"
'Tea. It is late, and I’m keeplag yon
up flood night, dear. > wish ,oui
friend” -
She checked herself suddenly, with a
tile «... XT.........
little gasp Bennett, qlanclug
"* on,J waAt to help you, Alwyn. I
can't bear to see you miserable. A
woman's wit and a mother's lev* are
orten a combination that can solve
problems beyond aveu tbe wisest
inaii B powers of logic lA>t me help
you.”
I was trying to make up my mind,"
vaguely replied Bennett, sorely dis-
tressed by her pleading "whether a
mnn ought to follow hla conscience,
even If it lend* to heartbreak for those
he loves, or w hetber he might to let
conscience go by the board for once
and protect tbe happluesa of hi* loved
ones.”
Alwyn! How can you hesitate a
second over such n question One must
do right, no mutter what the con«e
querne.”
'! don’t know about that,” he said I
moodily.
“You know it perfectly well. It Is
what your father would have advised
am - But, A.'wyn, you surely arc not
making yourself unhappy over a mere
supposititious case?”
"’Vail.” be cotffltnird.
%
ir
Cl/nthla UarrUon.
her. saw that her eyes were rlreted on
a bit of pasteboard lying on the corner
of his desk directly beneath tbe read
ing lamp.
1? was Horrigan’s card.-
Slowly tbe .Mother's gave shifted
from the card to her son. From her
face the r olor had been crushed by
some swift emotion that left It very
old, pale and sunken.
"Mr. Horrlgan!” she murmured. "It
was ho who was your visitor tonight?
Surely he Isn’t the sort of a man to
| care about hi* father’s reputation for
| honesty. He”—
i "'>u’re tired, mother,” interrupted
Fenuett tn haute. “Won’t you” -
‘‘Walt!” riie parted. “HI* visit here-
Alwyn!” her voice rising to a wall of
ptnic stricken appeal. "Did-did that
man dare to hint anything against
I
The Kincck-ont Blow,
The blow which knocked out Cot hot*
waa a revelation to the prim fighters.
Fiom the esrllmt days of the ring the
knock-out bn* was aimed for the Jaw
the temple or the jug alar vela. Stomach
putsches wore thrown in to worry and
weary the lighter, but If a scientific man
had told one of the old fighters that the
most vulnerable spot was ths region of
the stomach, he’d have laughed at him
tor *n Ignoramus. Dr. Pierce Is bringing
pubiic a parallel fact; that
tndstoniadl^ls the most vulnerable organ
cut of \fce prlvn ring as well at in it. We
protectthroats, feet and lungs,
but thel*<foiChtfWe are utterly fndiffar-
****;>• Un.tU tbe solar plexus
and knocks us out?* Make your
WL b
( --------* us take a >Maa nmc k
•nicri! supposititious CHSO’ if you ilk*. 1 voor fsth r? Tell me tho truth!
fluppun, for Instance, that a men hold- have a right to know Did h-*?"
ns a .Litton of .mat bad bed . f#. ; Alwyn tawS ?£tad In Sence
ther whose memory he honored and “Tell me wfiat he as Id'"
revered ct t do my own fc her's"— |
"Test” promni <d Mrs. liennvt! as he 1 "n» said,” muttered Beaiu tt almost
Incoherently. ”h« Mid my father made
his fn."- uuc-.-by—graft)”
e pin fj
mm
--—'Idea Med leal Disoov
rures 'wcTV stomach,’ Indigestion, or
dyspepsia, torpid liver, bad, thin and Im-
pure blood and other diseases of the or-
gans of digestion and nutrition.
The "Golden Medical DIs.-iv'ery ” has a
specific curative effect upon all mucous
surfaces and hence euros catarrh, no
matter where located or what slagc u
may have reached, in Nasal Oatarr.. it
is well to cleanse the passages with Dr
8a«e s Catarrh Remedy fluid while using
the’Discovery "ns . constitutional r. ni-
*dj. B7»p tho "Golden Medical Disoov
ejy* cures catarrhal diseases, as of -lm i bard
t-uuk MtwiiiiiRi uiHoaMkB. aa of tho
stomach, Iiowels, bladder and other pelvic
orgxns will be plain to von if you «in
read a booklet of extracts from the writ
Ings of eminent medical authorities, in-
dorsing it* Ingredients and explaining
their curative prep-eridt*. It Is mailed
frte on requeet Addreto Dr. R.V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y. This booklet fives all the
Ingredients entering Into Dr. Pierce’s
medicines frota which It will be seen that
they contain not a drop of alcohol, pore,
triple-refined glycerine being used instead.
Dr. Pierce’s great t* '
paused.
rbippoee a >tpc e is temple h;-n to ire-
trey bis pot (Ian of trust, sten a* I
have lately l-een tempted, and tbrout-
ens in con* of bis refusal to make
public certain facts whloh would prove
hi* de. d father to have Nmm a ocouri
drel. Now, what should tb* man do?
Should he let his father's sacred mem-
ory bo trampled in the mod, 1st his
duty go by default and gare"-
!,It would be an awful reaponttbiaty
to decide such a question,” said Mrs.
riennett. with a tittle shudder, "but
there could be only one reply."
“And that !»r
"He must do his duty, be the resnitn
what they may.”
“Yon really think eo?”
“There can be r.o doubt Right Is
right and”—
“It shall be as you say.” groaned
Alwyn.
"What?" queried Mrs. Bennett, star-
tled at ths despair in hia voice. “Do
you meee It is an actual case* Some
friend of yours. p*rbape?"
Bennett uodd.tl
"Oh, ths poor, poor fellow!” ah* sym-
pathised. “What a terrible ponttlon
for him! It was he, perhaps, that I
beard talking to yon In hers Just now.
No wonder b* seemed excited! The
■Ins of tbe rstbern shall be visited upon
the children even unto the’’—
"It Is something lues herd on tbe
children than on the wives,” mused
Bennett, half to himself.
“The wives? Your friend hae a
mother living? That makea It doubly
Oh. ray son. every day 1 thank
"And yo.i thrashed him and threw
him out of the hoox«T' she cried, her
old eyaa « blast.
“No."
“Alwya !'•
proved what be said!”
“It Is a lie! A wicked, abominable
Me.'"
“It Is ths truth, mother. Would 1
have fold yen such a thing-—would
Hon-lgan liav# left this room alive—If j
It were not tfueT”’
A sllehoe -drendful In Its ictenoify—
fell over tfee-room. Alwyn dared not
lock st hiu nipther. At last she spoke:
"1 musf know more I refuse to be
H?ve one word. You speks of pioofe
What are th^r?”
Without a Word. B-tnuett handed he.
the report left by Horrlgno. For a
time silence brooded over the study,
broken only by the occasional turning
of a page of the report. Then, alter
what seemed to Alwyn an eternity of
waiting, tbe document slid to the
floor. Bennett
"Mother!’ cried Alwyn, trembling
You ad via* me to You advla* .„e
I do out advise I command -m
ag!it,
CHAPTER XIU.
HK mocieutcus Friday had at
rived; the day whersou tbe fs
raou* — or lofnmoui
Street railway bill
amended form was to com. up for Ul.
aldermea’a consideration
' sUrnpe, oreiothubs
— 2sr, Pis.-cvasa
God It all humility that my huaband
lived so blameless a life and left eo
honored a name! How grateful 7t>e
and ! both ought to be for”—
“It i* easy enough to decide for
one you bare never men,”
Bennett alinoet rudely, ___ _ _ ___
the dishonest man In my stort^*had
been father and”-
“I t»f»*« to snppoe* anything «f the
•ortl” Interrupted hla mother Jhdlg-
uantly, rlein* to her feet ”1 wetader
tom
g'soc-ed at his
mother. She
was standing
rigid, her face
cold nnd bard
as giHtilta.
'Tiorrigan has
t err* led this
he aaid.
not daring to*
drew nearer
or proffer com-
fort to the wo-
man whom the
hoes’ disclosure
had turned to
stoae. “Ha has
Mcurid tbe
pi oofs and says he wUl publlah them
broadcast unlaw I withdrew my oapo
si«*n In the Borough freneSltfe mat-
*». U I 1* Au* ttfu pgsa, Friday he
Hvery paper In the city devoted col
ninns to the situation. Hvery where it
had already vetoed Squally well was
u,“ nor'-1*en *» **k
Xu °f hb wh0,e «»«• in
f J, “,t®sure ‘t he could but
-nduce bis “solid thirteen” aldermen to
stand flrmand could maintain hi. hold
,?°?!rt" f0r <b* tourteenth, all
would be plain ^aing ,nd tha bill
would p«*s by a two-thirds vote in
spite of the mayor’s veto.
Mere than tbe mere bill and bis
Price tor It were Included in H„rrt
Present activS
He recognised that hla prestige as bos.
behold ln °**s of failure
his hold on the organization would be
^rhaP,
fu(mi M. h k*n "* to perrnH Pb*'®n to
tom ?°C* #b“nr4 tbrsst to tear
him down from hi. srolnence For the
bretohllf,rr,l0n WBa vl-wl“* with
X?'T tbe ^ between
Horrigan and the youthful niat-or the
bow had “mad." ,n such Crcles .
beaten man commands acat)t j
whenever ihe organ 1 tot lot’s Secret It-
tercsts demanded his prenqiwg st the
City In-1!
Hero, hi. whereabouts kROiYb OOly
t0 bl* Intimate and persoMt fitMtsb-
ants, the bore as wont to Mt At ease.
Hk» some fat, loblcnnd spKJer to th^
— —■ : ooutor of a web of In trim*, gditaeue
Bo’-ougt- | tils orders or plans of caMMtdm %on>«
In Its ! of tlieoe v-ere carried by wo«dy*C month
| through tbe anteroom into1' 1 ™
i msnlc chamber. Other* 4
tod by means of • telephone tUMrftrfrrmd
ready on the renter table, before trhSch
“/ do noi advise, I
command. DotitfhV"
tb*t speak sol How
- «fcta«r
m
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eJn^ cfty-'Srorr-anT
Chamljer of the great room where th*
^tort•m,M’ ,nu«lv f'irnishod
apartment, first of a series of stmllsr
that stretched away. wlthCm
acting doors, to the far end of the
main corridor. This p!a.-0 wlth ,{**
’““.•y"...... C
W lat»- however
®«clal had changed his qoartera
«« "“test the antechamber
jfSrT.** *. *** ** W*0«clal nuns
* •* •mm
bl» great easy chair was »«-
Around this table as the (anfi-if
?*n!!e" *bo«t to convre* tw the
fateful t ridgy of th# Boroucb Mil’s
final -onsMeratlon ant thPM n>«o-
HaluwrJifbt, (jlblw anrt Honlyvk Tim
former, in spite of his hnbltual g*Muly
coolness, was plainly uneasy. Qfbbe
made no effort to deny fe» abxiaty.
HI* eyes were bloodshot, toe manlier
■ tracted and hia aervaa evidently
“ ru,‘K ,t0 breaking point Refy^ah
alone Of the trio had &bchHl Mt^J”
jpt or the coioMft! oalin *44 tonital
power that were itart tad MafoM
the man's mighty charaeter. *^^
"When will our bill come ud. do r
"K,
'In half nn hour or a» urebabty"
z:rw\rnD- ****** k
" < " thought It w*« bettor for
ns to gel Imre abe,„i of
neither^ Ea^’"
mmiei Ellis nor Rotjertk Mto yet!
'•Piame they don’t get hera tm lUwir’
l hey will, - grunted Horrlpm pla
I idly
think it ig pocalhle either of
them has come yet?" want An Ar -
with n g|a,,,.° at the
at daae
quarters
-- -<* h.
’5||> «■« MW..VB-
"Tea.”
“Bow aoonr
"*n good time.”
8tlt attobore H»»» u.
*“'/ Win w '
Continued on page 7.
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