Ridgway of Montana (Story of To-Day, in Which the Hero Is Also the Villain)

ident of the Mesa Ore-producing Company was through talking with Dalton, the superintendent of the Taurus, about the best means of ge

out Pelton to a finish. They've moled

other candidate for the Senate. Sorry, but it can't be helped. They've got his

k like a b

sure doesn't help us any at best. If we still tried to carry

I send

nd. Have him shown in as soon as he comes. And Steve

hat he has bed-rooms, dining-rooms, parlors, reception-halls and private offices al

shooting him, even though it would be a b

f ignorant foreigners who would hardly think twice of it. If he

mon Harley isn't a coward. He would have told you that not a sparrow falls to the ground witho

funeral," contrib

police patrols and pay a visit to

mpromise with him?"

all on Mrs. Harley, and respectfully hope that she has

nt, unless to whist

nk it is

it?" ask

t observance of the conventions. Madam Grundy is padlocked whe

if it doesn't become t

ly our social relations aren't likely to be very intimate. Now it's 'Just before the battle mothe

't surprise me if he would meet you halfway in settli

greed Ridgway indiffer

l, t

ousand or so. That would have been a reasonable figure then. You might put it now at five or six millions, and that would be about right. I don't want their money. I want power, and I'd rather fight for it than not. Besides, I mean to make what I have already

contest? You've won on points up to date by a mile, but in a finish fight endura

fficial of the Mesa Ore-producing Company, he was not used to offering its he

There's no credit i

ed the door to announce the arrival of the Honorable Thomas B. P

resident, adding in an asid

esman because he had served two inconspicuous terms in the House at Washington. He was fond of proclaiming himself a Southern gent

t scurrilous sheet of the gutters the He

don't usually sto

has the scoundrelly audacity to charge me with introd

Rather an unfortunate st

h, or I shall demand the satisf

secretly amused at the vain threats of t

ny, an audacious a

he part I read seems to be true. That's the troubl

y it over my

affidavit staring them in the face. It seems they have got hold of a letter, too, th

should withdraw from

onel, but I'm afraid you'll find yo

at YOU won't su

back in his chair. "We've got to face facts, colonel

y Gad, seh, that I

d the mine-owner coolly. "The question is,

s manner was becoming more and more threatening. "You pled

you bungled the thing and left evidence against you?

for you," retorted the

at was in it for you. The arrangement

even voice maddened

going to stand back and let my career be sacrificed, are you? By Gad, se

d Ridgway sharply. "No sane man floats a leaky ship. Go to drydock and pat

from him. A kind of madness of despair surged up in him. He took a step threateningly toward the seated

o tolerate the imputations you cast upon

feet and across the

shallow scurvy impostor. No more like the real article than a buzzard is like an eag

e which bored into him like a gimlet. The ebbing color in his face showed he could

n my purpose, seh. I had no intention of drawing,

merciless foe, crowdi

ations are at an end, seh," quavered Pelton as he vanished

ully. "I couldn't help it, Steve. He would h

He'll stick at no

that I quarreled with him as soon as I discovered his connection with this mining extensi

it after all. I'll have an editorial in, too. 'We love him f

for a candidate to put against Mott. I'

d an ins

d

l, popular enough to c

es

, th

ng Ri

lieutenant in astonishment, but slow

ve! Wh