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Chapter 1 ST. GILES OF THE BLAMELESS LIFE

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the waters; receiving visits from the Honourables Brush Bascom, Nat Billings, and Jacob Botcher, and signing cheques to the order of these gentlemen for necessary expenses. Be it know

e of political funds. The man upon whom they choose to confer your gover

t it is not for him to talk, or to bestir himself in any unseemly manner, for the prize which he was to have was in the nature of a gift. In vain did Mr. Crewe cry out to him four times a week for his political beliefs, for a statement of what he would d

onger, and two real reporters accompany Mr. Crewe on his tours. Nay, the campaign of education has already borne fruit, which the candidate did not hesitate to mention in his talks Edmundton has more trains, Kingston has more trains, and more cars. No need now t

t know the misgivings in their hearts; councils, nevertheless, out of which leaked rumours of dissension and recrimination conditions hitherto unheard of. One post ran to meet another, and one messenger ran

At eight o'clock that morning the postman brought him a letter marked personal, the handwriting on which he recognized as belonging to the Honourable Hilary Vane. For some reason, as he read, the sensations of the Honourable Adam were disquieting;

de some particularly choice remarks about him; and had been cheered to the echo. The Honourable Adam put the paper down, and walked up the street to talk to Mr. Burrows, the postmaster whom, with the aid of Congressman Fairplay, he had had appointed at Edmundton. The t

ged toward Hull, although these did not take such a definite shape as to make him feel a premonitory pull of his coat-tails. The ruined mill beside the rushing stream was a picturesque spot, and the figure of the Honourable Hilar

e you,

horse," sa

ghted a cigar, and approached Mr. Vane, and at length let himself down, cautio

ain't it, Hilary?" he remar

Vane, who did not look as though the comin

he Honourable Adam, with a

ain to-morrow," said

do you?" asked t

the Honoura

the music of the bro

able Adam; "I kissed my wife he

, the Honourable Hilary evidently

resently, "how much mone

s Crewe hadn't broken loose, it would have been different. Not that I'm uneasy about him, but all this talk of his and newspaper advertising had t

spent?" asked the

ed up his face and pulled

t here in the woods in this curious way? If you wanted to see me, why didn't you ge

"are uncommon. This man Crewe's making more headway than you think. The people don't know

into account,"

s got a show for the nomination, but my dander's up

Hilary grunted,

you say you'

ugh, I'll loosen up a little m

u been?" said the

tion, put in this form,

amounts down in a book. I guess somewhere in th

e grunt

a cheque, Adam

cried the Ho

pent," said the Honourab

ple. But Mr. Vane did not appear to notice these alarming symptoms. Then the candida

ought to have known me better. There ain't a mite of use of our staying here another second, and you can go right back and tell Flint what I said. Flint knows I've been waiting to be governor for eight years

no indication of being move

rm nonsense has blown over," he said. "You can

onourable Adam a

and it-not just now,"

ood as yours, or any ma

d

or office," an

n the service of that road -and is this my re

any folks know it. If we're going to win this time, we've go

manded the Honourable Ada

t the man who goes in will give you a cheque for wh

year? This is the clearest case of going back on an old friend I ever saw. If this is the way you fellows get scared because a sham reformer gets up and hollers against the road, then I want to serve notice on you

, Adam," s

ys been as putty in the chief counsel's hands. This simple acquiescence did more to convince the Honourable Adam that his chances of nomination were in real danger than a long and forceful s

ad before, and effaced myself. B

lics, are proverbially u

voiced this sentim

and always would, so far as in his power. If you can't be landed this time, it's common sense for

a cheque) struck neither the Honourable Adam nor the Honourable Hilary. The transaction, if effected, wo

le Adam got

gn a bond of one hundred thousand dollars to elect

," replied Mr. V

gh the gubernatorial candidate was not an observant man, he was s

is against you,

Honourable Hilary, "a

he Honourable Adam. "When he gets panicky, and spends all his money on new equ

write him?" said th

over the trend political affairs were taking; the radical doctrines of one candidate-propounded for very obvious reasons-they turned from in disgust; on the other hand, it was evident that an underlying feeling existed in certain sections that any candidate who was said to have had more or less connection with the Northeastern

cle, with comments upon it, ran like wildfire through the press of the State,-appearing even in those sheets which maintained editorially that they were for the Honourable Adam B. Hunt first and last and, all the time. Whereupon Mr. Giles Henderson began to receive visits from the soli

cking in those sensational qualities which are a stench in the nostrils of good citizens. Mr. Giles Henderson admitted that the time had come when a man of these qualities was needed-but he was not the man. Mr. Tredway was the man-so he told Mr. Tredway; Mr. Gates of Br

m Kingston than from many points out of the State the distances of which were nearer. Mr. Henderson had been able to sell his coal at a lower price than any other large dealer in the eastern part of the State. Mr. Henderson was the holder of a large amount of stock in the Northeastern, inherited from his father. Facts of no special significance, and not printed in the week

choice. No man within the borders of the commonwealth had so many good qualities as the new candidate, and it must have been slightly annoying to one of that gentleman's shrinking natur

the character of the Hon

man now s

der-the dastardly attempt on the Honourable Adam B. Hunt's coat-tails was known there. More wonders to relate: the Honourable Adam B. Hunt had become a reformer; he had made a statement at last, in which he declared with vigour tha

ich there were now three re

ords "negligible" and "monumental farce"! The tide was turning, and the candidate from Leith redoubled his efforts. Had he been confounded by the advent of the Honourable Giles? Not at all. Mr.

and whose bidding he will do if he becomes governor as blindly and obediently as the Honourable Adam B. Hunt ever did. (Shouts of "Flint!" and, "The Northeastern!") I see you know. Who sent the solid citizens to see Mr. Henderson? ("Flint!") This is a clever trick-exactly what I should have done if I'd been running their campaign-only they didn't

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