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The New Administration

           

           "Whaddyethinkofthosedamnfour-flushersandcome-ons,anyhow?"inquiredMr.KerriganofMr.Tiernan,shortlysubsequenttoaconferencewithGilgan,fromwhichTiernanhadbeenunavoidablyabsent."They’vegotanordinancedrawnupcoveringthewholecityinanelevated-roadscheme,andthereain’tanythinginitforanybody.Say,whaddyethinktheythinkweare,anyhow?Hey?"

           Mr.Tiernanhimself,afterhisownconferencewithEdstrom,hadbeenbusygettingthelayoftheland,ashetermedit;andhisinvestigationsledhimtobelievethatacertainaldermanbythenameofKlemm,acleverandveryrespectableGerman–AmericanfromtheNorthSide,wastobetheleaderoftheRepublicansincouncil,andthatheandsometenortwelveothersweredetermined,becauseofmoralprinciplesalone,thatonlyhonestmeasuresshouldbepassed.Itwasstaggering.

           AtthisnewsMr.Kerrigan,whohadbeencalculatingonanumberofthousandsofdollarsforhisvoteonvariousoccasions,staredincredulously."Well,I’llbedamned!"hecommented."They’vegotanerve!What?"

           "I’vebeentalkingtothisfellowKlemmofthetwentieth,"saidMr.Tiernan,sardonically."Say,he’sarealone!ImethimoverattheTremonttalkin’toHvranek.Heshakeshandslikeadeadfish.Whaddyethinkhehadthenervetosaytome.‘Thisisn’ttheMr.Tiernanofthesecond?’hesays.

           "‘I’mthesame,’saysI.

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