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A Marauder Upon the Commonwealth

           

           Shortlyafterthenewlegislaturehadconvened,itsochancedthatacertainA.S.Rotherhite,publisheroftheSouthChicagoJournal,wasonedayaccidentallysittingasavisitorintheseatofastaterepresentativebythenameofClarenceMulligan.WhilesooccupiedRotherhitewasfamiliarlyslappedonthebackbyacertainSenatorLadrigo,ofMenard,andwasinvitedtocomeoutintotherotunda,where,posingasRepresentativeMulligan,hewasintroducedbySenatorLadrigotoastrangerbythenameofGerard.Thelatter,withbutfewpreliminaryremarks,beganasfollows:

           "Mr.Mulligan,IwanttofixitwithyouinregardtothisSouthackbillwhichissoontocomeupinthehouse.Wehaveseventyvotes,butwewantninety.Thefactthatthebillhasgonetoasecondreadinginthesenateshowsourstrength.Iamauthorizedtocometotermswithyouthismorningifyouwouldlike.Yourvoteisworthtwothousanddollarstoyouthemomentthebillissigned."

           Mr.Rotherhite,whohappenedtobeanewlyrecruitedmemberoftheOppositionpress,provedverycannyinthissituation.

           "Excuseme,"hestammered,"Ididnotunderstandyourname?"

           "Gerard.G-er-ard.HenryA.Gerard,"repliedthisother.

           "Thankyou.Iwillthinkitover,"wastheresponseofthepresumedRepresentativeMulligan.

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