gentlemen who at great personal sacrifice have so freely contributed of their means, their energies and their time to the work of the Municipal Reform League, and to them and the press they will ascribe the credit and the praise. It would seem, however, that the Honorable Bull Nolan has lost none of his presumption, for he insolently declares that he leaves as his personal representative and successor in the aldermanic chair one of his henchmen, William Brennan. But the people will take care of Mr. Brennan at the proper time. They will see to it that Nolan's successor shall not be a man whose political methods are such as will enable him to take vacation trips in Europe, and with the abundant encouragement they have now received, will continue to widen this breach already made in the walls of corruption and dishonesty and carry on the splendid work for good government and honest politics—"
Malachi did not read any further. The lights in
the car were poor, after all, and then, his eyes were
not so good as they used to be. He folded the paper
carefully, looked all about, then hid it at last behind
him. Then he bestowed his spectacles in his waistcoat
pocket, and, like Nora, looked out of the window.
They had gone through South Chicago, they
had passed One-hundredth Street. They looked out
now upon the dull prairies that sprawled flat all
about them, with no sign of spring as yet, but dead
