everlasting upon them that fear Him.

It is found that Lockwin had hosts of friends. There is so much
inquiry on account of that strange journey to Owen Sound that the
political boss is grievously disturbed.

Corkey is not blind to this general uneasiness. He reads the posters
and the advertisements. He whistles. It is a sum of money worthy of
deep consideration.

"You offered to l-le-end to her," observes the mascot.

"Well, if she had needed the stuff she'd a been after it soon enough,
wouldn't she? I don't offer it to everybody. But that ain't the
point. I'm going after that roll--ten thousand dollars! You want to
come? If I win, you git $500. I reckon that's enough for a kid."

It is a project which is well conceived, for Corkey may easily arrange
for a salary from his great newspaper. To find Lockwin's body would be
a clever feat of journalism, inasmuch as the search has been abandoned
by the other papers.

A delegation of dock-frequenters waits on Corkey to demand that he
shall stand for Congress in the second special election, made necessary
by the death of Lockwin.

"Gentlemen, I'm off on business. I beg to de--de--re--re--drop out!
Please excuse me, and take something."

The touching committees cannot touch Corkey.