"But the _Advocate_ has been out after his scalp for years."

"Well, we're not after it any more. Of course, we're against him
on the surface still."

Jeff did some rapid thinking. "Then the program will be for us to
nominate a weak ticket and elect Big Tim's by default. Is that
it?"

"That's about it. The big fellows have to make sure of a Mayor who
will be all right about the Gas and Electric franchise. So we're
going to have four more years of Big Tim."

"Will Brownell stand for it?"

Brownell was the principal owner of the _Advocate._

"Will he?" Warren let his eyelash rest for a second upon the
cheek nearest Jeff. "He's been seen. My orders come direct from
the old man."

The story was suppressed. No more was heard about the McGuire
graft scandal exposure. It had run counter to the projects of big
business.

Burke had to be satisfied without his revenge.

He got a job with a brewery and charged the McGuire matter to
profit and loss.