The Scarlet Car by Richard Harding Davis
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page 66 of 102 (64%)
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There was a grim silence. "Yes," said the owner of the car patiently. "You needn't worry any longer. We got the water." III THE KIDNAPPERS During the last two weeks of the "whirlwind" campaign, automobiles had carried the rival candidates to every election district in Greater New York. During these two weeks, at the disposal of Ernest Peabody--on the Reform Ticket, "the people's choice for Lieutenant-Governor--" Winthrop had placed his Scarlet Car, and, as its chauffeur, himself. Not that Winthrop greatly cared for Reform, or Ernest Peabody. The "whirlwind" part of the campaign was what attracted him; the crowds, the bands, the fireworks, the rush by night from hall to hall, from Fordham to Tompkinsville. And, while inside the different Lyceums, Peabody lashed the Tammany Tiger, outside in his car, Winthrop was making friends with Tammany policemen, and his natural enemies, the bicycle cops. To Winthrop, the day in which he did not increase his |
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