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“
Osterman
bribed
him
,
I
suppose
,
”
observed
Magnus
.
Annixter
raised
a
shoulder
vexatiously
.
“
You
’
ve
got
to
pay
for
what
you
get
,
”
he
returned
.
“
You
don
’
t
get
something
for
nothing
,
I
guess
.
Governor
,
”
he
went
on
,
“
I
don
’
t
see
how
you
can
stay
out
of
this
business
much
longer
.
You
see
how
it
will
be
.
We
’
re
going
to
win
,
and
I
don
’
t
see
how
you
can
feel
that
it
’
s
right
of
you
to
let
us
do
all
the
work
and
stand
all
the
expense
.
There
’
s
never
been
a
movement
of
any
importance
that
went
on
around
you
that
you
weren
’
t
the
leader
in
it
.
All
Tulare
County
,
all
the
San
Joaquin
,
for
that
matter
,
knows
you
.
They
want
a
leader
,
and
they
are
looking
to
you
.
I
know
how
you
feel
about
politics
nowadays
.
But
,
Governor
,
standards
have
changed
since
your
time
;
everybody
plays
the
game
now
as
we
are
playing
it
—
the
most
honourable
men
.
You
can
’
t
play
it
any
other
way
,
and
,
pshaw
!
if
the
right
wins
out
in
the
end
,
that
’
s
the
main
thing
.
We
want
you
in
this
thing
,
and
we
want
you
bad
.
You
’
ve
been
chewing
on
this
affair
now
a
long
time
.
Have
you
made
up
your
mind
?
Do
you
come
in
?
I
tell
you
what
,
you
’
ve
got
to
look
at
these
things
in
a
large
way
.
You
’
ve
got
to
judge
by
results
.
Well
,
now
,
what
do
you
think
?
Do
you
come
in
?
”
Magnus
’
s
glance
left
Annixter
’
s
face
,
and
for
an
instant
sought
the
ground
.
His
frown
lowered
,
but
now
it
was
in
perplexity
,
rather
than
in
anger
.
His
mind
was
troubled
,
harassed
with
a
thousand
dissensions
.
But
one
of
Magnus
’
s
strongest
instincts
,
one
of
his
keenest
desires
,
was
to
be
,
if
only
for
a
short
time
,
the
master
.
To
control
men
had
ever
been
his
ambition
;
submission
of
any
kind
,
his
greatest
horror
.
His
energy
stirred
within
him
,
goaded
by
the
lash
of
his
anger
,
his
sense
of
indignity
,
of
insult
.
Oh
for
one
moment
to
be
able
to
strike
back
,
to
crush
his
enemy
,
to
defeat
the
railroad
,
hold
the
Corporation
in
the
grip
of
his
fist
,
put
down
S
.
Behrman
,
rehabilitate
himself
,
regain
his
self
-
respect
.
To
be
once
more
powerful
,
to
command
,
to
dominate
.
His
thin
lips
pressed
themselves
together
;
the
nostrils
of
his
prominent
hawk
-
like
nose
dilated
,
his
erect
,
commanding
figure
stiffened
unconsciously
.
For
a
moment
,
he
saw
himself
controlling
the
situation
,
the
foremost
figure
in
his
State
,
feared
,
respected
,
thousands
of
men
beneath
him
,
his
ambition
at
length
gratified
;
his
career
,
once
apparently
brought
to
naught
,
completed
;
success
a
palpable
achievement
.
What
if
this
were
his
chance
,
after
all
,
come
at
last
after
all
these
years
.
His
chance
!
The
instincts
of
the
old
-
time
gambler
,
the
most
redoubtable
poker
player
of
El
Dorado
County
,
stirred
at
the
word
.
Chance
!
To
know
it
when
it
came
,
to
recognise
it
as
it
passed
fleet
as
a
wind
-
flurry
,
grip
at
it
,
catch
at
it
,
blind
,
reckless
,
staking
all
upon
the
hazard
of
the
issue
,
that
was
genius
.
Was
this
his
Chance
?
All
of
a
sudden
,
it
seemed
to
him
that
it
was
.
But
his
honour
!
His
cherished
,
lifelong
integrity
,
the
unstained
purity
of
his
principles
?
At
this
late
date
,
were
they
to
be
sacrificed
?
Could
he
now
go
counter
to
all
the
firm
built
fabric
of
his
character
?
How
,
afterward
,
could
he
bear
to
look
Harran
and
Lyman
in
the
face
?
And
,
yet
—
and
,
yet
—
back
swung
the
pendulum
—
to
neglect
his
Chance
meant
failure
;
a
life
begun
in
promise
,
and
ended
in
obscurity
,
perhaps
in
financial
ruin
,
poverty
even
.
To
seize
it
meant
achievement
,
fame
,
influence
,
prestige
,
possibly
great
wealth
.
“
I
am
so
sorry
to
interrupt
,
”
said
Mrs
.
Derrick
,
as
she
came
up
.
“
I
hope
Mr
.
Annixter
will
excuse
me
,
but
I
want
Magnus
to
open
the
safe
for
me
.
I
have
lost
the
combination
,
and
I
must
have
some
money
.
Phelps
is
going
into
town
,
and
I
want
him
to
pay
some
bills
for
me
.
Can
’
t
you
come
right
away
,
Magnus
?
Phelps
is
ready
and
waiting
.
”
Annixter
struck
his
heel
into
the
ground
with
a
suppressed
oath
.
Always
these
fool
feemale
women
came
between
him
and
his
plans
,
mixing
themselves
up
in
his
affairs
.
Magnus
had
been
on
the
very
point
of
saying
something
,
perhaps
committing
himself
to
some
course
of
action
,
and
,
at
precisely
the
wrong
moment
,
his
wife
had
cut
in
.
The
opportunity
was
lost
.
The
three
returned
toward
the
ranch
house
;
but
before
saying
good
-
bye
,
Annixter
had
secured
from
Magnus
a
promise
to
the
effect
that
,
before
coming
to
a
definite
decision
in
the
matter
under
discussion
,
he
would
talk
further
with
him
.
