Danger in the Dark - ZseZse

DANGER IN THE DARK.
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now Rev. and very dear sir, it is for you to say,
whether that vote shall be cast for or against me. I
shall certainly expect you to turn the scale in my
favor.
"And you will bear in mind that I lent you no
little assistance in hoodwinking Mrs. Gerard, and
putting you in a fair way to get possession of that
large estate, for the benefit of the Catholic church.
Beside, but for me, you would not so easily have got
d of Alonzo Carleton, who at one time was bent on
assassinating you; through my interference he was
prevented, and your precious life preserved. I now
ask only to be remembered at the ballot-box.
" Your most humble servant,
"PETER TWIST."
"Was ever a man so persecuted!" ejaculated the
confused, and entrapped politician, as the Squire concluded
the reading of the letter.
"Truly it's shameful persecution," remarked Burbanks
ironically, "to detect a man in his villainy!
That's the kind of persecution Catholic priests complain
of so loudly."
Without further apology, Mr. Twist took French
leave.
Soon after the election, we learn, he abandoned
politics in disgust, and went into a patent-right speculation
on churns and washing-machines.