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If the tomcat don't know enough to come down all by himself, leave him be up there till the doctor tells us we can be out and about." Weisner put his demand again and Mulcahy made the affair a vociferous duet; other men were on their feet, shouting. But a top sergeant has a voice of his own and a manner to go with the voice: Lanigan yelled the chorus into silence.
Chairman Lanigan's compelling methods in pumping this time-filler kept up the interest of the auditors. "I belong to der Socialist party," stated Weisner. "We don't want no Boche speeches!" warned a voice. In his absorption in affairs, Lanigan was still hanging on to the captured red necktie. He noted that fact and held the danger signal aloft.
Will you allow me to ask a question, Commander Lanigan?" "Sure! But let's start even on names. What's yours?" "Otto Weisner!" Lanigan made a grimace. "But even at that I'm going to keep my word and I call on all present to back me up." "See here!" bawled a voice from a far corner. "Let that Hun wait! How about your word to us in another matter? Where's the mayor of Marion?"
"This is no time to be starting anything, Weisner! Don't stand there and be a Dutch windmill be an American citizen! Soothe yourself!" Another gentleman arose. He was distinctly Hibernian. He wore an obtrusive ribbon-knot of green, white, and yellow, the colors of the flag of the Irish Republic.
"If he has been elected, sure he'll have his seat," declared Lanigan, loyally. "That's the way we do things in this country! Why shouldn't he have his seat?" "Den vhere vhere is dot zertificate dot should show to Karl Trimbach dot he shall valk into der State House und sit on his seat? He don't get it. Why don'd dey send it?" Weisner bellowed his questions. He threshed his arms wildly about him.
And so that we won't be wasting any time on a busy evening I'll state that the meeting is now open for that question, Mister Weisner. Shoot!" Commander Lanigan had constituted himself the presiding officer of the assemblage that had been gathered under no special auspices and by no formal call.
Don't let your ears be scruffed by mischief-makers, boys. Let's have our city come through with a clean name! I'm going to do my part as best I can. But you've all got to do yours understand that!" He smacked his fist down into his palm. "Do you bromise me dot Karl Trimbach gets dot seat?" boomed Mr. Weisner. "The same question goes as to th' Hon'rable Danyel O'Donnell," said Adherent Mulcahy.
Weisner to ask his question. The querist ceased from showing deference to the volunteer in the chair; Weisner turned his back on Lanigan and addressed all in hearing, shaking his fist over his head: "Who tells me dis vhat I don'd know? Does Karl Trimbach his seat haf in der State House vhere der Socialists haf elected him?"
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