Chapter 52
Week 14, Instructor Calendar, May 1898
Strike on the tinder, ho!
Give me a taper! call up all my people!
I.i
At last, the police vehicles pulled up to City Hall Square. Even though the candidate’s breakfast had not yet begun, spectators were already occupying positions outside near the speakers’ platform, set up the evening before.
Capshaw and Maloney hopped out before the carriage came to a full stop. Capshaw paused and gave Concordia a stern look. “Stay here.” Then he was gone.
Concordia, all too aware of her unsuitable attire, wasn’t tempted to go anywhere. She did watch out of the window as the police began dispersing people. She saw Capshaw quickly cross State Street and enter the Long Brothers’ Palace Restaurant and Hotel. She sighed and leaned back against the cus
