Editor’s Note

If you were a young man of wealth and leisure and wanted to learn how to play the game of politics, how would you go about it?

This is a picture, drawn true to the developments of the last two years which have shown the connection between high finance and seemingly unimportant war politics.

The hero of the the story is given a regular party nomination, and is groomed for the race by an astute ward leader. All surface indications prophesized his election. Instead, he was mysteriously defeated.

It is a very fascinating journey to follow him in his efforts to unravel the mystery, and to learn the methods he used in securing the utter rout of his enemies, his life’s happiness being held in the balance all the time. Mr. Joseph A. Altsheler, who is the author of several successful novels, has never written anything more interesting.

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