The Cleverdale Mystery; or, The Machine and Its Wheels: A Story of American Life

  CHARACTERS.

  Hon. DARIUS HAMBLIN--State Senator and Political "Boss."

  Hon. WALTER MANNIS--State Assemblyman; one of the "Boss's" Lieutenants.

  ASSEMBLYMAN DALEY--Bolting candidate.

  CYRUS HART MILLER--Wily country politician.

  GEORGE ALDEN--Bank officer; hero; lover.

  SARGENT--Purchasable commodity, convenient to his owner.

  JOE RAWLINGS--Editor; wise; in the market.

  PADDY SULLIVAN--Pothouse politician; an important factor.

  FARMER JOHNSON--Honest; cheap; "_Let me speak to you privately!_"

  GEORGE HORTON--Chairman of County Committee; fertile in schemes.

  FARMER HARRIS--Avenger.

  BELLE HAMBLIN--Sweetheart; oppressed by a father's ambition.

  FANNIE ALDEN--Self-sacrificing sister.

  MARY HARRIS--Betrayed.

  MRS. DARIUS HAMBLIN--Model mother.

  MRS. NASH--Good Samaritan.

  CAMPERS, FACTORY BOSSES, VILLAGERS, MINERS, POLITICIANS, and other incidental characters.

  THE CLEVERDALE MYSTERY.