Something had to be done to get Dr.
Cronin out to Lake View. Dan Coughlin, the schemer and originator,
had put O'Sullivan into a notion of doing something that he had
never thought of before. Nothing had then occurred to show that
O'Sullivan would have trouble with his icemen--nothing to lead him
to believe that there might be accidents and damage suits, and that
he would be in need of a physician. But the idea struck him. Dan
Coughlin had talked with him on the 24th. On the 29th there was a
literary society organized in Lake View, and Dr. Cronin was brought
up to organize it. They wanted to get him familiar with the
country. They wanted to get him used to driving in that locality.
What did he do? This man, O'Sullivan, who was as cold as the ice on
his wagons, goes to the meeting with a friend and helps to organize
this Clan-na-Gael camp in Lake View. They took in Justice Mahoney,
who was a candidate for office. Whenever a man gets running for
office he joins nearly everything, and Mahoney thought it was
necessary for him to join this literary society. Dr. Cronin made a
speech, and it was such a good one that Mahoney said the thing
ought to be open to all the world. My idea is that if Irishmen
should be free, it should be done open and above board. If there is
any reason for establishing a republican form of government in
Ireland, let your speech be open and not in secret.

"When Mahoney went in there he belonged to the United Workmen. That
is a good order. I used to belong to it myself, but I got dropped
for non-payment of dues. Mahoney used to know Dr. Cronin as the
examining physician of his lodge. He used to send men to him to be
examined, and that made Dr. Cronin and himself good friends. Now,
when Mahoney made a speech, Dr. Cronin lauded him to the skies,
stating what a good thing it was to have that man in the
society--that it was quite an advantage to the order to have him.
Patrick O'Sullivan, with his cold, icy heart, took it all in. The
idea struck him at once, 'Here are Mahoney and Dr. Cronin, great
friends,' and afterward he said to Mahoney: 'Do you know Cronin
well?' Mahoney said 'Yes.' 'Is he a good doctor?' asked O'Sullivan.
'Yes.' 'Will you go down and introduce me to him?' continued the
iceman: 'I want to make a contract with him t