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THE WASHINGTON HEBALD STTITBAY NOYEHBEB 4 1906
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THE CANDIDATE CANDIDATEA
A Political Romance ° tt 1905byHipu Brothrs By Joseph A AitshIr
SYNOPSIS PRECEDING CHAPTERS CHAPTERSJteia CHAPTERSA
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of afttODBftl aoBHeatttm It to Dua nowhwted for thc thckney Urirf Urirfcfrncy
cfrncy Yonag You Safer the eutrMpoadcat eepoe4est e f tie tieNew theNew
New York C Gite asUe fc the wit to MM UM thidate candi candidate ¬
date the good newt He aceoa ccopaes fBie the UrajasAw UrajasAwto
to t their Wettera bwae a4 meet ess Grej Gra3eoiS s aftcc aftccSylvia al ce ceSyvta
Sylvia Munjsa fan fte Idabo wbe whom be oowsfckrs sMIer a atoo atoo
too Western product The two are amteaUy at attracted atracte ¬
tracted racte UHOEB they an ie critical of o each acfa other otherlitriey othc othc1abrIe7
litriey together with uier eotmppndeate eureMJonden4 ao aoroaiiwiiies acpPrnes
roaiiwiiies pPrnes the Orajwo Graya sartj 3 tack to Cftke where wfcpieUM wherethe
UM campaign open ope Tte wruapoadsoU tall wider widerthe dcc dccthe
the spell pe1t of Sylvias ctana c aad ai OB u tk the irfsat o oOraymTs ot otOra5Of3
OraymTs gremt veecit eedi irirai w ifce latter tte itqnu ets Ja Jathe o otIiC
the bos bo which birk hold Us wife lit and ateee Iece Sylvia in inh inher
h her r eatnusnuBi and pride i4s throws her ana aina about abovtGnu aboutiraots
Gnu iraots oas neek and ktaes k ttfan llarky ftwra ot otdisapproval ofdiappIuI
disapproval W olmired by Sjrlria Ch O the foUwrins foUwrinsmorning to1Joun to1Jounaorng
aorng morning Uariey is dtaaaycd to tod d the Incident Incidentdaringly tncldentg1aruety
daringly OtaMzaUd ki the yellow jootaab aad aadSylvia aadSyIv
Sylvia SyIv aaiMd as GhafMas Egeria Ute bemtifal bemtifalycang beaaWulong
ycang ong gfcl g who twtrfabea Weato Westers toe tor f tos tospeecbes io io1e3
peecbes 1e3 CbwchiU the dwrttsh cenwpbndeat of oftbe ofthe
the Mentor New Yoits jeUow jennial ourisa1 spirts spirtssHghtiosly apeaaghUDgIJ
sHghtiosly ghUDgIJ of the GMJMMM ad finally aally drifts into intoan Iaoaa
an antagonistic attitude fai aUyfeg btaueif h4ae irltb 1th a aparty aperu
party of qwesdonab < i Maoaabk e imncfen nc1eas wise fellow ticayaon ticayaonfa Giny GinyMjboukee
fa Milwaukee and by a prooew aooeae of fleUery iadw iadwChurcaill hiduChurejill
Churcaill to start aa oppetMoii aoreaMBt through throughhis thinubWa
his dispatch Kins Ptawaer a political power powerz p pi
z ta tao w Welt t and a mtudMitlioaaire appear oa oath onth
th MAS eeno Harler RLrI beitM Mm b1 to be SrtrUs SrtrUsuscie Sj4rtagtlDc3e
uscie but afterward leans that he is Jter M gnanUm gnanUmand guarditand
and beantbed Mrs Graysoa relates reIat to Hariejr Hariejrhow Hsr4eyiow
how iow Sylvias pareeu were SMUMCTIJ oa tie pUru pUruad is isd
ad d sb e1e a a young onn child was i found and adopt adoptbj a4o a4oh5
bj PfcwuDer who is a tairty yean oua Mr Mater aen D Ding Dr Drftrg <
ing 1tnmners brief W ttay ia n Mjlwaafec Sylvia SylviaMOM SylviakIfl1
MOM depraattd aad upon bfc defartwe aee a e is islenrntoly IsrevtWy
lenrntoly guy j aad aeIat aafeaated ItuwoMT ia dw dwCaadidate distiea
tiea d wIth biiiIs by the Grajrssiia and the theCaadldat
Caadidate prints oat to Harley the acM mrnillj of ofreuiaiaz ofettnI
reuiaiaz ettnI toe b fefeodsaip to which Hadej lisrI agrees agreesCHAPTER agiosCHAPTERYL
CHAPTER CHAPTERYL CHAPTERYLOn VL VLOn
On The Road RoadThe RoadTh
The Th great success of Grayson as aa aaorator anorator
orator was continued at Detroit A vast vastaudience vasteudlence
audience hung breathless upon hto hi word wordand wordeand
and be played upon its emotions as b bwould be bewould
would now thrilling the people with pas passion pasaba ¬
aba and then starring them to cheers cheersthat cheersthat
that rolled like thunder It became becamc ap apparent apparent ¬
parent that this hitherto obscure man manfrom manfrom
from the far West was wa the strongest strongestnominee atrongetnominee
nominee a somewhat disunited party could couldhave couldhave
have named and Harley whose interest interestat
at first had been for the campaign itsalf itsalfrather tIf tIfrather
rather than its result began to have a afeeling afeeling
feeling that after all Grayson might be beelected beelectedat
elected electedat at least he had a fighting chancy chancywhich chazc chazcwhich
which mght be more if IfIt it were not for fortbe fortbe
tbe shadow of Goodnight Crayon and andtheir axdtheir
their kind Part of o these men bad gone goneback gonebeck
back among them the large and impor important Important ¬
tant Mr Goodnight but Harley saw the tbequiet thequiet
quiet Mr Crayon still watching from a aUgh ahigh
Ugh box bo at Detroit and he knew that thatno thatrio
no act or 0 word of the candidate would wouidescape wouldescape
escape the scrutiny of this powerful fac faction facUon ¬
tion within the party partyAmple partyAmple
Ample proof of his conclusion if it were wereneeded wereneeded
needed came the next morning in a copy copyof copyof
of the New York Monitor Churchills Churchillspaper Churcblllpaper
paper which contained on Its frqnt page pagea
a long doubleleaded dispatch under a aMilwaukee aMilwaukee
Milwaukee date line It was HOt who whobrought W123brought
brought it in to Mr Grayson zrayson and his lit little littie ¬
tie party at the breakfasttable breakfasttableExcuse breakfasttableExcuse
Excuse me for Interrupting you Mr MrGrayson Mrraynon
Grayson raynon he said flourishing the paper paperas paDers
as s it were a sort of flag MMIt bat here is isomethrag Isrnethtag
omethrag that you are bound to see seeIts seeJt
Its Jt s what might be called a word in your yourear yourear
ear or at least It seems to me to have havefuat havethat
that sound aoun I guess that Churchill got gota gota
a beat on as all hi Milwaukee MilwaukeeI
I wish you would Join us is Mr Hobart Hobartand Holinrtarid
and read the whole article to us if you youwill youwill
will be so kind said the candidate candidatecalmly candIdatecalmly
calmly calmlyNothing calmlyNothing
Nothing could have pleased Hobart bet better better ¬
ter and be read with emphasis and care careresolved careeolved
resolved that his hearers should not lose losea
a word Churchill had a good style and andhe aride
he e possessed a certain skill in innuendo innuendotherefore Innuendotherefore
therefore he was able throughout the ar article arUcle ¬
ticle to make his meaning clear He Hestated Hestated
stated that among those surrounding the thecandidate theandidatehe
candidate andidatehe be could give names if he hewould hebut
would but It was not necessary Doceasarytherfa Doceasarytherfawas there therewas
was a certain feeling that Mr Graysoa Graysoawas Graysonras
was ras not quite quiteat at least not yet 7etac as large largeas largeas
as the position tIon for which he had been beennominated beennominated
nominated Keen observers had noticed noticedin noticedin
in him a predisposition to rashness he hehad hehad
had spoken lightly more tha than once of ofgreat ofgr
great gr at vested interests interestsUncle InterestsUncle
Uncle James how could you be so solacking solacking
lacking in reverence reverencer exclaimed Sylvia SylviaMorgan SylvIaMergan
Morgan MerganMr MorganMr
Mr Grayson merely smiljd smiljdGo smlljdGo
Go on Mr Hobart be said saidBu4 j jBu
Bu Bu4 some of the ablest minds in the thecountry thecountr3
country are closely watching Mr Gray Graysan GraySan
san continued the article and where wherehe wherehe
he needs support or restraint he will re receive r rceive ¬
ceive It There Therare are certain issues not em embodied embodied ¬
bodied in the platform from which he hewill hewill
will be steered steeredNow steeredNow
Now I think that is too much ex exclaimed oxclaimed ¬
claimed Mrs Grayson the indignant red redrising redrising
rising in her cheeks cheeksThar cheeksTheir
Their priming it does not makes It Ittrue t ttrue
true Anna said the candidate mildly mildlyAs mildlyAs
As if you did not know enough to run runyour runyour
your own campaign exclaimed the in indignant Indignant ¬
dignant wife wifeBut wifeBut
But Jimmy Grayson continued to smile smileWe smileWe
We must expect this sort of thing he hesaid liesaid
said It would be a dull campaign with without without ¬
out it Please go en Mr Hobart HobartA HoberLA
A number of ot eminent citizens the thearticle thearticle
article continued would make a tem temporary ternporary ¬
porary sacrifice of their great business businessInterests businessInterests
Interests for the sake of the campaign campaignand camsignand
and the people and with their restraining restrainingcare
care it was not likely that Mr Grayson Graysoncould Graysoncould
could go far wrong as he seemed to be bean bean
an amiable man amenable to advice adviceThus advIceThus
Thus it continued at much length and andHarley andHarley
Harley keen and experienced In such suchmatters suchmatters
matters knew very well whence Churchill Churchillhad ChurchiLlbad
had drawn uRn inspiration inspirationThe
1 The editor also makes comment upon uponthis uponthis
this warning said Hobart who was un undeniably undenlably ¬
deniably enjoying himself himselfI
I should think that the dispatch was wasenough wasenough
enough saw Mrs Grayson whose in indignation indigriatlon ¬
dignation was not yet cooled cooledBat cooledBut
Bat it isnt Mrs Grayson said saidHobart saidHobart
Hobart at least the editor of the theMonitor theMonitor
Monitor doeeMtot think so Listen ListenThe ListenThe
The campaign in behalf of our party partyhas partyhas
has begun in the West and we have felt feltthe feltthe
the need of thoroughly reliable news newsfrom newsfrom
from that quarter free from the sen sensaUnnalism sennationalism
nationalism and levity which we are sorry sorryto sorryto
to say ay so often disgrace our American Americannewspapers Americannewspapers
newspapers and make them compare un unfavorably Unfavorably ¬
favorably with the graver and statelier stateliercolumns stateliercolumns
columns of the English press pressHe pressHe
He is an az Englishman himself said saidHai saidHaieyAmerican
Hai HaieyAmerican ley American opinion through an anEnglish anEnglish
English channel channelEven channeLEven
Even Jimmy Grayson laughed laughed4At lauhodAt
4At At test we have obtained this infor informaticn informatlon
maticn continued Hobart reading roadingand
4 and w we are able to present It today todaytc
a tc those earnest and sincere people the tbecultivated thecultivted
cultivated minority who really count and andwho andwho
who constitute the leaven in the mass massof massof
of the light and frivolous American peo people P00ile ¬
ple A trusted correspondent correap ndent of ours ju juUicions jujicIona
Uicions impartial absolutely devoid of ofprejudice ofprejudices
prejudice has obtained from high highsources highioUrees
sources with which common journalistic journalisticcircles Journalisticrides
circles at are never In touch touchHow touchHow
How the bird befouls its own neat neatsaid nestsaid
said the elderly Tromaine TromaineInformation Tromameinforinadon
Information that will throw much muchlight muchlight
light upon a campaign a d a candidate candidateboth candidateboth
both obscure hitherto This we tmseat tmseatupon IWeseDtupon
upon anothw page ia and and as ocr cultivated cultivatedreaders cultivatedreaders
readers will readily inter the candidate candidateMr catididateMr
Mr Grayson Is not a bad man manTbnk manThanks
Thanks for that crowning marcy marcysaid mercysaid
said > r Grayson Graysonbut Grysoabit
but neither Is he a great one In Inshori Inshorihe short shorthe
he is at least for the present narrow narro
and provincial moreover ho is of eras an im imIjulslve Impulsive
Ijulslve temperament teniperznwntthat that is likely to lead leadhim leadhim
him into untrodden and anddangeiinis dangerous paths patosCur pathsCtlr
Cur beat hope lies Iirth In the fact tact that Mr MrGrayson DIrGaaoh
Grayson who has not shown hitatlf in intractable IntrcthbIe <
tractable may be brought to see this ami amiwill aiidwill
will rely on the advice Off those who whoare wh whare
are fitted to lead rather tljan upon the thereckless thereckless
reckless fanaJes of the Boys BOrS who are aresure aresure
sure to surround Itfjri If he gl gives es them a aehance j jchance
chance In this emergency we are stir surthat stirt
that t all the beet In the State will ralb ralbwith raibwith
with us The eyes ef Europe are UPS upous UPSu
us u and we must vindicate ourselves ourselvesUncle ourseve ourseveUncI
Uncle James 38me1 said Sylvia Morgar Morgarstvectly Morgarswe4tly
stvectly I trust that you youtlfl will reinemb reinembthroughout rmembtht
throughout tht iIghout tlre cssnpalgn that the eye ye yeEur6pe o ofiuropa
fiuropa Is upon you ana sbhdu t yoursel yourselaccordingly yourselnccordlngb
accordingly I hayenptc havenot4cedtht d < tbat in man manof manof
of rur ur speeches you seemedrtobe unc uncscions unczcloiis
scions of the fact thai Vienna and nd ndPdrsburg S SPersburg
Persburg werewiMchJng w6w 4cfIIi you Such uch be behavior behevior ¬
havior will never do doMr doMt
Mr Grayson Grays n smiled once more He Heseemed Heaeued
seemed to be less disturbed Ufan tlan any anyune anyuric
uric else at the table yet al T he e Knew that thatthis thatthis
this was In intruth truth a awaruIflggVen warning g en by an animportant animporazit
important wing of the par pry ir and there therefore therefore ¬
fore he must take tilt thought ef e It A Aprominent Apromijient
prominent politician of MicHigan was waspresent wspreaciat
present the guest of Mr Grjwon and andhe andhe
he dWnotteka did not take the threat as calmly as asthe asthe
the candidate candidateTlie candidateThe
The writer of this dispatch is with wfthyour withyour
your party I jnippose he said to Mr MrGrayson MrGtayson
Grayson GraysonOh GtaysonOh
Oh Oh yes it ttisMr Is Mr Churchill tirchiii fH He ha habeen baa baabeen
been with us since the start startI
I would not let him go a wHe 11e farther farthera fartlera
a man who Writes like that thatwhy why It Ita a apositive apositive
positive Insult to you youlahouid should not be al allowed 1 1I ¬
lowed I wed on your train trainThe
0 The Michigan mans face flush flusbd red redand rednail
and in his anger angerhe he brought hie hand down downheavily dovnheaviLy
heavily on the table bat Harley did not notlook apt aptlook
look at t him Ms full attention being re reserved reserved ¬
served for the candidate Here was a atest atat
test tat of his nm bigness Would he prove prorequal proveftiual
equal to it itI itI
I am afraid tat that would be a mistake mistakejaid mistakesaid
said Jimmy Grayson amiably to io ioMichigan tb tbMichigan >
Michigan man a mistake ia two re respects respects ¬
spects otu QUr GoastltuUotf guarantees th threedem the thefreedom
freedom of the th nressVand pre i the Monitor and andits andits
its correspondent have a right to writ writthat wtitthat
that way wyif if they wish to ox do > so and K w we wewereto j jwere
were wereto to expel Mr Ir Churchill It would grv grvtfitm ghe ghethem
them all the greater ground for complaint complaintNow ComplaintNow
Now perhaps I am aft after r all a narrow narrowand narrowrind
and ignorant person who needs restraint restraintHe restralitHe
He spoke the last sentence in such a awhimsical awhimsical
whimsical tone and with such a a frank franksmite frai fraismile
smite that they were were all forced to lau laugh laughtten fu fujsven
jsven the Michigan man But ut Hurley felt felttelief feltzeftef
telief The candidate Had shown ao lit littltfttess littleb4as
tltfttess tltfttessI S
I was sure that you yonwould would return stieb stieban eneban
an answer aniwer Uncle James said Sylvia SylviaMorgan SylviaMorgan
Morgan and the look Unit Uiat sne he gave him himnas himwas
was full of faith Now Im I maan aa to hep hepyou haipyou
you by converting Me ChurchBL ChurchBLHow ChurchULHow
How will you do thatr thatrI that
I shall smile upon him use seamy my wfonteg wfontegways windtnaways
ways and draw him into the fold foldThere foldThere
There was a slight edge to her voice voiceand voiceand
and Harley was net sure nre of hr meaning toeaningbut meaningbut
but he and she were together in the par parlor r rbr ¬
lor an hour later when they met Churchill Churchillaad Churchilland
and he had a chance chance5 to see Churcbill Churcbillevidently Churcrllievidently
evidently was not expecting to find them themthere themthere
there but he assumed on Important air airknowing airknowIng
knowing that his otopatcbes had been re received received ¬
ceived and read and feeling therefore thereforethat thereforethat
that he was the author of a sensatkxo sensatkxoHe nensatloaHe
He anticipated hostility he believed that thatMr thatMr
Mr Grayson3 relatives and friends would wouldassail wouldassail
assail him with harsh words and be bad badspoken hadspoken
spoken already to one or two persons of ofthe ofWe
the six months ordeal that he would have haveto haveto
to endure But we nwsf musi stand such suchthings auththings
things when they are incurred in the theline theline
line of duty he said and I have a a way waywhich waywhich
which perhaps win teach them to be benot benot
not so ready in attacking me He ex expected oxpected ¬
pected such a foray against him h1i now nowand nowand
and his manner became haughty in the tbepresence theIweauce
presence of Sylvia Morgan and Harley
We Wethai that It all of ushave just been beenreading beenreading
reading yonr dispatch in the Monitor Monitorshe Monitorshe
she said in a most winning tone and andIn andIn
In behalf of Uncle James I want to tothank tothank
thank you Mr Churchill ChurchillChurchill ChurchillChurchill
Churchill looked surprised but doubt j
fill and did not abate the sdffn sttffnes 0s of ofWe 1
hIaattItnde nor the severity of his gae
We do feel grateful to you she con continued ¬ i
tinned in the same winning tone Therewas There Therewas
was never a man more willing than Uncle i
James to learn and coming out of tht th
depths of the West he knows that he heneeds heneeds
needs help And how beautifully
beautifully y you youwrite Q Qwrite
write Mr Churchill It was all put so
delicately that no one could possibly
take offense offenseIt offenseIt
It was impossible to resist her man manner manner ¬ I
ner the honey of her words and
Churchill who felt alt that she sh was but bitt giv cl ¬ i
lag credit where credit was wa dOe became
less stern sternDo stern sternDo
Do you really like it Miss Morgan
he asked and permitted
be permitted himself a asmile asmUe
smile smileOh smUeOh
Oh yes she replied and I noticed noticedthat
that the Monitor
atone contained an anarticle anarticle
article of this character ail about those
big men who are watching over Uncle UncleJames UncleJames
James and will 11 not let him go wrong
That is what you correspondents call a abeat abeat
beat isnt it itChurchill ItT ItTChurchill
Churchill cave Harley HarIe a glance of oftriumph oftriumph 1
triumph but he replied repI gravely gravef gravefl
I believe It Is what we call a a beat beatMiss beatMiss
Miss Morgan MorganAnd MorganAnd
And you will continue to help us in inthe inthe
the same way wont you Mr Charchill Charchillst Charchillrshe
st she e continued You know who those thosegreat thoegreat
great men are Sir Harley here I am amsure antsure
sure does not nor does do Mr Blalsdel nor norMr norMr
Mr Hobart you alone as the Monitor Monitorsays MonItorsays
says can come into touch with such Im Important itsportent ¬
portent circles and 541 you will warn us usagain usagain
again and again in the columns of the
Monitor when we are about to get into intothe intoth
the th wrong path Oh it would be a great greatservice greatservice
service and I know that Uncle James Jameswould Jameswould
would appreciate It You will be with withus withus
us throughout the campaign and you will willhave vilI vilIhave
have the chance Now promise me Tr TrChurchill MrChurchill
Churchill that you win do it itHer itHer
Her manner bad become most appeal appealIng appealIng
Ing and her face was slightly flushed flushedIt HushedIt
It was not the first time that Harley Harleyrealized Harleyrealized
realized how handsome she was and how howwinning bowwinning
winning she could be It was his first firstthought firstthought
thought then what a woman this moun mountain mcmitarn ¬
tarn maid would make and d his second secondthat secondthat
that King Plummer should continue to tolook tolook
look upon her as his daughter daughtershe she was wastoo wastoo
too young to be his wife wifeNor wileNor
Nor Wfis Churchill proof proo against her horbeauty herbeauty
beauty and her blandishments He felt fehsuddenly feltsuddenly
suddenly that for her sake ho heould could over overlook overlook ¬
look some of Mr Graysons faults oral oralleast or at atleast
least seek to amend them It was wa not nothard nothsrd
hard to make a promise to a pair of oflovely oflovely
lovely eyes that craved his help helpWell helpWell
Well Miss Morgan he said gracious graciously ¬
ly since It Is you who ask it I will do domy domy
my best You know I am not really tics hostile ticstHe ¬
tile to Mr Grayson The Monitor and I Iare Iare
are of his party and we shall certainly certainlysupport certainlysupport
support him as long as he will let us usYou usYou
You are so kind she said You have haveseen haveseen
seen so somuch much of the world Mr Churchill Churchillthat Churchillthat
that you can help us greatly Uncle UncleJ UncleIjtmes
J Ijtmes mes as I told you Is always willing willingto
to learn and he will keep a a sharp watch watchon watchon
on the Monitor MonitorThe MonItorThe
The Monitor as I need ne not tell you yousijd yowsild
sijd Churchill Is the chief organ in inNew iiNew
New York of good government and ItIs ItIsnever It is isnever
never frivolous or inconsequential I had hadhoped hadhoped
hoped that what I sent from Milwaukee Milwaukeewouid Milwaukeewouid
wouid have its effect and I am glad to tose tosee
se see Miss Morgan that it has hasChurchill hagChurchill
Churchill now permitted himself a smile smilelonger miie miielonger
longer and more complacent and Har HarI3y Harldy
I3y felt a slight toych of pity that any
man should be b blfnded thus by conceit conceitAnd conceItAnd
And Sylvia did not spare him by alter alternate altersate ¬
sate flattery and appeal she he drew him himfurther himfurther
further Into the tolls f flg and Harley was
surprised at hefskill heskl1l Snodidnot Sfdld Sfdldto seem seemto
to him now tt t girl from rom Idaho the thechild thechild
child of ofthemO the moon zithis tains and a dof of massacre massacrebut massathe massathebut
but a woman of variable moods mo di and all allof allef
of them hem attractive no Whit nlt Interior to tonar tonor
nor Eastern sisters in tho thodeilcate delicate ajrs ajrsoad a1sind
oad graces that he was wont to toLae asso assorl
rl Lae e with f femitiine minJne perfection perfectionAs porfeo io ioAs
As for Churchill hje lte VJelded completely completelyo
o her spell not without some condeseon condeseonion condegoonInn
ion anda memory of his Qwnsvperlority Qwnsvperloritymi
mi he felt himself Idma f willing to comply with withicr withtsr
icr rwjuest particularly because StIn StInolved It In Inolve
olved olve no sacrifice on onI fclg lti own part 4Ie 4Ieind Ie Iepd
ind pd the Mttpltor would certainly keep keeptch keepatch
atch tch over Mr SraysonaVidno ayidu ali 1oI wpuld wpuldlever ipIIIdieVer
lever hesitate 1eeItate to Wwrfte wjrtte the words ords of oCwnrn oCwnrng wnrn wnrng
g whenever he fi t tbatlaty werenced werencedd werencedWhy wera need needii
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Why wit did you treat him that way waysked way waysired
sired Harley Harleywhea when ChurcftlUTiad ChurCIIlli lia l goa goaWhat gopo gopoVhat
What do you mean by t that it w way wayabe yr yrshe
she asked and her chin tcfok tcfok9i oil a auplift saujcy saujcyuplift
uplift upliftWell upliftWell S
Well to be plain why did dbyou you mako mnk a af atool
f tool eol of hteJT biar biarWmy r rWasny
Wasny help Deeded DeededHarley ceded cededHii
Harley Hii l laugted laugtedDont iugt e1 S
Dont be too bam on Churchill ChurcblIIiie ChurcblIIiiesaid he hesaid
said hes the creature creature of circumstance ofclrcumstinCeI3eske circumstanceResides
Resides you must not forgot forgcittha1 that he is iscolng Isgoing
going to watch over Mr Grayson GraysonChurchill GraysonChurchIll
Churchill did not join th genera1 group groupuatll groupuntil
until shortly before the deptirturc for or the theevening theevening
evening speech and then He approached approachedwlin approachEdwith
with ah undeniable air air of obotiiIty bo tilUy andd anddfepee anddatnine
fepee expecting to toe attacked and hay having hay1D ¬
ing 1D in readiness the weapons with whtch whtchhe whIhbe
he had assured himself that he could re repel repel ¬
pel U them em Miss Morgan 1 Is true had hadreceived hadreceived
received bits well but she so he had bo bogun begun
gun to believe was a girl of perception perceptionand perceptionand
and discrimination dls rlmleatlon and the tine taste tasteshown tasteshown
shown by byber her would not bte 1 exhibited bS bSothers bSothers
others The candldat surprising him himmuch hipimuch
much received him cordially cordiaK though not noteffvsirely ot oteffusively
effusively and h be was made welcome in insmtilar Insimilar
similar manner by h the oth others rs There wsas wsasno ns nsno
no alLusion whatever to his dispatch brit brithe btfthe
he found hiiasehV hiaseIi included In the generil generilgoesip generfllgossip
gossip Just ao If he o were one ne ef a group groupof groupof
of good comrades comradesYet S
Yet Churchill was not wholly pleaced pleacedHis jlessedHis
His great stroke seemed to be Igflhrdd Inordd bj bjall b ball
all c rxeept > xc pt Miss Morgan Organ when wbenthayought wbenthayoughtto thaj ought oughtto
to be sr sred d deeply by It and andhe he felt a asense asense
sense o imralslrfd ImjforLanck imfori ik TThere TThereshould rhte rhteshould
should bf b no oa coafunkinamoag ustoo among thera > or orat orat
at leaat trepidation He cloeely studied studiedthe studedthe
the facts of Mr Grayson and the tenets tenetsto hes hesto
to see if they the welrfe hiSsWng their fire firebut 1robut
but no attack attacl came either then or later laterThus laterThun
Thus two or three day pasd paoeedandthe paoeedandthecampaign and the thecampaign
campaign deepened an and popular 4tarest 4tarestincreased 3steresthwrcaed
increased Not since the eve of the civil civilwar clviiwar
war bad there been such complexity and andintensity andlnenaity
intensity of interests i tereEts and n nover v r before beforehad beforehad
had the personal fcior f ter been 50 o stceng stcengOut geng gengOut
Out of the vast turmoil quickly emerged emergedJames emergedJames
James Grayaon a at tl the e moat pttturepquf pttturepquffigure pltureqiflgure
figure that ever appeared tfpontbe ilpim the stage stageof stageof
of national poUUc In America Ills pow powerful powertui ¬
erful oratory his daring and his mag magnetic magnetic ¬
netic personality drew the ayes es of all and andHarley andHArley
Harley saw that wherever he might be bethere betere
there the fight would be thickest The Thecorrespondent Thecorrespondente
correspondent intuition had been right righthe righthe
he bad come oomefxom f com a away war on Ute other side sideof sideof
of tbe world wo ld to enter another greater greatercampaign greatercwpaia
campaign one onE in which mlAd eowit counted d for formore formo
more moreI mo
I mothe to the candMate In his rising groatn greatness greatnesswas ss sswas
was even a hero to his fll ovtn family and andfrom andttdfn
from none did he draw greater dmfara idmtiatlrosi dmfaration
tion than from his niece Sylvia Morgan MorganA
A fierce champion of tbe West she al always 1 1ways ¬
ways bitterly resented the tinconjcfotM tinconjcfotMPatronage naconicloisltroetage
Patronage of the East which was really reallythe reallythe
the natural patronag of age rather than thanof thanof
of convinced superiority and her ancles anclestriumph un tes testriumph
triumph tilled her with delight because becauseto
to her mind it was the triumph of th thWest the theWest
West that she loved to welL Inspired Inspiredwith Inspiredwith
with this feeling she appealed to Harley Harleyabout Harleyabout
about the dxth or seventh day of the thecampaign tecampaign
campaign for his opinion on its result resultand resultand
and the correspondent hesitated over bM bManswer hmanswer
answer He found that his feeling to toward toward ¬
ward her in thin week had changed great greatly greatly ¬
ly file elements in her character which whichat whichat
at first seemed to him masculine and for forward o oward ¬
ward were now much modified and soft softened softsued ¬
sued always the picture of that child In Inthe
the mountains alone among her dead deadrose deadrose
rose before him and then followed the thepleture
of the little girl borne away on on onht
ra ht > saddlebow by the thEbiave brave borderer II IIwiid Iliw4dd
wiid w4dd think of her now wKna with a singular singularsoftness
softness a real pity for those misty days dayswhich dayswhich
which she herself had almost forgotten forgottenHence forgottenHeave
Hence he hesitated because whet be bedeemed hedeemed
deemed to be the truth would have in It Ita ita
a sting for her But her be clear eyes In Instantly Instantly ¬
stantly read hi his hesitation hesitationYou hesjtatlonYou
You need not be afrakl to tell me your yourreal
real opinion Mr Harley she said If Ifyou Ifyou
you think the chances are against Uncle UncleJainea
James I should like yen to say so soI
1 do think they are against him now nowalthough nowalthough
although they may not be so o later laterrepded laterreplied
replied he equivocating with himself a alittle alIttle
little It is an uphill fight and than thanone theaon
one on can easily deceive ones self In a anation anation
nation of eighty or ninety millions even evena evena
a mfnrity can surround a candidate with witha
a multitude of people and a astrm storm of en enthusiasm cothuotasm ¬
thusiasm thusiasmBat thuotasmI3tit
Bat JJncie James is the greatest cam campaigner campaigner ¬
paigner ever nominated for the Presi Presidency PreLdOWy ¬
dency she sb said and we shall shaltyot yet win winHarley winHarley
Harley said nothing In reply but he liegladly
gladly noticed her refusal to be discour discouraged discouraged ¬
aged like 1ilc other people having an admi admiration admiration ¬
ration for courage and spirit In fact factit factit
it seemed to him that she bad a cheer cheerfulness cheerfuhisEs ¬
fulness somewhat beyond the occasion occasionThree occaslonThree
Three days later laterthey they were In PiUs PJttsburg PiUsburg
burg then thanshe she received a letter addressed addressedIn addreesedIn
In a strong heavy hand her name being beingspelled beingspelled
spelled in large letters Sylvia Morgan Morganwas Morganwas
was alone in the hotel parlor when it was wasbrougnt wtisbrought
brought to her and a strange shadow tfr tfrrather Orrather
rather the shadow of a shadow came cameover cameover
over her face as she held it uneasily in inher inher
her fingers and Icoked at the Idaho post postmark postmark ¬
mark in the corner She knew the hand handwriting handwriting ¬
writing well and she knew that It was wasa wasa
a true index to the character of its au author authorrough ¬
thor thorrough rough strong and large That hand handwriting handwriting ¬
writing could not lie neither could he heShe lieShe
She continued to hesitate with the letter letterIn letterIn
In her hand it was the first time that thatahr thatshe
she had ever dent lon so wltlj a letter of lila hieand lilaand
and she felt t tiat at she was disloyal She Shebeard Sheheard
beard a voice in the other parlor parlorthe parlorthewide the thewide
wide doors between were open It was the thevoice thewIco
voice of Harley speaking to h hr r uncle uncleand uncleand
and a flush crept into her pheeks Tbeo Tbeoshe Tbeoshe
she shook herself in a sudden little whirl whirlof whIrlif
of if anger and abruptly opened the letter letterwith letterwith
with a swift tearing sound Itf5 Iwas was a alonger alonger
longer letter than he usually wrote trotearfd trotearfdhe aria ariah
h he said
v vMy
I IM7
My Dears Dearem LiUfe Sylvia 1 have havetwo bWn here just justfere
two bMKS 3 and I tell eR yen the sight of f Idaho IthOi is isgood ISuod
good uod IK the ejM erathough tiowgh it woaW be better btterWyou btterWyouc yoo yooliUte
c hers with as ee aeonwUl to all the tIne tIneftWeone
liUte ftWeone ftWeoneShe one oneShe
She paused a moment looking away awayand awayand
and the shadow > of Uio shadow came cameNick cameick
Nick to her face Then she murmured murmuredHe
He is i the best man in j the worldr world and andresolutely andresclutely
resolutely went on onTbe onThe
The maw I see ef ttecOMr Swtes tM baiter I like likeIdfcho likeIdaho
Idaho and I lft ifte next best those that are ararmost ararmostlEe most mostufee
lEe it Bwry peak out here nodded a welcome to me meas in ines
as I eaaM to OB the train Ire known them them all au for fortfefrtj f fthirtr
tfefrtj y ars I WM a Httle afraid of Urtm at first firsttosy thatthey
they were so UU and wl eo1enn mn with tacit white whitecreate vbltcreate
create bat we are old friends now uoicIII Ill hare Inraanth Inraanthcet a wte wteere
ere cet rajsetf Iwore long and Ito fairly taU now nowtbovsfa oowthonh
tbovsfa perhaps ps 111 Pt new be solemn And I drew drewa
a d daep ep keith and a king breath the Crt one 4n 4niaj jnt1575
t1575 iaj the th momeat I crossed toe Idaho line The TheBaet fli fliEast
East sits rather bw beay yoa on me he called milc milcthe Chicac Chicactbe >
the East and ad H e eyes 8 get tired with so many manywopJe iauyeo1e
wopJe eo1e ptsstog before them Now w Im Im not nm nmatoK mnning
atoK down the Bart wbica is all right in its o own ownw n nw
w y bet I am aa glad we hare so nth nthand mountain mountainand
and amwatered plain out here becaasethen becanse then the thentofite theeee
eee ntofite can ueTesr g get t so thirk that they tread tretdyou on
aot et that tkey wean to do it lint crowds shore shorejatt shorent
jatt nt bus thai cant help helpit helpitSylsIa it itSylvia
Sylvia smiled and for amjsment a moment tiiere tiiereas there theret
t as a little trio mosture sture In her eyg eS Good Goodthe tjjd
d dqddy Mi mzrmurfcL mehv mehvthe
the pet name Baddy seemed seemedjust just to
1
lit him Then th the resolute little frown frowncame frowncarneerjafacd
came carneerjafacd qveKlioEff ace again gain and she went on onAs ona
As a rsafcKWIavlK a good State I Hk it wfcwi wfcwijam whnI
I jam here and I like it sH th the better when 1 1conw Icoe
conw back to ft God Gods peolfl liv lie ia tb the w Kocky KockyMountain R0C13Joqntaln
Mountain State Statee Uttd that is a Te5SOfl As n why I am amoreljiot amorsItot
oreljiot orsItot W ti irate ywir iincK Jam James dented Hs Hsfore liehore
fore of < Gods pcpiil pc too tooand aad they Uaw hat ne neer neerret er ernt
nt Bad a nian ot ov rttting in UM Wilt House Housedam Housedaiir
dam there at Whlo8ton and nd boaster the i irtUuk Oq OqI >
rtUuk I thith majh be will touch < tbwi a new trick or ortwo ortwo
two ii mnninp the oidtfctp ot atM t4 B Dut t iiIila iiIilaI Jl I II
I kin m not thiakias thtnktu so P niu 7mth eiea of Wm as I am of ofyou ofo
you o I toow t that I as a good 004 d deal l oW older r than thnrou thanToe
Toe M p people pK HCt yeaH iaapLbutIcantraIy bat I caa traly Mr Mrthat MYthat
that 07 heart i ii soaae and J think that I will willbe vI vIbee
be bee a husky chap for a mod bog oec time itnieto to come comeVoa anneon
Voa on Tcncw i re bd you n ieariy riy aji W y r lieSrhU lieSrhUdad IIICS71515aed
dad wehaw tbtadrftaUs of f JiwwiBg ksonIa mob o othr othrYqu r rY
Y Yqu a are oa to an 5 ny in cartesrttaat is you 6u doat doathate dontIiaos
hate to t get et marred tp tpiaetfl meto 1Mm totmmy XflY Iz8lgs Iz8lgsI i JHBfi JHBfiI
I sne piesa I bareat Uw 1ioUtb W that < at Uw these t Swtera Swteraffllmrs totem totemhiws
ffllmrs pot B 1 or tint fe rot o on them hat bntoutliere hatout
out outliere be e ia tbeatmntaiiM the aeuntains I awnatrte seoSebodyT seoSebodyTjva MiSebOdYyou +
you jva mist kt K has a lUtfe SyW 511cMaid i it a man taandoesnt mannt
doesnt nt bmr t ppstt tt3 tar ito Mrs < Aiiiduarhtt hwnPIasunir hwnPIasunirra Bfr Bfrlit
lit hafe to et oat rav my oW iixdM6UtI hafeat hafeatcarried Maatmried
carried one now for oi i tn a jwarsaad Mtooi oo all the thehair thebakothetnpotbleboEd
hair bakothetnpotbleboEd off t e lop of afe > tad tadHe S SS
S He thlnlqj thInItJws bf s joking Ju3iii b iilt t I bellexe bcltciohe bcltcioheiv i e ew
w iiia do Ik Dear Deat old dadfly murmured murmuredIUurff murmuredya
ya
IUurff 1 think yon o evht to tobeMe bw e Mia M PteB Pinmma c now nowWria mowqyitt
Wria bat I piM Im WflUa lRte J lb wfelf wwriiit nsja t teaiBpalgn t5h t5hcftipaIgLIemc
eaiBpalgn cftipaIgLIemc fa wot lrcm ir < mtfif skttbe wIflhi1 wIflhi1to imi imito
to wait wait if hr wtiUai ietitM he eta pet t such a r a oil oili1rsg d dthiac
thiac i1rsg Stfll I v b 14k te t 10 U ththk > k ot J ito away o othere otfste
there i i tbeiia tbeitast u M BMW tbomaa4 < i of isi1s isi1sawty 1 1awiyfnuu >
awiyfnuu awty front rn rae wh iltipre > r there ai are 55 > frISSO rieiidy od odxmntalw o ozountafsm
xmntalw to knfc l down own on yon e and watch over overjwt overyost
jwt led Im dad a4 Ti that t aiy titUe sW Id te IsYiat B BYart
Yart male m mtt 7r lit try lo set dflwi d j pstot rtoftH rtoftHnay th thflay
nay 417 qr tO o Nebraska or K Kisa BMB to rat JOB 1 1CM
CM safes waecI wbecIatc aato you doM by tWn tbidlf K aPrr hV of oftbbec Oftitc
tbbec ywg f Mtera fcO fcltows w > tfco dos d try to kidnap kidntpmi kidnaprei
mi 9fd eii ran mwaywkh ysb my a Md Mdbtkavea Wste b9oW b9oWBad
Bad btkavea tt BATC a word to Mr MrThe 7 7The
The sudden flush rose to her check chaeke jit jitthis tt ttthis
this new Jok jokeiiub b aha muanured nothing nothingTbe nothingTherest
Tbe Therest rest of oftjioJet tbe Ijater rnraaabeut was < about p yoApI yoApIwhom plt pltwhojn
whom they knew kte In Boise and elsewhere elsewherein elaeiiberein
in Idaho a aI d It toeed loee4Dont toeedDaot
Daot think Im jiwnas tnabiax at mr mryl y am amlMt
yl k Mt sao fl be M t h b I iMt Mar r coa coabek ons onsptst
ptst 4thst yen zd thie is wki I east os osbeet
beet to 4t Itmt nt M seas M iou cwi aa aaa aaaYoara camsYoiaTI
Yoara toviodr WILlXOt PLOLMBU PLOLMBUShe pzgLlgnShe
She folded the letter carefully and nd put it itback ItbaCk
back in the envelope Then site sat for a along atong
long time and her look was one of ofmingled ofrpinfed
mingled tenderness and mi sadness H Her Hermind r rmind
mind t too o rai i back beekInto Into the past and shehad she shehad
had a dim vlstbVof vI i ottiit the little child who whowasher whowas
was washer S hOrIf If lx bofan > fmt away on his saddle saddlehom sadIehorn
horn by tfc the 5tn tr ng mouitaineer who Fed Fedbet rVs1her
her safely in thebellow of his arm And Andtlien Andthen
then the years i Uowed UOIV II ao and l she always alwaystodked
100 todked ed to the meuiitaroecr met itaIner i or protection protectionn protectiontdthe
n tdthe OUw k lovethat > vecl > at was never wanting but butit butIt
it was t always ibs Hie protection aad love of ofone o ooIz
one oMar and a d stronger than herself < m mvfro ate atewho
who belonged beIongcdto > to to tite generation arecetflng arecetflngher ing ingher
her own ownMr > rS
> Mr Oray Graybp bpv Harley atd the others otherswere otherswere
were were gone and she he heard np voteesIn the thenext thenext
next parlor She reulioed with sudden suddenness sudeetaness ¬
ness how strongly and io how brief a alimelhis aJ
limelhis J ti this Hills group 1rev raveSng g tbrpdglt a avast asat
vast sat cM country ntry had become w walded l4e4 together tegdUterby togetherby
by the very circumstances of their travel travelte travelthe
te domiad < 5omrtdeshlpof hlp of the road madend and she shesighed shesighed
sighed She and andfM > Grayson were wereabout wereabout
about to leave them and return to the theGrayson th thOraynon
Grayson hcmt in the West because becausewomen beeauaweaneD
women no mattr how nearly related relatedcould reItedcould
could not be t Ui1ken fcen all the way on an anarduous anrduouai
arduous campaign of six months She Shehadf ShehaestJoyed
haestJoyed hadf Hjoyed this tIle which wio ahnoc ahnocthe a1i oe oethe <
the life oC a sQMkrthe > Wi < r the crpwd cw e t the e en enthusiasm enthuslasm ¬
thusiasm the murmur then the cheersof cheers cheersof
of thousands of vote voices the flight oa swift swifttrams swIfttrains
trams from one eai city to another the dash dajrtifor dashfor
for tfc the station stationsomtimee sometimes before befuredayUght befuredayUghtand daylight daylightand
and all the freshness and keenness of ofyouth oflouth
youth abdtU her She had aimtatod flhIlmd she shehad shehad
had become one o or the group and now nowthat nowthat
that she was to leave It for a white she sheUou sheiiL
Uou iiL a deep sense of loss lossThere lossThere
There was ag a step beside her and Mrs MrsGrayson MrsCrsya
Grayson the quiet the tactful and the theoteertant theolertnt
oteertant entered enteredWhy enteredS
S Why Sylvia kite said you are sit sittlns sitting
ting In the darts dartsShe darkShe
She touched the button turned on the theelectric theelectric
electric lights and noticed the letter lying Jytagin lyingin
in the girls hand Her glance passed passedswiftly pannedswiftly
swiftly to Srhrtas face and as swifUy swifUypassed swlftljiaeed
passed away She knew Instinctively the thewriter thewriter
writer of the letter but she saM noth nothing noth1ng ¬
ing waiting for Sylvia herself to speak speakr j
I have a a letter from Mr Ptommer PtommersaM PlummersaId
saM Sylvia SylviaWhat i iWteat
What does be s aNot r rNot
Not much besides his arrival arrhalat at Boise Boisejust Boisejust
just some fooUsltnrss foolishnessof of his hi yon kww kwwhow kiic v vhow
how belbveato he toveg to Jest JestYes jeelYea
Yes I have long known thai said saidAirs saidMs
Airs Graysoo but she noticed that Sylvia Sylviamade Sitwinmade
made no otter ° er to shew tb tbIetter letter Hitherto Hithertothe Hithertothe
the letters ef fOag Ptunmer had bean beEnread i iread
read by all the th Oraysons as a matter of ofcourse ofcourse
course Just as one shares Interesting toteresttosnews Interestingnews
news newsHe newsUcla He Ucla is a agsod ge a man and he will be a agood agood
good hnslMUtd said Mrs Chimes She Shewas SheWas
was for the moment ruthless wIth a pur purpose purpose ¬
pose and 1i41 when Wefl she he saM sa the word al although although ¬
though affecting not to watch she saw sawthe sawthe
the girl flinch dInchever ever so little but still she shelUnched i ift
ft lUnched lUnchedThe che < J JE
The E e best wan in the world repeated repeatedSylvia repeatedSylvia
Sylvia Morgan softly softlyAnd sedtlyAnd
And yet there are other gilled men mensaid mensaid
said Mrs Grayson quietly quletI On Ono good goodman goodmilD
man does dQesnot not exclude Ute existence of an another anS anSylvia ¬
other otherSylvia
S
Sylvia looked up at her but she ali failed failedto failedto
to take her meaning Her qulst aunt auntsometimes auntgometlnies
sometimes spoke In paraMee and waited waitedfor waitedor
for or events to todiselone disclose her meaning meaningMrs meaningMrs
Mrs Grajson and Mfce Morgan were wereto wereto1ve
to to1ve leave for the West the next afternoon afternoonand afternoonand
and shortly before then departure Harley Harleycame Harleycame
came to tell them a temporary goodby goodbySylvia goodbySylvia
Sylvia and he chanced to be alone for a alittle alittle
little while and she genuinely lamented lamentedhar lamentedlint
lint departure departurethey they had become franker frankerfriends frankerfriends
friends in these later days daysI
I do not bee e why women cannot go gothrough gothrough
through a political campaign from be beginning begintlng ¬
ginning to end she said Fin sure vre vrecan wecan
can help Uncle James and there will be betoo besissy
too ° ° eo ° many interesting thing to see It Itwill Itwill
will be like a war without the wounds woundsand woundsand
and death I dont want to roles mm any anyof j jof
of It ItI itI
I half agree with you said Harley Harleysmiling Hrleysmiling
smiling and I know that it would be a agreat a agrct
great deal nicer nicerfor for the rest of us it you youand youand
and Mrs Grayson could gcr along alongHe alonglIe
He paused and he bad a sudden bold boldthought boldthought
thought thoughtS
S If anything specially interesting hap happens hapPCD8 ¬
pens that the newspapers dont tell about aboutwill aboutwill
will you let me write you ac account of ofit ofIt
it he asked I should really like to totell totell
tell you youShe youShe
She flushed ever so little but she was vrasof wasf
of f the freeandopen West Vest and Harley Harleyalways Harleyalways
always gave gaveher her the impression of cour courteous courteous ¬
teous strength strengthhe he would wjuld take no liber liberties liberties ¬
ties tiesYou
You can write she said briefly and andthen andthen
then she Immediately regretted her do docfsfon doclson
cfsfon It WAS the thought of King KingPlumimlr KingPlumnrdr
Plumimlr that made her regret It biz buzshe bizshe
she had too much pride to change it now novrHarley nowHarley
Harley was at the train with Mr Gray Grayson Grayson
son when she and Mrs Grayson left leftand loftand
and Sylvia found that he had seen to toeverything t teverything
everything connected with their JourncyTi JourncyTiWithout jonrne jonrneWithout
Without making any noise and without withoutappearing j
appearing to work much he accomplished accomplsheda I Ia
a good deal She had an Impulse one oneto on ontotliauk
to totliauk thank him but she restrained restrainedlt it an anShe < J Jshe
she gave him a goodby that was neither neithercobl neithercob
cob nor warm just sufficiently conven conventional conventi ¬
tional ti nal to leave nc Interference whatever whateverBut whateverBut
But when the train was gone and Mr MrGrayspn MrGrayaQn
Grayspn and he were riding back in the thocab thecab
cab to the hotel the candidate spoke of ofher ofheF
her herShes
Shes a good girl Harley he said saidhe saidhe
he and Harley had grown to be such suchtrlends suchtriends
trlends that he now dropped the Mr Mrwhen Mrwhen
when he spoke directly to the correspond correspondent correspondent ¬
ent Shes real as true tru as asetoel asetoelHe steel steelHe
He spoke with emphasis but Harley Harleysaid Harleysaid
said nothing nothingThe nothingTile
The group groupsenied seemed to lose tosemuch much of Its Itsvividness Itsvividness
vividness color and variety when the thewomen thewomen
women departed but they settled down downto downto
to work the most Intense and exacting exactingthat exactingthat
that Harley had ever known All the tbegreat thegreat
great qualities of the candidate came cameout cameouthe out outhe
he seemed to be made of Iron and on the thestump thestump
stump he was without an equal if any anyone anyone
one in the audience was ready with a atroublesome atroublesome
troublesome question he was equally equallyready equallyready
ready with an apt reply nor could they theydisturb theydisturb
disturb his good humor and his smilng smilngirony smlFngirony1the
irony irony1the the rash fool fooluho who sought to deride deridehim deridehim
him always found the laugh turned upon uponhimself uponhimself
himself himselfThroughput himselfThrougliqut
Throughput the East the party was wasstirred wasstirred
stirred to mighty enthusiasm and their
antagonists who had thought the else election elsettou ¬
tion a foregone conclusion ware roused rousedfrom rousedfroi
from froi their security Again the combat combatdeepened combatdeepened
deepened and entered upon a yethott et hotter hotterphSe r rphase
phase Meanwhile Mr Goodnight Mn MnCrayon MrCrayon
Crayon and ther th r powerful faction within withinthe withintile
the tile party kept quiet for the time timeGrayson Mr MrGrayson
Grayson was not yet treading on their theirtoes theirtam
toes but he knew kn w and his friends knew knewthat knewthltt
that they were wer watching every motion motionof motionof
of his hlswlth with a hundred ayes Churchills ChurchillsMonitor ChurchutraMonitor
Monitor was constantly coming laden with withsuggestion WithsuggQstlon
suggestion advice and waning and andChurcluli andChUrelutil
Churcluli himself alternately wx wore > r a took tookof lookof
of importance and disappointment No Noone Noone
one ever made the thcslightest slightest reference to tohja tohis
his wise dispatches He had expected to tob tob
b insulted to be prosecuted to bfr a antnrtyr amartyr
martyr = for f r dutys sake and to be was wasreated Wasr9atec
reated r9atec always with courtesy courtesybut but Ws great greatwork greatVQrlt
work was gaorcd he felt that they raUat raUatscelC raCetse
scelC se it but then they might be too dull dullto dullto
to notice Its edge and weight He now nowdrew nowdrew
drew a certain consolation from his si silent si1ept ¬
lent 1ept sufforios and strengthened himself himselfanpw himselfanct
anpw for the task which We b felt required requireda
a delicate and thoughtful mind mindHarffiy mindHarThy
Harffiy wrote rthto several times to Sylvia SylviaMorgan SylviaMoign
Morgan both at Boise and at her aunts auntshpmelonr auntsIsDnielon
hpmelonr careful letters In which be bestrove bestrove
strove to confine bjnvreff to te purely purelynarrative purelynarrative
narrative form and to U > make these epistles epietleinteresting epistlesInterestIng
interesting as documents He spoke of ofmany ofMav
many Mav odd personal details by the wayan way waymiles
an even at thJ distanve Of two thOtiSltri thOtiSltrirnles
miles be ne continued to touch the campagn campagnwithtne campagilwith
withtne with the breath of life although told at atsecond atsecond
second hand handThe S
The replies came in due duetlmObtief time brief Im Impersonal itspQrponaL ¬
personal thanking him for f9r his trouble troubleand troubleand
and giving a little news of airs s Grayson GraysonKing GraysonKIng
King Plummer and herself Harley Harleywas Harleyr
was r s surprised to soe with what terseness tersenessstrength ttr5eiieZ3jtiongtb
strength and elegance she expressed hw hwself hersIf
self Perhaps Perhaps there Is a force in those thoseiriouataW thosenio
nio iriouataW iitamnc which unconsciously teaches teachesthe teaekoitile
the simplicity of power he found IO IS4 him himself bitShalf ¬
self thinking He was nurprlsxjd too toorn0 tooday
rn0 day when lac was packing his da valise valisefor vailpoO
for O a hurried start1 start to seesJl her letters lettersreposing lettersreng
reposing neatly in one onecorner corner of the afore aforewild aforeseld
wild valise Nowr Now why have I den dentftat dentthat
that be asked wJiy have I saved savedh savedbeE
> h beE w letters They take wp valuable valuablespace valuablspace
space I will destroy deetroythcnL them But when h hclosed be beclosed
closed the valise the Lb andamagod letters letterswere letterswere
were smineatly sflll neatly reposing reposingit in their allotted allottede allOtindermer
e ermer ro r rNow S
Now the campaign in the East came to toit to1w
it 1w end and their special train swun swunwestward swung swungwestWd
westward into the States suppcaed to be bemost bemost
most doubtful deubtfuiftrt first across screEn the Mississippi Mississippiand Mississippiaud
and then across the Missouri The cam campaifn campan
paifn pan entered Into a new phase amid new newconditions newondItionIn
conditions ondItionIn In a nfcw world In intactand fact and it itrequired itrepaired
required no IntuitIon for Harley to feel feelthat feelthat
that strange events eventawere were approachhig approachhigTO practihasTO
TO BE CONTIKCED NEXT N4T 8CXDAY 8CXDAYUCFE 5CDA 5CDALIFE
LIFE ON PIVE F1V A WEEK WEEKShop WEEXhop
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car was nearly empty Among Anea the pas passensers pansflgers
sensers were a little party of opglrte iopgtrisbound opglrtebound
bound for the Bronx BronxBut BronxBoat
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day for or food foodnut aot in N New w York iw girt girtwith girlwith
with the red hat was waasshs waasshsS waasshslint saying sayingBut
S But I say y she can reJaUed t one onewtth onefIts
wtth the green arean pontpoo poiw and Ii Is don donk donFor deEIt
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skeptiCKlly skeptiCKllyOh 5 5Oh
Oh now aw you do It Picas tell us ushow usbow
how you mans managed cried the others othersAnd othersS
S And may I i hear heartoo too begged a third thirdlittle thirdlIttle
little stranger from rEm the other side of the tbecar thecar
car carWell Well It Is a great deal simpler S if you youlike youlike
like doll mattresses nttr s5es began the green greenpompon greenpos
pompon pomponDoll pos S
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little stranger stnmgerOh strangerOh
Oh Oh I knowr know exclaimed one of the theother theother
other girls gtr She means those little ex excelr oxceistor
ceistor celr r btecuifs btecuifsTheyre bleeuUsTheYre
Theyre very flllnqj continued the thofirn thedrrt
firn speaker and they are only II cents centsa
a a box Then Tbentheee there Is a kind of coffee coe you youcan youcan
can get for IS I cents a a pound Dont in interrupt Interrupt ¬
terrupt I i dioat guarantee Java and aadMocha andMoths
Mocha on O cents a day dayIf dayif
If you drink two cups a day it lasts a aweek aweek
week One pound of sugar at t cents centslasts centslasts
lasts a week and so does a can of con condensed condenned ¬
denned ntnk for 10 cents Count 16 l cents centsa
a week for bread breadof of course you can cantoast cantoast
toast it itsnd14 and 14 centt for bait a pound of ofbutter ofbetter
butter and 1 IS cents a week for fruit aad aadit tudIt
it will average about 11 cents a day for forbreakfast forbresJtfant
breakfast bresJtfantPttr breakfastFor
For lunch you could have a couple of ofgood ofgood
good sandwiches and ta or cocoa cooo which whichis whichIs
is better for about H cents You can get geta geta
a good slice of cooked moat moatat at the dcnca dcncaterren delictterren
terren store for Os S cent centThat cents centsThat
That leaves you X cents for dinner dinnerand dinnerand
and it has to be a good hot one if you are aregoing aregoing
going to live a year on 5 i cents a day dayYouve dayYouve
Youve got to cut out chocolate eclairs eclairsand eclairsand
and all the sweet things that taste good goodaad goodand
and youve got to be so firm about bont it that thatyou thatyou
you hate yourself You have to think up upall upall
all the things that make good bone and aadmuscle andvpUece
muscle Spinach is fine fineYou fineYou
You will have to invest a little money moneyto moneyto
to start with at the S and 16 cent store storefor storefor
for dishes and get a utile burner that thatfastens thatfMtnS
fastens on the gas jet only d ddt 5pt let the thalandlady theIaad1ady
landlady flad it out If she does youll youllhave youllhave
have to get an alcohol lamp and eat a aSBcent aoent
SBcent oent dinner to average it up on ac account account ¬
count of the alcohol alcoholRoom alcoholItoom
Room rent rantfor for half a room of course coursecan coursecan
can be had for She if you dont mind mindstairs raindstairs
stairs or neighborhood And of course courseyou coseyou
you cant mind at least until your salary salaryis
is raised Then carfare is at least leastcents SO SOcents
cents a week weekAnd weekAnd
And laundry laundrywell welL youll have to do It Ityourself ityourself
yourself In the bathtub But you will have haveto haveto
to keep the landlady from finding that thatout thatout
out too and that Is hard to do if you dry dryyour dryyour
your handkerchiefs on the window pane paneand paneand
and the mirror mirrorThat mirrorThat
That makes 539 a week not counting countingsoap countingsoap
soap and postage stamps stampsOr stampsOr
Or olothos said the th girl with the red redhat redhat
hat hatAnd
And there are thousands and thou thousands thousands ¬
sands of shop girls in New York who get gatonly getonly
only 6 a week said one girL glrLThe girLThe
The timid little stranger got up and andtook andtook
took her old place again agalnacross across the car carI carI
I only onlyget get 6 a week she said saidAfter saidAfter
After the Ice Han HanFrom ManFrom
From the Chicago Jtarj JtarjThe ewL ewLThe
The great astrologer pointed to an anominous anominous
ominous group of stars starsThey starsThey
They tell me that you will be robbed by bya bya
a dark man before another moon whis whispered whispored ¬
pored the propHet Have you any idea ideawho idotsuio
who this dark man can i ar arThe r rThe
The domestic man sraued sadly
The cool man of course COurneheIgej COurneheIgejBALL4DE he sighed sighedBALLADE
BALLADE OP HEROES HEROESTarWuctons hEROESTarkingtons
TarWuctons bocks are of omrtly staff staffMajors stn stnMajors
Majors kaicbls at a pinch will do doUoweUs doHowells
UoweUs heroes are well month GOOBKBHoijkinson monthfloi1ktnson
Hoijkinson Smiths bare a healthy bnalth has hasOarries hasflames
flames Soots bare a kafkoae brar
Parkers CanacS very likely Ukel drinks drinksGITB 1rni 1rniGive
Give me the man with hIs ifcird in irsBenedict kbta
Benedict be be ti or squire of domea
Wbo tells wh what t he thinks be tainbs tbink tie he thinks
Give me the hero of Heray Jamosl JamoslWisters Jai JaiWiaters
Wisters cowboys are tiigbtly t tauh tauhLondon ijh ijhLondon
London lands bat a trnrnleat crew crewA cewA
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Is Harding Davis civilized Stess
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Awy and tb the dwaled r recolor id r Wiaks
When some psjelfc probkm ob3 a be taekks tekhaaed aad taaet
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Wejmaas worthies are np to aaff
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Vb Vlie cam for a character fnH of tilinka tilinkaSuch oikScch
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The ThOi i take year choice as far me ijtoial ijtoialGiro lnkaIGiremethe
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OF SOME EXISTING TREATIES
S Gallant kiI okl CJeh gin Count CointLanzn Lanza who for formoje
moje than f foprtesn ourt n years rears i msbeea been Am Ambassador Ambassador ¬
bassador of Italy to Germfcny and one oneof oneEf
of the moat popular figura6 In itarHn lor1In so society apclety ¬
ciety has insisted upon resigning his of offlce ofn
flce n and does not ntrnake make any secret about aboutadmitting aboUtadntiffln
admitting adntiffln that the altered relations be between between ¬
tween tween his own nation nationnd and the country coUntrto coUntrtoch to towhich
which ch he Is aocfefllled have rendered his hisposition hispohftOti
position quite the reverse of pleasant in inthe inthe
the Teuton 1eut n metropolis He feels all the themore tsemore
more strong strongly about abqutthe the matter owing1 owingto owingtothe to tothe
the faet ti that at t the time of his apDolnt apDolntraeat appofttts
raeat s ut by the late King HUmbept < be beunton Iennon
unton nnon between lietween the reigning houses of ofPrussia ofPruala
Prussia and of Italy and Ixjtweon their theirrespective theirrespecUvegovemonleritswss
respective respecUvegovemonleritswss goyermrientsw of the closest closestand closestand
and most intimate character a condition conditionof
of affairs which cotttimi cofltiuud d until about aboutthree abouttltr
three tltr e years years ago ag since whlcli time there therehas therehas
has been a gradually growing estrange estrangement estrangemen ¬
ment men thai has become particularly pro pronounced pronounced ¬
nounced since the failure of Vfotor Em Emmanuels Emrn ¬
manuels rn nueIs plelpatentilarld6 to sunpdrt sunpdrtthose suppilrtthOse
those of the Kaiser at the Algeclras con congress congross ¬
gross onMarpcco on Meroccu lat la spring ring The gen general genraI ¬
eral raI was wasforrnerly formerly ptapona gratlssinia at atkmneror atmperor
kmneror mperor Williams Wflhiam a court and was treated troatadnot treatedSot
not o ozfty ly by thjxt thtt i monarch bnarch but also by bythe bythemiiitaryaad
the themiiitaryaad military and civilian authorities as s the therepr thereprostnlaUVO
repr reprostnlaUVO s ent Uve of a LtruStPd trus d aiiy ai1 from fromwhtai fromwitbm
whtai it was unnecessary to withhold any anyse anye4cets
se e4cets ret3 He has appreciate d that of fete fetethis latethis
this confidence ia i Italy and also In its itsrepces Ifsrepresentative
repces representative ntative has ha ceased Old friends friendshave friendshave
have manifested a tendency to become baconaeeeldet becomeosideit
eeldet and sUCEsr tIar toward him and so un uncongenial uncoagel
congenial has hsztheztrnuspliere the atmosHMvere become at atBerlin atBerlin
Berlin thai be has declined to remain remainthere remainthere
there any longer longerTbat longer171at
Tbat 171at the theKaeec Kaiser does not view this ob obvious ohtiot ¬
vious tiot disposition dIsoaflion on ontie MLbe pert of Italy to tobreak tobreak
break away from tfreVriple the Triple Alliance with wjthequanimity withequanimity
equanimity Is evident from his dispatch dispatchof
of o M do TaebirscUky the new secretary secretaryof secretaryDc
of Dc state fororeisn afijairs to Rome andthattoo and andthat
that thattoo too at the very moment mdsneit when Baron BaronIswoisky BaronImsvisky5
Iswoisky Imsvisky5 Imsvisky5the the Russian minister ii of foreign foreignaffairs foreignf6fr
affairs f6fr is at Berlin The barons pres presence prOs prOsonce ¬
once on oat the banks of the tb Spr Spine c at this thisparticular thisparticular
particular Juncture is extremely signinV signinVeant SigniftOsnt
Osnt eant For it follows immediately upon uponthe upontMadvnttoofflce
the tMadvnttoofflce advent to office at t Paris of ofan an ad administration adIniflatratl ¬
ministration Iniflatratl n not only oonatruci constructed d but butalso
also 0 wholly dominated by the one states statesman statesman ¬
man of an others who has always been beenv beenvehement
v vehement < in the expression expr on of his disap disapproval dIaappaoai ¬
proval of the aHlance between Russia Russiaand Russiaand
and France 1L Clemenceau has always alwaystaken alwaystaken
taken the ground that this particular al aliJance 1 1ilance
iJance was an altogether onesided affair affairofttttie affairkjtttie
kjtttie ofttttie or no one to France but which whichhas whichbaa
has been of lncaieuiable advantage to toRoseta toby
Roseta by eabMa enab1ng her to obtaun millions millionsupon millionsupon
upon miUkms of o French gold in loans loansWhich loansbieh
Which bieh could never have been floated in inPart inParis
Part without the existence of the sill alliance sillEjict ¬
ance between the two naUbue As a rail radical railjoal ¬
ical of the advanced tYpe and a man manwhose tanswhose
whose Inherited GaHic feJ republicanism was wasfurther wasfurther
further developed by American de democracy domacracy ¬
mocracy imbibed during a residence of ofnearly ofnearly
nearly ten years m In this country as school schoolteacher schoolteacher
teacher and phystelcua be has always alwaysfound alwaysfound
found it difficult to profess any sympathy sympathywlwtxoever sympathywhatsoever
whatsoever with a government ao o despotic despoticas
as that of the Onar G ar and hi d denouncing denouncingMuwovlte nounclnsMoacovitd
Moacovitd autocracy and tyranny both in inand inand
and out of ParMameat has frequently frequentlystismatized frequentIstigmatized
stigmatized the union between the French Frenchrepublic Trenchrepublic
republic and the Russian absolutism as a amesalliance aMesallianc
mesalliance rather than as a b bna na fide fidealliance tidealliance
alliance AH of Cleraeoceans sympathies sympathiesIn
In foreign matters are with Great Britain Britainaad Britainand
and with the United States rather than thanwith thanwith
with Russia This Is well known at St StPetersburg StPetersburg
Petersburg sad inasmuch as the Clam Clemenceaa Clamenceas
enceaa administration Is the strongest strongestformed strongestormed
formed s nc nce the foundation ° of the thepresent thepresent
present republic and seems destined to tocontrol tocontrol
control the fortunes of France for a con considerable consIderablethne ¬
siderable sIderablethne time to come Emperor Nicholas Nicholashas NIcholasbaa
has apparently determined to accept the theproffered theproffered
proffered hand of the Kaier to cm adrift adriftfrom adrifttress
from France which declines any longer to tofloat tohost
float Russian loans and to cooperate cooperatewith cooperatewith
with William n in reviving the Three ThreeEmpire ThreeEmpire
Empire AJIfaaca which bound Russia RussiaAustria RussiaAstrma
Austria and Germany together in the thedays thetIty
days tIty of Alexander II and of old Em Emperor Emperor ¬
peror William On neither side will the theseverance theseverance
severance of the FrancoRussian union unionbe unipu unipube
be regretted Popular sentiment in France Francewas Francewas
was with Japan rather than with Rus Russia Rusala ¬
ala during the recent war though the theFrench theFrench
French government anxious to do what whatit whatIt
it could for its ally without involving It Itself itself ¬
self Jn in the conflict strained to such an anextent anextent
extent its obligations of neutrality es espeeially especially
peeially in connection with the progress progressof pro ress ressof
of Admiral Rojestvenskys armada from fromthe fromthe
the Baltic to the China seas as to almost almostprovoke almostprovoke
provoke a hostile descent by the Japanese Japaneseupon Japaneseupon
upon Tonkin and IndoChina Russia Russiaon Ruasaon
on the other band displayed but little littlegratitude littlegratitude
gratitude for the assistance thus render renderad renderad
ad to the Baltic fleet but resented bitter bitterly bitterly ¬
ly the attitude of the to French people dur during durlag ¬
lag the struggle and above all the reluc reluctance rolu rolutance ¬
tance of the French money market to tofloat toiloat
float any more Muscovite loans contrast contrasting contrastIng ¬
ing the conduct of la haute finance at atParis atParis
Paris with that of Berlin which showed showedItself showeditaeif
Itself much more accommodating In one oneword oneword
word the FrancoRursian alliance mori moribund moor moorbtid ¬
bund for near two years past is now vir virtu virtusly ¬
tu tusly ly dead and It will not be long be before before ¬
fore its final dissolution will be proclaim proclaimed ¬
ed by means of the announcement of the thenew thenew
new grouping of the powers powersNot powersNot
Not only Emperor Francis Joseph but butalso butalso
also his nephew and hairapparent hairapparentGrandduke heirapparentGrazidduke
Grandduke Francis Ferdinand Is known knownto knownto
to be In favor of the revival of the Three ThreeEmpire ThreeEmpire
Empire Alliance In lieu of the Triple Al Alliance Alhence ¬
hence and of the FrancoRussian AHi AHiance AlIianon
anon Baron Lexa von dAahrenthal who whohas whohas
has just been appointed to succeed Count CoumGolouohowskl CountGolountiowaki
Golouohowskl as minister of foreign af affairs sffairs ¬
fairs and de facto chancellor of the dual dualempire dualempire
empire Is a warm friend of Russia bay having baying ¬
ing spent almost his entire life since he heattained heattained
attained manhood In SL St Petersburg first firstas firstas
as attache then as secretary of embassy embassyand embassyand
and afterward for many years as ambas ambassador ambarsador ¬
sador A diplomat does not live In a for foreign foreign ¬
eign capital for near twentyfive twentyfivewithout years yearswithout
without becoming perhaps unconsciously unconsciouslyIdentified unconsciouslyIdentified
Identified with the prejudices and sym sympathies syntpathles ¬
pathies of the people around him and andtherefore andtherofore
therefore it is only natural that the baron baronshould baronshould
should be a pronounced Rustophfle That Thatthis T1athis
this circumstance played a role In die dietating dintoting
toting his selection for the chancellorship chancellorshipIs
Is well known and It Is worthy of note notethat notethat
that as soon as ever his appointment had hadbeen hadbeen
been gazetted he was sent off by his hissovereign hissovereign
sovereign to commune first of aU with withthe withthe
the Czar and his ministers at SL Peters Petersburg eters etersburg ¬
burg an < then with the Kaiser and Prince PrinceBuelow PrinceBuslow
Buelow at Berlin Be lin before taking up the theduties theduties
duties of his new office It may be of in inerest Inerest
erest to add that he has long been a awarm acvarm
warm friend of Archduke Francis Ferdi Ferdinand Ferditiand ¬
nand the heirapparent who has always alwaysfavored alwaystaupred
favored a proRussian poIcy being bit bitterly bittesty ¬
testy antagonistic to Italy Indeed at atVienna atVienna
Vienna and at Berlin the nomination of ofBaron f fBaron
Baron Lexa von dAohrenthal Is ascribed ascribedto ascribito
to the future Emperor of Austria AustriaIt AustriaItwill
It Itwill will be observed observdthat that there Is isno no ques question queglion ¬
lion of Baron Lexa von dAehrenthal fol following following ¬
lowing up uphls his trips to St Petersburg and andto andto
to Berlin by a visit to Rome Relations Relationsbetween RelationsbotWeen
between the latter litter and Austria at no time timevery timevei7
very cordial bayo become so envenomedof envenomed
of late as to lead Emperor Francis Jo Jocepis ¬
to withhold from King Victor Em Emmanuel Binmanuel ¬
manuel the compliment that be Is paying payingto
to the rulers of Russia and of Germany GermanyRocent GermanyRecent
Recent events have convinced him more moreQjan morethan
than ever I lat at the Triple Alliance has be become become ¬
come a meaningless figure of speech so s
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fir Jss Italy Isftoncwned and tlfet Aus Austria ¬ u5 u5first
first in the eVent of a European ropea war warwduld warwourir
wduld find hot an anaIPy ally not ot even evenafllend evenafllendly a friend friendly ¬
ly neutral but buta a pronougeod foe threat threatening threatening ¬
ening her southern defenses Thus this ihjsenjloffieldl thissemiplilehil
senjloffieldl semiplilehil Popoto Romano tie t on onImpOrtnnt Mt MtImportant
Important organ orgi of o the Italian ioiga ioigacltirs press de declaresthat ¬
cltirs claresthat ithat the most vital question que quefronting con confronting ¬
fronting the nation is the placing of Ofthi OfthiItallaiitioniler tb tbItalian
Itallaiitioniler Italian frontier toward Austria In a aCl prws prwser >
er state of defense dce aer adding that the thequestion tt ttquestion
question is one of ofabolite abcotate necessity an4 an4which anetwhich
which does not admit of ofatty any delay On Onthe Ontue
the other hand the lUUJan government governmenthas g ernuien ernuienhas
has asked from Austria an explanation of ofi ot otthe
i the extraordinary Activity manifested cf cfI t t1atelp
I late 1atelp in the construction of nw nwdfsase nwdfsaseaJig defeat j jak
ak aJig > ng the Italian frontier line and th thctrengtheuing thttreugthenlng
ctrengtheuing of o the existing fortress fortressand fortesstaid
and armaments armemen in in th that > t region The gre greanuaul grct grctannual
annual Austrian maneuverr recently car carried carned ¬
ned out under the personal drectioa or orthe c cthe
the heirapsarent Archduke Franc FrancIs Fer ir ¬
dinand were devised devsedon on thetheory the dierjr of an
Invasion of the dual 4ua empire emplreby by Italy al allied a ¬
lied with Montenegro and Serrfci ani aniperhaps afliperhaps
perhaps owing to the realism with which whichthese whichthese
these military operations were wepe put into intoexecution lutoegocutIon
execution the Slav populatt6n of the r rgion >
glen felt encouraged to perpetrate Petpetratc a asorts ssorts
sorts of disgraceful oUtages upon th thnumerotis thnumerot
numerotis Italian inhabitant of the di dirriqt dtr dtrtrIct
rriqt and upon upot their property which 0 0course ocourse
course aroused a perfect storm of ladfe ladfenation lidjgnati9n
nation throughout the length and brcadtn brcadtni brcadtJof
i of the dominions of King Victor Emmati EmmatieL Enitsatnol
nol eL Then to make matters worst wors Awe Austrian Awetrian ¬
trian torpedo boats and destroyers bavo bavobepn ha
bepn discovered taking soundings at nJ n1h n1hall M Mall
all along the Italian coast o of the AdnatJ AdnatJwnile kdriatishiIe
wnile an Austrian force of otcruisern cruisers in tb tbcourse thcourse
course of its maneuvers actually simu simulated sisnukited ¬
kited an attack on the Italian trunk rail railroad railroad ¬
road line from Bologna which runsatooR runsatooRthe rung along alongthe
the shore from Bologna io Anoooa all allthe atthe
the window of the coast tow taa of C Fauo Fauoan9 Fan Fanai
an9 ai of the adjOining villages being shat shattered abattered ¬
tered by the concuwion of the AMfetrian AMfetrianafire shtr1sngunfire
gunfire afire afireOn S
On the other side we find popular anti antiAustrian antiusrftn
Austrian usrftn dejnoiistraiJon dem n3tratiouz In the various variousleading x1o nt ntleading
leading cities of Italy Itai manifestations manifestationswhich manIjcetatIouiwhich
which take t4ie O o form of public sadaerms sadaermsIn ttOsTh ttOsThIn
In front of the varjous A Aimriati iijan consuj consujates conoa conoaattn
attn and embassies with Withi168Tof cries of E Dd Ddwith > dsii dsiiwith
with the Emperor DeaCb to JMtsiria JMtsiriaBvupfva ustzja ustzjavta
Bvupfva vta Oberdaukr A man mJlgdf mJlgdfattempting Jueai d for forattempting
attempting to asataihtte ss6tssihate1rsfldsiJoses ss6tssihate1rsfldsiJosesIn Vr te i ttKi ttKiin
in KS IS while iOL in many mahy ptecos oiAustrta oiAustrtaflags > Austrtai Austrtaiflags
flags have been dragged in tfcaraud thensudsuleninly anl anlsolemnly
solemnly burnt to cries of Viva ItalLi ItalLiirredenta ltalLirredenta
irredenta Italian oaonet cshnet mta mlcsei mlcseihave ttrs ttrshave
have not ot only taken part lit l ceremonies ceremoniescommemorating ceremoniescommemorating
commemorating theexeontidn the ext ttlOn by the Aus Austriaas Austrians
triaas half a century ago of Italian con cocspfrators conspiratrs
spfrators against Emperor Fiancis Jc Jceephs Ji Jisephs
eephs rule in Northern Italy bur b l lo o laid laidwreaths lakiwreaths
wreaths on the tombs of ofthn the patriots lu luthe 1 1the
the name of UPS King and of the th coverr coverrment overr overrmast
mast Willie not long ago when adeput adeputIn s deputy deputyin >
In the rmtlonal nU rtal legislature in dnieussiBc dnieussiBcthe dticiaslngthe
the naval estimates referred to the ig ignominious iZnnlqu ¬
nominious defeat of the Italian fleet by byAustria b bAustria
Austria at the battle st rf Lbwa ra iii IM the theminister theminister
minister of oiarIoe marine replied textuatty tha thafor thafor
for thirtyefeht years the italian gbv gbvornment g v vornrne
ornment ornrne t bad been preparing to wipe out outI outthat
I that disgrace and is now ready for the theI thetest
I test testi testIt
i It is hardly necessary to recall her herthat here herethat
that the most powerful political organiza organization organistion ¬
tion of King Victor Emtnanues dumlr dumlrions dsn1iIons
ions is the socalled Italia Irredenta Irredenta v vwhich t twhich
which every Italian with preenslons f fpatriotism t tpatriotism >
patriotism belongs more or less openly openlyand openlyand
and which includes among its roamtefs roamtefsall members membersan
all the leading statesmeo mfatsUr act anudignitaries actdignitaries
dignitaries of the government As Indi Indicated mdicated ¬
cated by Its name Its avoved object is isto i ito
to wrest from Austria and to annex to tothe tothe
the kingdom of Italy the ItaTunspenk ItaTunspenking 1aiseklug
lug provinces of Francis Joseptis Josepb empire empiiri empireStiu
i Still another apple of discord between betweenAustria betweenAustria
Austria and Italy is Albania which Aus Austria Austria ¬
tria has always regarded as her own par particular partinnier
tinnier sphere and preserve but where wherevery c cvery
very active Italian propaganda is now In Inprogress inprogress
progress a sister organization of th thItalia thItalla
Italia Irredenta having been formed in inItaly ir irItaly
Italy for the promotion of Italian inter interests inte inteoSts ¬
ests and Italian domination hi Albania AlbaniaItaly AlhaniiItaly
Italy or rather Venice once held every everrvaluable everyvaluable
valuable port on the Albania coast and a aline ausc
line of Italian princes formerly ruled over overAlbania overAlbania
Albania It is tills rule that Italy is de determined determiped
termined to restore in spite of the an announcement announcement ¬
nouncement by the Austrian government governmentthat governmentthat
that any attempt by Italy to disturb th thstatu tho thostatu
statu quo in that portion of Europe will willbe wiflbe
be resisted by her with armed force forceOn forceOn
On both sides of the AustroItaUan fran frontier frantier ¬
tier the conviction is entertained that war waris waris
is not only certain but Imminent between betweenthe b3tweetthe
the two nations In fact t tb linden lindenTimes IeniitTImes
Times published an article the other day daywhich daywhich
which has attracted widespread attention attentionowing attentionowing
owing to the grave warning which It con contained contamed ¬
tamed to the Powers that the only com comment cornrncnt ¬
ment in official circles at Vfeana and andRome andRome
Rome just at present was wa that war be between be between
tween Austria and Italy had not yet been beendeclared beendeclared
declared Under the circumstances tho thoalliance th thalliance
alliance between Austria and Italy may maybe
be considered as even still more defunct defunctthan defunctthan
than the extinct union between Russia Russiaand RussIaand
and France and In the new grouping of ofpowers ofpowers
powers which Is now taking place Run Russia Runsin ¬
sin will be found band in glove with Get Germany Getmany ¬
many and Austria while Italy will throw thrown
n her fortunes with that other group groupcomposed groupcomposed
composed of France and Great Britaintnd Britain Britainind
ind In which the United States is goner generally gonerally ¬
ally understood to be comprised comprisedEXATTACHE comprisedEXATTACRE
EXATTACHE EXATTACHEAGENTS
4 AGENTS UNDER imn COERCION COERCIONMethods1 COEEGIONMethods
Methods Used by Insurance Com Cornpanics Companion ¬
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From U the Boston Transcript TranscriptA
A full report of the hearing given to toPresident toPresident
President Peabody of the Mutual Life LifeInsurance Liferasuranco
Insurance Company of New York be before before ¬
fore the Kentucky insurance commis commissioner onusmissinner ¬
sinner October IS has been published pubitebedand publishedtad
and Is being circulated among the pol policy p01Icy ¬
icy holders It is Interesting reading readingThe readingThe
The point that it was sought to deter deternine deternlne
nine was whether or not the manage management managemont ¬
mont of the company held the menace mena of ofdischarge ofdischarge
discharge over all managers and agent agentAho agbutvho
Aho would not unreservedly support th thidminlstratlon thLdfliifligttatj0n <
idminlstratlon ticket and also whether whetherthe whetherih
ih the policy holders money was being ustxi ustxior uscior
or election purposes Both these points pointsippeared pointLppoared
ippeared to be pretty well established establishedhough esRbIIsbeJhough
hough there was much squirming to tomake tomake
make It appear otherwise It was evi evident cvident ¬
dent from the admissions of President Presidentteabody Pr idcnt idcntseabody
teabody and those on his side to say saynothlng sa sanothing
nothing of more positive poslti4 testimony that thatagents thatagents
agents had used time and money for elec electioinoering electiolnoering
tioinoering purposes that should have havobeen havebeen
been devoted to getting uucines ousin for the theqompany theqompany
qompany A Mr Fell one of ta the dis discharged disharged ¬
charged managers asked the president presidentthis presidentthis
this question Suppose all ton agents agentsand agentstnd
and managers and employee of the com company cornpany ¬
pany had remained absolutely loyal and andactively andactively
actively and positively supported every everyadministration everyadministration
administration when would the potter potterholders policyholders
holders be able to change the manage management ¬
ment The reply was They don dont donthave t thave
have to support It but they can always alwaysresign alwaysresign
resign when they dont want to support supportit supportit
it What Influence nave they in thn thncompany thocompany
company when they resign njtettA Mr MrFell MrFell
Fell and Mr Peabody answered They Theyare Theyare
are not Intended to h lisTe v any That wan wana wasa
a virtual confession of th the coercion that thatlias thathas
has ben practiced upon all managers managersand managraand
and agents who have been loyal to the thopolicy thepolicy
policy holders rather than servile sloe electioneering sloetioneerlug ¬
tioneering tools of the administrationMlsilurl administration administrationMJftKonrl
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