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B Y HENRY RUSSELL MILLER
C O W V K IÜ H T ,
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C I I A I T K I ! VI
n U l l t M * » » IRK1
N o!«1 faalilmir«! OirlMfiun« rnm«
11ml yrmr. Ill* « lr •!*< trlr with
III* livrti ■nap o f |U ilcurm «
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You fe ll ('brut-
iaa that «lay. !!)• )or«u a r v liu d u n .
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Yrt !!»• •filrll o f *«»*1 will was not
tin I v r n a l. mm ih r** turn In Mint city
»tilt! liav* iin iin «il T b vy a lilvrrn l In
downtow n oltl< * am) g lo a r m l b ila
fully al on * «dottier
It « no u m la lk ltif." No. I waa any*
u.i»g flrtuly
“ I wo®*! lia »* It. H r mu«t
|t»**vrr oun# to trial "
hut. Iioirptia, m an." No 2 rr»|*»t><1
•al Im patlrtitly. I b f man a ao plainly
[null!? 11'■ a flagrant « a»«* ''
“i 'a u d it with til* tfo*a|a on." No. a
ia«M(*<| "| couldn't ti«lp gerlllujf a con
vlotion If 1 tri««|
"A ll th* tttor* rraaiu why Um mu at
not coin* to trial **
‘ llut think what It tttpanir No 2
• r f t io l
‘ ICtrafylMidy knowa all al*ont
thla think
T h * nrw *t|»n |>rr» tiav* put*
ll«lt«*il UeforrhatUf thr t«a«llipouv o f the
twill»*? who o ir fb n ir il him ofTvring to
tnkr th* hrll**
ll»r * tint* put>llati«al
fn<*altnllca «*f th* « lita k Mgnr«1 by ||*n
<I> nm » ii and Itidoraml by M iia*»«*r
Kr
*ry morning th *r* la a fr**h editorial
howling for hi* n»tn Idiot»
Ih * wtiola
country la yammering. M ala»»*? muat
go to )aIIr Our cretllt la a little «train
«1 aa It la: w * mu»t do aotnrttilng to
placate three howling foola
llah! M acl'hrfeon. I'm not a foot
Ik* you think I haven't a m i through
your acheiuef You r* trying to dla
credit Uie through Mnlnaaey, le»cauae
h* a u»y councilman Oh. don't tauher
denying It
Kit tier thla Indh ttnrut la
pigeonholed or you light me.'* II*
broiigtit hi* clinched flat aacagely down
o«i the deek
" I in no« afraid o f you.** klacTheraon
ana r i*d
T h * aijuare chinned man laughetl
hnrahlf -T h a i*« atoUher lie Y«U ar*
afraid o f me You wouldn't I** worth
the |*owd*r It takea to blow you Up If
you didn't hare me and th* Slith'a
m n jolitle* while I can go out and get
the old llariuon crowd together and
I»*at you all along the line day after
tom orrow
I don t want to do It. hut
If thla trial g«w*i on I will Now put
up or ahtlt Up! la Malaaaey tried 7*
There waa alienee a minute.
"N o *" T h e monoey liable aotinded
more like a w o lfa hark than a human
voice
The square chinned man laughed
again " A ll fight. T here'* a good deal
o f profanity packer! away In that *Uo/
Have It until I'm g o n e " lie put on
Ida hat and left the oft!cm
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lo * •wlm1r<l m n » r o f Ihn f l l f ’l
moat faaliliitiahl« restaurant *at a man
ami a woman at «airly dinner They
» it i * n 1 <1 11 r brother ami «latrr. liar
Ilia III. «aiue ilnrk Halt ami eves the
aa In . regular featu re« o f the aaina
■lightly Mein It Ic caat The man waa
talking
••Ami ao I la til mild on l ha man who
ha» llfr hy I ha throat Now wjiat do
ymi ihlnk ot »our moat uinarnrthy
tiroi har *
"N o ona hut you would hava dmia It.
W hal a lids c ity !"
"W 'h t nutT I can't sffnrd not to ha
anda- lima
It la tha only role that
aulta ma ”
"Ah hut w ill you win with all yonr
Iw0i|m*.a> Vou i n
yourself that ha
llit'antaiiml to rrnah m u “
" M l .Ianl alaiar lha doutit la an
worthy o f ron Itaal aaaurad. ha will
ylalil Tonlithi will prove me right "
lia r e y e « raalad proudly on him
“ Yaa lha donhi la unworthy
Whan
Hid m il arar fa ll* W ho ran realat lha
wltrharr o f rour magio-tl»ni?'
" I t la wltrhery. iMt’t It i Knl w*
aonia righ tly hr II. Wranne how. aftar
(Ira generation« o f l,Mf1lkn1nm our
tiraad anould <•«"« hsrk and produra In
yon ami me anplea o f onr llahraw an*
aeairaa« glnrlnii« wom an!- who fall In
lora with a Puritan, abandoned her
fiaopla to marry har lorar. deaerted
har buatinud to p i on the at arm ai.u
bring tha world to her f e e l A mag
oatla aanaatlnnallatl She llvaall And
wa are har children “
Tha woman ahuddarad. “ Don't I I
alw aya think o f hat Iraglc dl»iipi>aar*
knaa from lha world knd nar hldaoua
am t I ’arhapa (bat Is part o f our har
ItnRa too "
“ Nouaanaa! O f whal u»a are flra
■aoamtlnna o f Puritaolam If not hi
aara ua from that? Hut arrn I f It
wars not ao, what o f HT W hile aha
llrad aba t ir e d - a s I ahall. throURb
him *
"A h . hut w ill yon ha good for him?
Even In our phlloaophy thsra Is tha
thaory o f miulrnlenta "
-Y a a
O f aouma that H u t why I
seek h im -y o u and I bars no Illusions.
Hut I Ilka him. aud. plaaaa Ond. I will
I-a a good friend. I w ill learb him our
philosophy,
M? frlamlahlp ahall d l»
B O b b S
M E V R IL L
CO
n o ar to him iha treiiiamtoija ap|i>-tltr
for Ufa hiddaii away In tin big . o u i of
tilth 'I hroiiRh me ha .hall I l i a "
"I-el ii* l»o|.> *«■. and Hint ton aren't
phiiliiR a llti lira Hut, to rhniiRv Ilia
aublai i. whal o f nun lady o f ilreams?"
I II. imililla fm*a In. nma ilraitiuy, and
ha murmured half to hlRiaalf:
"It 1» •iraiura
I hate lha feellliR
tlial | am luiiiiUK nearer lo liar hha
Rfowa Imir* real to me every day
I
ran am har Dow. with har glorious
hair, liar *ad a t e . and har beautiful
rold mouth with the Unite o f bltier-
!><•*• Mia will rnma* o f ilia ! I am rar*
lain
llut. miiia. aiiough o f aarliuia
I hi hr *
Mr wairh aaya )uat one half
hour until 1 n u ll atari fur lha seen«
ot tiattle. enough lo era you In your
tmlh If you liudat on laarlug to*
n lR h ir
" I tnn«t I tiara uiy l.nttln to flifbt
aar**a* lha aaa* "
•Thao a loaat
T o our fortuna-s!
And may Ufa nlwaya r I ow rial for ua'"
"A h I'm ntrnhl o f (hat tonal! And
of our fiat!la«*"
Hut Iliay touahril Rlaaaaa and drank
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"Tha rafu*al o f lha dl«ir1at allornay
to proaaiula ihla IlnRrnnl rrlin r la an
mitraite upon Ilia auunfy. Tha an*
d n 'liy of our I t i t i n In refusing (o
yield lo lha |mpular datnaml In fbla
m ailer would la- lnaipllaatila ware uot
the ruililma hand o f a certain one o f
our pollilrinn* plainly felt It I* time
thla man wa* un*eatrd
lie la a di*
grace to the auminunlty
O f all lha
man prominent In tha public ay# we
know o f none who aland* forlh ao re
p ill*lrely •• doaa Itolian YlcAdoo lie
rapramnla all that Is brutal and
ahnitieful In Amrrtran polltlaa **
In lha fading tw ilight tha man
acalnat whom thla altaak waa dlraatad
read lha hitter wnnla. iba annaludlng
pnrarmph o f an adllurtal In lha K een
ing i *ra*«
"H a ha* begun already. Th e fool!
lie forget• he la attacking hlmaelf aa
wall aa me T o ouch tetigtha will pan
alon carry a m an’"
Thera wa* a knock al fha door, and
a young woman tnirwt Into lha room.
At twenty eight Kathleen Fltnn waa
•fill unmarried to the wonderment of
har many friend*. «Inca *he «eertu-d
mnde for (h r home Ufa Rite wa* lirau
It ful with the hen til y o f health and o f
tha rhaarr uii*ai|1*h apirlt which made
her a woman among woman
In lha
fou rth ward ertiool. o f which «tie waa
pr1ttci|ial. thank* lo Itnh'a political In
tluaoaa. a Ihmuuind hoy« and girts
loved har with an unwavering davit
tlon they did not alw ays accord their
liaretit* She alw ays remained a mya*
tart to Hob McAitnn
"W h a t a »tinnier* «h e cried ayrnpa
thettrslly. holding onl a folded n e w s
paper
"Ho ynti’ ya rand It. too \1aa t*hrtat
inn* gift. I»n't ItT '
Hob amllad In
anio*cd contempt
"1 wouldn't ctrw
almut II If I war* yon "
" I know *urh attacks are apt to
make lhain*aiva* true by lltiblttcrlng
tha man n««nlled
And I think o f
your woiiilerful t****ll»IHtla.. No; don't
laugh. plen*e
I know w*hat yon are
mm hut I know. too. what you will
become
I know th at*som e day you
will be and do far more ami I letter
than ron have yet aet your e v e « on."
“ Ah
Then you an re only because o f
whal I shall do when thla mysterious
chniige tnkes plsrcT It tan't that you
like m e?" Again hi« tons voiced a
purely tni|irr«onnl Inquiry, with no
hint o f disappointment In It
"W h y should IT" aha Intighed frank
ly. with a girlish tons o f har head.
"W h y . Indeed?" he smiled bark,
pleasantly for him
“ Hut w oo't you
all dow n?"
"Y ou ware alow g ivin g tba In vita
tion!" «ha snl«l rnyly
“ Hut I accept,
for a few minutes, bemuse I want to
thank you for the lieaiittful book«."
"Ik in 't." ha said agnln pleasantly.
" I still ow e you more than I can pay."
Hha did not try to thank him fu rth e r
f o r an me m inute« they sat silent tie-
fore the lire
Kathleen ob served him
furtively, w ith the «enantino o f tie-
holding
a
stran ger.
He
seem ed
stmngelT less harsh than aha wan used
lo *ee him (the had n ever known him
so She m a t about fo r th e word—hu
man
lie stirred from his contemplation o f
tba lira
" I hare to ha honest with you.
Kathleen
It tn true that editorial, hut
- 1 don’t care
“ A h ’"
Kathleen
leaned forw ard
with a quick tmpulatvu movement.
T h in ’l mu want in* to like you. to
believe In yon?"
"Cm not s u r e "
Abe laughed out
right at hla evident hesitation. "B ut
you are an eiaeptlnn
lo n g ago I
determined to make my Btruggl* alone
My own weight waa quite enough
without adding that o f other«, aa.
being what I am I Inevitably uniat I f 1
assumed the responsibilities o f frtend-
«hin
In oihcr and uglier words, slum
KKDMONU
PAGE
SPO KESM AN
I tie chairman paused
I was placed Here in m e eternal itoli
scram ble by a |mwey over which I | “ All nppuaed." T h e suggestion came
find no control I proposed to get on fr o m Ito b
top no matter over whom 1 had to
“ N o !" Item lngton's voice rang o u t
acramhlo. Aud I didn't propoan to put
“ I guess Unit settle« ll. Keiulugton.”
in »s eif In relailous wherw I should
" I t sallies the Immediate qum ltuo,"
In-.11nta to tram ple over any one wheu
was (lie detieni answer.
desirable."
"M eetin g « adjourned." Ilo'i motion
"A n d does lhe theory sa tis fy? " she ed Ilia columnteeiui-u out o f Ilia room
"N o ililn bui a drink us high us the
aski-q
"Y ou pul It In the past tense.
I n o lle «"
cellln w ill do me uflar that." wb.s
T lein ln d s me o f the night
H e frowned Im patiently. "1 should pcicd one
lie lo any oi»e liui you Kathleen. That's lha old man licked llagglli.**
"M e. tisi, only there wasn't no
Ilia w ot si of It
It brings (lie desired
ri-*uiis. um li doesn't « « ils fy - y o u 'r e wTup." and there was a shade o f re
"I
Irisb enough lo understand Unit. I grei In the low voli ed reply.
thought fer awhile. Ilioiigh. to buy
I m 'I' c iiei anse lha atruggiv la ao ridleu-
E ire
lou «lt easy
hoim-lluies I long fur a Dower« fer the kid's coffin.
real *troggle. one (hat would leet my years ago I d had to lisi."
"Ob. HeuilURton," Itoh said casually.
( jj ll -c li-« to ilie I till 11.*
t-'or «nine lliue
Kalhleeu siared "Jus! null a minute, w ill you T'
• W ell?"
He turned toward Itoh
ibm ightfully Into the (Ire
'I *u«pect the only force that will
with a certain graceful ris klesanesa.
Here, smoke ihla." Itoh suld gruffly
give you ilia supreme lest you desire
Is -y o u rs e lf
»lie *eld at length and aa tie liunded over a cigar. ” 1 don’t
then demnndist abruptly: “ W hy don’ t Ilk « to ace a mull smoking cigarettes."
Remington hesitated, tlii-u accepted
you abandon your theory? You admit
It
It doesn't satisfy "
"A n d I wouldn't take thla business
He laughed unpleasantly.
“ I ’m aa
to heart I f I were you. W e have to
eiihlldaiiilal as a «curl man la I girl to
day
I may aa well go the whole ‘ preserve discipline In the orgnnlxutluu.
t jo u know There's nothing personal
length bece use Cm sfrn lil "
“ Itob klcAdou a fra id !"
Kathleen's lu It."
The handsome face flushed eagerly.
Iron ) never carried a sting
"Y e s o f Itoti Mc-Adoo “
” l*o you mean tliut?
Then cull Ih
I wniit lo apologize fo r call
Hha arose and kinked down on him the boys
ing you a bully ”
pityingly
"N o !
Come, now; no theritrhala.
“ Itob, you make roe understand, aa
I could never u u d m lan d before, the You're lisi gissi u innu to he wasted In
I such childishness "
Ko the desi end lint o f the renegade
) Jewess woii his light.
Hub. returning home, found Kathleen
i alone In the library H e entered and
Is-gau without prelim inary:
"K ntlileen . this afternoon I told you
! I lint I didn't want any friends. Y'ou
rem em ber?"
Y'es "
"Tin- other day n young chap— a
fool, an ass. judged by my standards —
met me on the street and without In
troducilo!! or by your leave demanded
my friendship. He w a « most theatrical
and nslnlue. and I liked him fo r It.
He hnd lie«-n fighting me politically,
though ha s a greenhorn. I told him
I would crush him—kill him politically.
Tonight he continued hla opposition,
lie took the opisirtuiilty to tell tne a
few things about m yself which be
sis-misl to think I had overlooked. I
have not crushed him.
I ahall not
i l e —be has much that I lack. And 1—
y«iu hit It exa ctly —I have town very
lonely. I niu going to test your theory.
KttthU-en. Hood nigh t!"
(T o be Continued)
saw yer .
" T o u a a n e la i, r u a r a r s n o n
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rn io u r g a
Toc M U f f
horror lu thè meaning o f a rertain
Word" —
"Ik m ’l mimi me l'm lu a Oumor for
trulli telllug just n o e "
T aiuelliicsa!”
W lihout «a it in e for hi* reply sbe
le fl thè ruoti)
Iloti atomi garlng al tbe
door through wtncb ah« had dlsap-
pea m i
"Isinellnem !
I didn't expect that.
tini It Olts ela
Hod! I am lonely
And yet —(bat woman la a living die
tilnl o f my theory
Hers Is tbe exact
opfMsOtc -service, alw ays servIce
And
she gels far more out or life thau I
with sll m i brniallty or a thousand
Kemlnglona with the love ot «rn-anoD
Nevertheless I niu t a r - lluiuph! How
true phrase« will slip into a m ans
thoughts
I was alsMit lo say 'tar
from ilia kingdom of I kid “ “
Kor that evening H aggle's hack room
nnd assumed lls otttclai nablt. This
was ai-vnuipllshcd by consol Ida ting the
three small tahit-s into one
Around
(his ntihiug sat a doiten men. They
leatitsl torward over the table, silent.
aina/.«sl iiiieni on the words Ihal fell
from i he II| m o f a very handsome
young man In evening d m e v -th e drat
garment o f lha I sort lo penetrate the
fastuessew o f Irlshiow n as one may
well sup|sise
This young “ «llkaiurk
lug' had dared lo defy (be "old m an.'
and his nerve nad shown n<< diminution
when confront.-il by the I hs « s in la-min
A cross the table from Hie young man
sat Koti Mi A duo motionless and lu
scrtilable as the sphinx. Ms month
twisted In a peculiar, wry smile
I lie plea ceased All e y e « w ere turn
ed to the boss
"la thai all?”
He
a|sike quietly, hut ilu- w >rZa somehow
earned a perceptible sling The young
man flushed and sprang Impulsively
to his feet again
"N o ." hla voice rang out. "It Is not
all
T here’s one thing more—for you.
H ons M cAilm i'
You're given your
onlera (hat Smith be aet aside and
Htougbion he given hit plaee. for no
g is d reason, but w h oif, nybltrarlly.
lust because It happens to plesavv y o i
These other fellow s may obey y ju r
orilers
They almost certainly wllL
Hut so long aa I am on this com mittee
mv ward vole« for Smith
You prom
ised iu crush me I f I «luck to this All
right
You'll And I can lake a lot o f
crushing
Yonr brutal threats don't
frighten me von b ully’"
Itoh rose slow ly to bis full h eight
The rest ot the committee, too. stood
up Inroliintanly.
Hobs ey«w were
glued to (he Handsome flnsbed face
across the table
T h e others glance«
were fastened on his nig rtgbt flat
" l l a " thev ureaibed aa they saw It
c lim b convulsively.
More than one
lace Went |iale. They ellw s'led notb-
ftig lea« than to see • murder don«.
Hut H«it)'« hand uncllnched Im m ediate
ly
"P u t the m otion." he commanded
quietly, maintaining hla steady gate
" I t haa been moved and seconded
(hat this com m ittee Indorse Htougbton
fur the legislative nomination." tbe
chairman repeated mechanically. " A ll
In favor“ -
" A r e . " said all but Remington and
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