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WEDNESDAY.AUGUSTS .6 THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA. OREGON, Standing The Test By W. F. Bryan. Copyrighted, IMS, by AtsocUted Literary Press. Excltment was at white heat in the convention town. The ring was In the 'last ditch, fighting gamely. Robert Woodham, who had led many another forlorn hope and who had grown gray In the service of his party (as he had , understood that service), shook his head as he went over the columns of figures in the inner office at the tem porary headquarters. Try as he would he could not figure victory. The two-thirds rule pre vailed and he could count barely a majority for the ring candidate. The nomination of Dudley for governor meant the triumph of the reform fac-j tlon and the utter dlsruotion of the! state machine, for Foster stood pledged to investigate to the fullest the grsft charges brought against the 1 t ...,,. ., ! On the other hand, Graham Bailey; was secretly pledged to lorget tne same promises be had made. Appar ently both men were eager to uncover the graft that was the disgrace of the party, but Foster alone was sincere. The exposure of the graft scandals would not affect Woodham directly, j n. Mrf ki..v tnt him..if Me the crooked work in the party. Could It be accomplished quietly, he would welcome the feat of ridding the party of those politicians who were respon sible for the scandal, but here lay the trouble! The graft was widespread. "Its uncovering would disrupt the en tire party machine. New and inex perienced men would be placed In charge of the party Interests, and no members of the old ring could find a place in the councils. To Robert Woodham politics was as the breath of life to his nostrils. He bad played the game from the day that he had organized the Junior Marching club in the little village -mm, h, Ma hwvi hnm i kid n,K. ..1 It was bis sole relaxation. Other stra legists played chess. He preferred the political pawn to the bits of carved wood or Ivory and his board was an entire state. ' Now he saw the end of It all. Un less on an early ballot be could swing the doubtful delegates Into the Bailey ranks there would be a stampede to Foster. If he could arrange to stain- IN II -L- lux. i "bevolt is in the vebt aikI" cried why father sent for me. Poor old dad! the old man ! It will break his heart! But, all the pede some of the Foster delegates to!8ame- y,ou ,re jD ,Ve rlght and,1 Bailey the uncertain delegates would 1 was 80 foolishly afraid that you might probably follow the lead of the de-! tempted. gggpg I was for a moment," he confessed. As for the hundredth time his eye!"whenTI saw how. nnloTuf yo" were' ran down the column his hands clinch-j P?n reallzed that ,f 1 bouKbt om nervonslv. Hla irlanre restert for a i father S consent It would be with my moment on Crosby county with to ! eleven votes. ' Crosby county stood committed to Foster. Could Woodham induce them to change it would mean a difference : of twenty-two votes for Bailey, the j eleven votes added and the eleven tak en nwflv from the Foster adherents. The head of the Crosby delegation was Howard Graves. The others would vote as he voted. And only a few days ! before Graves had asked consent to marry Marian Woodham! j At the time Woodham had refused j becanse Graves was a young attorney ; Btni struggling for recognition at the 1 bar, while Woodham was ambitious . nr hio f1a,,n-ht0r 'nw ho rirew ft sheet of paper toward him and wrote I rapidly for a moment. Then he thrust ; the sheet into an envelope and called a messenger. An hour later Iloward Graves, rest ing in his room at the hotel for the battle of the morrow, received the missive and read it a dozen times be fore he placed it' In his pocket. It was diplomatically worded. It did not openly bribe, but suggested that the writer had learned that he was mistaken as to Graves', political affiliations. If it was true, as he now had reason to believe, that Graves and the Crosby delegation were in reality eupporters of the Bailey boom, he beg' ged to withdraw his opposition to the match Graves had suggested. Graves was still uncertain when he went into the convention hall the fol lowing morning. From his place liv the Skeene county delegation Word ham nodded Dleapr.ntlv to, him nti!1 with a glance directed the young attor ney's gaito Into the galleries. These run from the four skies of the hall, and directly shore the chair man's desk sat Marian Woodham. She bad come down tn answer to her fa tier's telegram the night before, aut they entered the cotiveutlon hall be fore he hud explained to her tho reu I son he had sent for her. "You keep your eye on Graves anc he will vote rifrht," had beeu her fn ther'a admonition. "Your weddltuj present will be that house on Mapl I street, and you can furnish It ns yoi jike. I'll take your husband Into th flmj too." It was ft heavy bribe. The house alone was worth $10,000, and a part nershlp with Woodham, Calla & Creagh would save Graves a wear) struggle. It was scarcely to be won dered at that her face was white anO wan as she leaned over the bnlconj rail and tried to smile at Graves. She heard as In a dream the pre llmluarles. Tho state chairman placed Bailey's name in nomination, and het father seconded nomination be It, asking that th made unanimous Tnere was a derisive hoot from the opinion at this, and some one nom ,nated Dudley Porter, and some one else msde the seconding speech There were no other nominations, and toe cha!rman of the nxeMon direct ttat tne bnlIotlng begla It was the custom in the conven tlon for the spokesman of each dele gation to announce the vote when the name of his county was called and the lifeless voice of the clerk J?80- At . , ' From th firet apparent that the contest would be dose, and tu Crosby county was called there was n stir through the hall. All the morn ing there had been rumors that some of the Foster delegates would go ovei to the ring candidate, and Crosby county had been one of those men tioned. As Graves rose In his place men moved forward on the edge of their chairs and Marian's face went deadly white. For a moment Graves stood unstead ily regarding the blur of faces. In which Marian's stood out distinctly Even at that distance he could see that she was Intensely interested, and the thought that she counted on his "ea"iery nnrt ror a moment, even th0D8h he realized that it was natural that she should be interested in bet father's success. To him the time seemed an hour; tc others it seemed a full minute, though It was not one-quarter of that time. Then with a steady vole Graves an swered: "Crosby county casts eleven votes for the Hon. Dudley Foster." - For a moment there was the still ness of a house of death. Then the ringing cheers broke out, and a mo ment later Dannon county, one of the j uncertain quantities, followed Graves' j ieaa ana tne stampede was started, but not at all In accordance with Woodham's plans. The hall was still ringing with the cheers of the triumphant Foster root- ere when a telegraph boy approached I i tilviVfR with n mpssii"ii t inr lio k-.ib wanted outside. Ouloklv he made tiix i way through the Jubilating-crowd to the hall to come face to face with M::rian. i "Forgive me," he said brokenly. "1 tried my best to answer your appeal, , , . n i at i i . . ' . J 'iand Art, Commerce, and Mechanic but my vote was not my own. It was ' a trust of the neonle who nmt me here and I could not be false to ! them." "My appeal!" Marian clapped berj ; hands softly. "You old darling, I w.1 Rfl nfrnld thnt vnn wnillil vnta tnr I . . - - ! Mr. Bailey! Do you suppose I would i care for a man who had been false to his trust? I knew only this morning own self respect, and that I never! 00111(1 ,ook yon m the face aSaIn- j weani , nalL In the last hour he iaga teears - 3ianan c?m arf dear," she .said gently "I sent for Mr. Graves to tell him that I would marry him, no matter what you said." "Kevolt Is in the very air!" cried the old man. "I guess I will have to out of Plitic9 when even m' daughter electioneers against me." , "I- didn't work against you I Just f" t to Howard, explained Marian, st00(1 the test.' VVoodham nodded, and with an arm Rhmt the Bhouldera of each he led the way to the committee room. On his Kht was his daughter and on his left the new found son who had stood the test, and in his heart YAoodham was glad that he had. Off With the Old Love. A prominent Chicng3 lawyer tells ot an amusing incident which ho wit nessed subsequent to a certain breach of promise suit in which he had acted as the defendant's attorney. The two were standing talking when they were Joined by a third man, a friend of the client and an acquafutance of the law yer. The third man had been out of ! town for some little time. j "Hello, old man, what are you look ing so blue about?" the newcomer de- flS fc ghook han&s . "Oh, I've had a little hard luck. I've got to pay Miss Blank $5,000 on account of tf breach of promise Judg ment," was the disconsolate reply. "Say, I'm glad to bear that, old fel low," the friend ftxclaJraed fetventlv. cixlhg the 'dejected one's ' band " arid shaktug It vigorously. "Glad to hear It!' I've got to pay that money, I tell you! What do you mean?" the other demanded ia aston ishment. "Just that, my boy. It wilt be Just about enough for us to set up house keeping on. Miss Blank and I are to be married next month, you know." Chronic Diarrhoea Relieved. Mr. Edward E. 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