A GENTLEMAN
FROM MISSISSIPPI
By THOMAS A. WISE
Novelized From the Play by Frederick R. Toombs
CHAPTER II. .
TDE WARS OF PEACE.
"Tlia BILL" LANGDON was the
I term by which the new pena
I I tor from MlnsiHHlppI bud been
affectionately known to his lu-
tlmates for years. lie carried bis 230
pounds with ease, bespeaking great
muscular power In spite of his gray
hairs. His rugged courage, unswerv
ing honesty and ready belief In bis
friends won him a loyal following,
some of whom frequently repented
-what was known as "Bill . Langdon's
Golden Rule:"
"There never was a man yet who
didn't have some good In htm, but
most folks don't know this because
their own virtues pop up and blind 'em
when they look at somebody else."
At the reunions of his old war com
rades Langdon was always depended
on to describe once again how the
Third Mississippi charged at Craw-
fordavllle and defeated the Eighth Illi
nois. But the stirring events of the
past had served to Increase the plant
er's fondness for his home life and his
children, whose mother bad died years
before. At times he regretted that his
unexpected political duties would take
him away from the old plantation even
though the enthusiastic approval of
Carolina and Hope Georgia proved con
siderable compensation.
Although not sworn In as senator,
Colonel Langdon's political duties were
already pressing. A few days after
Congressman Norton's visit he sat Id
bis library conferring with several
prominent citizens of bis county re
garding a plan to ask congress to ap
propriate money to dredge a portion
of the channel of the Pearl river,
which would greatly aid a large sec
tion of the state.
During the deliberations the name
of Martin Sanders was announced by
Jackson,' the colonel's gravely deco
rous negro bodyguard, who boasted
that he "wuz brung up by Cunel Marse
Langdon, sun, a flghtln' Mississippi
cunel, sun, sence long befo' de wan
and way befo' dat, sun." ..
"Show Mr. Sanders rltrht In." com
manded Colonel Langdon.
"Good day, senator," spoke Sanders,
the boss of seven counties, as be en
tered. Glancing around the room, he
continued, bending toward tbe colo
nel and muffling bis now whispering
voice with bis band: "I want to speak
to you Alone. I'm here on politics."
"That's all right, but these gentle
men here are my friends and constitu
ents," was tbe reply In no uncertain
voice. "When I talk politics they
have a perfect right to hear what I,
aa their senator, say. Out with It, Mr.
Sanders.".
As Sanders was Introduced to the
members of the conference be grew
red In the face and stared at Langdon
amased. At last ne oad discovered
something new In politics. "Say," be
Anally blurted, "when I talk business
I"
.."Are you In politics as a business?"
quickly spoke Colonel Langdon.
"Why I er no, of course not," the
visitor stammered. "I am In politics
Carolina Langdon had an avMtert love
lines. tor my party's sake. Just like every
body else." and Sander grinned sug
gestively at his questioner.
. "Have you anything further to say V
asked Langdon in a tone hinting that
he would Uke to be rid of his caller.
"Well, since you are so very new la
this game, senator. Ill talk right out
to meetln', aa they call It I came to
ask about an appointment an' to tip
you off on a couple o' propositions. I
want Jim Hagley taken care of
you've heard of Jim was clerk o Fen
lmore county. A $2,000 a year Job '11
do for him; $500 o that be gives to the
organlxatlon.
"You're the organization, aren't you T
queried Langdon.
-Why. yea. Are you Just gettln
Uar rrto Urn nA arm nTn't I cot
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fellers, voters. votem. VOTERS, d
It, bangln' on to me that needs to be
taken care of! An' so I make the fel
lers that work kelp those that don't.
Why, Langdon, what 'n h are you
klcklu' an' questionln' about? Didn't
you get my twelve votes In the legisla
ture? Did you have a chance for sen
ator without 'em? Answer me that
will you? Why, with 'em you only
had two more than needed to elect
an' the opposition crowd was solid for
Wilson," cried the angry boss, pound
ing tbe long table before which Lang
don sat'
"I'll answer you almighty quick," re
torted the now thoroughly aroused sen
ator elect, rising and shaking bis
clinched flst at Sanders. "Those
twelve votes you say were yours
yours?"
"Yes, mine. Them noble legislators
that cast 'em was an' la mine, mine.
I tell you, JeRt
like I had 'em In
my pocket an'
that's where I
mostly carry 'em,
so as they won't
go strayln' aroun'
careless-like."
"You didn't have
to vote those men
for me. I told
you at the capl
tol that I would
not make you or
anybody else any
promises. You
voted them for
me of your own
accord. That's my
answer."
"Them noble leglsUir At this point tbe
tors was mine." gentlemen of the
county present when Sanders entered
and who bad no desire to witness fur
ther the unpleasant episode rose to
leave. In spite of tbe urgent request of
Colonel Langdon that they remain.
The only one reluctant to go wns Dea
con Amos Smnllwood, who, coming to
the plantation to seek employment for
bis son, bad not been denied of bis' de
sire to join the assemblage of bis
neighbors.
Last to move toward tbe door, be
b topped In front of Sanders, stretched
bis five feet three Inches of stature on
tiptoe and shook a withered fist In tbe
boss' firmly -set, determined face.
"Infamous!" shrieked tbe deacon.
"You're a monster! you're unright
eous! You should have belonged to the
political machine of Catallne or Pon
tius Pilate!"
"Never heard tell o' them," muttered
Sanders, deeply puzzled. "Guess they
was never In Mississippi In my time."
Ills accompanying gesture of per
plexity caused tbe deacon to hasten bis
exit. Tripping over tbe leg of a chair,
be fell headlong Into tbe arms of the
watchful Jackson, who received the
deacon's blessing for "uplifting the
righteous in the hour of their fall."
Relieved at tbe departure of tbe wit
Bosses, Sanders showed increased ag
gressiveness. "To be sure, senator,
you were careful not to personally
promise me anything for my support
at the election, ud you say," tbe leader
sneered, "but you bad Jim Stevens to
make promises for you, which was
smooth, absolute an' artistic smooth"
"Stop, sir!" Langdon furiously shout
ed. "You forget, sir, that your insinu
ation is an Insult to a man elected sen
ator from Mississippi, an insult to my
state and to my friend Senator Ste
vens, who 1 know would make you no
promises for me, for be bad not my
authority."
"Certainly you're a senator, but
what's a senator anyhow? I'll tell you,
Mr. Colonel Langdon, a senator Is a
man who holds out for bis own pocket
as much as us fellows that make him
will stand for. When we don't get our
rightful share, he's through."
With a sudden start as though to
spring at Sanders' throat Langdon,
with compressed Hps and eyes blaz
ing, grasped tbe edge of the table
with a grip that threatened to rend
tbe polished boards. With Intensest
effort he slowly regained control of
himself. His fury bad actually weak
ened him. His knees shook, and be
sank weakly Into a chair. Wben he
finally spoke bis voice was strained
and laborious. "Sanders, you and L
sir, must never meet again because I
might not succeed again In keeping my
hands off you. What would my old
comrades of tbe Third Mississippi say
If they saw me sitting here and you
there with a whole body, sir. after
what you have said? They would not
believe their - eyes, thank God, sir.
They would all go over to Stuart City
and buy new eyeglasses, sir." A sus
picious moisture appeared on tbe colo
nel's cheeks which be could not dry
too quickly to escape Sanders' observa
tion. "But I bad to let you stay, sir, be
cause you, tbe sole accuser, are tbe
only one who can tell me what I must
know."
"What do you want to know?" asked
Sanders, who bad realized his great
mistake in losing bis temper. In talk'
lug as openly and as violently as be
bad and In dragging the name of Sen
ator Stevens Into tbe controversy. He
must try to keep Stevens from bearing
of thle day's blunder, for Jim Stevens
knew as well as he, didn't be. that the
IE
0
muu ftnu loses ma temper, uue tne
man who talks too much,' is of no use
In politics.
"I want to know how you formed
your opinion of political matters of
senators. Is It possible, sir, that you
have actual knowledge of actual hap
penings that give you the right to talk
as you have? 1 want to know if I
must feel shame, feel disgrace, sir, to
be a senator from Mississippi, that
ntate, sir, that the Almighty himself,
Kir, would choose to live In If he came
to earth."
"There, there, senator, don't take too
seriously what I have said," Sanders
replied in reassuring tone, having out
lined his course of action. "I lost my
hood honnnoA vmv wroiMn't nrnmlnp me
something I needed that appointment
for Hagley. What I said about sena
tors an' such was all wild words
nothln' in 'em. Why, how could there
be, senator?" This query was a happy
afterthought which Sanders craftily
suggested In a designedly artless man
uer. "Just what I thought and know!" ex
claimed Langdon sharply. "It couldn't
be; it Isn't possible. Now you go, sir,
and let it be your greatest disgrace
that you are not fit to enter any gen
tleman's house."
"Oh, don't rub It In too bard, senator.
You may need my help some day, but
you'll have to deliver the goods before
hand." "1 said, 'Go!' "
"I'm goln', but here's a tip. Don't
blame me for flghtln you. I've got to
fight to live. I'm a human beln', an'
humans are pretty much the same all
over the world, all except you you're
only half natural. Tbe rest of you Is
reformer." -
After Sanders' departure the colonel
sat at bis table, his head resting In his
hand, tbe events of tbe day crowding
his brain bewllderlngly.
"Tbe battles of peace are worse than
any Beauregard ever led me Into," be
murmured. ."Fighting to conquer one
self Is harder than turning the left
flank of tbe Eighth Illinois In an en
filading fire."
But the new senator from Mississippi
did not know that for him tbe wars of
peace had only Just begun, that per
haps his own flesh and blood and that
of the wife and mother who had gone
before would turn traitor to bis colon
In tbe very thickest of the fray.
CHAPTER III.
HOW TO FLEABB A SENATOR,
THE International bote! in Wash
ington was all bustle and bustle.
Was it not preparing for Its
first senator since 1885? No
less a personage than tbe Hon. Wil
liam H. Langdon of Mississippi, said
to be a warm personal friend of Sen
ator Stevens, one of tbe leading mem
bers of his party at the capital, bad
engaged a suit of rooms for himself
and two daughters.
Ain't It the limit?" remarked tbe
chief clerk to Bud Haines, correspond
ent of the New York Star. "The sen
ator wrote us that be was coming here
because bis old friend, tbe late Sen
ator Moseley. said back in '75 that this
was the best hotel in Washington and
where all tbe prominent men ought to
stay."
Haines, the ablest political reporter
In Washington, bad come to tbe Inter
national to interview tbe new senator,
to describe for his paper what kind of
a citizen Langdon was.. He glanced
around at tbe dingy woodwork, tbe
worn cushions, the nicked and uneven
tiles of tbe hotel lobby, and smiled at
tbe clerk. "Well, It this Is the new
senator's Idea of princely luxury he
will fit right Into the senatorial atmos
phere." Both laughed derisively. "By
the way," added Haines, "I suppose
you'll raise your rates now that you've
got a" senator bere."
The clerk brought bis fist down on
tbe register with
a tbud.
"We could have
J W "!f lnera every ua'
kg hi Ay If we wanted
U M yr them. This fel-
A y. I low, though, we'll
4 -JLJ . have all winter, I
guess. His son's
bere now. Been
breaking all rec
ords for drink
ing. Congress-
: p. man Norton of
P Mississippi has
"Well, enn't you let been down bere
what you're WiAngf with blm a few
times. There young Langdon Is now."
Haines turned quickly, Just in time
to bump Into a tall, slender young
man, who was- walking unevenly in
tbe direction of tbe cafe.
"Well, can't you see what you're do
ing?" muttered the tall young man
thickly.
Haines smiled. The chap who has
played halfback four years on bis col
lege eleven and held tbe boxing cham
pionship In his class Is apt to be good
aatured. He does not have to take of
fense easily. Besides, Randolph Lang
don was plainly under tbe Influence of
whisky. So Haines smiled pleasantly
at the taller young man.
"Beg your pardon my fault," Haines
said.
"Well, don't let It occur again," mum
bled Langdon as be strolled with on-
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'I guess young Langdon Is going to
be one of the boys. Isn't he?"
"He's already one of them when It
comes to a question of fluid enpaclry,"
laughed some one behind blm. and Bud
whirled to meet tbe gnze of his friend,
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tbe big Chicago dallies.
"You down here to see Langdon,
too?" commented Bud.
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this senator Is to hong out, isn't It?"
"It can't be a rich one, then," sug
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do you know abont him?"
"Nothing, except that the Evening
Call printed a picture of his eldest
daughter says she's the queen daugh
ter of the south, a famous beauty, rich
planter for a father, mother left ber a
fortune"
"She'll cut quite a social caper with
this hotel's name on her cards, won't
she!" broke in Haines as he led Cullen
to a seat to await the expected legis
lator, whose train was late.
"I don't know very much about him
myself," said nalnes. "All I've been
able to discover Is that Stevens said
the word which elected him, and that
looks bad. Great glory, when I think
what a senator of tbe right sort has a
chance to do here in Washington a
nonpartisan, straight out from the
shoulder man!" He paused to shake
his head In disgust. "You know these
fellows here in tbe senate don't even
see their chance. Why, if you and I
didn't do any more to bold our Jobs
than they do we'd be fired by wire the
first day. They know Just tbe old po
litical game, that's all."
"It's a great game, though. Bud,"
sighed Cullen longingly, for, like many
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MtisUitpiti."
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ing that be was cut out to be a great
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"Sure, It's a great game, as a game,"
agreed Haines. "So Is bridge, and stud
poker, and three card monte, and flim
flam generally. Take this new man
Langdon, for Instance. Chosen by Ste
ens be'U probably be perfectly obedi
ent, perfectly easy going, perfectly
blind and perfectly useless. What's
wanted now la to get tbe work done,
not play tbe game."
Thoroughly a cynic through his
years of experience as a newspaper
man, which had shown tbe inside
workings of many important phases
of the seemingly conventional life of
this complex world, Cullen pretended
unbounded enthusiasm.
"Heart Hear!" be shouted. "All you
earnest citizens come vote for Re
former Haines. I'm for you, Bud.
What do I get in your cabinet? I've
Joined the reformers, too, and, like all
of them, me for P-U R I T-Y as long
as jihe gives me a meal ticket."
(Continued next week.)
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