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A GENTLEMAN FRQ5M MISSISSIPPI By THOMAS A. WISE Novelized From the Play by Frederick R. Toombs COPYRIGHT. 1909. BY THOMAS A. WISB CHAPTER IX. A KKW KIMS OF FOL1TICA1 PARTNERSHIP.. THE combination of the forces of, Langdon and Haines did not find much favor among the powers that are at the capital. Senator Peabody peremptorily, demand ed an explanation from Stevens as to how he had allowed "his senator" to engage as his secretary "this Inquisi tive man Haines, a reporter who didn't know his place." "Here we've put Langdon on naval affairs because we knew he didn't un derstand what's going on. and you, Stevens, supposed to be the finished product f the political mill, you fall sleep and let him take up a man whom nobody can control, one who knows the Inside workings of Wash ington and who will take pnr-tic-u-lar pleasure In teaching your fellow Ills lssipplan far too much for our good." Stevens' . reply, to effect that prob ably Haines would consent to be "tak en care, or if judiciously approached, was derided by the observant Pea body. "A young reformer grows fat on notoriety," he laughed, "and think what scandal he would have for his newspaper If we took a chance on dis closing our hand to him. No. no, Ste . tens; we must have hlui watched and try to discredit him In some way. Per haDS we can make Lanedori believe that his secretary Is dishonest." congressman Norton was anocner man who was dismayed nt the forma tion of the firm of Langdon and Halns. Young Randolph, too. could not forget the defeat and humiliation he had pre viously suffered at Haines' bands and grew more bitter as the reporter's In fluence over his father grew stronger. But Haines most effective enemy bad arisen in the person be would be the last to suspect, one whom he unceas ingly admired. one whose Very words he had come to cherish. And possibly It was not all ber own fault that Caro lina Langdon bad enlisted her services, subtle and quite overwhelming (owing to Haines' fervent worship of ber) - against the secretary. Perhaps the so cial system of which she bad become a part in Washington had something to do with the craving to become a leader In that fascinating world whose daz- sllruj variety and Infinite diversion seemed to fill ber soul with all that It yearned for. Love she had, for she bad now promised to wed Congress man Norton. . She loved him fondly; he had confessed to him, and gradu ally she came to work desperately gainst Haines, who, she bad been convinced by Norton and Randolph, would prove a stumbling block to them, to her father, to herself In her career at the capital, if his Influence over the senator should be permitted to exist or to Increase. And so on the surface Carolina Langdon was most amiable to the secretary, encouraged him In bis attentions to ber, led him surely Into ber power, Norton having prevailed on ber to keep the knowledge of tbelr en gagement secret from every one, even ber father. The days and nights became filled with Important work for Senator Lang don and bis secretary. Together they went over the Important measures, out lined what appeared to be the best course of procedure and carried it into effect as far as possible. Langdon be came a prominent figure In the senate, owing to bis - consistent support of measures that fitted In with the public policy, or what should be the public policy, of the nation. lie had learned that the only practicable way to out wit or to cope with the members of the dominating machine, made up, be was surprised to see, of members of both the parties the only two in Washington was to oppose what the . machine wanted with enough power to ' force It to grant Mm what he believed ' the public ought to have. He was de scribed by some of the hidebound "In siders" on Capitol hill as "the only liinlnv man vtui hnA fnnirht thu mn- chlne In thirty years.' At the home he bad later established In Washington as preferable to the International hotel were frequently seen a small coterie of senators and congressmen who bad become known to the sarcastic party bosses In both bouses of congress ss the "Langdon crowd." which crowd was admitted to be somewhat of a factor when It final ly prevailed on the president to take over 11.000 postmasters from the ap pointment class and put them under the control of the civil service commis sion, resulting in the necessity of a competitive examination for these postmasters instead of tbelr securing positions through political favoritism. Those who did not know Langdon Intimately suggested that "this fellow ought to be taken car of.' What In God's name does be wsntT A commit tee chairmanship? An ambassadorship for soma Mississippi charcoal burner? A couple of federal Judgeships for bis friends? Well, whatever It Is. give It to him and get ulni In with the. rest of us!" Again It waa Peabody who bad the deciding say. "There's only on thing worse than a young reformer, and that's an old one." he laughed bitterly at a secret conclave at bis apartment in the lux urious. Louis Napoleon hotel. TU young one minus ne is going to live and wants our future profits for him self. The old one thinks he's going to die, and be's sore at leaving so much graft behind him." Heads and hearts thinking and throb bing together, Langdon and his secre tary, Haines, plodded along. They bad learned to lean on each other, the young gaining Inspiration from the old. the old gaining strength from the young. They loved each other, and, more than any love, they trusted one another. And nope Georgia watched it nil and rejoiced, for she believed with all the accrued erudition of eight een years of innocent girlhood that Mr. Bud Haines was quite the finest specimen of young manhood this world bad ever produced. How could be have happened! She was sure that she bad never met Us equal, not even In that me mot able week she bad spent In Jackson. The passing weeks taught Haines that he was deeply in love with Caro lina, nnd, though he had endeavored to keep the knowledge of this from ber, ber woman's Intuition had told her his secret, and she stifled the momen tary regrets that flitted into ber mind, because sbe was now In "the game herself, the Washington game, that ensnares the woman as well as the man and makes her a slave to Its fan cy. No one but , bernelf and Norton knew bow deeply she bad "plunged" on a c-ertalu possible turn of the po litlenl cards. Sbe must not. sbe could not,, lose If life Itself were to remain of value to her, and on Jier sway over this secretary she was told it all de pended. : A subject that for some unexplaln able reason frequently lodged In Haines' mind was that of tbe appar ent assiduity with which Mrs. Spangler cultivated Senator Langdon's friend ship. For several years she bad occu pied a high social position at tbe capU tal, be well knew, but various Indefi nite, intangible rumors be bad beard, be could not state exactly where, had made him regret her growing Intimacy with the girls and with tbe senator. Tbey bad met her through letters of Introduction of the most trustworthy and assuring character from people of highest social rank' In Virginia, where tbe Langdons bad many friends, but even so, Haines realized, people who write introductory letters are some times thoughtless in considering all the circumstances of the parties they In troduce, aud residents of Virginia who had not been In the capital for years might be forgiven for not knowing of all tbe more recent developments In the lives of those they knew In Wash ington. While not wishing to have tbe senator know of bis Intention, tbe sec retary determined to investigate Mrs. Spangler and her present mode of life at his first opportunity, hoping tbe while that bis quest would reveal ber to be what tbe Langdons considered her a widow of wealth, fashion and reserve wbo resided at the capital be cause tbe memories of her late bus band, a former congressman of blgb standing, were associated with It. Calling nt tbe Langdons' bouse one evening In February to receive direc tions regarding Important work for the next day, Haines was somewhat C v'i-5?.vo culiar smIle on i t Jit " J the senator's face. A ti i Answering the secretary s 1001 IT of Inquiry, tbe M lssisslpplan said: been told can name new holder of t J a five - thousand dollar a year posl tlon In the de partment of com merce aud labor and that If 1 have "7t't a trlcfc," Haines. safci no one in particu lar from my state to name that that you would be a good man for the Job, First I was glad for your sake, my boy, for if you wanted It you could have the position. But on thinking it over It seemed there might be some thing behind it not showing on the sur face." "It's a trick. said Haines. "Who made tbe offer?" , "Senator Stevens." "i mignt nave known," hotly re sponded the secretary. "There's a crowd that wants you and me separat ed. Thought this bait too much for me to resist, did tbey?" Then he paused, rubbing his fingers through his hair in a perplexed manner. "Strange, isn't it, senator, that a man of your party is offered this desirable piece of patronage, entirely unsolicited on your part, from tbe administration of an other,. a different political party? Espe cially when that other party has so many huugry would be 'tax enters' clamoring to enter tbe land of milk and honey.' I think Stevens deliber ately" "There, there. Bud," broke In Lang don, "you mustn't say anything against Senator Stevens to me. True, be asso ciates with some folks 1 don't approve of, but that doesn't necessarlli. mean anytmng wrong, ami i tujsen uuve al ways found blm thoroughly honest." "Yes," muttered the secretary, fol lowing the senator into tbe library. 'you've always found him honest be cause you think everybody's honest but Stevens is just the doctor wbo will cure you of this ailment, this chronic trustfulness." Haines laughed softly. "When Pea- body's little Stevle gets through back ing at tbe prostrate body of political purity his two handed sword of polit ical corruption will need new edges." Thus far neither the senator nor bis secretary bad suspicion of any ques tionable deal in regard to tbe gulf naval base. The rush of other events, particularly the fight over tbe reduc tion of tbe tariff, bad pushed this project tempora rily into the back ground so far as tbey were con cerned, though tbe "boss of tbe senate" and bis satellites had been losing no time In perfect ing their plans regarding the choice of Altacoo la as tbe site. .Peabody aud Stevens had in eenlouslv exnlolt- ed ; Langdon at "BettZUor every possible op., rTlfldo." portunlty in relation to the naval base. Asked about new developments In the committee on naval affairs, tbe ready answer was: "Better see Senator Langdon. He knows all about tbe naval base; has tbe matter In full charge. I really know little about it." So by hiding behind the unsuspect ing old hero of Crawfordsvllle they diverted from themselves any possible suspicion and placed Langdon where be would have to bear tbe brunt of tbe great scandal that would, they well knew, come out at some future time after their foul conspiracy against the nation bad been consum mated, after tbe fruits of tbelr be trayal bad been secured. What, after all, the schemers con cluded, is the little matter of an inves tigation among senators to guilty sen ators who, deep, ly versed In the law, have de stroyed every compromising document that could bo admls slble as evi dence? Why, the senate would appoint an investigating committee and investigate It self, would It not, when the -ridiculous scan- dal came? Ind what senator And what sen- "WwMmeyf ator would fear himself, or for him self, as be Investigated himself, when tbe blame had already been put pub licly on some one else, some simple minded old soul wbo could go back to bis cotton fields In Mississippi and for get all about It, strong in his innocence, even though shorn of reputation, and desire to live? CHAPTER X. WKEIf SENATORS DISAGREE. TUB wiseacres of Washington had nightly predicted that tbe site of tbe . hundred million dol lar gulf naval base would be decided on In March after the excite ment and gayety attending the presi dential Inauguration had subsided. On the morning of tbe day before this action of the committee on naval affairs was to be taken Secretary Haines sat at bis desk in Senator Langdon's committee room In tbe cap ltol. Richard Cullen, tbe favorite as sociate of Haines In bis journalistic days, out earllrr than usual on his dally round of the departments for news for bis Chicago paper, had strolled In and attempted a few of bis ENTERPRISE OPERA HOUSE Watch for Next Announcement ft Professional Bitectory of Wallowa County t THOS M niT.T. S ATTORNEY-AT'LAW Office first door south of New f Fratftrnnl T ! 1 ,1 i- IT1., 1 r i -- ""B., uumiiiiia)., uro. L ... m n . . . - - . . I BURLEIGH & BOYD A ATTORNEYS-ARAW f I Practice iu all State Courts and j Interior Department. Careful at-1' j tentlon to all business. & I D. W. SHEAHAN I LAWYER ENTERPRISE Practice In State and Federal Courts and Interior Department. Mv C. T. HOCKETT. M. D. 4 PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON f Office upstairs in Bank Build- tag. Ind. Home phone in office ' and residence. . !. iy found tbem entertaining, but these were directed at Senator Langdon. "Now, let me tell you so met h lug. Pick," the secretary answered ttriuly. "Don't you work off all your dyspeptic Ideas In this neighborhood. My sena tor Is a great man. They cuu't appre ciate him up here because be's honest -crystal clear. I used to think I knew what a decent .citizen, a real man. ought to bo. but be's taught ine some new things, ne'll teach them all some thing before he gets through." Cullen hung one leg over Haines' desk. "You're n nice, quiet, gentlemanly lit tle optimist, and I like you, old fel low," retorted Cullen. "But dou't de ceive yourself too much. Your Senator Langdon Is personally one of the best ever. But be was born a mark, and a mark he'll be to tbe end of time. "He looks good now. Sure, I like bis speeches, and all that, but just wait. When some of those old foxes In the senate want to put his head In the bag and tie It down, they won't have any trouble nt all." Smiling, Haines looked up at bis cynical friend. "T b e bag 'II have to go over my head, too," be said with a nod. "You'ro o ntcs tittle "Well, I don't opttntfst." kuow tuat rea. body 'd have to strain himself very much or get such an awful big bag to drop you both in, if it comes right down to that, old chap. You're making a mistake. You're as bad as your old man. You're a beautiful pair of opti mists, and you a good newspaper man. too It's a shame!" After momentary hesitation Cullen continued, thoroughly Berlous. "Bud, my old friend," he suld In low tone, glancing quickly about, "there's one thing that you've got to put a stop to. It's hurting you." The secretary's face showed bis be wilderment. "What do you mean?" he snapped abruptly. "Out with It!" "I mean," replied Cullen, "that ru mors are going around that you are keeping Langdon away from tbe crowd of 'insiders' In tbe senate for your own purposes that, In short, you plan to" "I understand," was tbe quick In terruption. "I am accused of wanting to 'deliver' Senator Langdon, guurautee his vote, on some graft proposition, so that I can get the money and not be himself. Consequently I'm tipping blm off on what measures are honest, so that he'll vote for them, until until I'm offered my price, then Influence blm to vote for some big crooked scheme, telling blm It is all right He votes aa I suggest, and 1 get tbe money r "That's what 'delivering a man' means In Washington," dryly answer ed tbe Chicago correspondent "It means winning a man's confidence, bis support, his vote, through friendship and then selling It for cash" "But you, Dick, you have" "Of course, old man, I have denied the truth of this. I knew you too well to doubt you. Still, tbe yarn Is hurt ing you. Remember tbst western sen ator wbo was 'delivered' twice, both ways, on a graft bill?" be laughingly asked tbe secretary. "Should say I did. Dick. That Is the record for that game. It was a corporation measure. One railroad wanted It; another opposed It. The senator Innocently told an eastern sen ator that be was going to vote for tbe bill. Then tbe easterner went to the railroad wanting tb bill passed and got $7,000 on bis absolute promise that be would get Senator X. to vote for it. wbo, of course, did vote for It." "Yes," said Cullen, "and later, when Senator X. heard that Senator Z. bad got money for bis rote, be was wild. Then when another effort was made to pass tb bill (which had been de feated) tbe 'delivered' senator ssld to Z. as be met blm unexpectedly: 'You scoundrel, here's where I get square with you to some extent Anyway, I'm fjolng to vote against that bill this time and make a long speech against It too.' feiiutur Z. than luiuttal in Insurance of Bank Deposits. From The Public. One must rub his eyes these days to hp RllrA Ihttt nrvnn rIMn't ...In lha i last election. Here for instance, is 11 t-iiL-1 ,1 . n.,- - , . iuucui mus attorney general aa vising the national banHs that they may insure their deposits. The very suggestion was wicked and Impracti cable less than a year ago. True it Is that Bryan proposed to have depos its guaranteed by the federal govern ment, whereas the attorney general has reference to Insurance companies. Hut this convenient distinction may be resolved into a plutocratic differ ence. Women Who Are Envied. Those attractive women who are lovely in face, form and temper are the envy of many, who might be like them. A weak, sickly woman will be nervous and irritable. Con stipation or Kidney poisons show in pimples, blotches, skin eruptions and a wretched complexion. For all such. Electric Bitters work wonders. They regulate Stomach Liver and Kid neys, purify the blood; give strong nerves, bright ejes, pure breath, smooth, velvety skin, lovely complex ion. 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