A GENTLEMAN
FROM MISSISSIPPI
By THOMAS A. WISE
Novelized From the Play by Frederick R. Toombs
CHAPTER XX.
THE CALX. TO ARUS.
BOTH Randolph and Carolina were
deeply affected by their father's
words.
The dauehter attemnted to
take on herself the blame for her broth
er's action.
"I was the older one. I might have
stopped him If I had wished and should
bear the burden."
"No, no, father," exclaimed the
youth, his Inborn self reliance prompt
Mtin uiru 10 buouiuer me consequences
of his own mistakes. "I, and I alone,
am responsible for what I did. I did
sot realize that It was wrong. I will
not hide behind Carolina." '
Carolina Langdon bore herself better
than was to have been expected under
the strain of the painful interview.
She saw more clearly now how she had
erred. She was undergoing an Inward
revolution that would make it impos
sible for her ever again to veer so far
from the line of duty to her father, her
family and to herself.
When Randolph had finished Carolina
took up her own defense, and eloquent
ly she pleaded the defense of many a
woman who yearns for what she has
not got. for what may be beyond her
reach the defense of the woman who
chafes under the limitations of world
ly position, of sex and of opportunity.
It was the defense of an ambitious
woman.
"Perhaps I ought to have been a
man of the Langdon family," she ex
claimed. "Father, oh, can't you un
derstand that I couldn't doze my life
away down on those plantations? You
don't know what ambition Is. I had
to have the world. I had to have
money. If I had been a man I would
have tried big financial enterprises. I
should have liked to fight for a for
tune. You wouldn't have -condemned
toe then. You might hare said my
methods were bold, but if I succeeded
I would have been a great man. But
Just because I am a woman you think
I must sit home with my knitting. No,
father, the world does move. Women
must have au equal chance with men,
but I wish I had been a man!"
''Even then I hope you would have
been a gentleman," rebuked her father
sternly. "Women should have an
equal chance, Carolina. They should
have an equnl chance for the same
virtues as men, not for the same
vices."
"But an equal chance." returned the
girl fervidly. "There, father, you have
admitted -what. I have tried to prove.
The woman with the spirit of a man,
the spirit that cries to a woman, 'Ad
vance,' 'Accomplish,' 'Be something,'
'Strike for yourself,' cannot sit idly by
vrhlle all the world moves on. If it is
true that I have chosen the wrong
i;ieans, the wrong way, to better my
lot I did It through ignorance, and
"Women must have an equal chance.
that Ignorance is the fault of the
times In which I Uve, of the system
thf t guides the era In which I live.
"I am what the world calls 'educat
ed.' but the world, the world of men,
knows better. It laughs at me. It has
cheated me because I am a woman
The world of men .has fenced mo In
and hobbled me with convention, with
precedent, with fictitious sentiment.
- If I pursue the business of men as
they themselves would pursue it
nm called an ungrateful daughter. If
I should adopt the morals or men i
would be called a fallen woman. U I
adopted the religion of men I would
have no religion at all. Turn what
way I will"
"But not every woman feels the way
rou do. my daughter," broke in the
senator.
"No, you are right, because their
spirit has been crushed by generations,
by centuries of forced subserviency to
men. They tell us we should be thank
ful that we do not live in China, where
women ore nhrslcal slaves to men. In
our country they are forced to be mea
tal and social slaves to men. Is one
very much worse than the other?"
"Then, dear." aud her father s
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was very gentle, "it you want an equal
chance want to be equal to a man
you must take your medicine with
Randolph, like a man."
"What are you going to do, sir?" she
asked, afraid.
"I'm going to spoil all your Uttio
scheme, dear," be returned, smiling
sadly. "I'm going, I fear, to make you
lose all your money. I'd like to make
it easy for you, but I can't. You've
got to take your medicine, children,
and when It's all over back there In
Mississippi I shall be able, I hope, to
patch up your broken lives and togeth
er we will work out your mistakes. I
can't think of that now. The honor of
the Langdoiuj calls. This is the time
for the fight, and any one who fights
against me must take (be conse
quences."
He walked over and touched the bell,
"Thomas," be said to the servant
who responded, "take that letter at
once to Senator Peabody, in the libra
ry."
"What is it, sir?" asked Randolph.
"It's the call to arms," responded his
father grimly.
Senator Peabody read the letter to
which Haines had signed Langdon's
name and Jumped up from his chair in
the library In astonishment. Without
a word to the startled Stevens he rush
ed to confront Langdon.
"What's the meaning of this?" he
shouted as he burst in on the Junior
senator from Mississippi.
"Of what?" asked the southerner,
with a blandness that added fuel to
Feabody's irritation.
"Don't trifle with me, sir!" cried "the
boss of the senate." "This letter. ToB
sent It. Explain It! I'm in no mood to
Joke."
Langdon looked at him calmly.
"I think the letter is quite plain, sen
ator," he said. "You can read." Then
ho turned to his daughter. "This dls.
cusslon cannot possibly interest you,
my dear. WW you go to the drawing
room to receive our guests?"
Carolina obeyed. She seemed to be
discovering new qualities in this father
whom she had considered to be too old
fashioned for bis time.
"Now, senator, go ahead, ind, Ran
dolph, you bring Stevens."
"You're switching to Gulf CityT de
manded Feabody,
'I'm considering Gulf City," agreed
Langdon.
Feabody brought down his fist on the
table.
"It's too late to consider anything,
Langdon," he cried. "We're committed
to Altacoola, and Altacoola it is. I
don't care what you heard of Gulf
City. Now, I'd like to settle this thing
in a friendly manner, Langdon. J like
always for every member of the senate
to have his share of the power and the
patronage. We've been glad to put you
forward in this naval base matter. We
appreciate the straightforwardness, the
honesty of your character. You look
woll. You're the kind of politician the
public thinks it wants nowadays, but
you've been in the senate long enough
to know that bills have to pass, and
you know you can't get through any
thing without my friends, and I tell
you now I'll throttle any Gulf City
plan you bring up."
"Then if you are as sure of that you
can't object to my being for Gulf
City?" asked Langdon.
"Are you financially Interested In
Gulf City?" demanded Teabody.
"Senator Feabody!" exclaimed Lang
don. .
"Don't flare up, Langdon," retorted
Feabody. "That sort of thing baa
happened in the senate. There are
often perfectly legitimate profits to be
made In some regular commercial ven
ture by a man who has inside Infor
mation as to what's doing up on Capi
tol hill."
"Senator Teabody," asked Langdon,
"why are you so strong for Altacoola?"
The Pennsylvania hesitated.
"Its natural advantages," be said at
last.
The southerner shook his head.
"Oh, that's all? Well, if natural ad
vantages are going to settle It, and
not influence, go ahead and vote, and
I'll Just bring In a minority report for
Gulf City."
"The boss of the senate" was In a
corner now.
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Langdon nodded.
"That's all I wanted to know," he
said.
"Now you see why It's got to be
Altacoola," persisted the boss.
"I don't mind telling you, then, Sen
ator Peabody," answered Langdon
calmly, "that my being for Gulf City
was a bluff. I've been trying to draw
you out. Gulf City is a mud bank
and no more fitted to be a naval base
than Keokuk, la. Altacoola it's got
to be, for the good of the country and
the honor of Mississippi.
"And one thing more, senator. I'd
Just like to add that not a single man
connected with that committee is got
tng to make a cent out of the deal.
You get that straight?"
CHAPTER XXI.
"IF YOU CAN'T BUY A SENATOR, THREAT
EN MM."
SENATOR FEABODY was the
most surprised man In Wash
! lngton when be heard the Jun
ior senator from Mississippi
state that no one was to enrich him
self out of the government naval base
project.
He heaped a mental anathema on
the bend of Stevens for saddling such
a man on the senate "machine," for
Langdon would of course never bad
been pt on "naval affairs" (Just now
very important to the machine) with
out the "O. K." of Stevens, who had
won a heretofore thoroughly reliable
reputation as a Judge of men, or of
what purported to be men. The
thought that at this time, of all times,
there should be a man on the commit
tee on naval affairs that could not be
"handled" was sufficient to make him
who reveled In the title of "boss of the
senate" determine that he must get
another chief lieutenant to replace Ste
vens, who bad proved so trustworthy
In the past, Stevens bad lost his cun
ning! As the vote of Langdon could not be
secured by humbug or in exchange for
favors and as it could not be "dellv
ered," Peabody, of course, was willing
to pay in actual cash for the vote.
This was the final step, but one in po
litical conspiracies of this nature cash.
But Langdon would not take cash,' so
Peabody had to resort to the last
agency of the trained and corrupt ma
nlpulator of legislation.
Ho would threaten.
Moreover, he knew that to make
threats effective, if It Is possible to
do so, they must be led up to systemat
lcally that Is, they should be made at
the right timer The scene must be set,
as in a play.
Senator Peabody glared at Langdon
as though to convince the latter that
to stand in his way would mean polit
ical destruction.
"So nobody is going to make a cent.
eh' Well, I suppose you want all the
profits for yourself." Turning to Ste
vens, who had Just entered, the Penn
sylvanlan cried;
"Do you but listen to our suddenly
good friend Langdon. He wants to be
the only man to make money out of
the naval base.- He won't listen to any
other member of the naval committee
ranking a cent out of it. Why, he"
"Great God, sir!" exclaimed Langdon.
'You are going' too far, Teabody. You
state what Is false, and you know It,
you you"
"Then you are willing that others
should have their rightful share?" put
in Stevens." "Oh, I understand now,
senator."
"No, no, nor' cried Lnngdon. "You
do not understand, Senator Stevens,
and I must say I am ashamed to speak
of you by the honorable title of sena-
tor, sir. I will not listen to any person
enriching himself at the government
expense, aud I am your enemy, you,
Peabody, and you, Stevens, beyond re
call. You both know ycu misrepresent
me."
Langdon walked over to Stevens and
faced him directly.
"Do you remember, Stevens, Lorimer
Hawkslee, back iu wartime?"
"Yes." Bald Stevens, puzzled, "I re
member bim a very fine gentleman."
The old planter sneered.
"Yes, a very line gentleman! You
remember he got rich out of contracts
for supplies furnished to the Confed
erate government when it wasn't any
too easy for the Confederate govern
inent to pay and when be was in that
government himself. 1 never quite
thought that the act of a gentleman.
Stevens. It seemed to me to be very
like dishonesty. I refused to sieak
to I,orlmer Hawkslee in the Carroll
hotel at Vlcksburg, and when the peo
ple there asked me why I told them,
I want to warn you, Stevens, that I'm
likely to meet you some time la the
Carroll hotel at Vlcksburg."
Stevens backed away angrily. "1
catch your insinuation, but" he re
celved a warning glance from Pea
body and broke Into a pleasant smile
calculated to deceive the old planter
"this once I will overlook it because of
our old friendship and the old days la
Mississippi."
"You are a fine talker, Langdon,"
said Peabody, coming to Stevens' res
cue, "but I can readily see what you
are driving at. You want an lnvesti-
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of us with what you reformers call
the goods but forget evidently the
entirely simple, facts that your family
has Invested in Altacoola lands more
heavily probably than any one else
among us. You want to ralso a scan
dal, do you? Well, go on and raise It,
but remember that you will have to
explain how it happened that there Is
$50,000 invested in the name of your
son and $25,000 In the name of your
daughter, Miss Carolina, not to men
tion u few thousands put In by the
gentleman who, I am given to under
stand, is to be your son-in-law, Con
gressman Norton.
"How about that, Norton?" Peabody
asked, turning to the congressman,
who had followed Stevens.
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money was going Into Altacoola land.
I will swear to it if necessary," and he
glared bitterly at Carolina's futher,
feeling certain that the girl would
cling to him as opposed to her parent.
Langdon made a threatening move at
the congressman.
"I consider my riddance of you
mighty cheap at the price," he cried.
"Come, come, Langdon," fumed Feu
body, "I must get away from here to
catch the midnight train. Let's gut
through with this mutter. You must
realize that you cannot fight me iu
Washington. You must know that
men call me the 'king of the senate. '
I eau beat any measure you introduce.
I can puss any measure you want
passed. 1 can make you a laughing
stock or a power.
"Why, my friend from Mississippi, 1
;au even have your election to the sen
ate contested, have a committee ap
pointed to Investigate the manner of
your election, have that committee de
cide thut you bought your way Into the
houoruble body, the senate of the Unit
ed States, and on the strength of thut
decision have you forfeit your seat!
What a pretty heritage to band down
to posterity such a disgrace will be!
Why, the very school children .of the
future will hear about you us 'ixotel
Langdou,' and their parents will tell
them how particularly degrndiug it
was for a man of your reputation to
drag into your dishonest schemes your
sou, sir, aud your daughter. For who
will believe thut this money was not
put in these luuds without your con
sent, without your direction, your or
der? Did you not sign the mortgage
on which lids $50,000 was raised?"
Senator Langdon waved his hand deprecating!)-.
"I'm learning the under
handed ways of you professional poli
ticians. I'm getting wise. I'm learn
ing 'the game,' so 1 know you're bluff
ing me, Peabody. But you forget thut
the game of poker was Invented In
Mississippi my native state."
Pressing a button, Langdon sum
moned a servant and said: "Send In
An Awful Rebulo.
Once upon a time a certain commu
nity planned to five a dinner to a
Judge there. When the ludire came to
scan the list of those invited he raised
vigorous protest against one name,
that of a man who bad been the most
brilliant lawyer In town, but who was
now the town drunkard. They finally
overcame his opposition, but the town
drunkard had heard of It. He was the
last speaker called upon. He arose
aud said: "Mr. Toastmaster Fifteen
years ago I had n practice in this town
that amounted to $12,000 a year. I
had a wife and family whom I sup
ported in comfort. I had my own
horse and carriage. At that time the
guest of the evening was on his way
west in an emigrant wagon. He land
ed In this town and started in to make
his living. Since then, Mr. Toastmas
ter," he cried, with a pathetic break in
his voice "since that time I have been
going steadily down, down, down, and
our guest has been going up, up. up,
until now we are just about on a
level."
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a witness for my side."
"it's no bluff," Rpoko Stevens as
Haines entered. "Peabody can and will
break you like a plpestetn: he's done
It to other men before you who who
tried to dispute his power. But I'll try
to save yon. I'll us!; him to bo mer
ciful. Yon j.re not of nny importance
In the senate. Wo do not need to deal
with you"
"Then why do you both spend so
much tlmo on me 7" asked Langdou in
nocently. "Why doesn't Peabody go to
Philadelphia?"
"Langdon," said Peabody, "you know
my control of the senate is no piece of
fiction. But I will forglvo your obsti
nacy, even forget it. I"
"Look here," cried Langdou, "just
because I'm n fat man don't think that
I can't lose my temper." Ho stopped
and gazed at his two colleagues.
"Now, you two men stay still one
moment, and I'll tell you what really
'Became I'm futihm't tlilnlt I can't lone
my ir ni tier."
will happen tomorrow," he exploded,
"and I'm only n beginner In the game
:hat's your specialty. The naval base
Is irolnir to AltHeooln"
uood!" simultaneously cried both
Peabody and Stevens. "You're coming
In with us!"
"No, I'm not, but I'll pass the bill so
that nobody makes a cent, just as I
said I would. I'll fool you both and
make you both honest for once In spite
it your natural dispositions."
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Jtarod at each other In disgust.
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senator from Mississippi.
"Well, senator, in the inline
aess, what are you pilni; to o.
Mm you win for Altacoola wi;
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he other two walked away. "
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