Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-10-19
Ups and Downs
BY BENJAMIN BRoADAxE.
CHAPTER XVII,
IN WHICH THERE Is a CAMPAIGN.

CHAPTER XVII,
IN WHICH THERE IS A CAMPAIGN.
A chronicler Of the events Of Tan
bark Township has written upon the
inside bark Of tree which the author
found well preserved, the result of the
convention We spoke Of in our last
chapter.
"The night AFTER" says the chronl-
cler land whether he is faithful or un-
faithful chroniclcr we do not know
"there was a joint meeting of the
leaders of the settlers and the leaders
of the pullers who we're artagonistic to
the Snowflake. The leaders tor once
had failed to move the masses the way
they wanted, and now III joint assem-
bly, they sat and wept bitter tears Of
vexation."
"What shall We doc" said one.
"Cut off and let them Co." said Bit
tersalt very much agrieved.
mo that won't do, "::said Variance
Sophtfellow. They will then elect
their ticket in spite of us all. Wehad
better wait until Col Pinglory cones
and then get his opinion. I wouldn't
make a move till ye get his opinion"
and Mr.. Sophtfellow leaned his head
back against the wall of the house by
which the goods box on which he was
sitting was placed, and went to sleep.
Everybody was OF the same opinion
as Mr.. Variance Sophtfellow. Not a
single move could be made until Col.
Pinglory returned.
"Oh that he had staid here" said
Bit,ersalt, this thing would never have
happened" and he wiped his eyes with
the corner of his linnen buster.
A boy was mounted on the swittest
horse in the township, and sent post
haste to Ragtowo to bring the colonel
back.
The colonel was so i'll for day or
two after he had heard of the defeat,
that he could not appear in public.
As soon as he was able to appear
his friends SO often before referred to
in this history, gathered about him as
chickens frightened by sanguinary
hawk cluster round their mother.
"What shall we doc What shall we
do :" was their bitter wall and with
folded arms and mouths full of fine
cut, they waited the sage advice of Col.
Pinglory.
1.-The best thing you can do is to
support that ticket" said the colonel.
In fact it's the only thing you can do
now If you don't, you'll be called
boilers and they can really elect it
without you, which would ruin us all
forever. Make them think they can
not carry the township without our help
anyway. And never mind Bettersee,
If they have nominated him, we can
capture him."
"How o.
"Don't ask, I'll arrange that"
"There is another thing want your
opinion on" said Bistersalt.
"What is i:?" asked the colonel.
"Magrew has written several long
articles in which he speaks of twins"
"What does he mean by twins"
asked the colonel his legs crossed and
his face well elevated.
"He means that The Crusteater and
The Settlers are twins, that the two |
posts are run by the same men. They |
are too friendly and work together for
their own good and the harm of the
Snowflake" said Bittersals who knew
there was much truth liz the asser-
ton.
swell what do the public think"
"They never think at all, they believe
what he says IS sou
For the first time in all his life Col.
Pingloy saw the necessity of the pub.
lie thinking. But perhaps if the masses
had thought, they might think differ
ent from him.
No, no, no. it was best that they do
not think at al, but just do as he said.
Men who work must simply feed men
who think. The men of muscle must
bc governed by the men Of brain. Il
Somehow it never occurred to Col.
Pinglory that men might possess both
muscle and brain, that they might be
thinking men, even as they toiled. |.
He suggested that henceiorth there
be semblance of enmity between
Tile Crxsteatty and Tile Setter. That +,
the matter could all be understood be- /:
tween Bittersalt and the philosopher +,
Austin Ape, but they had better pre- S
tend. to maintain their standing
in their political parties, to be enc 7
mics. X
The suggestion was regarded as a v
good one, and the philosopher, Mr.. v
Ape, who was present conceded to it. t
his tobacco and asserting very a
and laughing very loud at t
MS assertions, that they were going to il
.lean out the township that fall. a
Itwas vain assertion Ape knew, O
ind Why he made it he did not know. y
The Pullers now seemed to all unite
IN the ticket and pull together harmo- |,
,iously. Every thing worked as if like p
t we're creased. The leaders of the a
nullers and the leaders of the Settlers h
eemed % grow more and more angry
L each other and to try by every b
means in their power to pull the wool "
,ver the eyes of tie masses. h
One day as Mr.. Bettersee the can "
idate for constable nominated at the W