The Springdale news., 1888-10-12

of. Elf I'm about makin' a trade an he finds it out he spiles 1t. lve made many q dicllcr he knew nothin' about, and l guess Eve spoiled about as many trades for him as he has for me-
 II don't thlnk he will be your opponent, Mr Strong.a
 .. Oh, yes he will was tho firm reply. " Hes allers been in my way, and allcrs will. 1 want you to stand by me"
 For sheri1f:'
 Yes''
 ..Youdo not intend running forany other efieez7
 No"
 !" You won't ask me to support you for any thing except sheriff:
 No, sir, wou't.9
 Well, Mr Strong. 1 think whcn the time comes 1 will give you my support. have determined that the Hestan Republic shall be an independent periodical, and shall favor q homo man for sheriff .
 That $ all right, gin us your hand onfr, said Mr. Strong, shaking Aliens hand warmly.
 With hopes greatly revived he left the office
 :" believe if he had known that Tom Simmons intended being candidate fer the Legislature he would have foregonc h's desires for sheriff i'll order to beat his en- emya
 That=same day Tom Simmons entered the editors sanetum to announce thathe, too, had decided to arm himself for the con tlict.
 :" It'sn use 10 wat longer. I'm goin' to know the very worst right now,a said the excited politician. Are ye goin' to support me fur the Legislature"
 Do you intend running for any other ofice:a Allen asked, shrewdly.
 No, O course not; l can't run for two offices al once"
 You only ask the support of the Hesfera RepHbAc for you as q candidate for the Legls laturc"
 That's all this time When I run for Congress O course you'll stand by me.'
 That will be d long way in the future; for the present let us consider only your raca for the office of Representatives
 Wall that's all the office I've got any notion O runnm for; an what 1 want to know is whether l kin depend on the He,t- eat Re7ttbitc standin' by me-
 ''Whcn the proper tune comes you can "
 'D' Xe mean it.'
 "Yes."
 Shake = cried the enthusiastic politician, scizing thc editors hand. ]" Now yc won't go back on me-
 :" Certainly not; you are my man for tbe Legislature" 7"
 - t won't support Strong!a
 "l shall support no one but yourself fer Representative, Mr. Simmons. The Uestti74 ReDadtic will be for Thomas Simmons first last and all the time, and at the proper time Will so announce.a
 Mr Simmons delight almost burst all bounds. He laughed, slapped hmself ou his knees and oYerfowed with self-congraA- ulation on his own shreWdncss ill getting ahead of Strong, whom he supposed was as palng othe same position he was 10 attain
 ''l was gom' 10 withdraw all my support from the paper if ye went agin me- said Simmons, as soon as he had somewhat TO- covered from his wild ecstasy Of joy, bu: now I'll stand by ye. I've got some money left, and when ye want any draw oa me"
 Allen suggested that the influence of the Heyt77s hpa5}e might be broadened by extending it's circulation If Mr. Simmons knew of persons in the county who were not subscribers it might be an excellent plan for hlm 10 subscribe for them and send the paper to them. Simmons thought so, too, and paid for twenty-five new sub. scribers
 Allen was acting ln good faith, and had determined to support both Simmons and Strong for the offices to which they aspired, but while they were arning for the conflict he as the knight who was to champion tho cause of each, thought it well to arm, too
 re BE CONTINUED.