The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-04-12

NEXT GOVERNOR, SIZE SAID.
Although the judge was busy in
thsught he could not help it that his
mind, separate and apart from the work
ia hand, dweIt upon the likelihood of his
succeeding in the ambition of his life.
Friends had written him, his thought
had told him that he had but to accept
and the nomination would be his. The
goyernorship-- was not that an honor of
which any man might be proud?
The light from the argand burner
spread halo around his brow. Rows
Of book cases hemmed him in; the en-
grayed faces of Charming. Burke and
panil Webster looked down upon him
from the walls.
Apart from the portraiture Of such
worthless, directly opposite his wiring
table was a life size crayon of lady
with barred neck, her fine eyes seemingly
concentrated upon the Bonded form Of
The judge as his pen moved over the pa
per, several pages of which, covered with
his legally bad handwriting, lay scat
tered before him. The logs hared in the
fireplace and cast q glow upon the
rrayon picture till the eyes seemed al
most ike those of living person.
II was long table at which the judge
sat, and one end Of it was danked by q
number of newspapers. A lady in low
chair was at this end of the table, her
white ieweled fingers turning the huge
evening sheet she had been scanning be-
fore clipping paragraph from it as she
had clipped sirnilar paragraphs from sew
eral other papers there. 1t was easy TO
zee that she was the original of the
crayon portrait, her face some years
older, indeed, than the pictured one,
scarcely sol ideal as that, with more CON
troll Of the under lip. This was the
judges wife.
She had been out to dinner, and with
uu5 changing her gown had come into
the study and taken her usual place at
her end of the long table. Here she sat
evening after evening, calling herself
his Nemesis, his PaIlas, his EIoise, his
Lauras while he wrote at his papers or
read from the calf bound volumes that
made the atmosphere pungently musty.
At one moment while she looked over
the paper she held, a sparkling ornament
that clasped the rich lace at her throat
became unclasped, and she let the paper
rattle into her lap while she made the
gold hasp secure. Then she ran her hand
up to the solitaires in her ears with a
feminine automatic gesture, and taking
up a pair of scissors began cutting an
item from the paper.
They are bound to have you for our
next governor" she said as she shipped
the paper. Here is the seventh men
ton in today's papers; my scrap book
will soon be full of your praises. This
one says you are shining example of
justice and logic-in other words, that
+ you have the honor of never having had
one Of y01r decisions reversed by the
higher court. What will they say by
election timer
She picked up some other scraps she
had extracted from the leviathans of the
printing press.
Listen to this: His honor's private
life is irreproachable'- No, that If
not what meant. Even his most bitter
opponent could find little in the actions
of his many yearsof public life to shadow
the page whereon is written laudablf
ambition That sounds rather peculiar
but then the writer may be young
Again, Here is an example of integrity
allied to ambition whose methods are
sans peur ct sans reproche.' Goodness
how ho1 that fire ist' She pushed hen
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sHeighol Thatdinner was very stupid
affair, and the buds and Young men al
the reception indispensable Estelle
was the prettiest girl there, Gen
Wayne said he was sorry you were toe
busy to come so am land that he
hoped you would write tonight and tel
him that you win accept the nomination
mot later than tonight. He begins
with the politicians tomorrow"
The judge smiled, his lips moving az
though they carried word IN the OK.
preston Of which on his paper she haf
iutnrrupted him; bat he did not look NJ
nor DID his pensstDp. Not until he hai
come toahe end OF the long page anf
lafdikw1fh IT'S predecessors before hin
u&2 4k5@5 NM >s<1kN4 tk1fu IL WAS Willie LIT
reached for smother sheet of legal cap
II hopeyua.had a pleasant dinner III
said, asfhough he had heard not Wort
his whitehead spoken. She was used tx
this. and dM not resent it. sis thai
Your deciainn ia ths Dunlap-caser shs
asked, zafexEzzlg to his papers.
Yea hesaid.
"A peculiaziy Hagxant case" she com
mented ssYour decision. ought to tel
greatly all the business world vii
watch you IN that On that decisaor
hinges much OF your chances or rathe1
your praise or blame in your new ca
pacity as q gubernatorial nominee
Without waiting for a reply size wen
on, as q light. girlish laugh doated mt
the room: II am gIhd we never had ,
son; you never know what boy may
turn ont 70 be. The best care viii mol
always make the best man; look al
elsEE mems sons Though ~ for that,