Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1891-06-26

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Miniwarla interest IA Mr. Eas
loaTdefs centred n ,nufsr. ~ stevens
with whom be- was now again thrown Ia
che" aud familiar contact Both the
youu. men found that thrre years hal
wrought mgmhrAnt changes Stevens
nutic.i AZ one, tho greater maturity 81
his old ohum bis quic,sf hald,~ and ~,
manner WindWafl 90 hl. pat was
strutk by the ahsnnoe ~ that axar,.ssl VI
] prumptituda ~ mini ani hearing whirh
bah marked his roommate AZ college.
~" seemed ~ he drifting white HIS spius
slept, At tunes he would brighten up
And show 1,srks IT las old coutag. sn,l
sigur. snd then he would assume tha
tnno - failut' Evidently h. was die
satisfied. ani aH intercourse brought
back aRrn - reunited friend. their
former triattune.a and candur he con
fvsscd the secret reason
Il ought never to have taken CLERK
ship" hc said. and I must get out Il
K1IVvfuIHru -1TTviUs m VuIUhtJ "a pJ'.sI
bic ~ he content h. 10 olerk all NY
life, aud that would be Ga surrender As
II is simply keep along | am nobody
! just live Nv surroundings are mean
! wish "a goodness the Democrats would
win IN is''n then We would all Ia ~
adrift'
Its very hard getting started In New
York. can tell You" said windwari
But tia impossible here. rctor,ed
Stevens frctfully There's no start u
get. though I will say this. Windwari
I'm out ~ the clutches ~ the money
brokcrs hal "a live oa bread and
water a. DO II, but after three years lin
Gu, Ut debt. aud I'm wurth two hundred
and twenty dollar.lT
Now you talk like yourself. aaid
windward. oh, you'll get along.
Peter"
We'll, I mean to-" Stavens replied
"bu, must civil service reform myself
cut uf Office to l.~gin with I'm Keeping
INV eyes open FOR ehanres. I'm cuitivat
ing that priya,s a~creiary. fuv instance.
lie h In the way ~ hearing ~ . EussI
thing now and thon. ! should rather like
to b" u railroad map"
We'll, YOU haven't got married.
Peter" aaid Winlward. changing thu
subject
"Ol. no. 81 course not. he answered.
bitterly, n cant afford a. Aud you
don't seem a. prosper with Cupid. ci,hss
How Il THAR
"Oh, ann altogether too sensible." ~.
piled Windwsr,i. with q little bitterness
and cynicism Ia HI. turn
II snpr~e somebody has carried otI
Mis- Florence by ,h,s time. said stevens
Ia quit. casual aud indifferent manner.
mo" aaii Windwarsi. she's sensible
too" And ilssn, 10y ,scit consent the two
young men droppNi the auhject ~ one
On which they wvre no, yvt really Ia
converse with the hl~rty ~ friends ami!
turned 60 politics. the beauty Of the
streets. the oddities ~ the negro I1pu.
!ati0n. the topics 81 congressional de-.
bate aud what Mt other commonplace
~ the time aud place
"you lsav. c,ans Ia Washington AZ
the height ~ . worry stspid session, .
| said Stevens There IL NO politics, aud
congress dc,esla business legislation.
The rrece.iins are dresry enough. bui
at course yUu want a. SEQ the two
houses. The senate has resolved ttssii
Into q debating club, and is talking
finance by the mile. The house "a dis
Guessing the new code ~ rules Mem
bera don't seen to know that what ooa
Rrcss wants IL not ~ inueh new rules a
new msa. There are the usual old
stagrrs' bcsiegiag the COMMITTEES r,o,ns
II suppose come In notnswhere there.
interrupted Windwari. laughing
II don't know whether tho French
claims have gunc even ~ far ~ that IN
this congress" said Stevens. bat u
20 they must n.,ht for place with the
sugar tariff and the electoral count bill.
and in.er~,a,e commerce. and ths 70.
funding bill. and the Uts question. and
IN. Fits John Porter case, aud thu
Hcathen Chinee, aui tina contested cleo.
tion cs.e-. and I don't know what sls~.
] rad the ether day that there were
over seven thousand hslis sir.ssiy intro
dnc"d and now pending. - yoa can
guess what chance ihers Ia for any one
getting through Int I'm wondcvfuliy
glad you've co,ne down, all ths same,
Windward. and you win bs very much
Interested In all you see."
II was perhaps because Windwards
visit had recalled old times. times Of
rcmancs and aspiration. that. after his
frs.sd he'd setirrd that night. Stevens
unlocked drawer and took cut iorssal
lccAinG ,nssa~rsipt On the ''Daassr oi
Representative irstitstions" Tn. q.
thor tanned over tho pages cassle~sly I'm
he came 30 @ane dried aud brittle leaves
u pressed ru~a. The clerk gased al
the relic . moment. thsn With an or
clamaiion and gesture u impstience hs
folded the manuscript up again. iocssd
u In the drawer. ~, staring into the Ars
while. then. with second and shart~s
exclamation and gesture ~ imp.tisnee,
hastily undFe-ssI and was sspn sslsep