Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-17
THE GAZETTE: FIT WORTH StTHURSDAY SEPTEMBER H.

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work up the local clubs collectors were alp
pointed 10 invite extra liberal donations or
guarantees from the wealthy Mr.. Bloobe
was appointed head director of the cam
paign. a step which pleased he party,
though Ii set the public wondering which OF
the llnow-alls we've II the right. those VINO
Were positive Blobbc had risked his whole
fortune in bets on TIE result, or those who
knew for certain that he had received. cash
down, 100000 for MS eutire time and serv-
ices
Blarnaby surprised his friends by his
cute inquiries and suggestions He out
dickered DECKER in his knowledge of the
art and mystery of political saloonacy, and
the winding ways supposed 10 be troddcn
only by ward bosses. EotheringhGm Won
Gcred how he had learned 10 feel The jour
nalistic pulse and sound the lungs of the
press with the aureate stethoscope.
Blobbe himself was beginning TO tdg-t
over The possibility OF Blarnaby making The
most and brightest speeches, rakiIlg in al
the glory to himself. and even going the
future minister TO England one better b.
marrying a title.
However. the grand conference ended
with Il renewed conservation is DECKER cx-
pressed it 10 the good cause t.lch COM
phmcnted the other on every high quality.
and if four swallows can make Il summer.
the presidency is as good a. won.
As they threaded their way through Lit
tie Italy aud Darkell land from Blocker
street to Washington square. arm in arm.
Blalnaby and t'ntheriughalu diScoursed
esotericauY upon various of the mysteries
of the great political religion. without deep
and abiding faith in when no good Amer
lean can hope for social salvation ana 4
place in the paradise of patriots.
See here, Fotheringham. this is going 10
be 4 devilish tough fight. | hope you are
laying every pipe under your own super
vision.
You don't need to jog me there, my
friend. Your interest is my interest, ana
when mutually of interest exists. what in
thunder can there be stronger as an in
centive!'
That's good; but-vcu mellow about
Bl5bbe3''
How about Blobbel Why"
Yes, yes, we know he's all right. ana all
that short Of thing: but sometimes | catch
myself wondering whether lie really fears
the strength of the other side, OF whether
he is only scrcwing up his end of the bar
gain. OF course this is in the Strictcst cou-
tidence."
No need to remark that, Blarnaby. To
'
a lawyer
Enough said Sums up everything. I
like Blobbe; believe i'll him-ds much as "a
sauc man ought 10 believe in any OF his
cloth; and yet, don't You know
Exactly. Now Bloobe's particularly
good fellow, close friend of my own. cute
as The nose of IA Come Jicut she farmer.
eloquent enough 10 blow the roofs OF the
heads of the bowling crowds that 60 to
hear him, but there's something about him
about the public side of him. mark YOU
that if ! Were running for high Office I
would feel MIGHTY shaliy about. There
now I've given myself away"
Quite safe. Fotheringham, with me-
These gab-gifted fellows are all alike;
strong and useful as long as you work them
i'll harness; but the Lord only knows where
they mayn't kick you TO if once they get
their heads. tell YOU what it is, l'othcr-
ingham; kissing the Blarney-stone NAY
make the fortune Of those who glory i'll be
ing the bagpipcrs of great Demos. but
when it comes to square craftsmanship
they generally turn out 10 be weak and
windy muddleheddS =
OF course Iotheringham cordially in
dorsed the penetrating sagacity Of lis bene-
factor-to-be; but, III trith, one of the griets
Of his life was his supposed inability to
play the orator. He could talk like ii fallen
archangel, but Just stopped short of lifting
his hearers TO she seventh heaven, i+.e-
which so many good folks are waited every
sabbath eve on pcw-cuShions.
They talked of caucuses, subsidies and
pulls
While l think of it, Blarnaby," said
F'otheringham, Us they took the first steps
up the stately end OF the avenue called
Fifth. for want of i digniicd name. we
shall have to work the silk-stocking brigade
very gingerlY. Can't make out just what
Hogg is after. Shouldn't wonder if mis-
chief doesn't come out Of that quarter
yeti'
Scarcely. And yet anything is possible
in these cranky days. \ plague has come
over politics. II used TO be everybody for
MS man, and now its everybody for him
self, and there's not much in it when YOU
get there,''
That's so. Look at Gripperton; it cost
him nine-renths of his salary TO get the of
flee and those he promised bertns 10 had
to submit to be assessed within an inch of
starvation, or quit the game
s'That'S smooth sailing compared with
Quiggleby's experience. What do you
think of Shaving for Years TO put your man
in, and then having IL put about that YOU
stole the cash that bought his pull. and he
doesn't lift finger either way 10 clear you
or repay YOU! tell you. politics is getting
to be mighty thin ice and you've got to be
nose high and dry"
whats the matter with the Blarnaby
skates!'
'Oh, they're all right; but the man who
has got EN- on expects all his friends 10
surround him pretty close. and carry cush-
ions ready in case he SITS down suddenly
Which is at once our duty and our priv
lege. my friend"
''Prettily put, F'otheringham. and on the
9TH of November / will know Just how 20
frame my Acknowledgements
BY this time they had reached the part
ing OF their ways. Fotheringham siackeued
his pace as he turned east toward his club
With the subtle instinct of the true born
Schcmer his thoughts tiue swiftly back in
review of all he knew of the past relations
between Blobbe and their common master
Could there be Il something that had &C
too awkward. too tick
lish for either Of them 10 make known to
mutual friends! Perhaps. Ii SO, Il fOth-
eringham might be trusted To handle the
suspicion with dizziness that may bring
profit in its train.
Barnaby sought his home. and once in
it. his throne-!ike chair and cigar and old
fashioned "nightcap He mused. mused
and prolonged his musings. A mystic pro
ceSsion giided before his half-closed eyes
a country girl-a coronetted lady-a presi-
dent receiving the homage of The British
fussy little lawyer pash-
ing parvenu-a prisoner4in a llolply celia
staLus-a genFly descend
ing cloud, veilipg-is!ft sunset6r sunrises
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