Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-10-28
Err sHEPHERDs1OWN W. vA,FR OCTOBER 2,

| Ii was several SECONDS aICer HSr SWEEP
voice had asked rs this Mr.. Bout
well p that he received his equa-
nimity and gracefully acknowledged
| the fact.
Il am Mrs Burton-Mrs. Silas Bur
ton. l came to see, you-to to"
But her courage gave out for the
moment, and she did the very best
thing she could have done-just wept
a few relieving tears, while the sym
pathetic Boutwell,, who had been a
| bachelor lever since he could remcm-
ber.n as he himself said. My dear
madam-ed" her, stammered, grew red
in the face, vaguely felt himself a
triumphant ass, and finally led her
gently to chair, where she finished
her weep.
Then she pulled herself together
and told him the whole pitiful tale.
1t was, indeed-thought Boutwell,,
who had more money than he had
known what to do with--a narrowing
state Of affairs; and so, his bachelor
heart overflowing with sympathy for
the poor, frightened little cmissary
who sat before him, and being, it
must be said, rather unsettled by this
extraordinary visit, he agreed, almost
before he knew it, to let the affair
alone, and switch the ambitious Ho-
bart of the track. Then, with her
heartiest handshake, a word of thank
fulness shining in her big, brown eyes,
and fervent words of gratitude on her
sweet lips. the little missionary was
gone, and Boutwell,, his brain in "A
whirl, sat down to think.
Well, by Jove. Now he had done
it! Why, great sacrificed Cesar! The
thing was impossible, utterly He
rushed to the door His late visitor
was not in sight. He sat down to
think more calmly this time.
In politics there are complications
no man can overlook orignore. There
are multifarious considerations and
obligations that must be tended to,
and whose existence is due, more Of
ten than not, to circumstances whose
discovery by the unsympathetic would
be a calamity to the individual or in
dividuals most interested. This case
was such a one. Hobart had a
'cinch' on the boss of Chloride, and
was master Of the situation, and no
one knew it so we'll as did Jcre him
self, who was never slow about graft
flying opportunities.
Thus Boutwell, communed with
himself, and the result was much per-
spiration and an uncomfortable con-
science.
"Well, no use shedding any tears, +"
he said, aloud; but, by Jove. wish
could keep my word with the little
woman. What u little duck she is,
and how Burton ought to congratu-
late himself Hum-hum-hum. Poor
thing. How rocky she'll feel when she
finds l played such a dirty trick on
her. Ye-es, and what'll l say to my
self?n
Teddy O'Hara, whose family had
been kept from starving during the
strike u few months before, by the
charity of the little duck and her
husband, and who had awaked from
his MONDAY nap under the office win
dow about ten minutes previously,
chuckled softly to himself and sneak
away, remarking, as he reached the
street
"O-ho! Thot's it. is ut! Teddy, me
bye. Oh tink yees had better tex a
bit thrip over t Apache the day.
Yees don't feel loike worrkin', do
yees, now?" And he hid his dinner
pail and started down the trail for the
county-seat, whistling gleefully.
or Mrs. Burton's second interview