The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-05-16
The dUehita nay Eagle Euesdau 1oruino 7nay s., 1888
followed by the harsh raising OF an up

followed by the harsh raising or an up
per window.
A masculine head appears and a
gruT voice demands to know what is
wanted. Yet the voice is sweet one
TO me, for it is that of the politician
the man whom l must see.
Very few words are needed to ex-
plain that my business is urgent, and q
few minutes later the gentleman, after
a hasty toilet, swings wide the house
door and ushers he into his comfort
able library with: well. what is up?''
| tell him briefly, and then unfold my
rlan. At the latter his eye twinllcs
with hunor. l ask him if he will help
me. | feel sure that he will; it is as
much to his political taste TO help my
paper as it was to that of the chairman
of the committee to put good bit of
news in the way OF his own party or
gan
Picking up pen and placing sheet
| Of paper before him, the politician
| writes rapidly for Il couple of minutes.
He smiles as lie writes.
Hastily thrusting the manuscript
into an envelope, he hands it to lne. 4
brief but earnest Thank your is my
only acknowledgement, and it is all
that is needed.
My friend. the politician, knows as
well as do that it IS no time for long
speeches, and, just as he closes the
door after q quick Good night" I see
that he is evidently amused about
something. Do I know what it is?
Well
Ten minutes Of quick driving and
the carriage stops in front of neat
house in another part of the city.
Like the abode of the politician, it is
dark and forbidding, but repetition
of the door bell exercise brings
sleepy and not specially good -natured
man first to the window and then to
the door.
explain my wishes in low voice,
but hurriedly, for, as we talk, the hour
of midnight peals from a neighboring
bclfry.
The man cxpostulates as unfold my
desires-yet mildly, as one who will /
yield if pressed.
81 never heard of any such proceed |
ing" he asserts, shaking his head. "And |
then don't know whether / ought''-
l interrupt him impatiently-it will
not do to fail now, with victory so
close at hand. I exhibit the politicians
note.
well, if you insist, suppose I can
go, but | never was dragged out of bed
in the middle of the night on any such
business before. You will have to
wait till l can get some clothes on,
though
1t seems an unusually long time for
a man to occupy in dressing. as l wait,
impatiently, in the street outside. Does
he think l have invited him to ball?
l ask myself these questions as the
minutes pass.
At last football is heard within, and
a moment later muffled figure-for the .
aight air is sharp-emerges.
Within the carriage no word is
spoken. My companion is not in So
,ial mood l know very well.
AS for myself, just now am inter-
,s.ed in actions, not in words, and nv ,
OWN thoughts are sufficient to occupy
ne.
We rattle briskly into the business
section of the city, and halt before a q
rim stone building. We alight and
lpproach side door.
My companion thrusts his hand into :.
lis pocket, and as he withdraws it there ,
S jingle of keys. just as he inserts
me of them in the lock of the door a Z
'olicenan crosses the street and ap- =
roaches to take nearer view of us. !,
He recognizes us as he draws near, I,
lances with surprised air at nv =,
says nothing and passes q
lowly on; he knows better than to ask -
ny questions. T
Once within the building my COM T.
anion passes inside a locked inclosure
nd turns up a dimly- burning gas Jet q,
, its full power.
Then he stoops, picks up a mum Der 6,
t objects which l cannot see, selects q,
ne of them and rejoins me in the outer
pace. l hand him the note, written in e
le politicians house less than an hour G.
efore -
He has already been told its contents, ;s
ut nevertheless he scrutinizes it care
lily. Apparently it satisfies him. for =,
e bestows it carefully in capacious g.
allet and then hands to me the pack -,
which he has brought out from the -.
lner sanctum. II
Ny plan has succeeded! -
The politician to whom the coveted
olitical document was addressed has -,
ven me an order to the postmaster T
deliver it to me, and that official has
onored the request. The missive is
my hands. and it is not yet half an ~,
our after midnight. 81,
Next N orning there is a great sur "a
Use over the fact that the full text of h,
e document appears not only in the n,
,arty organ" but in its party rival. r,
le most puzzled man is that same ne
,lr. Chairman" who condoled with
g the night before. s,.
AS meet him his smile is missing; an
seems to be in a hurry. ON
But l smile-I can't help it. feel sb
at have right to, for have headed Wi
that exclusive. John Smith IN
mes, in Boston Globe. .b
A Scotch minister had made great ta1