Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-02-10

once we heard this afternoon that you
had returned, and without notifying
us"
THAT was not an intentional neglect,
I assure you, my dear fellow" inter-
posed North, apologetically.
mo, suppose not. It's all right,
now, of course, only at first we didn't
know what to think of it; and so finally
I decided that I'd come up here and see
you, and find out what you did mean.
Hope I'm not interrupting you,
North?" he added, as his sharp eyes
rested upon the writing material on the
table.
mot in the least" returned NorGn,
Hospitality. 81 have been writing q let
ter, which I was anxious should leave
tonight"
thine it was in the Office, then, If
you want it to catch the evening mail,
remarked the other. "Going down?
I'll go with you, If you don't object"
"Come on, them" said North, starting
up; and he added to himself, as he got
his hat and gloves:
"ObjectP Not II On the contrary,
the great advantage Of being accom-
panied by some one who knows the ex-
act location Of my objective point pre-
sents itself at once and forcibly to my
mind. shall endeavor, in the course
of our conversation, to discover-though
half suspect already-in what relation
to Noll this gentleman and Mr.. Clipper
stand"
"Everybody's off to club, or the polit-
ical meetings tonight" remarked
North's companion Us, going down the
leisurely up the street. 'I hear there Is
to be u big Wymer meeting this even
ing-sort of q grand rally round for
lorn hope! Know anything about it,
North?"
mo, had not heard of it at oil, " re-
| Joined North; adding mentally, with q
slight shrug of his shoulders: II have
had quite enough of 'Wymer meetings.
myself! don't ask for q repetition of
| the experience"
"He's regular fool, now, Wymer
is" pursued the other, thereby proving
himself to be violent partisan of the
| North faction. ''What chance has he?
| A fellow with no brains at all, and nc
| influence to speak of. Simply third
rate criminal lawyer, for whom no one
has an atom of respect. Why, you're a
thousand times as popular, and, what's
more, you have shown your superior
ability as lawyer. Wymer's chances
may be represented by cipher. Nc
one wants n blockhead for city attor.
ney. Too many of them in Office al
ready"
"Waiving all personal interest in the
matter" remarked North, airily, land
speaking precisely as might if I were
not myself candidate'-it certainly
required no severe exercise of the
imaginative faculty for him to take
this dispassionate view of the matter
IL must say that I do not consider
young Wymer q very hopeful specimen
of political timber; and since he has
been put into this contest, am glad
that 1t is with the Endorsement Of nc
more influential n party than the one
he represents"
'Only chance for him." was the dry
rejoinder. Get set of unprinciplec
demagogues to nominate him and n big
enough set of ignoramuscs land the
world is full of 'emD to vote for hin
and he's elected, but not otherwise
You'll catch q weasel asleep when yoI
see me letting my party come out sec
ond-best in any of our municipal cleo
tionsl Not If have to work day anC
night. Neither Clipper nor will keel
our coats on, assure you, when there
so much work to be done"
North made some appreciative re
Spouse to these words, while mentally
commenting:
"Just as l surmised-he and Clippe
are electioneering in Noll's interests
and now they have the whole affair il
their hands, just as Noll left 1t whel
he went away. In the meantime I shall
exist in quietness and peace, unrufie,
by any political excitements that ma.
prevail, representing, in fact, the mode
politician who is in the hands Of hi
friends, and who calmly awaits the veE
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