The Irish standard., 1895-12-14

large extent, a pocket book policy. She
| has vast interests in the United States
| and the issues must be very important
before She would risk a war with u.s.
! us not the West more patriotic than
/ the East? ''
81 think it Isl replied Senator Thurs
! ton. "The cities of the East have enor-
! nous property interests, and they are
I apt to discuss whether thing will pay
] rather than as to whether it is patriotic
| l believe that if foreign gunboats lay
/ outside Of Boston or New York, there
i would be quite number of business
! men who would be willing to conEribute
| q sum co induce them Tor leave rather
than to have-:a ,bombardment. l don t
!, mean to say that the West is not anx-
/ ittls for busness-that it does not love
Honey But I do believe that our people
I are more patriotic. We would fight first
/. and take care Of the business later on
(! At this point Mrs. Senator Thurston
! entered and the conversation again be-
| came personal. Mrs. Thurston is closely
associated with the senator in his work.
The two have spent hardly an evening
apart since they were married. one
Christmas day now % years ago. She
goes with him during his political cam
paigns and she was present at II OUT OF
the IA political meetings at which he
spoke lest fall Mrs. Thurston also came
from Vermont Her name was Martha
l.. Poland, and she IL q niece OF Senator
Luke P. Poland, who was so long known
as the father of the house of representa-
tives. Mrs. Thurston knows more about
the senator than any other person OF
earth, and it was in his presence that l
asked her to tell me something as to
what kind of man Senator Thurston
was She replied:
''fi is q very curious combination.
One of his faults is that he trusts people
too much, He believes that all the
world is honest, whereas, as we very
we'll know, g. good part Of it is not. :"
Us the senator g hard Worker?" |
asked.
YES" replied Mrs. Thurston, =" he
works very hard along his own lines,
but he is lazy along others One secret
of his strength is that he knows how to
get others to do his work for him. The
old theory was that a man should never
let others do what he can do himself
Senator Thurston never does anything
ne can get any one else to do-that is,
when he knows that the other man can
do it as we'll as himself"
eyes" Interrupted the senator, that's
true. Had not done so could neyer
have accomplished my work. + don't be-
lieve in a man doing what others can dc
just as we'll, if there are other things
which he can do little bit BETTER
But how does the senator do his worl?"
said ! directing my question at Mrs.
Thurston ''Can he do it without worry?
Can he leave his work at the Officer"
eyes, he cam was Mrs: Thurston's re-
ply ''He comes home tired, bu always
gets interested in the children, and when
he goes to bed he sleeps like baby"
How about that. senator?' said I turn
ing to Mr.. Thurston. Were you always
so? Is freedom from worry natural or
an acquired trait?"
cit is acquired" replied Senator Thurs
ton 81 got it from a story--a very old
story, which almost everyone has heard
"Tel it again said J..
"Well, it related to a man who was
troubled with insomnia. The slightest
noise disturbed him. One night he heard
man walking over head in the room
above in his stocking feet. Pat-pat, pat
Pat, the steps vent over the floor hour
after hour. Pat-pat, midnight came. Pat
pIt ia wa " ClUSf falhl So ~ WG2At o14
to and 3. At last the man could stand
it nD longer He slipped out, went up
and knocked at the door of tbs room above.
It was opened by a pale faced man, who
seemed almost distracted with worry Or
grief. The sleepless man said, My friend,
you must be in an awful trouble
"I am was the reply. ..-
";What is the mittef?'
why, sir, have note for $4,000,
which is due tomorrow, and I haven't a
cent with which 10 pay it. My God! my
God! What shall do?'
"Oh, is that al? Is that the reason
Why you are walking the floor? Why.
sir. you are fool. Why don't you let the
other man walk the floor?
@Wellr" concluded the senator, II de-
cided then to let the other man walk the
floor. as far as I was concerned. It IS
better policy and much more comfortable
The result ig that J. get my slaep, and l
am never troubled with worry, except dur
ing a murder trial. I can't sleep then.
[ have had fourteen such trials, and though
I have cleared each of the nen whom I
have defended sooner or later. / have wor-
;red exceedingly over them. do not like
to try such cases, and have made reso-
luton that never will defend man ac-
cused of murder again il I can possibly
help it."