The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-08-20


brushed her white muslin dress against
dusty beams and caught a wisp of
back cobwebs upon her hair. This
had dragged a grewsone smcoch down
upon her pale forehead and across one
cheek. It had made her suddenly hag-
gard and strangely old, accentuating
the hollowness under her cheek bones;
and painting new burrows in addition
to the deep lines which her habitual
high tension OF nerves had worn in the
thin face.
General, she exclaimed in a hoarse
whisper, wait a moment Don't go
out there yet"
He stared at her in blank Amusement
and annoyance. Her greenish gray
eyes, one Of which was slightly smaller
than the other, all at once took on to
him a sinister, balefuI gleam Was she
not his evil genius, this no longer
young nor fascinating woman with
white eyelashes2
II have just had a call from Per-
ham," she painted. *'Laughlan's man.
He says the governor will make this a
personal fight if you accept; and that
he will expose ALL "
<:An? ALI what?"
SsUs!" And the Wretched woman hid
her soiled face in her hands and
dropped upon chair. There they COW
cred together in silence for moment,
The general staggered back with her
away from the light from his torch.
lights in the street. There they COW
cred together in silence for a moment,
What can they say? What is there
to say?" stammered the candidate.
S'What wouldn't a man like him find
out? He says, for one thing, that he
has found out that my husband has no
income but his salary, and is living at
ten times that rate; that he has nc
property, and his family have cast him
off; that I am-that We-oh, it is toe
horrible!''
Its Laughlan's STYLE" said the gen.
eral grimly
''Well, and are you going to let me be
dragged through such dirt?' pleaded
the agOnized woman franticalIy tryin.
to brush off the smooches on her face
and dress, and only rubbing them in
till she looked to be some forlorn
creature in the dock of a police court
proved or not, the scandal will be the
same"
"Whose idea was it my going into
this thing?' said her companion in the
Swallowed corner, while the crowd out.
side yelled and Whistled more and
more impatiently and uncivilly, as if
the day of judgment had already burst
upon him. 81 only did it to humo1
YOU"
Il know, know sobbed the broken
woman. 1T was all my folly, my am.
bition; but you should have stopped
me, you a strong man, weak, crazy
woman
eyes, I can stand it better than you
can. 1 don't mind. I'll withdraw
It'll break less eggs than to have
Laughlan set up his mud machine OIL
you. He can't say anything against us
because there isn't anything to say
We know that, and I should like tc
worry the blackboard out. But ]
won't have it hurt you. Ill
But you must stop it tonight or he
will open on my husband tomorrow
That is Perham's condition."
The cheers had turned by this time
into continuous cat-calls in spite of the
renewed humping of the band Steps
and voices of men tearing up the stairs
We're heard, and Mrs. Jaquith slipped
down the towers concealed passage
way. When the committeeman entered
the chamber Gen. Hamilton ha6
stepped outside and was speaking.
They listened for the sentences thoy
had disputed over. But it was another
speech altogether. The crowd was
wonderfully silent now.
The party was safe, its principles
We're bound to triumph; the individual
was nothing; the kindness of his fellow
citizens was deeply appreciated, but
increasing private cares forbade his re
! naming longer in public service, anC
hoped the choice of the caucus to-mor
row would be a wise one, but as fol
himself he was not and would not be
candidate. Good night" and it was
good night to him in politics.
But the Hamilton Memorial church
continues to be the wonder of admir-
ing throngs during Holy Week and Al
| Christmas and flourishes OH, the pride
OF the church millinerS. although the
rector takes frequent long Journeys
like that announced recently in Sun
| days society column-the trip of the
Rev. and Mrs. -Jaquith. as guests OF
| Hon. C. P. Hamilton, to China, to wit