Evening star., 1897-03-31
A MIGHTY HOST.
senator Wellington Having a Nice,
Lively Time.

Lively Time.
B. H. Warner In Montgomery Press.
Senator Wellington's callers seeking af-
ter office numbered up to Tuesday last
4,3i1, with many sections to hear FROM
He has committed the blue book to MEM
ory, has been told of all the week-kneed
republicans who hold Office, of all who are
Unhealthy and who promise to drop out at
any early day for purely physical reasons
of those whose terms expire and who ought
not to be reappointed. of those who have
had their share of government pap, of
those who are entirely incompetent, and of
the drunkards and dead beats who ought to
be showed out of harness on high moral
grounds.
He was worn and weary when an In
teresting old dowager of about sixty-five
summoned him into the marble room with
sInall-sized and rather neat-looking social
pasteboard that gave no intimation of her
age and mission, and said she was an old
friend of his family, who had gone west
and escaped every possible opportunity for
marriage through a self-sacrificing career
of nearly half a century devoted to the
training of youth, without regard to sex,
and she had only recently returned to make
her home in Maryland again forever. She
wanted him to go right in and get her 4
place in the new Congressional Library, to
which she could come every morning and
from which she could go away every even
ing with delightful sense of service rem
dered that would help to average up the
balance of her career in such robust style
as to compensate her for the time lost in
the placer minesL. foot hills and praries of
the roaring but unsatisfactory west.
My dear madam began the senator.
Miss. if you please" interrupted his visi-
tor. Il beg your pardon continued the
Maryland statesman. Il assure you there is
not the slightest chance You are very
much mistaken, sir, if You say that re-
he i,IS
Mr.. Spofford and he says that he has made
no promises, that rly chance is as good as
that OF any other applicant" But, Miss
j." interpose6 the senator, Il have often
seen him. Never about me. though.
Now. for the sake of your father and moth
er and Of mine, of the days when they
were SO much together" she replied. "Of
course" said Mr.. Wellington Il will do
anything l can" We'll then, just put on
your hat and come on demanded Miss j.
II can't come now said the senator, look
Ing aside "All these people have come in
Stree you commenced talking" and he
pointed to half hundred anxious retainers
each trying to catch his eye. They will
wait: you will soon be back. Come get
your hat, l won't keep you five minutes :"
she insisted. Sit down, then and wait rn-
til l get through. said the wearied and
much -perplexed statesman, as he grasped
the first applicant for deputy auditor of the
treasury by the hand and walked past the
long line who sought to enlist the fighting
strength of the new political leader in their
behalf.
The waiting spinster took out her knitting
and quietly but firmly held down a MARBLE
room chair until the senator finally came
with his hat and escorted her to Librarian
Spofford, who told her in the blandest style
that only fitness and not official indorse-
ments would be consulted in making ap-
pointments, and that none would be made
Until July.
An right. senator" said the applicant.
II you can't get me a place in here you
can ind me place somewhere. Think 1t
over. and | Will come in the morning No
trouble, I'll wait for you. You certainly
are kind I'll tell all the people up a Cum
beriand. when l go there. you don't forget
your old friends" And before the senator
gone. ~
Well. II 1 had a swearing vocabulary
ieachlng from here to the Rockies said
the senator to passing colleague .it
Wouidn do justice to my frame of mind.
IS senator to be considered only as a
pupiic 1ackass to draw people into office o.
hhd Aieganys son made for his committed
room TO lie down and wonder If he could
ever get time to think of the tariff or the
currency question.