The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-06

Gravaelsoeck, you and Robert Henry
are not expected to understand these
things. But women can be of use. IT
would do no harm if you were to do a
little visiting-even outside of your reg
ular list-and mention in, l suggest, a
dignified and casual way, that your
brother is about to sacrifice himself on
the altar of his country.
81 will, my dear brother" said Aunt
Robina, with rising enthusiasm. And
oh. of course as a Republican-you are
a Republican, aren't you? Everybody
OF taste is Republican, of course-I
was going to say, as a good Republican
you are going to support Grover Cleve-
land? Shall tell people so?"
"Oh, you silly" her nephew giggled.
"Of course not-he's dead. Papa and
Colonel Roosevelt is the ticket, and as
many rough riders as there's room for
I'll hustle for you, pap, like good
'un."
Mr.. Van Gravaelsoeck went off with
a monocle and a lump of camphor to
penetrate the abodes of the voting
classes and kiss the babies-with a
monoele, because it fascinated the
mothers, and with the camphor as an
obvious precaution against the babies
Aunt Robina took the carriage and
drove about in tremulous excitement to
way with her friends, and decide il
Puerto Rico was the capital of the
| Philippines, and otherwise to render
herself an active participant in the
campaign. Robert Henry rallied his
friends.
What we've got to do said Robert
Henry, as he began to hustle, sis to
have bonfires an lots of 'em. I'm
elected colonel, or boss or big bug of
/ fotl I'D
! date, see? So all you fellows clear out
and bring in all the barrels and boxes
you can nab"
Say" said young man who had
volunteered his assistance, and who
now, with his hands in his pockets
! listened to Robert Henry's orders
Say, Bob Van Gravaelstock-dot amt
right, aren't it.
What amt right? Bonfires Amt
right? G'way, Warty.'
''Ain't right. yetp' Warty explained
and as, although the young man was
only - years old, he had had vast eX-
perience, his father, the butcher, having
once been nearly elected on the schoo
committee of the town, Robert Henri!
deigned to listen. "Fust we's got t.
have a corkis, and den"
What is a corkis? And then what?'
"Then if the corlzis Chats you anC
pops all right, your pops got to Civ
us a heap of money fur expenses
"Bullyr' said Robert Henry. I'll
ask him for a quarter tonightr'
"a qua-a-auterT said Warty witt
disdain. "Wot's qua-a-a-arter? Soy
if he's only goin' to give that, he'd bet
ter stay at home"
"Would !.Gi er Henry u! suggested
sfNOnp' said WartU 6aOiSiUo1U
dollar or I'll find another candidate,
; will"
At that Robert Henry wilted, an
promised to work on the feelings c
Aunt Robina. Then Warty began
, tell the heir of all the Van Gravael
| socks what he had to do if his fathe
was not to be knocked silly, as Wart
put it, by the opposition, who was
| lawyer in a neighboring town. In
deed, Robert Henry began to realiz
that Warty was conducting the cam
! paign, and undoubtedly the Gravael
l soeck blood would have boiled over ha
not the boy discovered from a break
{ fast table TRADE that his father ais
l found himself a toy in the hands of hi
:. political friends.
: Seems to me, Auntie," said Robel
0 Henry, with frowning eye, that tt
y candidates just got to do what he
e told and spend money. Let me have al
d other quarter, please, Auntie, for tt
|, good of the cause"
: my dear boy" said Aunt Robin
Y how can you help your father with
cuarter?"
e well Auntie," Robert Henry e.
e planned, don't give it away but jim
n ME McTaggart says he has a gang
boys who are desperate, and they
n going to kidnap papa the night befo