The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-19

/ SOME Ldf QtSIallC OBJECT.
| 1t was purgatoriaI experience for poor
| Ned. from which even his steady at
| tendance at two churches the preceding
winter had evidently not suff1ced to save
| him. There Is end of all such ex
| periences, however, both here and here
! after. and the end came for Ned when,
| after having seen his companion duly In
trodueed. and listening to some passing
smalI-talk, the genial legislator ex-
| claimed:
''Yott will have to pardon us. gentle
men. We Will meet again. hope before
you leave"
And meet they did shortly thereafter
| when Congressman Clarke explained that
| he was Obliged to attend meeting of an
important subcommittee In one of the
down stairs rooHs and asked Ned If he
would kindly act as escort to Miss Cla.ke
during her brief stay.
It was noticed that Ed went about his
work that spring with even more elias ic
step, and more frank and winning smile
| than ever before. The correspondence of
tbs Telegraph, too, attracted unusual at
| tention and received liberal praise from
the few who are really capable of Judging
the merits of such work. Long before the
| session was ended Beresford's position
| among his professional brethren in tr g
| metropolis was assured, and he was ac-
counted Jne IF the most promising Of the
| younger men in New spaper Row.
The adjournment of congress was fol-
| lowed by the installation of Ned In the
city editor chair. His success as Mr.
| Becks successor wss immediate and TN
qualified. So that when the announce
| ment WAS made IN the columns of the
Telegraph of the marriage of Mr.. Edward
| +. Beresford and Miss Margaret Clarke,
at the church of st. Francis Xavier on
Sixteenth street, and afterwards, IL def
| ereHce to the wishes Of the BRIDES par
ents. by Rev. DR.. stoughton of the Lit
tie Church Around the Corner, the news
| paper boys winlSed and agreed that
Beresford's luck was phenomenal
III
One winter morning, as the Overland
I Express pulled into the union depot at
Swift City, a tall and rather thoughtful
| looking gentleman, attfred in an astra-
khan overcoat and wearing pebble eye
glasses. emerged from the much up
| holstered interior Of one of the Pullman
cars. Taking a leisuEely survey Of the
! ramshackIe sheds and collection of
| freight houses which constituted the
| depot, shade of disappointment mot
! OF positive anger, oXerspread his eatureS,
| A moments indecisien and he stepped
from the platform. only to be confronted
| by a stalwart specimen of Western man
hoeda big, brawny, .comfortable-tookin
man, whose attire, il not in the latest
Eastern style. gave ample assurance or
the great prosperity of its wearer.
Is this Mr.. Revelle?"
Right me boy. Tn glad 10 see you.
| Don't you be troubled about the looks O.
things around here. The plans are all
fixed ur for one of the grandest depots in
| the world sir. Swift City is not going
| to be behind any of 'em I've brought my
! rig down to meet yer. I know you'll like
| the town. Just a bit new yet YOU know,
| But we're in fright In #, sir, from the
! start
All this before the new arrival had
| fairly recovered his breath. The traveller
was in no talking mood, however. He
sc on found himself seated beneath
wealth Of furs, beside his companion, and
being driven rapidly up Main street to
| TIE office Of the Leader, with whose pro-
pri@tor lie heAl made a contract as editor
in-chief, to esd on three months notice
by either party.
Only few days had elapsed before the
new editor found himself installed in con-
troll, with instructions to spare no eX-
pense in his endeaVor to break down all
opposition. From: the outset he was mas
ter of the situation
But few months elapsed before tfe
Leader was in fact as we'll as ir name,
the leading daily paper Of the new North
-
the Echo, as the new hotel, the Belvidere,
lowered above the rows Of abjact shan
ties which surrounded 1t, and which stood
on pr operty that was being held for fig
ures- which might never be realized. A
/ new stock company was quickly form ed
with q capital of So, 020 900, and the name
Of the new editor appeared among the
directors.
It was no secret, of course. that the
Dolly Warden mine had yielded up the
| treasure trove represented by that $780,
| COO, and that Nat Revelle WAS not the
man to let little matter of hundsed
| thousand dollars or so stand In the way
Of realizing his political ambition. 1t was
whispered that he wanted. to go to the
United States senate, and 1t was uni
versally agreed that Nat having once
made up his mind to reach given end
could get there in good order il any
man could He was president of the
ZIiners' bank. He was one Of the d.
reetors OF the Missouri Valley & Eastern
railway, and 1T was known that no small
share of his capital had been expended
In the direction Of making Swift City
the great jobbing center OF that section.
But Mats ascendency was by n9 meaDs
urquestiened. Rich finds of ore had gone
on month after month III the New World
district. individual fortunes grew apace.
More than ore daring pfuspeeter, who
had been grubstaked in his early day,
had developed into a capitalist There
were rival mines, as there were rival
banks, rival railroads and rival tobbing
houses, and AS there had once been rival
newspapers. Not all men thought alike
( in politics, and 10 one mans ambitions
| furnished the key to high polite al sta
| tlon. Thus 1t was at time in it's his
| tory when the fortunes founded on Swift
/ City were attracting the attention of the
I people in the effete East
Nv.
Ned Beresford's first year of married
! life had brought with 1t that sense of
| having q stake IN life which Is rarely to
| be found among those from whose bcain
| is spun tie watt and wool of tho great
fabric Of the worlds daily enlightenment
and intelligence. There was but one
| draW5ack-one dark speek I'll the azure
I armament of cOnnubiaI bliss bsnea tn
which he had felt his future life would
glide smoothly by. 1t was, that Margaret
| still loved TO rule in the dominion of
Terpsich0re Mary times had Ned, worn
out by the strain of sharp responsibility.
| returned to his home after having seen
/ everything safe In the control of the
night editor, only to find his wife wait
| ing for him in the costume Of the ball
| room.
The days hurried by, and a daughter
; was born 70 the house Of Beresford The
round of balls and parties was for the
! time disturbed. SleepIess nights, how
! ever, seemed to be the lot Of Ned in all
/ events Aso the cares and anxiettes Of
! the DOMESTIC circle added themselves to
/ those of 7tfre city EDITORS desk, Beres-
| ford's mind reverted again and again to
no CiOriE friT To Will