Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-01-15

drinks were on the colonel. Keona per ceived that he had made hit. though
 he did not quite see the point; however, | in the enthusiasm of the moment he permitted them to give him a Manhat- tan cocktail He had always before in sisted on lemon soda, greatly prefer ring its taste to that of anything alco- holic.
 You're progressing. Keona." said the colonel, cordially. "I appreciate a joke. even when it's on me. However, you must understand that gentlemen do not go to congress for fun. And as I have previously intimated, there is money for you in the Mississippi bill"
 II don't need any money" respond ed the improvident savage. q have seven dollars in my pocket, and that will last me a long time."
 He doesn't want money!" said the colonel, in an awe-struck. voice, as he looked into the faces of his friends. And this is the man we're trying to make into an American.
 Besides" said Keona, If I take money for my vote I shall be put into prison. Admiral Dewey told me so distinctly"
 That is all gulf, , responded the col onel. and the admiral was talking right up through his sky-scraper. No body goes to prison in these days for standing in with the push. It's being on the outside that lands man in the jug"
 This remark was translated to Keona, being somewhat too idiomatic for so recent an arrival upon our shores. It did not convince him. He possessed that fear of snares and pitfalls which the savage shares with the wary beasts of the forest. He shielded himself from peril dimly perceived by a reassertion Of the fact that he did not want money.
 The opponents of civilization were at some pains to explain to him that money could be converted into some thing which Le did want, but Ike. ona was unmeved by argument. The savage has few wants, and when he has passed beyond the glass bead stage is less easily tempted than his more ad- vanced brother.
 But there was at work within Keona a eiyilizing influence which was des- tined to result in that development of desire by which men fall from grace. His appetite had been much impaired by his dismal experiences upon the sea and by the fare of a transcontinental train. Now, however one may depIore the use of those incendiary and villain ous preparations known as cocktails. one must admit that they produce. un- der certain conditions, q stimulating ef- feet upon the stomach.
 Keona's indulgence had produced that result. He realized that he was hungry, as he had not been before in what seemed to him a very long time.
 At that moment his eye fell upon Johnny Brady. the fat little Tammany congressman from New York, who was among the most earnest supporters of the Mississippi bill upon the floor of the house, and one of the most valuable allies of Col Hotstuff on the outside.
 Keona found 1t impossible to take his eyes off AIr. Brady, and tantalizing childhood memories began o stir with in him. Certainly a person of eannibal ancestry might be pardoned for look ing upon Brady with more than ordi- nary attention. He is q stall-fed "erit- tere if ever there was one,
 Presently Keona took Col Hotstuff by the sleeve. The tempter had done its work within him. He remembered having heard the colonel say on one oc- casion that Brady belonged to him, So Keona began negotiations by offering his seven dollars for the Tammany con gressman.
 Ii did not require four seconds for the I acute mind of Col. Hotstuff to grasp the situation. He was not greatly sur prised. There is really no knowing what a man will do or wish to do under the influence of his first Manhattan cocktail.
 Vote for the bill, Keona, said the colonel, "and you shall have him for supper tonight"
 And the poor fellow was just suf- fciently civilized to take the bribe. He was permitted to lead Brady down . SLdl1S lO LI4G 1IlC4Gn OI tile jGA ttt uId4b where he gave explicit directions for his preparation, to the cook who had been apprised what was 10 happen, by means of the speaking tube that con nected the dining-room of the establish ment with the culinary regions.
 The cook promised the most abject obedience. He explained to Keona that the customs of the country would not permit of serving Brady whole upon the table, but that was a mere detail. . Some hours later Keona dined sump- tuously upon roast pig. He was far from suspecting the fraud practiced upon him. And why should he?" com mented Col. Bill
 The next day, however, he voted against the Mississippi bill, explaining to Col Hotstuf that Ad- miral Dewey had told him, in case he ever should be so weak as to accept bribe, he must be all the more sure to vote contrary to the briber's wishes. By sticking to this policy he would