The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1900-08-11

'''''n gun 10 uo us deadly work
An hour later the Hon. Thoma
brown found the dining room dcser,
ed. His indignant wife was upstai-
in her sitting room.
| wen, lf this Is the way you are 90
ing to the Scnate YOU will never ,,
Win my consent she broke out {"
hcard you telling those men YOU wer,
always glad and proud to wclcom,
'hem to your humble home. and thn1
looked out the window and saw tha
oid Iltzmaclcr. the Salonnkceppr. wa.
| az the head Of them. If that's politics
rather have the mumps.'
But you see, PitZmacher Is Tho
member Of the City Central Committee
from this ward. and the others are thc
officers Of the ward club. They came
over TO congratulate me on my canjli-
dacy FOR the Senate. couldn't do
less than thank them, could L? They
nave arranged a mass meeting for This
evening to ndorSr me. and s,,uDosr
III have to go over and make them y
little speech"
Il thought You wouldn't have to turn
over your hand:'
well, you know, candidate is
bound to get the Endorsement of his
home ward. Once | get that fixed up
you'll see that thcrc'll be no more
trouble"
An hour later Pi.zmacher drove mn
IN an old hack, and the Hon. Thomas
Browne descended TO welcome him. His
wife gave him fair warning.
III you go riding around on the
streets with that man. Tom Brown"
she called after him down the stairs. II
will never be seen on the street with
You again. What do You suppose the
neishbors will say?'
In the gray hours of the early morn
ing the hack again drew up before the
house, and Mr. Brown entered his
once quiet and happy dwelling. As the
door closed crowd of men and BOYS
who had followed the hack from the
place checred loudly.
1t was O'Clock before Mr.. Brown
appeared for breakfast. His wife re-
'eived him with pitying smile. in
which tears and anger were equally
She laid before him a copy
IF The Morning Echo" and pointed
n silence to the headlines over an ar
icle on the first page. Tom Brown
)ut for Senator" it read. "Ridicuous |
Ambition of Broken Down Petit /
'osger.' Hints of Sensational Ex-
'osurcs to be Mat!e."
There said Mrs Brown. "Nothins
o make any change in our home life. |
n! Elected without any effort on your
'art! Duty to the state? What do you
ay to that?'
Mr.. Brown lost what little appetite
e had. He read the article through
With anxious care. Then he swore
he children looked up in surprise.
The doorbell began ringing before I
clock this morning. went On Mrs.
'rown. There was procession of
ii sorts of men neither you nor | had
yer heard Of. They all wanted to see
enator Brown. l want you to sue
nat newspaper for libel"
my dear" said the Hon. Thomas
rown, with weak and pleading
nile, you mustn't let that bother you
}. Public men, you know, are sub
'ct to the attacks of the partisan
ress. Before l forget 1t, there was
ne little thing l wanted to speak to
Du about. You buy your groceries of
ilton, do you not! Well, now, just
J favor to me, would you object to
hanging? You see, Hicks, on the op-
,site corner, Is, find. the president
the Brown Club. Don't you think
would be little plcasanter all ,
ound if we patroniZcd him. =
MIR. Brown persisted his wife, |
will you sue that paper for libel" c
why, certainly not was the an c
yer, "but that publication makes it |
necessary for me to stay in a
e fight. If l backed out now the L
wspapcrs would all say that | with v
ew under fire. Then | should be a f
ward. OF course | wish, for your
ke, since you feel so bad about it, 4
at l had never begun" @
Well, they can't say your son is a b
ward, anyway a
Why, what's the mattcr?' II
He started for school at o'clock n
Is morning, just as he has done for lc
2 past two years. He wore pretty h
tie white waist and red stockings, "
d thought he never looked so sweet W
If an hour later he came back, l H.
sh you could have seen the child. h
. had fought with three big boys, W
cause they said his father was bro r
q down pettifogger. I've got him in r.
, bedroom now, with witch hazel on y.
eye" 10
Don't you think, Nellie said Mr.. V,
own, as he got up frcm the table. =
lat you could strain a point and buy l.;
II groceries from Hicks?' VI,
I've fixed things so that went be :,
.essary, think. l saw enough last ~
hit to convince me that you could -,
stand fEa cfr1 in Of y f.n nrDai ion