The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-02-21

at the head OF them. If that's politics,
I'd rather have the mumps."
"But, you see, Pitzmacher is the
member of the city central committee
from this ward, and the others are the
officers of the ward club. They came
over to congratulate me on my candi-
dacy for the senate. l couldn't do less
than thank them, could l? They've
arranged mass meeting for this even
ing to indorse me, and I suppose I'll
have to go over and make them little
speech"
q thought you wouldn't have to turn
over your handY"
well, you know Il candidate is bound
to get the Endorsement of his home
ward. Once get that fixed up, you'll
see that there'n be no more trouble"
An hour later Pitzmacher drove up
In an old hack, and the Hon. Thomas
Brown 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,
"I'll never be seen on the street with
you again. What do you suppose the
nelghbors 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 n crowd of men and boys, who
had followed the hack from the meet
ing place, cheered loudly.
1t was o o'clock before Mr.. Brown
appeared for breakfast. His wife ro-
ceived him with a plying smile. In
which tears and anger were equally
mingled. She laid before him copy
of The Morning Echo and pointed in
silence to the headlines over an article
on the first page. Tom Brown Out
For Senator" II read. Ridiculous
Ambition of n Broken Down Pettifog-
ger" Hints of Sensational Exposures
to Be Made"
"There," said Mrs. Brown. Nothing
TO make any change In our home life,
eh2 Elected without an effort on your
part? Duty TO the state? What do
you say to thatT
Mr. Brown lost what little appetite
he had. He read the article through
with anxious enre. Then he swore.
The children looked up In surprise.
"The doorbell began ringing before
I o'clock this morning" went on Mrs.
Brown. "rhere was n procession of all
sorts of men neither you nor | had ever
heard of. They all wanted TO see Sen
ntor Brown. | want you To sue that
newspaper for llbcl.'
MY dear" said the Hon. Thomas
Brown, with n weak and pleading
smile, you mustn't let that bother you
SO. Public men, you know, are subject
to the attacks of the partisan press
Before forget 1t, there was one little
thing | wanted to speak to you about,
You buy your groceries of Hilton, do
you not? Well, now, Just as a favor TO
me, would you object to changing?
You sec Hicks, on the opposite corner,
Is, l find, the president of the Brown
club. Don't you think II would be a
little pleasanter all around If we pa
tronized himY
"Mr. Brown" persisted his wife
will You sue that paper for libelP
"Why, certainly not WAS the an
swer, but that publication makes II
absolutely necessary FOR me TO stay in
the fight. If | backed out now, the
newspapers would all say That with.
drew under fire. Then | should be n
coward. OF course | wish, for your
sake, since you feel so bad about It,
that had never begun"
"Well, they can't say your son tx n
coward anyway"
"Why, what's the mattcr?'
"IIe started for school Mt o'clock
this morning, just MS he has done for
the last two years. lie wore u pretty
little white waist and red stockings
and thought he never looked SO sweet
Half an hour later he came back.
wish you could have seen the child. He
had fought with three big boys. be-
cause they said his father was a broken
down pettlfogger I've got him In the
bedroom now, with witch hazel on his
eye"
Don't you think, Nellie" said Mr..
Brown as he got up from the table,
that you could strain point and buy
your groceries from Elcksp
necessary, | think. saw enough Inst
night to convince me that you could
never stand the strain Of n campaign
like this. When you came In this
morning, | was sure that | was right,
and even If you could the rest of US
couldn't. SO when the callers began to
ring the bell ut half past 6 ! told them
all that Mr.. Browns physician had for
hidden him to accept nomination"
"You didf'
Eyes, and then, little later, the re-
portcrs from the afternoon newspapers
called to interview you. | told them
all that you had refused to be candl-
date; that the state Of your health was
precarious, and that you were out of
! politics for good. SO you see, after all,
II won't be necessary for me to buy my
( butter from Hicks. "-Cinclnnatl Trib.
une.