Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-04-06

looked out the WINDOW ia saw that
old Pitzmacher. the saloon keeper, was
at the head Of them. If that's politics,
I'D rather have the humps"
But. you see. ritzmacher is the
member Of the city central committee
from this ward. and the others are the
officers Of the ward club. They came
ove to congratulate me on my candi-
dacy for the senate. ! couldn't do less
than thank them, could l? They've
arranged q mass meeting for this even
ing to lndorse rue. and ! suppose I'll
have to go over and make them a little
speech"
II thought you wouldn't have to turn
owe your handY'
We'll. you know a candidate Is bound
20 get the Endorsement OF his home
ward. Once | get that fixed up. you'll
see that therc'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.
"lf you 20 riding around on the
streets with that man. Tom Brown"
she called after him down the stairs,
I'm never be seen on the street with
you again. What do you suppose the
nelRhbors Will sayy'
In the gray hours Of the carly norm
Ing the hack again drew up before tile
house. and Mr.. Brown entered his once
quiet and happy dwelling. IA the door
closed n crowd Of men and boys, who
had followed the hack from the meet
ing place. cheered loudly.
II was o o'clock before Mr.. Brown
appeared for breakfast. Ills wife re-
ceived him with a plying smile, In
which tears and anger were equally
mingled. She laid before him n copy
Of The Morning Echo and pointed In
silence TO the headllnei over an article
on the first page. Tom Brown Out
For Senator" II read. Ridiculous
Ambition Of n Broken Down Pettlfog-
ger" Hints of Sensational Exposures
to BE Mude.''
There" said Mrs. Brown. Nothing
to make any change In u home lie.
eh7 Elected without an effort on your
part7 Duty to the stateI What do
you say to that?"
Mr.. Brown lost what little appetite
he had. He read the article through
with anxious care. Then he swore.
The children looked mp In surprise.
'"rhc doorbell began ringing before
I o'clock this morning." went on Mrs.
There was a procession Of all
sorts of men neither you nor l had ever
heard Of. They all wanted to see Sen
ator Brown. ! want you to sue that
newspaper for libel"
"My DEAR" said the Hon. Thomas
Brown, with a weak and pleading
smile, you mustn't let that bother you
80. Public men. you know. are subject
TO the attacks Of the partisan press.
Before | forget II, 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 10
me-. would you object to changing?
You see. Hicks. on the opposite corner,
Is, ! 0nd, the president Of the Brown
club. Don't you think It would be a
little p~leasanter nil around II we pa
tronized hlmf"
MIR. Brown" persisted his wife,
twill you u that paper for llbelf'
why. certainly not" was the au-
swer but that publication makes II
absolutely necessary for me to stay In
the fight. IL l backed out now, the
newspapers would all say that | with
drew under fire. Then | should be a
coward. or course | wish, for your
sake. since you feel so bad about It.
that ! had never begun"
"Well. they can't say your son IL a
coward anyway"
"Why, what's the mntter?"
He started for school at 6 o'clock
this morning. just as lie has done for
the last two years. He wore n pretty
little white waist AID red stockings,
and | thought he revcr looked so sweet.
Half an hour later he came back.
you could have seen the child. He
had fought with three big boys, be-
they Eaid his father was n broken
pettifogger. I've got him in the
bedroom now. with witch hazel on his
Don't you think. Nellie" said Mr..
Brown rs he got up from the table,
''that you could strain n point and buy
yorr groceries from Hicksf'
1--WE fixed things so that won't be
necessary. I think. | saw enough last
night to convince me that you could
never stand the strain OF a campaign
like this. When you came In this
morning. ! was sure that | was right.
and even II you could the rest OF US
couldn't. So when the callers began to
ring the bell at half past G ! told them
all that Mr.. Browns physician had for
hidden him to accept n nomination"
"YOu didf"
"Yes, and then, a little later. the re-
from the afternoon newspapers
TO interview you. ! told them
all hat you had refused to be a candi-
date; that the state Of your health was
precarious. and that you were out Of
politics for good. So you see, after all.
It won't be necessary for me to buy my
butter from Hicks."-Clneinnati TrIb
une.