The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1900-07-07
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h.sn such d disastrous failure; that
~ advantage of education, upon
which he had SO plumed himself, had
heen 81 no help to him, and that the
ran;tal he SO lately despised because
har father scorned it now seemed to
Kim since he no longer had
n M he affected to treat his mis-
fortunes lightly, jested over them,
fhourh with a very sore heart, and5of
cr,,rse made no impression upon her.
other than the fear that he WIS prob
ably d rather unlucky chap. which did
mt enhance his attractiyeness in her
eyea. She inherited from her father
& Dreiudice against %"unluclty" per-
sons.
DIRECTLY she said lightly. Papa, l
3 makes a great deal of money in
wall street, and / have heard him say
flint lie also lost it sometimes. Mo-
body. 1 suppose, either wins or loses
continually. You will have to wait
Tor change of fortune that is all"
awaiting would be bad enough Sim
ply as q delay in winning fortune, but
Its worst aspect is that it postpones
my winning you, my darling," he re-
Piled.
somewhere else than In Wall street.
Speculation may not be your meter.
You might do better in politics."
II think l should like politics in the
abstract--that is, the pure science of
craftsmanship, for which / believe l
have some natural gualifcations-but
the thought of being a politician
makes me shudder."
why SOP
'.The associations and requirements
Of the politicians existence have in
them SO much that is positively re-
solting to u person of refinement.
The influence of a politician in our
form of government is entirely de-
pendent upon the number of votes he
can control. To win votes he must
pandcr to the prejudices md even
the vices of the ignorant and vulgar
masses, affect a community of inter-
Est with the herd and even cultivate
!ntimacies among them. Independ-
ent thought or conscientious adher-
ence to principle would be fatal to his
career. His mind, conscience, soul,
Iife-all belong to his party. Until
he rises to be the head, there is al
ways somebody above him, a leader
whom he must implicitly obey like an
abject slave or be .disciplined.' and
when rises to the head he becomes
kho c1n,ra rf oil 1Nn11xry1 1srn a - 49, -
ical as that statement may appear, or
they will turn upon him and rend him
If he ventures to call his soul his
own"
Irma laughed.
what morbid view you take of the
politician! have known only one,
md him not very well, but l must say
he did not seem to me such a revolt
Ing creature"
'Oh, well. He may be IL of the
amateurs who have u mission to puri-
~ politics and who furnish respecta-
bility and amusement for the real
politicians"
"No. ! think he will have to be
classed rs q professional. 1t is Mr..
Cyrus Pratt.
Cyrus Pratt! Well, yes. / should
say he would be classed as n profess
sional. l have heard of him, even in.
Boston. Why, he is a 'boss!' How do
you come to know him?'
He nj frequently to see
papa"
II imagine from what / have heard
of him that he must be a very shrewd
fellow. That is shown by the skill
with which, himself keeping out of
office, he disposes of so many offices,
yields their power and no doubt
shares their profits"
"Oh, Chester, he is the very man for
you! Why did ! not think Of it be-
fore? He might take n notion to give
q good Office and so put you in the
way of some day becoming Il boss
yourself
"Humph! Hardly likely
"Oh, you can.t8tell. You don't know
how nice he is. Lam sure he would
10 almost m. ing I asked him."
sewall was, could hear the lady of his
love express such confidence in COM
Aanding the favors Of another man
and yet feel no twings of jealous S
would be q much more perfect
Character than he. Yet he would have
been ashamed to give expression to
such n feeling upon SO small proSoca-
ton. He could simply relapse into
gloomy silence. But 1rma did not
even notice that. She Ind much to say
Just then. The idea of becoming the
architect of her lovers fortunes had
suddanly seized and fascinated her.
she ampliffel and elaborated her pri-
mary suggestion.
Yes, she was sure Of having sufIi-
:ient influence with Mr.. Pratt to
make him find for her protege some
prominent and lucrative Office. What
ever it might be. she knew that Ches-
ter would grace it. and his foot once
upon the steep and slippery stairway
OF fame. he would surely climb to the
top, would be known OF men and en-
wed, and even heard of ms far away as
Boston. Next year perhaps it might
ns polite for him to go to the legisla-
tire, and the year after, or perhaps
the second year, to congress. Then,
size did not doubt. her father would
welcome him al n son-in-law.
Its a long time to wait" sighed
dolcfnlly.