El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-17

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with my consent" she broke out. g
heard you telling those men you wen
always glad and proud to welcom
them 10 your humble home, and then !!
looked out the window and saw that
old PitZmacher. the saloon keeper, was
at the head of them. If that's politics,
I'd rather have the mumps.
. but. you Soc 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 10 congratulate me on my candi-
dacy for the senate. l couldn't do less
than thank them, could l: They've
arranged Il mass meeting for this even
Ing to indorse me. and l suppose I'll
have to go over and make them a little
speech.
Il thought you wouldn't have to turn
over your hand:'
We'll, you know Il candidate is bound
to get the Endorsement of his home
ward. Once l 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.
IF 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
neighbors 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 meet
ing place. cheered loudly.
1t was O'Clock before Mr. Brown
appeared for breakfast. His wife re-
ceived him with a plying smile, in
which tears and anger We're equally
mingled. She laid before him a copy
of The Morning Echo and pointed in
silence to the headlines over an article
on the first page. Tom Brown Out
For SENATOR it read. Ridiculous
Ambition of a Broken Down Pettifog
ger Hints of Sensational Exposures
to Be Made"
''There." said Mrs. Brown. Nothing
to make any change in our home life,
Ell: Elected without an effort on your
part: Duty to the state: 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 up in surprise.
1.-The doorbell began ringing before
4 o'clock this morning" went on Mrs
Brown. There was Il procession of all
sorts Of men neither you nor l had ever
heard of. They all wanted to see Sen
ator Brown. 1 want you to sue that
for libel
My dear said the Hon. Thomas
Brown, with a 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 l forget it. there was one little
thing l wanted to speak to YOU about. |
You buy your groceries of Hilton, do |
you not? Well, now, just as Il favor to |
me, would you object to changing?
You see, Hicks, on the opposite corner,
is, L find, the president of the Brown |
club. Don't you think it would be Il |
little pleasanter all around if we pa |
troniZed him.
Mr.. Brown" persisted his wife, |
will you sue that paper for Hbel?'
why. certainly not WAS the an
swer, but that publication makes it
absolutely necessary for me to stay in /
the fight. If l backed out now, the |
newspapers would all say that l with
drew under fire. Then | should be n |
coward. OF course l wish, for your
sake, since you feel so bad about it.
hat had never begun
well. they can't say your son is
coward anyway
''Why, what's the matter:"
He started fer school at s o'clock |
his morning, just as he has done for
he last two years. He wore Il pretty |
title white waist and red stockings, |
md thought he never looked so sweet. |
Half an hour later he came back.
wish you could have seen the child. He |
lad fought with three big boys, be-
ause they said his father was a broken
Town pettifogger. I've got him in the |
bedroom now. with witch hazel on his |
ye.'
Don't you think, Nellie" said Mr..
Brown as he got mp from the table, |
that you could strain a point and buy |
our groceries from Hicks?"
I've fixed things so IL. : won't be |
necessary, | think. l saw enough last
light to convince me that you could
lever stand the strain of Il campaign |
Ike this. When you came in this |
lorning. / WIS sure that l WIS right, |
nd even if you could the rest of us |
ouldn't So when the callers began to !
ing the bell ut half past q l told them
ii that Mr.. Browns physician had for |
idden him To accept Il nomination."
You did,
"Ncs. and then. Il little later. the re- |
Orters from the afternoon newspapers
allied to interview you. | told them
IL that You had refused to he Il candi-