The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-02-23

officers of the ward club. They came
over to congratulate me on my candi-
dacy for the senate. l couldn't do less
than tank them, could 1? They've
arranged /; mass meeting for this even
ing to indorse me, and l suppose I'll
have to go over and make them little
speech"
Il thought you wouldn't have to turn
over your hand?"
well, you know a candidate is bound
to get the Endorsement of his home
ward. Once get that fixed up, you'll
see that there'll 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.
of 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 MI. Brown entered his once
quiet and happy dwelling. AS the door
closed a 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 u 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
| o'clock this morning" went on Mrs.
| Brown. "There was procession of all
sorts of men neither you nor had ever
heard of. They all wanted to see Sen
ator Brown. want you to sue that
newspaper for libel.'
"N1y DEAR" said the Hon. Thomas
Brown, with 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 | wanted to speak to you about.
You buy your groceries of Hilton, do
| you not? Well, now, just as favor to
me, would you object to changing?
You see, Hicks, on the opposite corner,
is, find, the president of the Brown
club. Don't you think it would be a
little pleasanter all around if we pa
tronized him?"
"Mr. Brown" persisted his wife,
will you sue that paper for libel?'
"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 with
drew under fire. Then l should be a
coward. OF course l wish, for your
sake, since you feel so bad about it,
that 1 had never begun"
''Well, they can't say your son is a
coward anyway"
"Why, WHAT'S the matter?"
HE started for school at 8 o'clock
this morning. just as he has done for
the last two years. He wore pretty
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and thought he never looked so sweet.
Half an hour later he came back. I
wish you could have seen the child He
had fought with three big boys, be-
cause they said his father was broken
down pettifogger. 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 Hicks?
give fixed things so that won't be
necessary, l 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 if you could the rest Of us
couldn't. So when the callers began to
ring the bell at half past told them
all that Mr.. Browns physician had for.
hidden him to accept a nomination."
"You did,"
eyes, and then, little LATER the re.
porters from the afternoon newspapers
called to interview you. l told them
all that you had refused to be 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. "-Cincinnat Trib
une.
A Pune story From Paraguay.
The puma or mountain lion Of the
Andes is naturally an affectionate and
harmless animal and is often domestic
Gated, and some Of the ranchmen In
Patagonia and Chile often tame them