The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-29

Business compelled Mr.. Windsor to
remain in the city till dinner time.
When he reached the table a little
frustrated and late, he found, to his
annoyance, that his nephew, Willie
Appleton, briefess barrister, was a
self-invited guest.
He tried to hold his peace as to
what had happened, but his wife and
daughter indiscreetly dragged out the
whole tale.
Willie was amazingly silent and Sc
irous, but when the old people were
busy in conversation the handsome
young man exchanged hasty whis-
pers with his pretty cousin, which
caused her to turn red and white and
red and white, as if she were light
house signal.
When dessert had come and the but
Ter had gone, Willie cleared his throat,
filled his glass with port, and solemn
ly said:
81 propose the health of Mr.. Wind
son, M. p"
"Nonsense!" interrupted the old
gentleman, fiercely. "You know I
have no chance"
'They told you," said the young
man, ''that you might get in if the
liberal votes were split. Uncle John,
1 am fond of you and proud of you. I
am keen politician with fuctuating
opinions. l am prepared to split the
liberal vote and win the seat for
YOU
"You?" exclaimed Mr.. and Mrs.
Mrs. Windsor in breath.
"Yes, I: on certain conditions. It's
like this, aunt and uncle. Nellie and
/ are fond of one another: that's so,
isn't it, Nellie?" and the girl gave
an affirmative blush.
"You let us get married, give us a
little bit to set up in housekeeping
with, and I'll go down to Aberdaverry
and fight like demon against the
other candidate, so as to split the
vote. You know l can talk well; I've
got a lot of pals who'll come down if
pay their expenses. Well have a
bakers dozen of clever young men
staggering that Welsh town and Civ
ing you chance of success, such as
you could get in no other way
The old people looked at one an
other; then Mr.. Windsor said, grave
ly: cts highly improper"
Nothing that isn't found out is
improper in politics." replied the
young man; land, besides, if it
weren't proper L wouldn't make a
bargain about it. 1 would do it for
mere love of you and auntie."
80, father!" interposed Nellie,
"we've been fond of one anothr for
an awfully long time, and l will new
er marry anybody else; and he does
speak beautifully, and he might get
you in, and that would be so lovely,
and you would make such a splendid
figure in the house, and we shouldn't
want much to live on; and, o, moth
er!" And then the girl hid her face
on the massive bosom of Mrs. Wind
son.
''You are scapegrace," said Mr..
Windsor, 'and your father was no
better, and I meant Nellie for some
swell, but you're my sisters son. I'll
make a conditional promise that, if I
get in-well, I'll think about it,
There was much haggling after this,
but, in the end, the youth won all
along the line, and old Windsor as
scented to the marriage and agreed
to give his daughter 10000 as a
dowry.
Next day the Windsons by one train
and Willie Appleton by another has
tened to the benighted town of Aber-
daverry, for it was a vital part of
their scheme that, so far as possible,
they would seem strangers to one
another.
Willie during the day picked up an
agent who seemed an excellent spe-
cimen of his class. He was a pros
porous little grocer named Davies Nor
gan, who had been a fervent radical
and ardent peace-at-any-price man
til his son, in the Welch fusiliers, had
won the "V. c." when suddenly he
had grown convinced that the war was
inevitable, annexation necessary, and
liberal imperialism the only possible
policy for the country.
"Youll have a tough time, Mr.. APP
pleton," he said. ''From what we learn
the conservative man is of no account;
but John Evans, the radical, is a
strong candidate. You see, as man
ager of the Aberdaverry tinplate
works, limited, he employees an inn
mense number of hands; he is a great
preacher in the chapel and has been
a vigorous out-and-out radical, well
known in these parts for 40 years.
81 should recommend you not to
fght-but I'd sooner you did; and if
you do, this is how you must act. You
must be strongly radical about ev-
erything except the war; and as to
the war, you must preach the inevita-
bleness of it and the necessity of an
nexation, and denounce the govern
ment furiously for it's incompetent
management of the war and wicked
determination not to make any
change in the cabinet.
"You must hustle a bit with the
women-for some can control votes
dandle the babies, kiss the plain and
chaff the pretty women. Oh, know
you'd sooner it was the other way
about but that's not Eclectic o.