Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-04-12

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tain weight. He was spoken of as "a
man whom it would do to tie to- and
once as coming man." The news
paper people liked him, too, because he
was courteous, and, as they generally
more than pay for favors extended them,
his name was often in the big journals,
whether he did anything remarkable or
not. Re-nOminated and reelected with
out trouble. during his second term he
was upon two of the heavy committees
and was intruSted with the passage of
certain bills. At this time he began to
go into society and at a reception in the
house Of a cabinet minister met Helen
Rowands. They liked each other at once
and their courtship began within week.
A month afterward they We're engaged
to be married. She was the daughter
of a naval captain, retired upon the US
ual meager allowance. a we'll educated,
well meaning and passably pretty girl.
She found it little hard to make that
appearance which her station required.
for her allowance was small, but she
hid her smarts admirably and in the
eyes of Enders at least, no million
heiress Of them all could have been bet
ter gowned. He had his $1,000 a year
salary. and not another cent, but he hop
wealth,er soon.
With matters at this pass, he receiv-
ed one day rather pressing invitation
to attend little supper for four to be
given at Pages place in Fourteenth
street. The host was congress- ~
whom he liked and he accepted wiln-
out hesitation. At the table he was in
troduced to Mr. Ezekiel Judson, of Bos-
ton, thin, prematurely-g rayed, wiry
| man whom Enders knew as a multi
. millionaire and president of the "Cosmic
Sea Gable company" a corporation new
~ born and apparently backed to the
| limit. JudsOn was pleasant fellow in
| spite of his dry visage, and in some man.
| ner obtained from Enders promise of
an interview to be had next day in a
dlsused committee room, to which, mys-
| teriously enough, the Boston millionaire
had pass key. Therein, with the noise
of the great building coming only faint
| ly to their ears, long conversation was
had, Of which this is the gist:
| You know, Mr.. Enders, that our
| government is a world government and
! that recent events have forced it to en-
| ter upon the arena of world politics. You
] know that much Of our development will
be along southern and western lines and
| that the racine, the largest OF the oceans,
is strangely destitute of cables. You
know that we have formed a company to
fill this want and that we have plenty
of capital with which to build the lines
You know also that it is hardly fair
to expect private citizens to risk their
money in this fashion without any gov
ernmental aid. You know we have a bill
before both houses asking in plain terms
for subsidy of $4,000 mile for all ca l.
| bles built by us to named points in the
PACING. We want also a thirtyyears
guarantee that the government itself will
lay no parallel cables In return for these
encouragements we are willing to carr,
the governments messages at one-hal1
| rates."
Il know that cables are good things
and that you have a bill, but I have
not looked into the mater with care"
well, Mr.. Enders, you are not only