The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-11-29
THE FRAUDULENT ELECTION.
By Edward F. Spence.

MR. WINDSOR was at breakfast.
M He always ate a big breakfast,
hungry or not, since it was an article
of his faith that he should begin the
day well-even with handsome in
digestion.
After his second cup of coffee he
said to his wife, ''You see, my dear,
as I predicted, the dissolution is an
nounced to-day"
Obviously, Mrs. Windsor was pres
ent, though, in fact, she ate next
to nothing in order to support her
theory that she was of aristocratic
French origin, theory which caused
some inconvenience and the con-
sumption of sandwiches and sherry at
II o'clock.
"My DEAR" she said, "you must
stand"
Mr. Windsor gasped.
Nellie, their daughter, a plump,
pretty blonde, asked crudely, what
on earth will they want to make pa
an M. p for?"
''My DEAR" answered Mrs. Wind
son, 'your father, being almost mil
lionaire, has such a stake in the coun-
ty that it is his duty to solicit the suff-
RACES of his fellow citizens"-an eX-
preston which caused her husband to
beam and her daughter to smile.
eff you wish it, my DEAR" said Mr..
Windsor, who for years had cher
ished the idea of parliament without
venturing to mention it to his mas
terful 'Missus,' eff you wish it and
my country needs me. 1 must sacri-
flee domestic happiness to the stern
duties of citizenship"
GA beautiful phrase!" murmured
Mrs. Windsor.
"Where did you read that, pap"
asked Nellie.
Mr.. Windsor firmly crunched the
shell of his third egg la coque, and
left the breakfast table.
The worthy-or unworthy-man
was architect of his own fortune. I'm
til sudden twist in foreign affairs
had quadrupled his fortune, he had
been iberal-indeed, in early days
{; radical. When he found himself i'm
mensely rich, he felt keenly that he
must adopt conservative principles, in
order to give an air of responsibility
to his indelicately acquired wealth.
He walked to his club in order to
see Mr.. Raddleford, an old friend sup
posed to know much about politics,
and found him in prodigious hurry.
He learnt from him the name of the
semi-official representative of the
conservative party whom he ought to
consult. By midday Mr.. Windsor
found himself talking with an exalted
being who must be nameless.
81 fully appreciate said the ex-
alted being, your patriotic desire to
serve the country and the magnitude
of your stake in the land, but wasn't
there something little fishy about
your last promotion?''
81 don't deny" replied Mr.. Wind
son, "that there were nasty observa-
tions in the papers; but they durstn't
say anything specific. Anyhow, Pm
as clean--'' And he named several
wealthy folks who had found the odor
of sanctity in conservative seats.
liz S->oilSu pClliS, hO OONl-
Gus answer, replied that there was
no easy seat which the organization
could offer to Mr.. Windsor, however
great his anxiety to contribute to
the party funds, since all the easy
seats had been allotted in advance.
''The best I could do" he said,
3'would be to offer to you Aberdaver-
ry. The radicals have got a very
strong candidate, but success is not
impossible, and L need hardly say you
would do the party splendid service
if you could win, or even make a good
fight
Mr.. Windsor met Mr.. Raddleford at
lunch and told him what had hap
pened. When he mentioned the seat,
Raddleford pulled long face.
cts a poor chance" he said, "you
know. Not even ten to one, but
"But?" echoed Mr.. Windsor.
'But you had better fight it, for, in
order to reward you they will give you
better chance next time. A man
like you has no earthly hope of get
ting into parliament respectfully with
out beginning with a hopeless seat"
"Hopeless?" echoed Mr.. Windsor.
"Yes, hopeless" said Mr.. Raddle-
ford; hopeless, unless there is rue
ton amongst the RAIDS and the votes
get split. Wait a second!" He re-
turned in minute. 81 find that, last