Morris tribune., 1901-08-24

Il Ills tAnA1Slo4be WA1G was SNdtA0 Az
1 her sitting room.
J .'Well, if this is the way you are go
| ing to the senate; you will never gH
with my, consent, y she broke out. II
heard you telling those men you were
always glad and proud to. welcome
.the5a to your humble home. and then 7
hsoked 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.o
But, you see, 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 to congratulate me on my candi-
dacy for the senate. ] couldn't do less
than thank them, could II They've
arranged a mass meeting for this even
ing to indorse me, and suppose I'll
have to go over and make them little
speech. - 'Fr ag<
Il thought you wouldn't have to turn
over your hand p
Well, you know a candidate is bound
to get the Endorsement of his home
ward. Once Igst that fixed up, you'll
see that there'H be no more trouble.
|. An hour later P1tzmacher drove up
in an old hack, and the Hon. Thomas
Brown descended to welcome him. His
wife gave him fair warming. =:
= IF you go riding around on the
streets with that man, Tom Brown" =,
she e.ealled after him down the stairs,
"I'H never be seen on. the street with
you again. What do. you Suppose the
2eighbors will say 2" ~
- 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 a crowd of men and boys, who
had followed the hack from the meet
ing place, cheered loudly. i
e. 1t. was 8 o'clock before Mr.. Brown
appeared for breakfast His wife re-
eeived him with a pitying smile, in
which tears and anger were equally 4
mingled. She laid before him copy
Of The Morning Echo and pointed in
silence to the headlines over an article |
on the first page. issTom Brown Out
For Senator" it read. Ridiculous
Ambition of "a Broken Down PettifogS
ger" 'Hints Of Sensational Exposures
to Be Made" sa3 s.H ~ II
q "There," said Mrs. Brown. "Nothingl
to make any change in our home life,
Ell? Elected without an effort on your
part? Duty to the state?, what do i
you say to that?" 3ias# <.5.s .5as-il i
: 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.
The doorbeH began ringing before
7fo'clock this morning" went on Mrs. /
Brown. 'There was a procession of all I
sorts Of men neither you nor had ever
heard Of. They all wanted to see Sen
ator Brown. I want you to sue that
for libel" s i
s Ny dear" said the Hon. Thomas
Brown, with a weak and pleading
smile, ''you mustn't let that botheryou
so. Public men, you know, are subject
to the attacks of the partisan press.
Before forget it, there was one little
thing I 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
Cronized hinY' &! - fa
ssMr. Brown persisted his wife,
will you sue that paper for libel?'
{ Why, certainly not" was the an
swer, ''buti that publication makes it
absolutely necessary for me to stay in
he fight. If I backed out now, the
newspapers would all say that with l.
rev under fire. Then I should be a
coward. OF course 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 matter7''
"He started for school at o'clock
his morning, just as he has done for
he last two years. He wore pretty /.
title white waist and red stockings,
nd thought he never looked so sweet.
Ialf an hour later he came back. /
Vish you could have seen the child. He /.
lad fought with three big boys, be-
ause they said his father was broken
own pettifogger. I've got him in the
edroom now, with witch hazel on his
ye.''
Don't you think, Nellie, y said Mr..
Brown as he got up from the table,
ttiatyou could: strain point and buy |.
our groceries from Hicls?'
"I've fixed things so that won't be
eeessary, think. saw enough last
ight to convince me that you could
ever stand the strain of a campaign i
Ike. this. When you came In this
1orning, was sure that was right,
nd even IL you could the rest Of us i
ouldn't. So when the callers began to
ing the bell at half past told them !
II that Mr.. Browns physician had for !
idden him to accept nomination.
''You didg'
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