The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1901-12-26
'aaugh.er inaIscrcetly drnggea out the

whole tale.
Willie wns 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. ns II she were n light
house signal.
When dessert had come and the but
Ter had gone, Willie cleared his throat,
filed his glass with port, and solemn.
ly said:
II propose the health OF Mr.. Wind
son, NJ. r."
"Nonsensc!" interrupted the old
gentleman, fcrcely. "You know
have no chance"
"Thcy told you," said the young
man. that you might get In II the
liberal votes were split. Uncle John.
] am fond of you and proud OF you. /
am keen politician with fluctuating
opinions. ! am prepared tn split the
liberal vote and win the scat for
you"
"You?" exclaimed Mr.. and Mrs.
Mrs. Windsor in n breath.
"Ycs. /: on certain conditions. It's
like this, aunt and uncle. Nellie and
I are fond of one another; that's so,
isn't IL. Ncllic?" and the girl gave
an affirmative blush.
"You let us get married, give us n
little bit to set up in housekeeping
with, and I'll go down TO Abcrdavcrry
and fight Ike u demon against the
| other candidate, so as to split the
vote. You know can talk well; I've
got u lot of pals who'll come down II
! pay their expenses. Well have Il
Dakcr's dozen of clever young men
| staggering that Welsh town and Civ
ing you "a chance of success, such as
you could get in no other way
The old people looked ut one an
other. then Mr.. Windsor said, grave
ly: ITS highly improper"
"Nothing that isn't found out IL
improper in politics." replied the
young man; "and. besides, " /,
weren't proper wouldn't make d
bargain about IL. I would do IL foi
mere love of you and auntic."
30. fatbcr!" intcrposcd Nellie
"we'vc been fond of one anothr fol
an awfully long time, and will ncv
cr marry anybody else; and he does
speak beautifully. and he might gel
and you would make such splcndit
figure in the house, and we shouldn't
want much TO live on; and, o, moth
cr!" And then the girl hid her face
on the massive bosom of Mrs. Wind
son.
"You are scapcgrncc,' said Mr.
Windsor. "nnd your father was M
better. and I meant Nellie for some
swell, but you're my sisters son. ~
make II conditional promise that, IL
get in well, I'll think about IT,"
There was much hnggling after this
but. in the end, the youth won al
along the line, and old Windsor rs
scntcd to the marriage and ngrec'
to give his daughter ei0,000 ms |
dowry.
Next day the Windsons by one trail
and Willie Appleton by another has
tened to the benightcd town Of Abcr
daverry. for II was vital pait o
their scheme that, so far as possible
they would seem strangers To on
another.
Willie during the day picked up n,
agent who seemed an excellent spc
cimcn of his class. He was pros
porous little groccrnamcd Davies Nor
gan, who hnd been u fcrvcnt radica
and ardent pcacc-at-any-pricc maj
iii his son, in the Wclch fusilicrs, ha
won the ''V. c." when suddenly u
had grown convinced that the VIZ va
inevitable, annexation ncccssnr.. IN
liberal Imperialism the only puSi ibl
policy for the country.
You'll have u tough time, hr. Al
plcton,"hc said. "F'rom what we lear
the conservative man is of no account
, but John Evans, the iadical, is
strong candidate. lou see, NJ maI
agcr of the Abcrln,crry iinplat
works. limited, he employees an in
mcnsc number of hands; he Is n grcu
: preacher in the chapel and has bee
u vigorous out-and-out radical. we
known in these parts for 10 years.
!, II should recommend yon not
, fght--but I'd sooner you did: and
T, you do, this Is how you must act. Va
: must he strongly radical about q
rrything except the war; and as
;, the war, you must preach the inc'it
!, blcncss of II aud the necessity Of al
, rcNntion. and denouncc the COVER
, mcnt furiously for its incompciei
management of the war and wick,
hctcrps hation not To make M
change in the cabinet.
/, "Yod must hustle a bit with Il
=, womcn--for some can control votes
4 dnndlc the babies, Kiss the plain M
r. chaT the pretty women. oh, | kno
you'd sooner IL was the other W;
!. about, hut that's not clectionccrinI
= do all the canyassing You can, al
II make your promises libcrnl-unlc
- there are reporters present.
~ Get down All your friends TO he
a you, and we've plenty Of money
play with, since nothing has be,
4. spent yet; ana oh, Mr.. Appleton, "
.. must put your back into IL"
=. Willie did put his bnck into 1t.
Il was down early and mp late. After
a A A 4. N..ll A. A Il.