The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-08

| six years before. was behind bars await
ing trial on charge OF being the safe rob-
ber. This was certainly not what Cress-
we'll had been working for. lie believed
that Brett Junior was the man. as he
| had tie safe combination and access TO
the office ct all hours. Frewen had
neither. Brett senior was up the road"
the night preceding the discovery OF the
loss. and Lansdon had been In the ofIice
alone for an hour after the money was
| placed I'm the drawer and before he took
4 the evening train TO ounnison. The Of
| icers of the road at the time seemed GER
tain tnat everything pointed to Iangdon.
but II transpired later that every cent
he had spent could otherwise be accounted
| for.
Young Belts was something OF a swell
In his way. a gallant among the Brent
wood girls. but he had spent no money
| beyond that which he received as salary
and that given him by his father" which
! statement the senior confirmed. For a
I time II looked as though the thief had
/ been scared into hiding his plunder and
| was waiting until the hue and cry was
| over before unearthing and using IL.
| Frewen was shy quiet little fellow who
| lived with his widowed mother and gave
| her most OF his scanty salary. but he was
| in love with a pretty Brentwood girl.
who favored his suit at first. but tired
OF the prospect OF long engagement and
began tormenting him by going occa-
! sionally with Belts and others to evening
entertainments. Frewen was jealous and
unhappy awhile, and then came a change.
He returned from a brief visit 20 Omaha,
appeared for the first time in his life I'm
stylish raiment and began 70 cut a dash
In social circles, Joined the rifles then
In the heyday OF their fame and fortune.
and took pretty Aileen to parties where
Belts was not even bdden. and in April
came the crash. IL would have lifted
q az NJ
dons name had F'rewen been convicted.
but he wasn't for I.angdon, his captain,
turned TO and proved him innocent IL
was simple matter. The contemplation
OF her boys misery had been too much for
even a grasping and parsimonious wo-
man. Mrs. F'rewen had money stored
away that she had scraped and saved
for years. but denied, fearing that the
pension paid her by the road would be
stopped II ever the management found
she was fairly well to do. Langdon's
almost laughing development Of that case
was joy 10 the. Brentwood yarn spinners
for months later. but II put "the road In
bad light, notably the house OF Belts
and won him more enmity. Therefore
did Cresswell call him contumacious and
auixotic. Both Belts and both roads were
arrayed against him now, and Cressweil
fretted. What was he TO do with a part
ner who made enemies among the seats OF
the mighty and would not truckle to the
Mammon OF unrighteousness? Langdon
saw unerrngly what was passing I'm the
seniors mind and that summer told him
So You have been a good friend TO me-
and must not hamper your hopes and
plans. colonel" said he "If YOU should
be nominated for congress, Til take the
stump for you. II not, they need active
lawyers In the far northwest, where the
road Is pushing through the Idaho mines
III swing my shingle out there"
Tvn Inc he.
the project For the very reason that
his opponents proved him 10 be cor
poration lawyer the farmers and arti-
sans Joined forces against Cresswell. and
he failed 10 capture the convention, a
man or FAR inferior mold becoming the
nominee Tor congress. IL soured the
kentuckian more than little. yet was
exactly what Langdon had prophesied
NO elder likes to see the power TO saw
Il told you So in the hands OF n Junior
partner Langdon discreetIy said nothing
except In answer TO his seniors remarks
lie was having an experience OF his own.
The command OF the regiment to which
the rifles were assigned as Companv q
had been vested In veteran OF the civil
war who once knew something OF old
time tactics, but could not master the
new.
In June the regiment was under canvas
and such instructions as the colonel could
give IL Tor an entire week, and the whole
organization could see that the Brent
wood and Gunnson companies that had
had the advantage OF Langdon's Goa ching
were head and shoulders above the rest.
one day the colonel was III. and the leu |
tenant colonel was suddenly confronted |
by possibility he had never contemplat-
cd that of having to drill the battalion
Lamp was 10 be inspected next day by a |
Gegular." There would surely be a re- |
View. with the whole countryside out 10 |
see and scores OF fellows from other regl- |
ments to criticise. IL ended I'm Captain
Langdon's being asked to act as |
commanding officer. which he did with |
consummate ease and gave them hours
OF such coaching" as they'd never had |
and more all the afternoon and follow |
ing morning. TO the end that the eight |
companies passed a surprisingly credita- |
bic inspection. and their review was the |
best given by any OF the state forces that |
summer The old colonel resigned at the |
close OF the camp. the lieutenant colonel |
waived promotion, the officers signed a |
paper asking that Iangdon be made coll /
onel and then some OF them privately /
told the adjutant general they did so be- |
cause they ''couldn't say no, exactly" and /
yet were opposed 10 the idea. They |
might we'll be. because they knew their /
ncapacity and felt that Langdon would /
soon be after them with sharp stick.
The two roads. through their represent |
Langdon was n brave officer and all that, |
good man TO have at hand in time OF /
trouble, but one who would probably /
make more trouble than he could cure |
Again. the executive found that there was
an undercurrent among the political sol /
diers and the management OF the roads \
inimical 10 Langdon's advancement. Elec-
tion was coming on. Campaign funds were
needed. Put away the sword states can
be saved without IT. was something any !
statesman could say. from Richeeu /
down. but whore was the statesman who
could say states could be saved without |
money? The governor knew that person
ally and professionally Tangdon was
the man OF all others for that promotion
but he gave II 10 the major. y gentleman
who didn't know n cartridge from n cat
o-nine-tails. and that autumn I'm an edi-
torial genuine I'm It's regret. The Banner
referred 10 thelremoval from their midst
OF the law firm of Cresswpil g. f.angdon.
IL was understood that brilliant prospects
awsited the gentlemen comprising Il I'm