The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-02
CHAPTER xlx.-Contlnued.

bent a sudden gaze upon the group in
the buckboard; but the western sun was
In his eyes, and he only caught a glimpse
Of vague, bright shape and a dazzle Of
gold, and he was borne along and out Of
view, down the singing street.
Glory! Glory! HalleluInh!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory. Glory! Hallelujah!
AS We go marching on!
The barouche stopped in front Of the
courthouse, and he passed up lane they
made for, him to the steps. When he
turned to them to speak, they began to
cheer again. and he had to wait for them
to quiet down.
I'VE can't hear him from over here
said Briscoe. we're too far off. Mr.. Mer-
edith. suppose you take the ladies closer
IN, and I'll stay with the horses. You
want to hear his speech"
He is a great man. isn't he?" Meredith
said to Helen, gravely, as he handed her
out Of the blackboard. I've been trying
to realize for the last few minutes that
he is the same old fellow I've been treat
Ing Familiarity all day long"
Yes, he's great man." she answered.
This is only the beginning.'
That's true" said Brscoe, who had
overheard her Hell go pretty far. A
man that people know is steady and strong
and level-headed can get whatever he
wants, because public man can get any,
and they can rely on him for sense. 1t
sounds like a simple matter; but only three
or four public men in the country have
convinced us that they are like that. Hur-
~ along, young people,
Crossing the street, they met Miss
T!bbs; she was wiping her streaming eyes
with the back Of her left hand and still
waving her handkerchief with her
right. Isn't it beautiful" she said, not
ceaslng to tiutter, uncOnsCiOuSly. the little
square Of cambria. There was such a
throng that 1 grew faint and had to come
away. l don't mind your seeing me cry
ing. Pretty near everybody cried when
he walked up to the steps and we saw that
. he was lame"
Standing on the outskirts of the crowd,
they could hear the mellow ring of Hank
less voice, but only fragments of the
speech, for 1t was rather hating, and
was. not altogether clear in either rhet-
ORIG or delivery, and Mr.. Bence could have
been good deal longer in saying what
he had to say, and thousand times more
oratOrical Nevertheless, there was not
man or woman present who did not de-
clare that it was the greatest speech ever
heard in Plattville; and they really
thought soto such lengths are loyalty
and friendship sometimes carried in Car
low and AmO and Gaines.
He looked down upon the attentive,
earnest faces and into the kindly ewes
OF the hoosier country people, and, as
he spoke, the thought hept recurring to
him that this was the place he had
dreaded to come back to; that these were
the people he had wished to leave-these,
who gave him everything they had to
give-and this made it difficult to keep
his tones steady and his throat clear.
Helen stood so far from the steps (nor
could she be induced to penetrate further
though they would have made way for
herr that only fragments reached her, but
what she heard she remembered
L have come home. Ordinarily
a man needs to fall sick by the wayside
or to be set upon by thieves, il order to
realize that nine -tenths Of the world is
Samaritan, and the other tenth only too
busy Or too ignorant to be-. Down here
he realizes it with no necessity of Illness
or. wounds to bring 1t out; and If he does
get hurt you send him to congress. II
There will be no other in Washington
80 proud Of what he stands for as
shall be. TO represent you is to stand for
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. honor, kindness
We are people who take what
comes to u.s. and it comes bountifully; we
are rich-oh. we are all Americans here
This Is the place for a man who
likes to live where people are kind tc
each other, and where they have the old
fashioned way of saying Home" Other
places, they don't seem to get so much
into it as we do. And to come home as
have to-day. I have come home
Every one meant to shake hands with
him, and, when the speech was over, those
nearest swooped upon him. cheering anc
waving, and grasping at his hand. Their
line was formed, and they began to de-
file by him. as he stood on the steps, anC
one by one they came up, and gave hin
hearty greetings, and passed on through
the courthouse and out at the south door
Tom Meredith. and Minnie Briscoe came
amongst the others. and Tom said only
Good. old boy as he squeezed his friend:
hand; and then, he went down tn,
hall, wiping his glasses, he asked Minnie
II she believed the young man on tn,
steps had risen from sick bed tina
morning
It was o'clock when Harkless climbe,
the stairs to the Iierald's Office and hi
right arm and hand were aching and limp
Below him, as he reached the landing h.
could Sc boys selling extras containin.
his speech taken by the new reporter)
and long accounts Of the convention. O
the nominees career, and the celebration
or his home coming. The sales wer
rapid; for no one could resist the oppor
tunity to read in print descriptions q
what his eyes had beheld and his ears ha
heard that day.
ROSS SChOheld was the only person i
the editorial room, and there was nothin
IN his appearance which should cause
man to start and fall back from the door
way; but that was what Har1less did
whats the matter Mr.. Harkless?
cried Ross, hurrying forward, fearing tina
the other had been suddenly rescued b
illness.
What are those?" asked HAIRLESS, wit
gesture Of his hand which seemed to in
Guide the entire room.
"Those!' repeated Ross, staring blank
ly.
Those rosettes-these streamers-tha
stovepipe-all this blue ribbon
Ross turned pale. ''Ribbon?" he sale
tnquirngly. Ribbon" He seemed un
able to perceive the decorations refer
red to.
Yes answered John, these rosette
on the chairs, that band, and"
"Oh!' Ross exclaimed. "That?" II
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