The Savannah morning news., 1903-04-12

1.-The name of Harkless," he said.
abruptly, the name of HAIRLESS will
sweep the convention like the fire Of
a Western prairie; the name of Hark-
less will thunder over their astonished
heads and strike a peal of joy bells
| in every home in the district; it will
re-echo in the corridors of pOSterity
| and TEEN with prosperity like mighty
| river. The name of Harkless will re-
! vertebrate in that convention hall, and
| they shall sit ashamed"
"Harkless!" exclaimed the Judge.
why didn't some one think of that
long ago."
Then you approve?" asked Keat-
ing.
Eyes, I think dot
The Amo man shook hands with him.
well swim out" he exclaimed. 1T
| will be the same everywhere. A lot
of the old crowd themselves will be
| swept along with US when we make
our nomination. People feel that that
| CROSSROADS business ought never to
have been allowed to happen, and
they'd like to make it UP to him some
| way. There are just two difficulties,
Holloway and Mr.. Harkless himself.
| It's a sure thing that he wouldn't come
out against Hedge and that he'd refuse
to let his name be used against him.
! Therefore, we've got to keep it quiet
| from him; the whole thing has to be
were quiet until they thought they
were sure; we've got to be quieter still.
| Well we've made out PLAN"
And plan that will operate" add
ed Mr.. Bence. For the name of Hark-
less shall" Mr.. Heating interrupted
him, energetically:
I'VE explain it to all the Holloway
| delegates, you see. and to all the shaky
McCune people, and interview all the
undecided ones. The McCune crowd
may see them afterwards, but they
can't fix men in this district against
John HAIRLESS. All we've got to do is
to pass the word. It's all kept quiet,
you understand. We go into the con-
vention, and the names of Holloway
and McCune are placed before it, Then
/ will come speech naming Harkless-
and you want to stuff your ears with
cotton! On the first ballot Harkless
gets the scattering vote that was going
to nominate McCune if we'd let things
run, and Holloway is given every vote
| he'd have got if he'd run against Nc
I Cune alone; it's a compliment; it will
help him see how things We're, after
wards; and on the second ballot his
votes goes to HAIRLESS. There won't
be any hitch if we get down to work
right off; it's a mighty short campaign,
but we've got big chances. OF course.
it can't be helped that Holloway has
to be kept in the dark; he won't spend
any money, anyway"
''It looks a little underhanded at
first glance" said Warren Smith; but
as Miss Sherwood said, you've got to
be a little underhanded sometimes.
especially when you're dealing with as
scrupulous a man as John Harkless.
But it's a perfectly honest deal, and
it will be all right with him when he
finds it's all over and he's nominated. -
It's a plain case" added Boswell.
aFXVa wan him and we've got 10 have
him."
There's one danger" Mr.. Heating
continued. Hedge Holloway is hon.
>est but I believe he's selfish enough
to disturb his best friends death-bed
for his own ends, and it's not unlike
ly that he will get nervous towards
the last and be telegItaphing HAIRLESS
to have himself carried on a cot to
the convention to save him. That
wouldn't do at all, of course, and Miss
Sherwood thinks maybe there'd be less
danger If we set the convention a lit
tie ahead of the day appointed. It's
dangerous because 1t shortens our
time: but we can fix it for three days
before the day we'd settled on, and
that will bring it to Sept. 7. What we
want of you, judge. is to go to the con-
vention as a delegate. and make the
nominating speech for Mr. HAIRLESS.
Will you do it?"
"Do it? cried the old man, and Re
struck the table a resounding blow
with his big fist. DO it? I'D walk
from here to Rouen and back again to
do it,"
They were all on their feet at this,
and they pressed forward to shake
Briscoe's hand, congratulating him and
| each other as though they were al
ready victorious Mr.. Martin bent over
Helen and asked her if she minded
shaking hands with man who had
voted for Shem at the first election in
the Ark.
Il thought I'd rightly ort to thank
you for finishin' off Hedge Holloway"
he added. II made up my mind I'd
never vote for him again, the night
he killed that intellectual insect of
his"
intellectual insect, Mr.. Martin ?''
He sighed. THE recollection never
quits hantin' me. ] reckon I haven't
had a restful night since June. May
be you don't remember his lecture"
ooh, but I do" she laughed; land
1 remember the story of the fly, Wv
idly"
~ never was jest what you might
exactly call gushin' over HEDGE" Mr..
! Martin drawled. "He doesn't strike
me as havin' many ideas, precisely
|, | he had kind of symptom of one once,
that he caught from 'Harkless, but II
, | dtttD take; II SlOSneu around IN MS
mind and never really come out on
him. 1 always thought his braia was
sort of syrupy. Hairless thought there
was fruit in it, and l reckon there is /;
, but some way it never seems to jell."
Go on" said Helen gayly. IT want
to hear him abused. 1t helps me 20
feel less mean about the way we are
r treating HIM"
Yes: I'm slickin' over my conscience.
too. I feel awnrier about it because
he done me a good turn once, III the
Hayes and Wheeler campaign. l went
| 10 a meetin' to hear him speak. and Re
got sick and couldn't"
Warren Smith addressed the COM
pany We'll, is this all for the pres
, ent?" he asked. rs everything set
tled?"
Wait a minute" said Heating. I'D
like to hear from the Herald about
5 its policy, II Miss Sherwood viii tell
| us"
Yes, indeed" she answered. cit win