The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1903-08-22
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AN ASSISTED WOOING.
W. R. Rose in Cleveland Plain Dealer.

W 4, Rose in Cleveland Plain Dealer.
\ shadow fell across Andrew Barton 5
desk. He looked up. \ man had en-
tered his room and was standing by one of
the windows intently regarding him. An
drew turned little farther in his desk
chair and looked at the man. He was
stout and below the medium height lie
might have been forty-fve. There was
40 trace of gray in either his coarse black
hair or his short black beard His face
was flushed and his steely blue eyes gilt
tered with the intentness Of his glance
''Do YOU wish to see me- Andrew
asked.
Yes, said the stranger His voice
was low aud deep, and Andrew fancied
there was a peculiar accent to it. And
now that I've seen YOU want to talk to
You
Sit here said Andrew. aud pointed
to char beside the dcsk
The stranger shock ms head
No he said What have ro say
can be better said standing
Very wdl, said Andrew. and tumc.
- ne e''''d ace NJ ,''''"''
Ny name i, RawdoD. said thc >,ran-
e'' '"''''s "A"N'"' w l''''
'''A'' AA'i a ! "4''" e '''' ''''''
'' AhhA ha"N'h.
Andre" 'aee '''sh't ua-n','- III
Put out h's hand,
''ai ." Meet l'u' H' N'"''". "'
'''d.
hr stranger waved A'''' 'n' i.'"'''''
hand
nat a. il A'As De- ne u"'.''''
We " hna 'At AZ" s''d I, %" are .''''
later 20.
Andre" stared al 7'in.
hRP'aiH y'ur>''', 0' sand
=" % 4 - '''''' '''"''''i '''' - ''''-
ff. tie ''li'' '' '"' ''''' ''''' '''
TURNED tbe KEY No" W. ''a N''e '''
hlile affair quite 8" nuTel'r7. he mat
tered a~ be me, Andres as'onlshe,
gaze Il in ruius TO take Iars can
~. yoa drag It aut. Nuw, sho !. Ana.
Bawdon
Andrew's suouleutary anger al the man
act and the man tonv vanished. lIt
would humor this singular visitor
NllS Rawdga j. enc Of the aeHoE
rspbrvs a nv ofhcv. be- rerl'c-i >h'
r. an unusually capable anI Iais,.l-en
yoan. woman. I ASsarc yoa that bo'l
her services and beT per~'nAlisy are hgzhit
s-se~mcd
Fair worsi. -zsd the stranger isl
vur,ls and easy said Anl nau wh.
an l.
Naa have jas, tsli nlr tha, yaa az,
Ms. Rawdao father
The stranger nodded
True. be sad And thai Is all yar
Know q me-.
That = oil AHArr~ feF''"1
Perhaps rs al that 'resii'Ahlr,
sasd the stranger II was ihT '''e'
sheep - tuY family an1 very F'~IeNlAt'
family I' = though | IA 'hc la,i ma" ''
earth c" beast 'i such things. / al f.n-.'''h
A. yoa ~'~ and an hnE'''i''n'" -" "0.-
PFejuties~ are batter ! h't peasant '''
u ici!Jw. ia an adTaae~d Socialist ans
a kicker against the established order @
'h'ns' ve had god education. a''
though | never mad" Ahy s''' Il" % Il
The class i's'iUd myself in -"r ra'hr
that | sought -wa, uot class i' drF"'"
man luEel!e''- Il de'r'op"d my -'i
ai sab. however, aud that ma1r tae
leader amonE thrm- Frrhal~ g vas
bad thing ioT rne, YET U nH admit iha
the cause Is bad Anyway. s'sd OF Tad
Ia tied up To Il. lie lo'Ari at An
drcw, and hiN ir"@u deepened "
have ~ sympathy "ita the cause nav
you What l. your fellow man 70 S'"
I lou ean >ee anything beyond your Jan
account
ou are wrong there SAID Ahdf'"
aud MS lace showed 10 resentment.
I take lively interest IN my fellow mrn.
The stranger face CLEANED,
Il III Just what aln, be said, 20
better, nor worse. Anyway, I'm too Oh
70 want to change, On, kuo" that
have been drag on my family VI
daughter would have been lady It ,h
had had les selfish father. There va
nothing too good for her while her m''he
| hved. Her mother was lady, u eve
there was one. tod knows why 'h
married me, But she Kept things straight
and she Kept me straight ana thrfe wa
nothing she WASH ready to do Tor our slrI
And now that she gone he sudden