The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-04-26

ed in dumb show; 1t could not hear it.
| self play. The people came at the
smoker like long wave, and Warren
| Smith, Briscoe, Heating and Mr.
Bence of Gaines were swept ahead of
! it. Before the train stopped they had
rushed eagerly up the steps and entered
! the car.
Harkless was on his feet and started
to meet them. He stopped.
What does it mean?" he said, and
began to grow pale. rs Holloway
did McCune-haVe you"
Warren Smith seized one of his hands
and Briscoe the other. What does
it mean?" cried Warren; sit means
that you were nominated for Congress
at five minutes after one O'clock this
afternoon"
ION the second ballot" shouted the
judge; Just as young Fisbee planned
1t, weeks ago"
1t was one of the great crowds Of
Carlow's history. They had known
since morning that he was coming
home, and the gentlemen of the Recep-
ton Committee had some busy hours;
but long before the train arrived, ev-
erything was ready. Homer Tibbs had
done his work well at Beaver, and The
gray-haired veterans of a battery Car
low had sent out in 81 had placed their
worn old gun in position to fire sa-
lutes. At l o'clock, Immediately after
the nomination had been made unani-
nous, the Harkless Clubs of Carlow
Amo and Gaines, secretly organized
during the quiet agitation preceding
the convention, formed on parade in
the court house yard, and, with the
Plattville Band at their head, paraded
the streets to the station, to make sure
of being on hand when the train ar
r1ved-it was due in couple of hours.
There they were joined by an increas-
ing number of glad enthusiasts, all
noisy, eXhilarated, red-faced with
shouting, and periodically happy. AS
Mr.. Bence, himself the spoiled child
of another county, generously said, in
speech, which with no outrageous
! pressure) he was induced to make dur
ing the long wait: 1.-THE favorite SON
of Carlow is returning to his Lares and
Penates like another Cincinnatus ac-
cepting the call of the people; and, for
the first time in sixteen years, Carlow
shall have representative to bear the
banner of this district and the flaming
torch of Progress sweeping on to
Washington and triumph like a speedy
galleon of old. And his friends are
here to take his hand and do him hon.
| age, and the number of his friends is
as the number given in the last census
of the population of the counties of
| this district"
And, indeed, in this estimate the
| speaker seemed guilty of no great ex-
| aggeration. A never intermittent pro-
| cession of pedestrians and vehicles
made its way to the station; and every
wagon, blackboard, buggy, and cut-un-
| der had its flaps or bunting, or stream
! er ribbons tied to the whip. The sx-
| element increased as the time grew
shorter; those on foot struggled for
| better positions, and the people in
| wagons and carriages stood upon seats,
/ while the pedestrians besieged them,
| climbing on the wheels, or balancing
| recklessly, with feet on the hubs of
| opposite wagons. Everybody was
bound to see him. When the whistle
announced the coming of the train. the
band began to play, the cannon fired,
| and re-echoed till heavens vault re-
| sounded with the noise the people of
| Carlow were making.
There was one heart which almost
| stopped beating. Helen was standing
| on the front seat of the Briscoe buck
| board, with Minnie beside her, and, at
| the commotion, the horses pranced and
| backed so that Lige Willetts ran to
! hold them; but she did not notice the
| frightened roans. nor did she know that
Minnie clutched her round the waist
! to keep her from falling. Her eyes
| We're fixed intently on the smoke of
the PARKWAY engine, and her hand,
| lifted to her face in an uncertain,
| tremulOus fashion, as 1t was one day
\ in circus tent, pressed against tile
| deepest blush that ever mantled a
| girls cheek. When the train reached
the platform. she saw Briscoe and the
others rush into the car, and there en-
! sued what was to her an almost in