The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-18

IL the sIol.iHs CAY when Charley JoEe.
came and Offered a hand to Peyely anC
then To me. The hand waS OF the eNces
SivelE horny variety. not TO say kuotry
and rcd bristles covered the wrist. 1t was
a political Utcnsil OF which any cam.
| paigner might be proud. You knew that
You had something when you shook .t.
/ In answer TO P-Eely'S question. Jones
said that he had closed up his thrashius
delightful seductive information. Their. was
Inc liable peace and security in h!- voice.
!tt strength wIihaL Somehow YOU Eel;
That II Ia" could have just thrashed ali
I over the United States ne could have
bedten Nj. Roosevelt FOR the presidential
nomination
! II didn't take PeVely two minutes 70
approach III" subject OF the two large
trunks which caused Jones TO chuckle
flysf.rlOusly. He svaded the question.
I however and produced his bottle Take a
| little som.thin' for the siomacil's FAKE
I he said frvciy accepted the proffered
, nip, as did also, not wishing To give Of
J Tense by any ohirusivs al'st.mioUsnes~.
when Is. ia many cises. an assumption OF
superiority. and. - j have already aid.
We were IN the smoking car. there being
40 others present Jones turned the subject
70 politics. and Peysiy observed:
Il UadsrstIU' Judge Higbe.s runrin'
: fer Congress over here in the First De.s-
Tick. and | CANT undcr~tan' why you
waste yorc time iOOlin arOun' In his ter
rtoTy."
Jones seemed 20 lie whimsical and face
tious. and Here was in his eye a twinkle
as h. replied. Il amt a candidate. and.
besides times never wasted yet-in. NC
quainted with good neoule. You see, IT'S
like this here IN Missouri gentlemen: No.
Republican candidate can make a mistake
by getting friendly with the whole peo-
pie. ana IL ! was Candidate I'd figure IL
OUT this wa--thar the Republican party
il only good FOR one Representative IN
Congress. and he's likely To come from
! Hna s..n Fnsa
Republicanism OF the State II going To
break cut Its been broke out ia ST
Louis FOR some time. but it- just Ike
as not To- heal UP there one OF these days
and break odt somewhere III the country
districts I'm Only kind Of peripatettc
politiciau-nothinE more than receptive
candidate at best. hut j want 10 make
friends with the people generally DO you
ssey'
Yes" rejoined Pevely. YOU want to b.
in a position sos To he receptive anyvnefe
you kin lay wore hans on il Well /
r.ckin' you all Jest as well OF "a The
country candidate that stays at nome.
anyhow keepin IN one deestrick don't
seem 10 do them no good nohoN-
Kahoka tomorrow - PeveIy pursued.
Jones produced the bottle. once more.
Having restored the bottle 10 his hip
pocket. he fUmbled around in his coat and
dren forth volume with SNOWY blue
cioth covers- I'm going to cell en- come
of these. be declared proudly.
The book was entitled Brief Work. of |
Roosevelt. and | examined IL with in |
Der OF Mr.. Roosevelt's speeches. addresses !
and writings
This is how it is explained Charley |
Jones on know this summer l didn't |
have nothin' TO do but manage my three |
thrashing crews and look after rnovin' the |
machines. and I figured that I'd have a I
good deal of spare tim. on my hands 10 4
travel around and mnsIe with the people. |
So i Just had this book made. and / sell 1
II for a dollar. I just slapped together a /
lot of Mr.. Roosevelt's things and had EN- .
bound UP with this pretty bindin' and they |
go like hot cakes wherever there are any
Republicans. / think that's a pretty nice /
n5s BOOK; don't yGT9 You can hsv. that
Indeed II is a nice book. I'm much
obliged" ] said.
An is them trunks full OF 'em." asked
Pevely.
Full o, EN-" answered Charley Jones,
and ] aim TO bring EN- back empty from
Tomorrow. The meeting cont
commence I'll afternoon. and III have all
nornin TO dispose of EN-"
At kahoka repaired to hotel, |
where, after supper. | betook myself to
my room with Charley Jones's hook for
company. Pevcly and Jones were keep |
ing company downstairs with som. NOISY, |
yarrulous persons
calmly perGsed several Of the Presi-
tents dissertations ana eventually tIme |
to one upon the cowboys Of the West
my eyes burned with interest. -
reached descriptive passage therein. |
What! Could II be possible that Mr. Roose- 1
vel, uttered such thing., Rad the
passage again and again. growing more
excited each time Yes; these We're Mr..
Fsooseveits own words. written for a IA
nous magazine. 4
When Pevely came up to bed and I read
them to him he exclaimed: Well I'll
swou and gasped for breath Gimme
Eyes"
Late at night. AZ was falling to slc,p.
'evely was st!ll sitting near the light, de-
;iphering and redeciphering the passage. |
In the morning the Honorable Charley
among the earlies. Of the early. and had
moved his trunks to the entrance o. a
iced barn over on the back street. which
seemed TO he a rendezvous for ;he In
irving farming population. He was en-
SPECIFICALLY tying horses. helping farmers |
families TO alight. shaking hands md
making himself known: not only about the
iced barn. but everywhere about town.
By 10 O'Clock I am positive that Charley
Jones had met every incomer and the
greater proportion Of townspeople be-
lack OF them. II was at about this hour
that he opened UP business. a good num-
her OF men having gathered about the
barns entrance
Before Charley Jones. mounted on a
bale Of hay. had talked ten minutes the
small street Was a tight-packed mass Of
show as heart could desire. He soon had I
them cheering him. He FIRST warmed
them into his confidence by discharsins
his quiG from his cspacious mouth with
a srimace OF dislike. and asking in a
tone audible everywhere: Have any OF
you fellows got any good old-fashiored
tobacco about you-Tm ter
rible tired Of this store tobacco" 4 man
near him produced piece of twist from
which Jones broke a considerable frac-
ton. and. having thrust the same into
his pouchlike Jaw. began Keeling of some
decidedly humorous anecdotes. Mean
while Pevely was standing close by OBJ
serving him with a curious expression Of
mischief and delight which seemed a.
most unable TO contain itself.
Finally Jones came TO the Point:
Friends. I'm not going TO be backward
about coming forward. My object il to
have you look at this little book which
am selling for a dollar-you don't have
To buy il If you don't want il: but / 80
lieve that every good. honest Republican
among you will want one when I tell YOU
hat every word in IL Is the word OF your
peerless President. that great patriot and
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