The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-28

senator from the seventeenth oissracts,
ifed electors In Shawnee county IN 30
VENEER. Z. +. 9OI1nLx.n.
that YOU would say a word against an
officer without good reason even 70 u Nj is
tbouph 7 have heard rumors which
have never hitherto believed PUT no"
/ see that there is-sometningsc
"ENmorsw calculated Sir sampson,
.,bast What rumors? I have heard
%oh, couldn't tel, yo y, fd If y OF
haven't heard 1T w0 QUIZ bet5eve them
now; but that is nothing: / Woul1
WAYS go by your opinion phnotto9IuI.Su,
OF course, shall let Col. MAJ fr;and-
Shin He may resent my Attitude, put
7 can,t help thar / could never De
civil to a man you don't think "eN
off, ...o-+ablvl
..EI1t I don't disapprove of Max Mel
ton, my love. He has very MANY 800 So
noints. He has seen lot OF serve IVY;
and has always done most creo!lapl
Todv Doom's air of Puritanical Sc
verify did not relax
| "T o,1ite follow your meaning, SaInp-
SON. she said. You WISH o,i me co NJ der
Col. Max Melton a good soldler' sun
SIR Sampson almost sprang OFF MS
chair. He was te sly 4 3ba s 6rst time
ha found the lovely Connie just
iittle dense He had never nouceo
this characteristic before. -,
81 mean nothing of the Klno, HotI-
ing of the kind" he vociferated hotly.
"T don't say he is a saint, no men
are. but L know nothing against nl mn.
personally. AS to the .,d ruinO Oor
is he unsuited to the command; On
| the contrary, he is a very capanle OF
ficer, and very well fitted TOT IT.
linen. my dearest Sam" beamed
Tadv Doom rising and thus enolhs
the discussion, there is nothing more
to be said except that L am a very
foolish, stupid girl, and nave peelt
doesn't exist. But, do forgive me- car
Ling 1 was so distressed to think you
didn't like any one e,+ OF my is aio very old
one He was fathers friend, ana Ior
that reason 1 have always ikeo MN !;
Have you heard he is to De inaTIieu
soon? 1 should like to SEND MN
wire telling him he will be gazettec
to a command. He would be sc
pleased" -,
thumb in obvious hesitation.
"Very well, my DEAR he said afte
a moments deIiberation. You are
little witch, and always get your Owl
| way. But don't mention names.
wouldn't look well If 1t got ABOUT So'
"Oh, thank you I'll be most care
full You leave it to me, Sam. IL o.
a model of discretion. -
But the wording of the TELEGRAM
LADY Doom sent would have evoke
more than one opinion on that POM
1t ran: NOD
3'Your desire granted. Our Weo
ding present to you
The telegram once dispatched, La
Doom aphorically drew long sig
of relief and began to enumerate
the possible advantages to herself c
her Victory The Belsetta comman
being in her husbands division. 1t 70
lowed of necessity that her pain az
that of the newly appointed comna fl.s
ant must intersect each other at IL IL,
ouently recurring intervals In
thought was not wholly dfspleaslng.
some people, doubtless, would cor
slider it a dangerous game 70 pay. -
LADY Doom knew better The danse
If anv. would not be hers. the TOO
might be edged, but she would ~
cut herself. She smiled gently as 81
recalled the horror she hao a assa:
had of wounds especially self-1nhlcle
ones. and she had never been ras
Resides. as she reminded herselt' 81
was really fond of Sir sampson
was an. old dear, and SO klnu, tio y: E,
. where she was concerned, just il't
be blind. conn
to IN herself as she concluded her
Se Elections. lam DeIlSI SlieLNCSAoN
he is. commander in chief though
on be-" And 1 am not sure that nlo
ar of her friends and aequalntanic
er would not have Endorsed her oplhlo
ng ''Would you like to see the Gazette' y =
~ Gays later There is an announcefne
n. IT in it which may interest you, ,.r,,
Tx Lady Doom took the paper with IalSu
ce. grace and commenced turning oVssiI..
rm ma fyes with a fine assumption OF lhu ~
ence. Suddenly the lines OF , neL is a
w grew tense, her expression pu@@Ae"' -
appointed, alarmed. a., .,,;,.
what does this mean she hiqut II,
at more hastily than was hapltualty ,. 70 IL -
IL. IT don't understand. Surely there Is
lat mistake here. How can Col. MAX 49,
elf 60 home to take up co armand Wnen
He is to have Belsetta! You pFonlseo'
$50 I did my dear. But if you rene
MT her 7 did not specify which COMMAND
nst knew this would please you even pet
Nv | than Belsetta; besides getting me OUT
80 the difficulty of passing over others u
% before our talk on the supJect hau u
a telegram telling me of the vacancy,
ac- asking me to recommend good man
sc, fiji it, Then 1 suddenly thought OF M
Il Mellon and proposed him. That wire
YOURS was quite vague, hope!
So There was indescrlDale Some1hl
you in the generals tone tnst che So III II
.,1 Doom's ouerulous complaint. she Ioot
~, up and caught his eye and without
lax obvious reason fell to wonderlng-tor
mas frst time in her married nfe-Whetl
ne, after all her husband was not pet
girl strategist than herseif.-Lonuon truth
but
EN-, Attacked His Wife With Club.
Des Mofnes. Ia, Oct. 2S.-Willi;
Do5dioord a farmer living near Per