The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-11
against the arbiter5tio of the Eighth

against ssli,s; the arbiter OF the Eighth
Ward I u ga ss n 5Ss n ;i5s
4 Be fore$ Harry had finished his breakfast
mex t morning, tho workingn1an was It
the house, and the young reformer did
not keep him whiting. IT was barely
$50 that Sunday morning when Harry
was seen by tho neighbors driving his
fathers light surrey, and the last gray
horses (witliS Billy Hunter on the back
seaD at a rattling pace down d the hill.
They went first To- T ommy lSitzmau-
Itrlce,s Tommy (at$ tic period ~ which
lam wrltlng) was n wa r65 pol ticiAn, and
Hin spite Of IIarry's fiery eloQuenccf and
Ills own affection for IIarr y. ii ~ j q coll-
I lle Joined thcltwo at once. he gave - larry
tho cornor 81 a wet blanket In Ills greet
ing IL # a; NJ. Pm ;5i gs Es
;;.SJ'"'l,lltcll YOU said 93hc. with rathor&a
5ishalnefaccd expression, ~ don't know
| which way 4 Nluc$.is going. hope he
| looks at tho, strike. the way ]. do and
i.thatls the way you ;tbut 9l'nl$underStVo
big obligations 10 Mac to fght3$htm In
This and risk, his job. and that's the
truth. n u 5t "a. Il Z. i
| "lsnt llavc you considered what mis-,
CHIEF q hopeless strike like his VIII
work.? began Harry eagerly.
III haven slept two wyinks this night,
i.my: butt ain't fixed TO fight Mac, u md
/ ] don't want too thcr,'s ,Ia lsi
| Y4t1,d what will Mac do ~ said Harry,
,biUng1 OFF 1il5 useless argument AZ his
cigar end, biting It hard. ~ X " Fl. N 4 !.
"Tllat j can't say Tommy answers
- was there right after The 8, nlcelins
|last5nisht. Iie wasn't home. They sud
ia had gone to Meyers 81 The sun was
latter him with n story of his mother
isbclpE dead and j guess. =, n ded Tommy
lncditatiyoly /" that the aldermai1sis about
.ldhc only person in thu. world who ever Y
i$giycs them 10 civil word, and he does i
4 from habit without knowing, Y
4 twas a relief to be diverted by the
4 Nleyers house, The scolding-stock of tle
A ward, lean and liyid two-story tene-
! ment, where. plainly. tenants did thelt
4 oW,, repairs and patched the rlckety out
4 side staircase and mended the crooked
]. windows from tho Meyers Junk heap.
4 Tho father came out, hearing them.
1 followed. In u moment, by the son. Il, /
i &"You have a bad cold, sud larry,
/ III h his ready interest,
! "Oh, tx nothn', nothin'; only Ike
Mt mako me net down so often--wllen J
4 gltssthe bag full,"E lie added: Mister
\ Alderman McGinnis give me 4, medicine 81
ia fun bottle, Taxed s ~ nul FL u " ~ :
4 pocket"
4 8"lsnt he herc?' 59S I'd
U mo. hc CONC 10 next stree; " hinneys
4 der name, Say. he's q good man 4, .
j "lf he's so good no can't want ING
4 strike 10 go on" thought Isllly, as
A they drove on to tho Whinneys ,anrr y,
i in front, said not q word what ~
4 thought Of Alderman Mrfiinntss goodness
i.he kept 10 himself, Neither did l'ltz'
4 maurice speak until they were relnlnp
n mp before Whtnneys's white picket fence
5i.tllere's the Whnneys,n said 2hee: "lars'
n csa family IN the ward, four votes y i
Mrs. Whinneys is a widow a nd an AM y, !, y
hard worker, but the boys arej WIG
1.-THE Whinncys had a teaspoon Of 4
garden and d small poTchi, on which e 81 !.
II three Of tbs wild boys, smoking, N the''
Ii Sunday clothes. They said thaI NV ~
isYou All Hell asked Tommy
4 .qNell yes; but Jlmnasis In trouble.