Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-07

"what's the celebration?" asked
HAIRLESS when Meredith returned.
| Picnic down the line" said Mere
dith
chipping weather for picnic. bit
cool, don't .you think? One of those fell
| lows looked like friend of mi.e,
Homer Tibbs, or as Homer might look
If he were In disgrace. He had his hat
| hung on his eyes, and he slouched like
thief in nelodrama as he tackled up
the bunting on this side of the car
He continued to point out various
familiar places. finally breaking out
enthusiastically as they drew nearer
the town: Hello! Look there-beyold
the grove yondcr! See that house!'
"Ies, John
"Thats the Bowlders'. You've got to
! know the Iowlders"
I'D like to-"
"The kirdest people in the world.
/ it's so shut in by trees, and, besides, It's
n mile or 50 ahead of us Well go out
there for supper tonight. Don't you
like Briscoe? He's the best they make.
Well go uptown with Judd Bennett in
| the omnibus, and you'll know how a
rapid fire machine gun sounds. l want
to go straight to the Herald Office, he
finished, with suddenly darkening
/ brow.
After nll there may be some ex-
planation,' Meredith suggested with a
little hesitancy. II. Fisbee might
turn out raore honest than you think.
HAIRLESS threw his head back and
laughed. Honest. A man in the pay
of Rodney McCune! Well, we can let
it wait till we get there. Listen!
There's the whistle that means were
getting near home. Why, there's an
| Oil wellY'
$50 it is -
"And another-three, five, seven
seven in sight at once! They tried it
three miles south and failed, but you
( can't fool Eph Watts, bless him! l
want you to know Watts"
They ran by the outlying houses Of
the town amid thousand descriptive
ed Meredith to meet every one in Car
low But he came to q pause in the
middle OF word. do you hear mu-
sic,'' he asked abruptly, ..or is it only
the rhythm Of the tiesy
ut see1as to me there's music in the
air." answered his companion. 1--WE
been fan,ying heard it for minute
or so. There! Moves. It's band,
isn'tit?'
.No. What would band-yes, it
isv
The train slowed up and stopped at
water tank 200 yards east of the sta
ton, and their uncertainty was at an
end. From somewhere down the track
came the decorating boom Of a cannon.
There WIS clash OF brass, and the
travellers became sure of Il band play
ing Marching Through Georgia"
Meredith laid his hand on his COM
panions shoulder. John" he said,
"John~
The cannon fred again, and there
came cheer from 5000 threats, the
shouters MI unseen. The engine cough
ed and painted, the train rolled on, and
in another moment it had stopped
alongside the station in the midst OF
riotous jam of happy people who were
waving flags and banners and handker-
chiefs and tossing their hats high In
the air and shouting themselves hoarse.
The band played in dumb show. 1t
could not hear itself play. The people
came Mt 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 be-
gan to grow pale. rs Halloway-did
McCune have YOU
Warren Smith seized one Of his
hands and Briscoe the other. What
does it meanw cried Warren. 1T
means that you were nominated for
congress at five minutes after o'clock
this afternoon
ION tile second ballot" shouted the
Judge, "just as young Fisbee planned
1t weeks ago"
1t was one of the great crowds of
CarlowS history. Since noon an al
most uIintermittent procession of pc
destrians and vehicles had been making
its way to the station, and every wag-
on. bucliboard, buggy and ''cut under"
had its flags or bunting or streamer Of
ribbons tied to the whip. The excite
ment increased as the time grew short
er. Everybody was struggling for a
better position. The people in wagons
and carriages stood upon the seats, and
the pedestrians besieged them, climbing
on the wheels or balancing recklessly
with feet on the hubs of opposite wag-
ons. Everybody was bound to see him.
When the whistle announced the COM
ing of the train the band began to play,
the cannon fred horns blew and the
cheering echoed and re-echoed till heav-
ems vault resounded with the noise
the people Of Carlow were making.
There was one heart that almost
stopped beating. Helen was standing
on the front seat of the Briscoe buck
board, with Minnie beside her, and at
the connection the horses pranced and
backed SO that Lige Willetts ran to hold
them But Helen did not notice the