The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-05-01

1t was past midnight, and the gentle
man from Stafford was sIeeninp the
sleep OF safety and vfrtuous content.
"hen his door5ell jerkec and pealed and
ratified with an appaIli, din. Visions
Oh nre and death and disaster struggled
through his mind as he tumbIed out OF
bed and hurried uncertainty down stairs.
dragging part Of his wardrobe with
him.
Who is it?" he called warily, and the
voice that answered filed HIS soul with
WEAKNESS.
It's F1nnegan and Kane. of Hanover.
Can we see you a mfnute?"
The door opened with obvious reIuc-
lance. Williams disheveled head peerinF
inhospitably around it. Finnegan
greeted him. hatless. breathless. but
ever cheerful.
Sorry to disturb you, but the ses-
sion tonight is very important. ana we
are deputized to brinf, you back"
There isn't train" began VIII
Jams testify. but Kane cut him snort.
We have special car. Too lad. but
IT wouldn't be safe to ignore the sum-
mons. There was a horrible row when
now; climb into your clothes and don't
stop Tor frills. The whole House of
Assembly is being kept In sessic-: for
you"
When the gentleman from Stafford
was bundled aboard the hand car. ten
minutes later, he was rumpled auc in
complete IN toilet. and in a very had
temper. Every garment fe.t as though
II were about to escape from it's moor
ings; his collar button had lost itself in
the fray, and the impatient Kane bad
hustled him of without collar or crrfe
or tie. callously suggesting that he mt
the latter In his pocket, and purchase
all missing articles in town the next
day
NOW, Williams" suggested Ffnnegan
cneerfuliy, Just lend a hand and helm
work this thing. We nearly cracked
our backs coming down, and we've GOT
TO go faster yet on the home RIM
You're not travelling on a pass this trtn
The last train north reaches the iunc-
ton in sixty-five minutes. and wa,,,
make that train or die. It doesn't usu-
any stop you know. but we've ordered
II nagged for your convenience, and it
wouldn't be polite to keep it waiting
Nothing like pull in this world. Nowi
Ready Steady Col"
The gentleman from Stafrord wsz
portly, and unused to violent exerc,sa
Black night was about him. q raw mia
night wind penetrated to his shtvAr,ns,
marrow. suggestive of -heumatisn, ana
grip and pneumonia He Froanad 9,
spirit. cursing the charter BIN ana all
connected with 1t, and reluctantly bent
his back TO the inevitable.
IL was nearly In the morning -he,
Ffnnegan and Kane brought their pr,za
into the Assembly Chamber. and thu
sight that met their eyes was beautif,,I
to see
The House OF Assembly was stir ,r
session. and Winchell stiIl had the floor
He was talking in the same level voice
but he was getting hoarse, and grim
lines of anxiety had begun TO show as
the hours crawled by and his messen-
ge-s did not appear
The House had been exhausted long
since. Some were hunched down In
their chairs. staring gloomily at floor
or ceiling, others slept openly and
S48dnlcAGSSlys anu Only van Horn was
still alert. watching his chance.
The Speaker put his hand to his
month as the three travellers entered.
one hatless, one gloveless, the third
coliarless. and all worn and disheveled
and smudged from their work on the
hand car. and the sleepers awoke sud
denly at the howl of laughter which
greeted the spectacle. Winchell dropped
thankfully into his seat and laughed
with the rest, while from a desk under
the gallery there arose a weary voice
OF thanksgiving:
Are you really through. wincheu?
Thank God"
Verify. the wicked prosper. Assembly
BIZ No. 213 passed House and Senate.
and the Governor also, at high speed,
and was a law on the day of charter
elections. On that Tuesday "the gang
swung into line for a final effort car
ried the polls and elected its own mayor
thanks to a judicious manipulation of
ballot Boxes. and lived high and royalty
upon the eLloluments of office. To be
sure, Q few years later the voters OF
that city awoke to the knowledge that
they were being eaten alice. and arose
In wrath anu turned the gang out neck
and crop-perhaps TO let another gang
in: but those Intervening years had
oozed with fairness and plenty, and the
members OF the gang never deprecated
the value of their services.
of truth. the way of the politician
Is past finding out