Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-08-08

800 foresight. What she waited and
vearned for and dreaded was the time
,,.,,o, eopv of the new Herald should
no ,laced in the trembling hands of the
man who lay in the Rouen hospital.
Tbon she felt If he. unaware of her
identity rs he was AREAS he was to be
tent should place everything in her
hands unreservedly. that would be
tribute TO her work. And how hard she
would labor to deserve it'll
After time she began 10 see that as
his representative and editor of the
Herald she had become a factor in dis
trict politics 1t took her breath, but
with a gasp Of delight, for there was
something she wanted to do.
Rodney McCune had lifted his head,
and the friends of his stricken enemy
felt that they and the cause that Hank
loss had labored for were lost with
ont the leader, for the old ring that the
Herald had beaten rallied around Nc
Cunc. The boys were in line again"
Every one knew that Holloway, a dull
but honest man, the most available ma
terial that Harkless had been able to
find. was already beaten. If John
Harlllpss had been con the ground to
work for him" it was said, Holloway
could have received the nomination
again. but as matters stood he was
beaten and beaten badly, and Rodney
McCune would sit in congress, for NOM
nation meant election.
But one afternoon the Harkless
forces. demoralized, broken, hopeless,
woke up to find that they had q leader
There was a political conference at
Judge Briscoe's. The politicians de-
scended sadly at the gate from the
omnibus that had met the afternoon
train-Boswell and Heating, two gen.
tlemen of Amo. and Bence and Shan
non, two others off Gaines county, to
confer with Warren Smith, Tom Mar
tin, Briscoe and Harkless' representa-
tives, Fisbee and the editor of the
Herald They entered the house gloom
lily. and the conference began in de-
jected monosyllables. But presently
Minnie BriscoH. sitting on the porch
pretending to sew, heard Helen's voice,
clear, soft and trembling a little with
excitement. She talked for only two
Or three minutes. but what she said
seemed to stir up great commotion
among the others. All the voices burst
forth at once in EXPLANATIONS, almost
shouts. Then Minnie saw her father
seated near the window, rise and strike
the table a great blow with his clinch-
ed fist 'WRl l make the nominating
gpeech?" he cried I'D walk from
here to Rouen and back again to dc
itr
well swim out" exclaimed Mr.
Heating of Amo. "The wonderful
thing is that nobody thought of thi:
| before. There are just two difficulties
Holloway and our man himself. He
! wouldn't let his name be used agains
Hedge. Therefore we've got to worf
it quietly and keep it from him."
ITS not TOO difficult" said the speak
| er's colleague, Mr.. Boswell. "All we've
got to do is to spring it as surprise or
the convention. Some of the old CROWD
| themselves will be swept along with us
when we make cur nomination., and
you want to stuff your ears with cot
ton. You see, all we need to do is tC
pass the word quietly among the Hal
loway people and the shaky McCun'
| people. Rod may get wind of it, bu
| YOU can't fix men in this district agains
| us when they know what we mean t
| do now. On the first ballot We'll Civ
Holloway every vote he'd have got i
he'd run against McCune alone. 1t will
help him to understand how thing
were afterward. On the second ballot
why, we nominate. Of course it can
be helped that Holloway has to be KEEP
in the dark, too, but he's got to be-"
There's one danger" said Ware
Smith. "Kedge Holloway is honest, bu
l believe he's selfish enough to distur
his best friends deathbed for his ow
ends It's not unlikely that he will sc
nervous toward the last and be tell
, graphing HAIRLESS to have himself ca
D ried on a cot to the convention to say
: him. That wouldn't do at all, of cours
And Miss Sherwood thinks mayt
!. there'd be less danger if we set IL
= convention a little ahead of the da
+ appointed. It's dangerous, because
Y shortens our time, but we can fix it Fl
g three days before the day we'd settle
r on, and that will bring it to Sept. T."
@ ITS a great PLAN" said Mr.. Benz
r who was an oratorical gentleman.
i, thrust one hand in his breast, rais'
p the other toward heaven and cont
ued. For the name of Harkle
20 shall"-
wait a minute" said Heating. 81
o. like to hear from the Herald about
policy, if Miss Sherwood will tell US. .
Yes, indeed" she answered. ut W
+ be very simple. Don't you think the
IS n y II "