The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-09

ing. Hs made no one his conhdant' even when suspicion had become con- victioa. Possibly he reasoned that an enen1y working in fancied security Is more easily repulsed than an enemy Ionr nagged and pestered. It would have been difficult for him to verify his suspicions satisfactorily. The enemy was willy as the pfoverplai ssr- pent--the proverbial serpent, mind YOU, the ordinary species IS not WHY. lho , enemy would not have been caught ny a general alarm. The enemy would have assumed an attitude of injured innocence. and the young chairman would have been laughed at Tor putting m A bugaboo. It is not good for a nolitical party to have Its chosen le2def laughed at.
 Frankly. the game was an extremeay ns clever one. An organized body or smooth young men were in the county, goinx from house to house in the gulse of agents for O general supply cor noration of the certain city. Inelr pronosition was practically irresistible. They showed a list of every day cs- sentials for the household-sugar, tea, coffee, dried fruit, dress gooos' shoes and A hundred and one other artlcles. and the farmer was immediately al d nowerfully moved, for the prices were less than half those he had been aceus- toned to paying. even to the DE eata lopuc houses. He was eager to see tne contract under which these goods could be obtained at these prices. The con , tract was forthcoming. It requireo merely that he agree to pay the frelsh! nhargss west of a certain longitudinal IineNa mere bagatelle compared 10 the freiaht charges from the city to that line; that he agree to puy au nI, M supplies for at least one mohtn, UT 'iii after election. from the corporation and that he agree to vote agalhst tny candidate for office, regardless 2l Far. ty. who was opposed to parcels post system o,a in his pocket. the agent blandly !n- formed him that the candidate whom Thomas Bushrod was pushing TOT 'he Leeislature was an avowed oppoheh' of the parcels post system, which Was true, and moved on to the next farm
 It was high handed work-Drioary pure and unadultcrated. put Wh" could be dc ne about It!
 Thomas Bushrod lost a night or two sleep in puzzlng over the problem. Also he quite forgot to keep an ap ,ppintment with certain brown-eyeu eirl who had not long before. 10 ms infinite joy promised to De ms wlte' If was not a very funny week for Thomas Bushrod. He lest fesha and dark circles Esnsares upser h.s eyes. the trademark 1s ~sfvy tse civilized world around. t5fSsMa tefv he kno<eed his fists and ground htS teeth, which boded desperation.
 And then It was that he unlocked a drawer in his desk and took therefrom a letter bearing the city postmark a few days old. He had read the letter many times since its receipt-had tried to answer it, but could not. having no thought which seemed suitable. But now the thought had come.
 He plunged his pen into the ink. and wrote rapidly, addressing the letter to a somewhat famous minister or the gospel in the city. and beginning: The ring once worn by the woman -" He paused, biting his lip. and tore the sheet into fragments. Then he began again: The ring my poor mother gave you for me has been received. l am glad she died In peace. For your kindness to her, and for the informa- tion which you give me at her strange request. I am grateful. though mex presslbly saddened. My mother was deceived. She was as much wife in the purity of her heart when l Was But let that pass. You sir, Know her history, and you know the history of my father Will you take to my fath- CT message from me? Tell hlm that his son. who resembles him q judge from the portraits in the magazines and from the cartoons in the daily papers) as the young maple resembles the old. sends him distant greeting; tell him that his son requests that the effort now being made to carry Glover County at the coming election in the interest of the railroads. against the interests of the people. be discontinued; tell him that his son has discovered the contemptible scheme of bribery at present in operation here. but, though moved by the highest sense of justice