The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-25

under the circumstances; 'twouid be ex- pectine too much
 rim looked at me with mighty po- euliae twist of countenance when said this. You aren't going to quit7' he asked slowly, as if the thing had dazed him.
 "'iTis not quit, my boy said l. Can A man qnih when he's doing nothing
 "'He can quit doing nothing. said Tim !" svvhoonp Haid I. But what can do? The Republican national tickets going to carry this district; nothing short or an un- precedented and immediate epidemic or total prostration among the male citizen ship can prevent it. And. 80 Tar as us civen mortal man to read the signs, the state and Congressional tickets are going to follow the National. 'Tts cincn Wha. the use of trying to shoo off q bliEzardf if twill do you any good. Tim, I'll stay by and help you trust in Providence tili the bitter end But what's the use! Maybe you're right. colonel said Vim after a while. And then again, after an other interval. Maybe you're right he
 ":rwas almost a sob. and it went straight to my heart. Tim, said I, don't give up till you're whipped; 'tis the golden rue 2. political warfare And thus we stood for | several minutes he sort of shaking about the shoulders, and I batting him with my hand.
 last ,,
  | stay here till it's over
 IT wish you would he said, and went away to make a speech. q tried for the rest of that week and all of the week following to devise some | plan for stampeding the voters devised | none. So, to fill in time. took ta writing | speeches, and when Tim came in off the stump talked to him as encouragingiy as | I could. I put up a lump of money on him at frishtful odds, and told him so, Said I; l The signs are changing. Timmie; you're | going to be elected in spite of everything I But twas in the nature Of Q He; l didn't | believe e word Of 1t in my heart, 'IIe was doing fine work on the stump | beautiful work His speeches were like | the twittering of birds in the treetops, the blaring of bugles on spring morning the tiukling thud of heavy hammers on an anvil I heard him once. and It made me SO sad to tbink of It's being all for nauGht | that l didn't attend e meeting Rfterwe rds. "But I followed him close through the | platform nor the platform of the Repub-
 licans. He'd cut loose from everything except a small platform of his own. He | was voicing the cause-of the people. with out any sorehead rant, against the railroads | and the trusts Twas platform the
 President himself could have endorsed. And he was assailingN the. record of his op- l ponent who was avowedlyN an adherent and proud of 1t. of the stand-pat policy of letting well enough alone in connection with the trust-fostering tariff Twas fine. | but"
 The colonel paused abruptly his eyes
 looking straight into those of the young man
 l i''When are you and Maggie going to be | married?" he asked
 'eWhy We" The young man was
 somewhat bewildered by the audiences of the question. Why we thought-we thought we'd get married as soon Rs I get a place
 that's been promised me--that is. if you | have no obJections."t
 why don't you get married at once
 within a month or two2 Would you like l to7"
 The young man gasped. swallowed once or twice. and said. "Yes, sir"
 would you. MaggieT' The colonel swung
 around in his chair facing the girl. For an answer the girl arose and rushed forward. throwing her white arms about her fathers big red neck.
 | A silence ensued--a palpitating. quivering tumultuous silence. The young man spoke I'm afraid can't manage 1t SO soon sir" he said. his voice shalSing. "Im afraid twill be a year or maybe two before--be- fore But I wish we could" he fin ished desperately, his eyes upon the girl
 ''You can" declared the colonel "YoV
 can-Maggie. dear you're shutting off my
 wind-be married just as soon as you sei
 things ready. Tim q stigan was elected n
 the Pottawattamie district by two hundred J and seventeen votes, and 'tis comfortable