The Washington times., 1905-08-13

| floating crowd Of publicans and sinners
| who formed the strength of Jacob
His failure was so complete and un-
expected that there seemed to him
something OF degradation in it, and in
q fit of unconrollabIe disgust he sailed
! for Europe the week afterward. Metz
| ser took his victory good-naturedIy as
a matter of course, and gave his ex-
! PLANTATION of it to a reporter of the
/ Eale Fire, who called to interview him
Mr. Farnham, who led the opposf-
| ton 10 our organize-ation. is young
| gen'Iman of fine talents and high char
/ acter. / amt got a word 10 say against
kim. The only trouble is, he lacks prac-
| teal experience, and he amt got no
| rers' nal magn' 'tfsm. Now I'm one of
the people; know what they want,
and on that lire I carried the ward
| against q COMMUNICATION of all tho
| wealth and aristocracy OF Algonkin
| av'noo.''
Jacobs rnagnanig,ity did not rest
| with merely a verbal acknowledgment
/ of Farnham's merits. While he was
| abroad some Of the city departments
| were reorganized, and Farnhan, on his
return, found himself through Metz
gers Intervention. chairman of the
| library board. With characteristic sa-
| gacity the butcher kept himself IN the
| background, and the committee who
waited upon Farnham to ask him to ac-
| cept the appointment placed it entirely
! upon considerations of the public good
His sensitive conscience would not per-
nit him TO refuse a duty thus imposed
and so with many inward qualms he
assumed chair IN the vile municipal
| s7a G1 Sfc~ ~ Foil Aad
&c overthrow. He had not long occupied
It, when he saw TO what his selection
| was attributable He was a figure
head and he knew it, but he saw no
decent escape from the position. AS
icng as they allowed him and the
librarian (wfo was also a member OF
the board) to regulate the library To
their liking, he could not inquire into
their motives or decline association with
them. He was perfectly free TO furnish
| what mental food he chose to 200. 900
people. and he felt it would be cowar-
dice TO surrender that important duty
or any pitiful question of patronage or
personal susceptibility.
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So once more he stihed the impulse to
resign his post, and the meeting ad-
tourned without further incident AS he
| walked home. he was conscious Of a
disagreeable foreboding of something in
| the future which he would like to avoid.
Bringing his mind TO bear upon It, it
resolved itself into nothing more for
nidable than the coming interview with
Miss Matcnin. It would certainly De
unpleasant to tell her that her hopes
were frustrated, when she had seemed
so confident AT this thought, he felt
the awakening OF a sense Of protector
ship; she had trusted in him; he ought
TO do something for her. if for nothing
else, TO show that he was not dependent
upon those ostrogoths. But what could
be done for such girl, so pretty. so
uncu1tivated, so vulgarly fantastic
Above all. what could be done for her
by a young and unmarried man
Providence and society have made It
very hard for single men to show kind
hess 10 single women in any way but
one.
At his door he found Sam Sleeny
with a kit Of tools; he had just rung
the bell. He turned. as Farnham
mounted the steps. and said:
Il come from Notwithstanding
about the greenhouse.
Yes" answered Farnham. THE
gardener is over yonder at the corner
of the lawn. He will tell you what is
to be done
Sam walked away in the direction in
dicated, and Farnham went into the
house. Some letters were lying on the
table in the library. He had just begun
to read them when Budsey entered and
announced:
THAT young person"
Maud came in flushed with the fresh
air and rapid walking. Farnham saw
| that she wore no glasses, and she
gained more by that fact in his good
will than even by the triluancy of her
fine eyes. which seemed TO exuIt in their
liberation. She began with nervous
haste:
Il knew you had meeting today,
and I could not wait. I might as well
own up that I followed you home
Farnham handed her Il chair and took
her hand with q kindly eanestness,
saying;
y am very glad 10 see you"
Yes, yes she continued: but have
you any good news for me?''
The anxious eagerness which spoke Ia
her sparkling eyes and open lips
touched Farnham to the heart Il am
sorry I have not. The board appointed
another person. "
! lie iSdES SpIdiG 70 lET eyes
y really expected it. I hoped you
would interest yourself"
Il did all I possibly eould," said
Tarnham. Il have never tried So hard
for anybody before but majority Were
already pledged to the other appli-
cants'
" "
She seemed so detected and hopeless
that Farnham. forgetting for n moment
how hard ii is for Il young man 10 assist
a young woman, said two or three fatal
words, I'VE must try something else
The pronoun sounded ominous 10 him
as soon as he had uttered It. But il
acted like magic upon Maud. She lifted
Il bright glance through her tears and
said, like a happy child to whom n new
game has been proposed, what shah
we try?''
Simple as the words were, both OF
them seemed 10 feel certain relation
d certain responsibiIity-nad been estab-
lished between them. The thought ex-
hilarated Maud; it seemed the begin
ming OF her long-expected romance;
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