The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-21

so much Of silence and grandeur In Idaho
that / enjoy the sight of two million peo-
pie at work on this billiard table that is
Chicago. ! like my own kind. 1 like 70
talk to it and have It talk to me. I sup
pose that the mountains have voice, but
the voice is too big for perpetual con-
versauon with a poor little mortal like
myself After a while / want to come
down to my own level. and l find Il
here"
Harley glanced at her. The flush was
still on her face, and there was soft
light in her eyes. He could not doubt
that she was sincere. and she started Ia
his mind thoughts that were not alto
gether new TO him: he wondered II ex-
cessive reverence for the antique did not
indicate "A detachment from the present
and therefore from life itself and. as
logical sequence, a lack of feeling for
ones own kind. He had heard an elderly
man from Chicago. dragged about by his
wife and daughters in Rome. exclaim in
disgust, Il would not give a single street
corner in Chicago for all Rome The
elderly Chieagoan had been drowned in
deTisive laughter, but Harley could under
stand his point Of view. and now. as he
remembered him, he had for him a fell
low feeling.
Hobart took them through many streets
one much like another. and then over a
white asphalt drive beside the great Ike.
The shores were low, but to Harley the
lake mad the calm restlessness and ex-
panse OF the sea. and the wind had the
same keen tang that comes over miles of
salt. Tie saw the girls eyes Iinger upon
the vast sheet of green, and the incipient
hostility that he felt toward her dis
appeared for a time Somewhere In
her nature. strait though the place might
be. there was a feeling for the fine
things, and he felt a kindred glow.
They were rather quiet when they drove
back toward the hotel. but she spoke at
last Of her Uncle James and his speech
that night, which might Justify the ex-
pectatiOns Of either his friends or his
enemies. There had grown up lately
In the theatrical world practice OF try
ing a new piece on the dog that IS. Of
presenting it first In some small town
which was not too particular-but now
the political world was moving differently
in this particular case. The candidate
was to make his first appearance I'm one
Of the greatest Of cities before 200 COO
people, so to speak, and the ordeal would
be so severe that Harley found himself
appTehensive for Jimmy GraysOns sake
The feeling was shared by his niece.
You don't think he will fail. do you?"
she said. in an appealing tone 10 Hobart.
Fall replied that irrepressible op-
timist. He can't fall The bigger tho
crowd the better he Will rise to the oc-
casion
But she did not seem To be wholly con-
WINGED by Hobarts cheerfulness. which
was too general in It's nature-that Is. in
elusive Of everything-and turned 20 Har-
ley and Tremaine as If seeking confirma-
ton.
1T will be a terrible test" said Harley.
frankly, but ] feel sure that Mr. Gray
son viii pas 1t with glory He is a born
orator and he has courage"
Il thank you for your belief" she said.
giving Harley a swift glance Of gratitude.
and unaccountably he felt a pleasing glow
at the first gracious words she had ever
spoken 10 him.
4 could not bear It If he failed" she
continued. He is my uncle. and he is
our own Western man What things
would be in the newsp3p ers Tomorrow
IF ~. GraysOn should fail tonight, he
would recover himself at his second
speech: he has your spirit. you know"
said the ancient Tremaine
But she did --ot seem to relish his elder
Is gallantry. How DO you know I have
spiTit?" she asked. II have done nothing
TO indicate IT,"
Il inferred T." replied he, bowling but
she only lifted her chin inCredulOusly.
and Tremaine subsidized. his suppression
giving Harley some quiet enjoyment
They returned, chiefly In silence. to the
hotel. The dusk was coming down over
the great city. and with IL a grsyish mist
that hid the walls OF the buildings, al
though the electric lights In lofty stories
twinkled through it like Signatures from
hilltops. Miss Morgan seemed subdued.
and at the hotel door she said 10 them IN
Dismissal: Il thank you; you have given
me much pleasure
Il rather think that she is wrapped up
in Mr.. Grayson's success. said hobart.
and. as she intmates. it viii come pretty
near 10 breaking her heart If he fails"
In the lobby Harley met Churchill. Of
the Monitor, and Churchill. as usual. was
sneeTing.
I imagine that Grayson will make a
display OF pTovinCialism tonight" he
said. America will have TO blush for
herself. I have copies Of the Monitor.
and all our London cables show the great
est amazement in Great Britain and on
the continent that We should put up
such an Outre Western character for
President. one OF the boys. you know"
THE Grayson Of the uonitOT is not the
GraysOn of reality" replied Harley, and
the opinion Of Europe does not matter,
because Europe knows nothing about MI
Grayson..
oh. I see. You are falling under the
said Churchill. hastily.
What do you mean?" demanded Har-
ley.
But Churchill would not answer. He
sauntered away. still sneering. Harley
looked after him angrily. but concluded
in a few moments that his wrath was
not worth whiie-ChuTchill. trained to
look always in the wrong direction,
could never see anything right.