The Washington herald., 1906-12-09
SYNOPSIS PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

Jimmy Graysru. the dark horse Of a national con
vsIiau is terminated for the Prcsdccy. Harley, the
correspondent Of the New York Gazette Is the hrst
TO tell the candidate the good news. lie accompanies
The Cragsous 10 thoir Western home, and meets
Grayson's niece Sylvia Morgan, from Idaho The
two are mutually attracted though they critical
Of each other Harley. together with other core
srouderts accompanies the GElys1n party back 70
CIicago. where the camIaign opens. Uu the night
OF Grays1us H5at speech Sylvia, IN her enthusiasm
throws her arms about GTayson's neck and
kisses him IIarley's frown Of dls3pI1o'al l5
obserred hy Sylvia. On tae following morning Har-
ley hnds tle incident glar.ugy Illustrated I'D
the yellow journals and Sylvia named as Gray
sons Egria the beautiful yyung gIrl Who IOI-
uishes Weston IRE for his sItecle,. tAr-cllll.
correspondent of the Monitor. NcW I0rNs yellow
journal allie, hiuIscls with party o. duarciers
who follow Graysau to NilHaukec and. ty l90c-
ess ot fstterV. induce Churchill % start an or
position movement through his dispatches hing
Plunmer political power in the West and a
multimilFouaIe. appears on the scene Harley ne-
leyCs him to DE Nylvas uncle but learns J1aj
be is her gsardian and heu0thcd- Mrs. GTays0n
relates To Hurley how SylTIa's parents were mas
sacred on the plains and she. as a Young child
vas found ard adouted By Plummer who Is thirty
years her senior. During Flummers brist stay ia
Milwaukee SE.ia seems depressed. and upon ms
departure size is teTeri5Hly gay and animated.
HlunEeT is discussed with enthusiasm Is the Cray
necessity 0I retaining has friendship, TO which Har-
ley agrees.
Chuchi,ls dispatches are read 20 the Grayson
party by Hobart. newspaper man. The decision
j. reached ta ignore them. Sylvia promises to win
O.CT Churchill. The C~u-al-u continues rrTTm-
phanty. and one of the ma-uates-G duCar-de-
parts. leaving Crvan to lcaE after tine mOHgcd IN
tCIeSts # the parry and keep au eye uu Churchill
PUInT5r writes SYLVIA urging marriage. Ectorc Al-s
Glaysuu and sylvia return 90 the u est. Harley ashs
and receives permission t1 UItC 10 sylvia. His
letters are long and interesting her rrTl!es bret
but beautiful ard Harley preserves them The
CauUaigu reaches It's end in the East. aud Gray
sons party crosses tha Mississippi and Missouri into
q more doub,.ul EalJ.
The triumph 0f tie Cludiiate-s Oa10Ty Is reached
at Weeping Nats-. where GTagsGn, after riding $50
miles and making . speeches. holds an audience
sI'eiiboTHd tTom midnight until S in the morning.
willie blizzard Is raging He does this upon Har-
leJ 5 request Io LCtam OrC uulUcky native who I'M
tcTds taking a train for the Coast, in dczeTti0n Of
hiS vile and home. Harley has wired the wife 20
cone Sac arrives on time. and the Two are recon
ciisd. TIE next day Mrs G-ayson and Sylvia Join
the Iartg- The former. observing SylviaS increasing
interest IN Harley summons PlUnner. whose reap
pcaTauce further emha-rass-s the girl Mrs. Gray
warns PiUmmCr against rivals
Driving over tAl plains. the candidate Harley,
and the driver are lost and seek shelter i'm a lonely
mouse where uagciy-nearthed by Harley-is un-
der way. Kentucky ferd survivor has caught and
concealed IN the cellar youth o. the rival faction
whose meeting with the formers daughter has been
discovered. Harley and GTsvs0u send their driver
under cover Of night 70 the nearest settlement f0r
clergyman. TEcy hhsIlte the prisoner. and. at
breakfast the following morning, Grays0n's eIo-
Quencc Is aGam brought into play TO hold the old
man attention while the marriage Of the levers Is
cousmmsted IN the Uarlor Under Grays0u's II
fnencc they are forgiven and peace prevails.
The following day finds the candidates party re-
united PlJpmer witnesses SylFas warm welcome
of Harley and IS brought r. realize his age He
requests sylvia 10 cease calling him Daddy 30
Hcathcute arrives from the East. having been aT-
pointed committeeman from his State because Of
ms wealth. He is Just back from Europe and
travels with a valet He assumes management Of
Guyson's campaign. and even denies entrance into
the candidates 90 Harley. The citizens of the
Colorado town aud the newspaper correspondent
hold indignation meeting, and Harley maps out
line Of action which IS 90 make The way so rough
Tor HeathC1te and his valet that they viii be dis
C0Uagcd with campaigning in the West The valet
Is never able 10 obtain berth IN the sleeper OF al
lowed time to eat his meals He Is finally irreroca-
biz left behind. and his master shifts for himself
until he is made 10 realize the folly of introducing
British customs into American campaign. He
makes speech in which he acknowledges mis-
ignorance ard asks TO be received as one of-thcir
own sort for the sake Of his father The candidate
and his party recognize the real man beneath the
veneer of civilization, and extend the right hand Of
fellowship.