The Washington herald., 1906-11-11

the branch line to connect with the
Frisco Express on the b. p. was moving
OUT. and he breathed a great sign of re-
lief "One gone" he said to himself
nov for the accommodation freight"
/ The speech continued, but presently
Grayson stopped for a hasty drink OF
water. Harley trembled He was afraid
that Grayson was breaking down. and
1 his fears increased when he saw Plover's
eyes leave the speakers face and wander
toward the station. But just at that
moment the candidate caught the little
man.
Listen TO met thundered Grayson
and let no true citizen here fail TO heed
what I am about 20 tell him"
/ PlOver could not resist the voice and
/ those words of command. His thoughts
wandering toward the railroad station
were seized and brought back by the
speaker. His eyes were fixed and held
By Grayson. and he stood there as Il
chained TO the spot
| Time became strangely slow. The ac-
eommodation freight must be more than
ten minutes late, Harley thought. He
looked at his watch. and found that i;
vas not due TO leave for five minutes yet
| So he settled himself to patient waiting
and listened 70 GraysOn as he passed
/ from one national topic TO another. nc
saw, too, that the lines In tSe speakers
face Wcre growing deeper and deeper, and
! ne knew that he must be using his last
ounces Of strength. His soul was stirred
with pity. Yet Grayson never faltered.
The whistle blew, the bell rang, and
again the train rumbIed. The two-forty
accommodation freight on the branch line
10 connect with the Frisco Express on
the B. z. was moving out. and Plover
had been held. He could not go now,
and once more Harley breathed that deep
sigh Of relief. Twenty minutes passed
and he heard far off in the east a fain;
rumble. He knew il was the Denver Ex-
press, and, in spite OF his resolution, ne
began TO grow nervous. Suppose the
woman should not come?
The rumble grew to d roar, and the
train pulled into the station. Grayson
was faithful 20 the last, and still thun-
dered forth the invective that delighted
the soul of Plover. The train whistled
and moved of gain, and Harley waited
in breathIess anxiety.
4 tail form rose out OF the darkness,
and woman. middle-aged and honest OF
face, appeared. The correspondent knew
that II must be Susan. IL could be no.
body else. She was looking around a.
II she sought some one. Harleys eve
caught Crayson's, aud il gave the signal
And now. gentlemen" said the candl-
date, II am done. I thank you for your
attention. and ! hope you viii think we'll
Of what I have said
So saying. he left the stage. and the
crowd dispersed. But Harley waited, and
be saw Plover and his wife meet He
saw, too. the look Of surprise and then
JOY on the mans face. and he saw them
throw their arms around each other s
neck and kiss in the dark. They wers
only a poor, prosaic, and middie-aged
couple. but he knew they We're now
happy and that ali was right between
them.
When Grayson went to his room. he fell
from exhaustion in a baif-faint across
the bed; but when Harley told him the
next afternoon the cause Of Il all. he
laughed and said 1t was well worth the
price.
They obtained. about 2 week later. the
New York papers containing an account
of the record-breaking day When Harley
opened the Monitor, ChurchilTs paper, he
read these headlines:
GRAYSON'S CAB
He Is TALKING TIE FARMERS OF THE
WEST TO DEATH
TwENTY-FOUR SPEECHES IN TWENTY -FOUR
HOURS.
he TALKS FIFTY THOUSAND WORDS IN
ONE DAY AND SAYS NOTHING.
But when he looked at the Gazette. he
saw the following headlines over his own
account
HIS GREATEST SPEECH.
GRAISON'S WONDERFUL EXHIBITION Or
PLUCK AND ENDURANCE.
AFTER RIDING -FOUR HUNDRED MILES AND
MAKING TWENTY-rHBEE SPEECHES He
HOLDS AN AUDIENCE SPELLBOUND
FOR THREE HOURS AT HIS
TWENTY FOURTH.
SPEAKS FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL THREE ~
The MORNING. ~ THE OPEN AIR AND
NOT A SOUL LEAVES. THOUGH a
BLIZZARD WAS RAGING
Harley sighed with satisfaction
THAT manegins editoc Of mine knows
his business" he said 20 himself