The Washington times., 1906-09-30

straight TO the letter and opened Il.
Dearest EGgene," Il said. Il want
TO give you IA word 20 say that I am
proud Of the love and confidence which
everyone has for you. and 70 say that
] do not regard the place 10 which
you are % be elected as unlmportant.
or one which you should decline. OF
All men you are best able TO protect
our town against corruption and 70
lift its civic lie 10 a higher plane.
wish ] might help your fellow town1-
men to confer you upon IT, Maybe I
can help IN cheering you aiong the way
after this Is done.
have all sorts of pride IN and
ambition for you. Hitherto. you have
c"hHned yourself too closely 70 the
practical and productivity utiIItarian.
shan watch with all the interest YOU
can desire me 20 feel. Un1s neU career
Of yours, beginning so raodestlv and
80 much against your wiz; but reach
ing, ! feel sure. to the state and na-
tiOHal capitals
DO you know. I have always mag
ined myself capable OF founding Prlrn-
rose Leagues and becoming a real DO
Utica! foTce2 Spend the afternoon with
me- Sunday, and we'll talk it over
come early. Yours IN loving Dartisau-
ship ELIZABETH
fIorlan sat for a long time ponder
Ing over this letter. II was the thing
about which his thought centersd the
next morning. When the Judge said
that he was az work on the letter Of
Withdrawal. AmIdOu remarked that
there was lao hurry, as he should not
use the letter until after q conference
with Miss WaIdron. Then he went 10
spend bis Sunday afternoon with his
hancee. according 10 her invitation.
The dear Eugene" and the tone q
eo-proprletorship 81 this new career
of hIs which seemed SO deucfousIy In
innate in her letter. faded from MS
memory as he faced her in her home.
so stately, SO kind. so far from fond.
Her rebellion from those mad kisses
OF his on his first visit had thorough
IS inundated him. He felt. now. tuat
he must win MS way 10 such bIisses
by slow degrees. as IL the Brassteld
life had never been for her more than
Tor him. So they talked over the cool
and sensible things they might nave
discussed had she been his grand
mother. among others, the campaign.
She had tremendously good Ideas az
TO city government. amII1n had long
entertained similar notions, and thar
their unity OF sentiment might appear,
each wrote answers 20 a Iist Of ques-
Hons which they made up, and Ami
don was hugely delighted to ind that
they agT6ed precisely
Why not make il your PLATFORM
she asked
You mean. a public manifesto?" he
queried.
surely" said she. THE people
ought q know what We represent.
Print IT., so all may be well informed
But that would be an acceptance Of
the nomination" said be.
Hardly" she replied I'VE have
already accepted and that's settled
But it viii raise the contest TO one of
principle. The best elements of So
ciety are with you-Doctor Bulk0n
might as well have mentioned your
name as lie described the ideal can
didate tOday-and such a noble decla-
ration from you viii iii them with
joy. on, don't you think SOP
Elizabeth said he. If I take this
office, IL VIII be Tor yoJT sake, 4 shall
withdraw, or run on your platform"
"Oh. you can't withdraw" she as
seyerated. Not now"
The ad0ring glazeez in which she
constantly surprised him, mitigated
somewhat the pique which his cese-
moniously respectful parting raised in
her heart. she stood looking at the
hand he had kissed. ana wondering
Il This was the Eugene OF days gone
by, but was not quite able 20 think
him cold TO her. This was true at all
events. she thought. the oheusiveness
- half-reserve. familiarity - the
curious impression OF strangeness
which so nearly caused a breach be-
tween them on his return from New
Nork-that was g0ne, at least. This
new attitude Of hts-weI. That was 10
be considered. In some respects. the
change had It's element OF 0iquancy-
Ike t. love affair with an innocent boy
where the wiles Of experience had been
expected.
In the meantime. Mr.. AIvord was
happy. He had opened "Brassheld
Headquarters" over which he pre-
sided with a force OF clerks who were
busy with poll books and other clerk
ly-Iooking properties. But" said he
10 Slater who called to see him about
funds for putting in rider the links
Of the BelIevaIe Golf and Boating
Club against the coming OF spring.
there's nothing TO it. VIII the preach
ers exhortiug for us and the Wet
goods push and sports plugging en-
Enthusiastically, and not a drop of water
spilling from either shoulder, the out
look couldn't be better or course,
we have TO so through the form OF
a contest, but there's no real fight In
II"
Il don't see how <here can be- said
Mr.. Slater. But what's all this work
for?"
We'll" said Alvord. we've got 70
keep up the organization. and aa ne
poll the town. II gives some men en-
plOyment for a few days that would
be sore II they didn't get It. Then we
have to send out the piece do resist
ance for keE parties Of evenings. The
way the petitions come in for kegs is
surprising. A man calls ard SAYS his
names Pat Burke. or Kari Schmidt,
and that they've organized a club for
the study OF public questions, meeting
every night at Jones coke ovens or
Webber's chicken mousse. and they ex-