Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-09-13
When the
Woes Tied
BIZ CLAUDE PAURARES
.-a. Ia rs ~ r.. caldwell

I." #...tH-- tHN 'H>eU tN" hlt IN telr
h. a#I wu away and the cut ana
...I Hru.#e,# aBd failed 10 become
yl.a.uaru- Ii was because OF this that
AHe IicN SON had been elected To the
legislature from one OF the mountain
districts When his friends and neigh
lr# .# ullseI 81 nominating him he
lH. #..
d. Nls. D haig't got no eddeca-
~au..
'no4t yuu reckon YOU need any 10
o. $50 honest mau"
"l.t can't make no speech"
I.. I.-- sab the better. Been too
uu.. #A already
..... taum cldcc8tcd critters viii cit
r..a. rau-lvd un"
>a..y can't tanEle up a square
mau"
Asg l.eu~gu was nominated ana
,.ugrI ur aadu't have To pay out a
elUH- n.r .mpJiSu expenses, and he
U..E .ke ..y promises They knew
i throughout hi> district as an hon
gt ua They said of him as they
said 81 a january coonskin- that was
prime
IU- v#fe WAS not pulled up with
pride over h.s nomination. She had lit
tie % say during the campaign. Ii
was only when hc came home and told
her rH.t Lr wIS elected that she mo-
t.au,l Lu O. ~lt down and then said:
"Ahr IeN.uu. nobody could dun say
that yaa wasn't an honest man when l
married g.u.
u was uym tD walk straight Til
da
"Iur ten years You was buyin' and
seIl5u' nevis Abe did you ever lie
and aheat fu that husineSsY"
"Uut mo. hut ! was SO sQuar' that l
couldn't make Iiyia' at H."
"Ia. Six or seven years you have
Hesu Hutlu' coon ami skunk and wood
chuck skins. Have you been liar and
cle.t.-
'Na ..lda I could have lied once
ana made 81 an i Fgrskin, but l shet
uE teeth llrI aa.. IT,"
You Ln borrow dollar Of most
any o.. can't yuns'
Recon so."
"AH1 when urn has rot your word
he a.... .5- ou it,"
"'l-.-, that WAY"
~Au4 an this H why you've been
leetel It's eau. you've got good
name. Irs cause your a squar' man.
Atc wo Uus is pore folks We hain't
of8ee.tea pi8ncrs and silks and
hra.aeIuth~ are not FOR slch rs us We
esglttei we're twenty years ago, and
wen Stay -.uarfcd till the end.
lllnt maxim The least complaint over
t. I don't hellc.y IA care TO lie rich
and have grand THINGS I'm satisfied
20 - right along just like this, but
don't fling MS down Abe-don't do
that
"Nh.- dye me.a. Tildat = he asked.
u I...t much a. a reader but can
laae aEt nun ia "Ir weekly paper TO
Know fh4t heaps . men are willin to
pHrt with their honesty 10 get ahead in
tle world Don't q. rt with yours. You
aH.l whar you'u be tempted, but
aLa- gaHr teeth agiu it, I'm holdin'
uE heal hieh and fcclln' jest as good
a- ANS one ou this here mounting, not
hs we've cot money, Abe, but be-
.a. Eol age "a squar' man. If you
should lose That name you'd lose mo.
I'm l0vu' you as much as a wife can.
bur I'm epcak.n' mighty straight when
I tcli you that II So much as whisper
should come back here that you had
lost your -quar'ucss Ia walk of and
s-arre % death iu the woods rather
than lIEe Oh with you"
And ] wouldn't D. blumin' you, Til
da. quietly replied Apc as he went out
10 walk about and tliIk.
Ahe Il-w~uu went down 10 the capi-
tai of tHe state il fear and trembling.
lie wa- maracI down by certain mem
beers and lobbyists as good thing hut
theE -ase Lim time To- shake himself
down into DIS place There were axes
70 grind ou every mal. bat 1t was the
coal men who had the largest They
wanted charter for "a railroad 10 run
70 certain uudcvcio,ed mines. Ii
wasn't q line % build mp the country
and accommodate The people, but 10
bring coal out o. market They want
81 @ lraut of state lands - recoup
fh-u-rlNre
4 powerful lobby, well supplied with
money aud arguments. was on hand.
Those who saw through the scheme
and knew that Il was a steal also
knew that they had their hands full TO
h1htIt
Abe was moving along slowly and
.HE. 4 g..
the matter of the railroad came up and
he found himself in the thick OF IT, He
found himself I'm the position Of many
another before his time The state
employs no lobbyists to protect herself
All the argument ana sophistry and
money are iu the hands Of those who
would rob her. The opponents OF the
railroad scheme sat down with Abe
Hcwson and tried 10 make him under
stand They found h,m dense, but real
ized that DE- wanted 10 be honest They
e8ufcuted themselves by telling him
that it was his duty - vote against the
b.lI II wH- ciaar enough to Abe that
day nHt not $40 clear The next. The
lobby had got after him.
Your congressional or legislative lob
hyIsf i- smart man He is Il student
0f character Tie is diplomat He is
sleek and slick In this case when 1t
hccaWo apparent that the vote would
bo close The Hon Abraham Hews0n
was given especial attention Cigars
aud chumrHsuc met him at every