The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-27

rho-e bold. black eyes Of Mrs Brisk
wcn very keen. Thrv may have taken
hi- measure sufficiently 10 assure her that
hc would ignore her gross fabrication rather
than lay himself y to a laugh.
BH he hal other qualities. not Ho patent
unless one could read the white spots in
hls cheeks. the pufinGs of his nostrils- a
yenorno,is anger. deep seated. patient
unrela King taking It's revenge at the right
time. And 80 | was sorry that h little
woman necessities had caused her to he
rash rather than brave.
However. | had already received one
rigging in the premises. | really didn't
care for another; ~ over the typewriter |
bumped myself as II in the lead Of a six day
walking match.
senator Savage walked up and down
the floor. sending now and again a curious
glance at me from under his glasses. Then
he gave Il short laugh.
IF a laundering ass should he trans.
lated " he said, then Billings would go
up ia a chariot of fire.
And then ] knew from this parting salu-
tation that il was Billings rath her than
Mrs. Brisk who had been labelled for
pIenary atonement in the dark anu
Of Mr.. Savage'S rancor. He had a contempt
for his colleague, whom lie had made his
creature ,shis tool.
More than once had he delighted through
mere perversity to exercise over him the
absolute power'which knowledge and proof
of Billings's misdeeds had given into his
hands. And now toshave this compliant
henchman fail him in so trivial a matter,
suffer an unframed female, Of the sort he
most dreaded and despised. to yoke them
together 20 her own advantage-it was too
much for that exalted pride Of self which
endowed Senator Savage with godlike
attributes. Billings should suffer for IT.:
yes, and through this very woman who had
dared to include them in a common decep-
ton.
And here lies the difference, il may DO
noted, between the man who is naturally
great and the man who Is politically great.
The one il great all the time: the other IL
often Inherently petty and mean. rising only
to greatness through the force OF extra
neous circumstances.
At all events, II spite were eliminated from
Washington life, half its incidents would
lose their motive power. And 30 l came
dimly to see that Mrs. Brisk case was not
70 hopeless as l had first thought. II only
my Senator could make his colleague, SEN
ator Billings, a vtcariouB sacrifice for her
fault.
Two trihing occurrences Of the next day
tended to confirm this later impression,
Work being slack at the noon hour, ! took
a spin on my wheel out to Chevy Chase.
As I passed Madame Renee's exclusive
school, l noticed her more exclusive young
ladies disoreetly disporting themselves
through her most exclusive grounds, With
one exoeption-in an obscure and shaded
corner the prettiest OF these young ladies'
was coquettishly talking over the pallngs,
with Ralph Billings in loverlike attitude on
the other side.
Again as I walked up the venue at half
past 4, pressing through the disordered ranks
of the pallld clerks as they am swarm
ing from the Treasury and the State, Wal
and Navy Building, | caught a gay nod and
wave Of hand from a lady in a handsome
equipage as it ~arrogantly dashed by. l
looked again Just In time, 1t was Mrs.
Brisk in Senator Billings's carriage, and
n the further corner lurked the heavy form
of the Senator himself, like a turtle In the
shade.
When l told these little incidents to my
Senator he showed that characteristic in
which had so often guided him in
jumping at conclusions.
aGood!" he exclaimed, with a regular
snarl of a smile. Il felt I was right in
avoiding Billings to-day.
Don't you see, Buffum, the young fell
$3.50. tu,ck ha-a ,ont tha lon,Itar nj kaH
mothers lodgings, when he went there
with that message last evening. 1t was a
Of love at frat sight. pure and simple,
especially simple.
But the amiable and astute Billings
is another matter, There Ia method
IN his madness; he still believes that yarn
about Mrs. Brisk's relationship and hopes
bind himself TO me by hooks Of steel;
women still wear them, don't they2
well, I'm of tonight for Sequoia to
ook after my fences a bit, II / soc any Of
Mrs, Brisk's relatives Ini thank them sim
,erely II swear it, for having prescribed the
,bsent treatment for her bereavement.
Meanwhile. you keep your finger out Of
he pie, and let these two Romeos sigh not
n vain. Either one, the other. on both; it
nay teach Billings not always w muddle
Up the simplest thing l tell him to do.
And another thing, Buffum." continued
he Senator saga iously providing for every
as II in an affair Of state, that
woman is square despite her nerve; she
nay come here to up her deception.
4 she does, tell her to keep quiet about 1t
Until my return"
Surely enough, the very text afternoon;
- A. d.. l.-IA - -
till in the ring and none the worse for
year.
Where is his reverential Nibs, Buff
he asked easily from her side saddle IN
he chair.
Hes gone out"
"0h, of course. Every Senator lie sure
be found out in a case like mine
Out West TO Sequoia for n fortnight
concluded.
"Honest?'