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

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yet followed immediately NV Nv" en'r'nc"
~ a small. rashet airily drcssed woman
whoae bold blaoh eyea contti-ted oddly
with tho Juvenile shipper ~ her ll~
-Oh, senator savage she exclaimed
balancing hersolf ON the arm ~ u chair,
Il itst knew I should find you here saw
POUR shadow on tho shade from across The
avenue. that Greciau profile and -h"
TulFcf NbnON anu ITp"H w ''H'"TF
yea aid tho senator, booking At hhs
watch, and what may ! do for YOU
Having introduced hrr-rlf ~ Mrs Ida
Brisk from Sequoia, tho lady explained
voluhly, with frequent eptstolary exhibits.
her widowed and Impoverished con'ttion,
the unanimitv with which relatives, friends
and acquaintance had decided that public
Office was her destiny and the Senator the
manifest director thereof, the inadequacy
Of their parting and final giitS. her struggles
to keep up appearances pending the exam
nation II was all spread ont before NJ like
q campaign map.
Your name j. on the eligible li-t for a
Junior clerkship, | gather remarked the
Benator. With what rating. pray
Seventy. eight. twenty. but
-Ah. BuruIu here ill explain to YOU your
prospects. Meanwhile, if you will excuse
me for n monent " ana he went into the
adiourning room.
NO offence taken. Bun UNI said Mrs.
Brisk with a comrades nod I'm not buiit
that way. OF course, | understand that he
thinks I'm a dead one. and l. half way up to
The Capitol by this time, They did rather
floor me for a fact, with their questions
about mediBval history and constitutional
law, but I'd make u good clerk nOtwith-
standing, and I'm not Il little bit afraid of
work, Why. I can take down Choctaw, il
needs be, like a photograph, and fairly rip
the stufings ont Of u typewriter -
Il am very sorry" | hazarded, "hut ]
must tell YOU frankly that with such IA rat
ing there isn't a chance Of your name being
certified in due course within the year.
in due course, If that's all I'm after,
why would l come here? To be sure there
isn't. But there's such "A thing as pull.
influence, manipulation that's what want,
and I'm going to get it, too. Don't talk to
me about regulations; they are simply
things\ Of straw, scarecrows. I'm an old
bird, not a timid one.
Resides she continued, in softer tones,
with gentler expression, there Is my daugh-
ter Gertrude. Such a dear, lovely child!
She shall be tenderly cared for, Bufum;
kept from the world. ] would sell my soul
for her. Don't you see? / must, ! must
There we're tears in those bold, black
eyes.
ooh, WE'LL / said, s%oothingly, +lll talk
II over with the Senator and see what can
be done. Just jot your address down
there, will you, and III let you know at first
opportunity. I like your pluck, and feel
sure your little girl will grow up to appre-
ciate and return your Devotion
She's 49," interrupted Mrs. Brisk, COM
posedly. II told you | was an old one, didn't
II Sweet 10, and at Madame Renee's
finishing school out at Chevy Chase. Think
OF it, and me living ON canned goods in a
three by nine third story backl There's
the address,. Buhuin, and keep 1t handy,
mind. For IL | don't hear from you you
will certainly hear from me-
She did hear from me In two days. con-
veying a polite but firm intimation from
the Senator that nothing could be done,
and inclosing u statement from the Civil
Ser Woe Commission to the effect that even
II her standing were az high as it was low
there would be little chance for her since
Seauoia.s quota was almost hopelessly
This ultimatum caused her 10 call
promptly on the Senator at the Capitol,
him into the marble room
from an important debate, and sending him
ba ok to the Office to me in temper.
THAT Brisk woman-save the name and
kind" he growled as he entered, "inveigled
me out to her this afternoon by sending
in Mrs. 'Grantley's card to me MRS, Grant
ley's husband was Governor OF Sequoia
at that timel and then coolly explaining
that she must have taken the wrong card
from her case, What business did she have
it, anyway? l must say, Buffum, IL
this is your idea of diplomacy l might
better have a Hottentot for a secretary;
at least he'd know enough to rap a woman
the head and drag her off,"
What did you do with her.? / asked.
The Senator smiled slightly, despite
himself.
ooh, Billings was passing by just then,
30 / turned her over to him. My oollea que
should share some of my burdens. shouldn't
he? Besides, being a widower, they would
h I'VE the bond OF survivorship between
them, the common ground OF not being
marks
At this interesting point Ralph Bill
Ings, the Senator'S son and a nice young
fellow Notwithstanding, came into the
office.
Father wished me to present his compli-
to you, Senator he began, and to
that he appreciates fully your delicaoy
in the matter Of Mrs. Brisk's appointment.
He believes that he can manage it all right
any activity on your part: