The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-22

I've oities that Gov. Sohrigiey can b.
counted on to control, and the delegates
fruen ths railway towns, ws oan dictate
to svsfy distrsot convention and nominate
ana eieoe our " mon to tho Legislature.
You VIII b your own successor. Just a. I
will, without turning q hair
Il always mistrust too bright . day.
CAbaniss,' returned my Senator with sud
den depression. "A ittle cloud s likely
to arise and before you know II blot out
the sum-. To be more definite, I am worried
about Merrineld. While between the father
and the daughtsr. what with broken promises
and vows, no was IN q bad fiI and no mistake,
he yielded too readily. too completely.
I can't understand his submission and
silence.s
what elss should you expect from q dead
cook In the pitr' retorted Cabaniss soorn-
fully.
At this instant there was q rap, the door
o~pened-and I ceased to be q fixture. II
was Jessica Bitch, pale, sombre, old for
her years. dressed In deep black. Re-
~membsring my Senator'S orders, l sprang
forward to intercept her.
For % self-contained q man Senator
Savage Was remarkably subject at times
to moods and impulses. He possessed .
quality Of mind, often dormant. which In
animals is called instinct and In women
intuition; and no matter how unexpectedly
It's warnings came, nor how contrary they
might be to the laborious results OF his judg-
ment, he always obeyed them. I must
say that I never knew him to 60 wrong In
consequence: while he acquired thereby
that strange sort Of confidence In the future
which msn have been wont to attribute to
the influence Of q genius or q star.
sDon't, Buffum." he called out sharply.
'How car you be 90 stupidi Come right In
and take this chair, my dear young lady.
I am never too busy to see you. / fear from
your appearance that my secret a~pprehen-
sions have proved true-your father Ia
dead. Dear. deari My good, old friend; ss
the grass wfthers, as the flower Is CON-
sumedi Senator Cabaniss. let me present
youto Miss Bitch. You know how sincerely
! tried to be Of service to her father
Il have been making atonement.' be-
gan the girl, after a gleam Of qualification
had lightened her gloom, and ! felt that
I ought 70 see you, too, Senator Savage,
though l am 30 young and foolish, 90 prone
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thing, that I hesitsted, I doubted. Forgive
I believe now that you meant to help
father, that you meant to guide me; II
In our trouble and excitement We miscon-
strued your views, I am at least thankful
that no dlsassor resulted, as 1t did In an
eve less ~s1ousabls case.
I'VE ven TO Zee Senator MerHifeld that
day in utter distress and despair. I am
sure father had nc purpose-his mind was
too unsettled for that-while I was all on
fire with the thought that the Senator had
treated me like . child. eaaed ma along with
false hopes and simulated an interest he
did not feel. I meant to give him q piece
Of my mind. !
1T all happened IN a fash. I said but a
word, when father whipped out q revolver
and shot. Horror gave me clearness of
vision. I saw how his diseased mind had
distorted. degraded my meaning. In an
instant I was kneeling by tho Senator,
G, b~eaeeohing. berating, vowing.
I told him that my father must not be pun
ished, must not even be questioned; that IL
he was, the evil he had believed would be
universally attributed as the motiye:I that
I myself. knowing 1t TO DO false. would yet