The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1906-01-06

easy for the thieves? | believe 1t Is, anC
if, instead o laughin at it, we d set out t.
make it hotter than summertime for thC
bribe-takers-
Biglow's great laugh cut him short.
"Can we-do you that-away, John, wher
you come back?'
You can, for a fact, if there any dirty
money in my clothes, was the emphatic
rejoinder. And what's more, if you
don't do it, you Il be parties to the crime,
ever last one Of you.
There was a good, hearty silence at the
long table after Teppenpaw went out, and
it was the county attorney who broke 1t.
''Wel. gentlemen, he said, you see
what we've. cot before Us, As Biglow
says, it's lucky that Green Is pretty solid.
IF the Republicans only knew what they
haven't got to buck against, they q 'aake
the fight of their lives.
This was the general feeling: but not
withstanding TepPenpaw' apparent cold
ness, the campaign progressed smoothly for
the dominant party through the weeks that
followed True to his promise, the candi-
date took no active part. would do no per
sonal elecGoneerne, and was deaf to the
solicitations Of the various committees de-
puted to see or sound him touching hi-
opinions ID the issues
By Consequence. he ran considerably be
hind his ticket at the polls; but A. Biglow
had propliesiel, he was safely elected. \
Democrat who was known to he Demo
crat could scarcely be beaten in Green,
and there were not few who voted enthu-
sias;icaBy for the man who, barley knowing
his alphabet at fourteen, had fought his
way successfully through a country college,
and whose ven TILED farm on the Drink
water road was the envy Of hi neighbors.
The General Assembly me, the second
Tuesiay in January, and Tcppcnpaw went
4 day ahead oE time 10 avoid any possible
political send d-oF AZ the Trcgo railroad
station His wife drove him TO town in
the fam wagon with their ten year-oli
hos fos company on her return. and the
twelve miles over the frozen rad were
measured in the chill winter dawn.
Happily. the branch accommodation
train Wa on time. and TcppenFw drove
down to the water tank 10 mcc, Il. In al
hi- married. litc he had never been away
from home for moro than 4 night az time.
Take good earc pf your NANNY, Tom,
he sail, kissing the boy 'Aai. Molly,
don you try 10 30 too much. When the
mulley caw comes fresh. get sam Bridger
10 help ysu with ;he milking, she mighty
orncry With new calf around And write
every time you ect a chance hitlc woman.
| rcckoa ] Il b. rjgh, lonesome. uood-by.
lie SWING up % the platform Of the
moving car. and his last home glimpse Wa
Of hlilc Tom, maaially sccinc the team
into the Drinkwatcg road.
In spite Of or perhaps BY reason q, his
country oollcsc education, JOAN TepPcu-
paw found himself very much alone when
the through train dumped him in she crowd
cd station Of the capital One rra~on fer she
early morning stsft FROM Tree0 was the
promise of an early. afternoon arrival IA
the city Bot a wrecked freis shttrain had
iutervcussi. ana il was late sappcr time
whea he reached the jackson House. the
crca, hotc On tho o7rucr below she Capitol
grognis
He had no, iasenlei gang 70 the hotel.
JeficTSoaian simplicity was h. ideal, and a
quiet boarding house Tor the servant Of the
people squared bsss wi,h H. Bnt Il w4s
too late ta hook 'for anything s,ore than
supper and a reea-.c ior the ai1fst, ~ the
hcspi,able swing yoors Of she jackson en-
-nlfcd him
There vas besiAzslegncnt fer country
eyes IN the shTou-ci and brightly lighted
lobby. When re had written III name in
the thick saest-b5ok, the clerk cordial
sgrce;ius WIS Ike The arIa,h 81 au open
are on a chilly niuhs
Glad "a have you with Is, Mir Fcp-
poapaw The Jackson i, Ike az omnibus
always room for one more How did
you leave things i5wu in good old Green2
why all right, reckon. said John
wondering He thought he knew nearly
every family in the home valley, and the
CLERK face was not familiar You from
Greene
aOh, no, With continuation Of the
professional smile, m from down Co
lumbia way. But. Of course, knew you
must be Mr. TePpenpaw of Green Coun-
~.
Tcppenpaw followed brass buttoned
black boy through the caucusing crowd to
the elevator, still clinging to his hand bag
with rural peTtnacity Left alone in the
comfortable steam-heatei nom on the
third floor. the member from Greene looked
about him, and the vision OF the simple
boarding house began to fade Ii would
probably cut deeply into the legislative
stipened to stay on at the hotel, and he had
made a mental resolve TO carry at leas. half
Of the five dollars day home with him
But perhaps something was due to the dig
nifty of his Office.
After he had freShened himself in the
luxurious bathroom, he went out to wan
der through thickly earpeted corridors and
down short flights of stairs until he found
the dining room. Here the magnifcence.
the French menu card and the deft and
| respectful service threatened to take his
/ appetite. 1t was not much ike Tarkins'
at Trego; no more than he, John Teppen-
paw, was Ike the well groomed, shrewd-
eyed gentleman. in trim business clothes
and iIreproachable linen, who sat opposite.
1t was rot etiquette at Tarkins to make
talk with strangers at table, so john held
his peace But the gentleman opposite
was inclined to be neighborly
Come over to attend the session.? he
queried, after a decent interval.
'Yes I'm the member from Greene,
said John .absently He was frownine
bver the unintelhgible menu card, and the
waiter was growing decorously impatient.
j Permit me, interrupted his table
mate, reaching across for the card "TI
order for two, if you like, It'll make il
seem a little more homehke
John resigned the French with a sigh ot
relief and the feeling that he had found ,
friend. Thenceforth the elaborate dinner
was robbed of Its most formidable features
The neighborly gentleman talked easily
and what was more remarkable he, or the
home sickness, made Teppenpaw talk; ST
that by the time the little coffees wert