The Washington herald., 1906-12-09

Thank you" she replied. humbly oh
if I could only have lived in the East just
a little while"
But I assure you. Miss Morgan. ] have
met some very remarkable women"
Il do not doubt it. and they have had
an equal good fortune"
Churchill looked suspiciOusly at her. but
there was the same touch of Difference
in her manner and he still hOnored her
with his conversation. He permitted him
self 20 discourse a little upon the affairs
which ne had embodied-''embodied he
felt was the word-in mis- letter. and she.
with all a wOmans intuition, and much
Of masculine reasoning power guessed
what the letter contained, although she
did not know 20 whom fl was going. Nor
did she feel il wrong to be very attentive.
as Churchill talked, because he was do
ing it of his own free will. and she had
the fate OF her uncle deeply at heart.
Churchill spoke Of the campaign, ven
turing upon polite criticisms OF certain
features that seemed Objectionable TO
him, and listening 10 him, she confirmed
her opinion that he was the personal rep
reseutative with Mr.. GTayson OF the chief
elements within the party that could
cause trouble And she felt sure. too
that the letter ne held in his hand would
add fuel TO the FIRE already burning. She
! happened also 10 be present several days
later when a messenger boy handed him
a telegram and. when he opened it. he
made an involuntary motion to hide IT,
just as he had done with the letter She
pretended not TO see, and walked away
but she knew as well as II he had told her
that the telegram was the reply 20 the
letter.
Mr.. Goodnight himself sent the dispatch
and he thanked Churchill warmly for the
very important information told so lum-
( inously in his letter. The solid and re
spectacle portion Of the party had hoped
much from the presence OF Mr. Heath
cote, but as he had yielded 10 the infiu-
ence OF another, instead OF eXerting his
own, it would be necessary 10 take ad-
ditional action later Meanwhile he re-
quested MI Churchill 10 keep him ac-
curdtely and promptly informed Of every
thing. and Churchill at once telegraphed. .
/ Dispatch received. VIII be glad to com
ply with your request"
Then he congratulated himself. and felt
good his COmplacent demeanor forming a
contrast 20 that Of several others in the
party. The latter were king Plummer
Sylvia Morgan and John Harley, ali Of
whom were unhappy.
Harley was troubled by his conscience
and he could not do anything to keep It
from sticking those little pins into him
Sylvia Morgan. despite herself. drew him
on, not the less because mis- first feeling
toward her had been one OF hostility. she
had piquant touch, a manner full OF
unconscious allurement-the radiation of
Q r~H l..
never seen in any other woman. and the
harder he fought against it. the more
surely it conquered him. He took from
his valise copy of that old Chicago
newspaper, with her picture on the front
page and wondered how he could have
inumated that she was the cause of its
being there. As he knew her better, he
knew that she could not have done it,
and he knew, too. that she would have
scornfully resented any insinuatiOn of
/ having done so by refusing 10 deny IT,
The King was unhappy. too, in his
way and that was very bad indeed for
him. He had tried an effUsive gallantry
and il did not seem TO succeed any bet
ter than obedience to his own impulses
on the whole, rather worse; and now. not
knowing what else to do. he sulkeG It
was not any sly sulking. but genuine
open sulking in his large, Western way.
thus leaving it apparent to all that the
! great King Plummer was sad. And that
meant much TO the party, because in a
sense il was now personally conducted by
him. In his joyous mood. which was his
usual mood until the present he had a
large and pervasive personality that was
wonderful help TO travel and social In
tercoUrse. They missed his timely. if now
and then a triie rough. jests. his vast
knowledge Of the mountains which had
some good story OF every town to which
! they came. and his infinite zest and hu-
NOR, which also communicated more zest
and humOr to every one with him. It was
! a grievous day for them all when king"
PlUmmer began to mourn. More than one
guessed the cause, but wisely they re-
! Trained from any attempt to remove II
They could do nothing but endure the
gloom In silence, until the clouds passed
as they hoped they would pass.
The candidate, too, was troubled and
sought the privacy of the special cars
| 1TaWing-rOOm more than usual Sylvia
Morgan had give him hint that at
tacks upon him from a certain source
were likely 10 be renewed, and. moreover
would increase in viruIence He soon
found that she was right. as the COMES
Of the Monitor that they now obtained
were frankly cynical and unbeleving All
Of its dispatches from the West. Church
IFS as well as others, were depreciatorv
| The candidate was invariably made to an
pear in bad light-whIch Is an easy noat-
ter to do, in any case, without sacrifice
Of the truth-that is, verbally. only the
spirit being changed-and the editor reen-
forced them with strong criticisms. in
which quotations from English writer's