The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-30
Our Daily Sport Story

friend from distant part of the state and enter to greet him.
 Said friend, an amateur lobbyist. soon arranged for an interview between Lti- ther and General Long, commander-tn- chief of the Anti-Merger forces. The fish took the hook so easily that the wary General was inclined to be sus- picious, but the mutual friend whis- pered that he had always had great influence over Luther, and the bargain was made.
 One envelope was almost the dupli- cate of the other, but instead of deed this one contained ten bank notes of one hundred dollars each and the in- scription read against" not "in favor of."
 Next day came another test vote up- on the Merger bill. and upon each side a spirit of confidence was manifested that was inexplicable to the other side.
 Jake Graham called a conference of his lieutenants an hour before the House went Into session. With them he canvassed every vote, made sure that every man would stick" added the name of Henry Jones and saw in his minds eye that majority of one as big as one hundred.
 But he could not understand the mys- terious elation that possessed General Long.
 | That WOTLAy lTuSL60 no 8uDoEutnGL1&s When a spy brought news from the camp of the enemy that they were ex- pectiug to welcome a deserter from the Antis the General asked questions of no one but himself. Finally he took from an inner pocket his famous little red notebook. erased name from list the book contained. added the name of Luther Jones, and grinned. that same infrequent grin feared by district school teachers forty years ago. At the appointed hour came the final call of the roll. Both sides stood firm until the last counties were reached and still there was no change. Now but two names. On one side of the speaker sat Graham, alert, erect. expectant. On the other side lounged Long. with pursed mouth and eyes half closed.
 Jones of WatervIlle," called the clerk. and Henry Jones, clearing his throat. said with emphasis, Yes"
 Then came pandemonium. The tri- umphant yells of the Mergerites., as they swarmed about Henry, drowned | out the obJurgations of the Antis and shielded Henry from them as well as from possibly more tangible tokens ot the wrath to come. Tn the midst of the tumult Graham leaned over to Long and held out his hand "Its all over now. Peter. but you did give us long run and no mis- | take"
 "No," drawIed Long in Graham's ear, but I've got Jones" Graham made a mighty leap to- wards that corner of the hall where | sat Luther Jones, but he was too late. | - The speakers gavel and the sergeant | at-armB had finally quelled the riot, and the clerk was calling the last | name on the roll.
 "Jones of Wentworth. No" said Luther Jones, mildly. but firmly. and waited for the storm to | break.
 Next day Henry and Luther went
 back to their farms. quite undisturbed by the headline prominence given them
 in the morning papers.
 Henry" said Luther, tits all over,
 and I'm glad of it. but we didn't turn | out to be the biggest fools in the lot, did we?'
 "No, Luther" replied hls brother.
 "When them corporations take to mon-
 keyin' things again I guess they'll re-
 member the Joneses."