The Washington herald., 1906-11-11
CHAPTER VIII.
svIvia,r Return.

/ Harley slept late the next day, and it
| was the heavy. somewhat nervous slum-
( Der Of utter exhaustion. like that which
( he had more than once experienced in
, the war or the other side OF the world.
after days OF incessant marching. When
he awoke. 1t was afternoon on the special
train, and as he Joined the group he was
greeted with a suppressed cheer.
/ 7 understand that you stayed the whole
thing through last night or rather this
morning" said Churchill. in a sneering
tone. There's devotion for you, boysr
4 was amply repaid. replied Harley.
calmly. His last speech was the most In
/ teresting; in fact 1 think il was the great
est speech that I ever heard him make"
I fear that Jimmy Grayson is OverdO-
( ing il" said the elderly Tremaine, sober
! ly. A Presidential nominee is not exact
/ ~ master of himself, and 1 doubt whether
he should have risked his voice. and per
/ haps the success of his party. speaking in
that cold wind until or / O'Clock this
morning"
He just loves to hear the sound Of his
own voice" said Churchill. his ugly sneer
becoming uglier Il think il undignified
and absurd on the part of a man who is
Z III Jiie poSltiDu li4dl ne Is III
Harley was silent, and he was glad now
that he had said nothing In his speech
about the real reason for GraySon's long
speaking He had had at first little
struggle over it with his professional con-
science. feeling that his duty required him
TO tell, but little reflection decided him
to the contrary. He had managed the af-
fair, it was not a spontaneous occurrence.
and, therefore. il was the private business
of himself and Mr.. James GraysOn. 1t
gave him great relief 20 be convinced thus
as he knew that otherwise the candidate
would be severely criticised for il both by
the opposition press and by "a considerable
number OF his own party journals.
But there was one person to whom Har-
ley related the whole story. It was told
in letter to Sylvia Morgan, who was
then at the home Of the candidate with
Mrs GraysOn. After describing al the
details minutely. he gave his opinion he
held that it was right for man, even
in critical moments weighted with the
fate of the many. TO halt TO do good
action which could affect only one or two.
A great general at the height of battle,
seeing a wounded soldier helpless on the
ground. might take the time to order re-
lief for him without At ali impairing the
fate of the combat; to do otherwise would
be a complete sacrifice OF the individual
for the sake OF n mighty machine which
would Danish all humanity from life. He
noticed that even Napoleon. in the midst
Of what might be called the most siren
uous career the world has known, turned
aside 10 90 little acts OF kindness.
He was glad 10 find. when her reply
came a few days later. that she agreed
with him at least in the main part of his
argument: but she directed his attention
to the fact that it was not Mr.. Grayson
but Harley himself. who had injected
this strange element into the combat
when it was at its zenith; her uncle
James had merely responded to a strong
and moving appeal, which he would al
ways do, because she knew the softness
of his heart; yet she was not willing for
him to go too far. 4 general might be
able to turn aside for a moment at the
height of the battle. and then he might
not. She wished her uncle James TO be
judicious in his generosity, and not make