Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-06-22

| fculty in defeating him But when he
I was beaten, he was, OF course. help
/ less and hopelessly dlscredited 1.-THE
/ people soon forget fallen politician.
He took OF his Goa" and worked
hard and well for the election of the
man VINO had euchred him out Of the
nomination. When he returned to
Washington to finish his term, he be-
gan a double, desperate assault upon
my friendship. The direct assault was
unsuccessful II understood II, and
was in no need of lieutenants. More
than | could easily take care of were
already striving TO serve me, scores
OF the brightest, most ambitious young
men of the state eager to do my bid
ding whatever 1t might be, in the
house that in return | would take
care Of them, would admit them TO
the coveted Enclosure round the plum
tree The plum treel Is there any
kind of fruit which gladdens the eyes
Of ambitious man, that does not glis-
ten upon some one of it's many
boughs. heavy-laden with corporate
and public honors and wealth?
Burbank's indirect attack, through
his wife and Carlotta, Jared better.
The first of 1t | distinctly recall was
after a children's party at our house.
Carlotta singled out Mrs Burbank for
enthusiastic commentator. THE 9TH
er women sent nurses with their chill
dren," said she, "but Mrs Burbank
came herself She was so swee. in
apologizing for coming. She said she
hadn't any nurse, and that she was so
timid about her children that she
never could bring herself to trust them
to nurses. And really, Harvey, you
don't know how nice she was all the
afternoon. She's the kind of mother
approve of, the kind / try to be.
Don't you admire herr"
81 don't know her." said I. "The
only time met her she struck me as
being-well. rather silent"
That's It," she exclaimed triumph
antly. "She doesn't care a rap for
men, She's absorbed in her children
and her husband" Then. after a
pause, she added: "Wer, she's well
come to him. can't see what she
finds to care for"
"Why?" said I.
ooh. he's distinguished-lookin and
polite. extensively polite to women
he doesn't understand them at all
thinks they like Difference and fiattery,
the low-grade molasses kind Of fiat
terry. He has very nice smile. But
he's so stilted and tiresome, always
serious.-and such a pose It's what
call the presidential pose. No doubt
HEN be President some day"
"Why?" said I. 1t Is amusing to
watch woman tumble about for rea-
sons for her intuitions.
Carlotta did uncommonly well. ooh.
don't know. He's the sort of high
averaged American that the people go
crazy about He-he-looks like a
President, that sort of-solemn-no-
sense-of-humor, Sunday look.-you
know what l mean. Anyhow, he's go
ing to be President"
| thought not. A few days later.
while what Carlotta had said was
fresh in my mind, he overlook me
walking to the capitol AS we went
on together. | was smiling to myself.
He certainly did look and talk like
President. He was of the average
height, of the average built, and of
sort of average facial mold: he had
hair that was a compromise among
the average shades of brown, gray,
and black, with a bald spot Just where
most men have it.
His pose-I saw that Carlotta was
shrewdly right. He was acutely self
conscious and was acting his pose
every instant. He had selected IL
early In life: he would wear it, even
in his nightshirt, until death. He said
nothing brilliant, but neither did he
say anything that would not have been
generally regarded as sound and SEN
sible. His impressive manner of de-
livering his words made one over
value the freight they carried. But I
soon found. for | studied him with in
creasing interest, thanks to my new
point of view upon him.-I soon found
that he had one quality the reverse
of commonplace. He had magnetism.
Whenever new candidate was pro-
posed for Mazarins service. he used
TO ask, first OF ALL Has he luck?" My
hrst question has been, HAS he mag
netism?" and | think mine is the bet
ter measure. Such OF ones luck as is
not the laundering blindness OF ones
opponents is usually the result OF ones
magnetism. However, it is about the
most dangerous of the free gifts Of
nature,-which are all dangerous.
Burbank's merit lay in his discreet use
| Of it. 1t compelled men to center upon
him; he turned this to his advantage
! by making them feel, not how he
| shone. but how they shone. They
went away liking him because they
had new reasons for being in love
with themselves.
found only two serious weak
nesses. The first was that he lacked
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