The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-04-13


rose a few calls for me. They were
drowned in a chorus of boots, toots
and Kisses. Burbank cast a quick
glance of apprehension at me-again
that hidden conviction of my vanity.
should goad me into hating him.
smiled reassuringly at him-and can
say in all honesty that the smile
came from the bottom of my heart
An hour later as / babe him good
night, I said:
II believe the man and the oppor-
tunity have met, Mr.. President God
bless you"
Perhaps it was the unusualness of
my speaking with feeling that caused
the tears to start in his eyes Thank
You, Harvey" he replied, cIasping my
hand in both his. Il realize now the
grave responsibility. need the help
of every friend-the true help of
owe to you just as clearly as IL she
were here to remind me-
j was too moved to venture q re-
ply. Woodruff and I drove to the ho-
eel together-the crowd Kissed me
whenever it recognized me- Woodruff
rocked first on one side then on the
other. muttering at them The
fools." he said to me, with his alb
rupt, cool laugh "Just like them,
isn't it? Cheering the puppet, hiss
ing its proprietor
/ made no answer-what did it mat
ter? Not Tor Burbank's position and
opportunity, as I'm that hour of emo
ton they appeared even to us who
knew politics from behind the scenes,
not for the reality of what the sound
ing title of president seems to mean.
would i have changed with him, would
j have paid the degrading price he had
paid. i preferred my own position
IL | had bowed the knee, at least it
was not to men. As for Kisses. fsaw
In them a certain instructive tribute
to my power. The mob cheers its
servant, Kisses it's master
Doc" said i, do you want to 60 to
the senate instead of Croffut?'
BY the flames on the torches on
either side I saw his amazement
Me-" he exclaimed. why, you for
get I've got a past
II do" said /. "and so does every
one else. All we know is that you've
cot future"
leaned back into the corner where
the shadow hid him. At last he said
IN a quiet earnest voice: You've |
given me selfrespect. senator. 1 can |
only say: I'll see that you never re- /
greet it,
| was Kissed round1s at the hotel |
entrance, between cheers for Croffut |
and Berwick. and even for Woodruff |
But l went to bed in the most cheer |
full humor I had known since the day |
Scarborough was nominated AT any |
rate"-so I was thinking-"my presi |
VI, with my help. will be q man" |
CHAPTER XVI.
"OnIy an Old Joke"
On the train going home, I was
nearer to castie-buiIding than at any
time since my boyhood castles col |
1apsed under the rude blows of prac-
tical life
Ny paths have not always been
straight and open, said I to myself.
like all others who have won in the
conditions of this world OF men till
Afoa ~ NAO QAPtc. = law udQ W uSG
the code of the jungle. In climbing I
have bad TO stoop, at times to crawl.
But. now that have reached the top,
! shall stand erect l shall show that
the sordidness OF the struggle has not
untitled me TO use the victory. True,
there are the many and heavy polit-
ical debts I've had to contract in get
ting Burbank the presidency: and as
We must have . second term to round
out our work. we shall be compelled
to make some further compromises
We must still deal with men on the
terms which human nature exacts
but In the main we can and We will
DO what is just and right, what helps
to realize the dreams of the men and
women who founded our country,
the men and women like my father
and mother.
And my mothers grave. beside my
fathers and among the graves of my
sisters and my grandparents. rose be-
lore me- And / recalled the pledge
had made there in the boyish begin
nings OF my manhood and my career. |
My chance and Burbank's." said I. I
comes just in time We are now at ]
nc age WucEc EcputdtlOu lS u4pUs
md our children are growing up and
will soon begin TO judge us and be
Judged from us"
Years of patient sowing, thought I.
md at last the harvest, And what a
harvest il will be- For under the {
eachings of experience / have sown
not starlight and moonlight, but
seeds.
The next morning I could not rise:
{ was six weeks before l was able I
o leave my bed. During that saw,
Age illness I met each and every one $
II the reckless drafts l had been
lraving against my reserve vitality. |
Four times the doctors gave me up:
'nce even Frances lost hope. When l
was getting well she confessed to me Z
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