The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

aunt III another pnrt OF IoWn , n,,.. 4.
n ntzaet Wyak h ha @h assGSq her Sn
aso from Pn1h her Nm brl that har
brother had Instructions to deliver ito to
Conover's rcprcsen tatiyc any time AFTER
noon on election day the#Denzlow ie'-
i on the eve Of eleett 6ne w wns
another the story WAS mo y d no,u
duties had been given. Conover, re-
turning home from his headau;a {. r ,,r5
felt as though the weight5 Of weeks e,,st ma ha
had done all mortal man could. ne Es
was not, like u weaker soul, troubled ca
about the morrow. That could take
Worrying could not affect the result.
Hence. lie did not worry
AS lie turned into Ponpton .ANcnuo
by the garsh white marble Mausoleum,
Ills step was as strong and 8untire {. a., as
an athletes. On his frame Of steel
OF past weeks had left no4visiblc mark
a few steps in advancc. of him, and
going in the same direction, slouched
q ank enervated figure.
street lamp, recognized Gerald, and
moved faster to catchfup with him. ~
think OF domestic affairs. Caleb was
more than little concerned OF late
over the behavior. OF this only son of
Granite, Gerald's demeanors had under-
gone change that had puzzled even
Ills fathers acute mind; He had
3 waSed listless, taciturn@ and uhnatural-
y docic No command seemed too
distastcfu for him to execute uncom-
plaininyly. No outbreak Of rough sar-
casm Or wrath from Caleb could draw
from him Il retort, nor so much as
show of interest, Conovcr knew tn.
lad had taken to drinking heavily and
drfanent,y but also sGsrans d deep
outward effect than to increase his
listless apathy.
Partly from malice. partly to rouse
him MANY details of campaign work
TO the older MANS wonderment Ger
aid had aceomplishea fSsu task with
tencc that was SO unlike his old self
rs to seem the labor Of another man.
More and more, since Anice's depart
aids helm. And now tno longer
astonishod him to find such help cap
ably given, Yet the father was not
TT amt natural" hessai1 TO l,im-
ssf as he now now oveEhag p,n lis son m
crazy, too. If he keeps up those moon%
wfX e IF III IL the sakngpE pro-
slap between Gerald's narrow. shout
az GERS But pos sySn ha ext aa sSokeG
from its victim
ouerad cal e,e falling into step wi With
his :;Y S9n::.
Make out any of that 1padronc list
'I've just finished It. Here it Isl"
Why, for a chap ike you that lists
I'll tic tpciturnlad The salow. lean
face. with its dark followed eyes, was
"sayl" demanded conover, whats
the matter with you. anyhow?
Nothing
Mr., sick, or anythins?"
"S Mi wi gr9uc Rsa;, over that Eirl?"
you're well out Of It; # she'd cared
ANYTHING for yo,, she'd never have set
tied with my, New York lawyer for
alton suit she was starting against
You're yell !, OF it, II, IN send you
diverce on on tHe e No one Da afound
here'll eyer know.you ", was married,
won't hurt you. You've acted pretty
dcccntly lately. Jerry, and I'm not half
sorry changed my minu on tnat
heavy father stunt and didn't kick
you out. After all, one marriage more
a failing. so long as folks don't let it
get to be a habit. You acted like an
idiot. But bygoncs are bygones. SO
cut out the sulks. Cheap chorus girls
weren't made for grown men to
"iil. thank you to say nothing
against her.. interviewed Gerald stiffly,
with the first faint show OF interest
his father had observed in him for
weeks.
in high, good humor, glad to have
broken even 50 slightly, into the others
armor of apathy. In her case, maybe,
least said the better So you're still
homesicling for her--and for New
York, eh!"
Yes
"stiIl feel yogar own city amt good
what place is for a man who has
lived in New York;"
"Rot! What place tsp About ten
thousand places! And some seventy
million Americans living in those
places arc as good and as happy and
stand pretty near rs good chance
OF the pearly gates as II they had the