The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-03
Richmond, Va, March 3, 1907.

in their surroundings
AT sight Of the girl, the formal lines
about Gives mouth were broken by
smile Of very genuine pleasure. a smile
that gave younger aspect to his
grave face, and found ready answer
in the brown eyes that met his.
Haven't you toilcd at q forlorn hope
long enough?" he asked, as the awei
beings drifted away into the uncom-
Portable crowd, carrying their burden
of Jewels with them.
IA forlorn hope?" she queried, puz-
zlcd.
you actually seemed to be trying
to galvanize at least segment OF this
fportentous gathering into a scmblance
OF life. Don't do 1t. In the first place
you can't. acknowledgements and Pomp-
ton Avenue. people won't blend. In the
second place, 1t isn't expected OF you.
The papers Tomorrow will record the
right names just as jealousy as IL
every one had had good time. Sup
pose you concentrate all your efforts
on me. Come! 1t will be real work
OF charity. For Mr. Conover has just
shown mo how thoroughly I'm the
prodigal. And he didn't even hint at
the whereabouts OF a fatted calf. Please
be merciful and make me have good
time. It's months since I've seen you
to talk to-"
Then why don't you come here Of
tener?" she asked, as they made their
way through the press. and found an
unoccupied alcove between two OF tho
great rooms. I'm sure Mrs. Conover
my poor aunt? Shed be frightened
to death that Conover and ! would
quarrel. No, no! Tonight Is an ex-
ception. The first and the last.
persuaded myself came because OF
,t r 1x
for chat with YOU
She looked at him. doubling how to
accept this bald compliment. But his
face was boyish in its sincerity.
,You and l used to be such good
friends" he went on, "and now we
never see any more OF each other.
Why don't we?"
II think you know as well as l.
You no longer come here-you have
not come, think, since year before
] arrived. And go almost nowhere
since
"since you gave up all your old
world and the people who cared for
you and became drudge In the Como
yer household? II you were TO be
found anywhere else, you would see SO
much OF mo that I'd bore you to ex-
tnction. But 1t would be even un-
pleasantcr for you than for me II
were to call on you here. l miss
our old-time talks more than l can
say,
how We used to argue over politics,
an, and heY yna xtoqfh there We're two things no
woman could understand, anu that poll
tics was one and finance tue other?
And you would always make the
same retort: That woman's combined
Ignorance Of politics and finance were
pure knowledge as compared with the
mems ignorance of women. It wasn't
especially logical repartee, but IT al
ways served to shut me up"
II wish we had time for another po-
litical spat. Some day we must. You
see. I've learned such a lot about poll
tics-and finance, too-practical poll
tics and fnance-since came here.
DECIDEDLY practical fancy. II Mr.
Conoyer was your teacher. He doesn'
20 in much for idealism."
and your" asked Anice. ignoring
the slur "Arc you sui as rabid a
ever in your ideas Of reform? But
Of course. you are. For read onl!
last week that you had been electe,
president of the Civic League. wan
to congratulate you. It's a splendi
movement, even though Mr.. Conove
declares it's hopeless" !.
"Good citizenship is never quit
hopeless, even in boss-ridden com
muntty like GRANITE, anu u ooss-so'S
erned Commonwealth like the Noun
tain State. The people will wake U
some day..
.Their snorcs sound very peacef'
and regular just now" remarked Anic
with hippancy whereof she mad II
grace to be ashamed.
"Perhaps," he smiled the sount
YOU and ConoverN mistake for snor'
may possibly be groans."
How delightfully."- dramatic! Tn
would sound splendidly on the =. stump
what do YOU mean ~ Are you 9
sNo. il am going to runifor Cove
nor this fall
"WHAT?"
"Do you know" observed standi.
'.when you open your eyes that "
YOU really look a.
Never mind how I look! Tell
about !,
my campaign? It is nothing y
But tho Civic League is planning 9
more effort to shake off Conover,s 9
on the throat of the Mountain STATE
another good stump line, by the " Y
And I have been asked to run 1or-d'