Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-19
CHAPTER xxIv. Granby lntrudes Again.


 The adulation of the free excursion fists had poured in upon him, the eulogies in the newspapers. the flat. teries of those about him, eager to make themselves "solid" with the man who might soon have the shak- ing of the huge. richly laden presi- dential boushs of the plum tree-this combination of assaults upon sanity was too strong for man with such vanity as his, traitor within. He had convinced his last prudent doubt that he was indeed "child of des- tiny" He was resentful lest might possibly think myself more important than he to the success of the cam paign And his resentment was deep ened by the probably incessant re- minders of his common sense that all this vast machine, public and secret, could have been set in motion just as effectively for any one of score of statesmen" conspicuous in the party.
 I saw through his labored cordial ity; and it depressed me again. started me down toward those depths of elfcondemnation from which had been held up for a few days by the excitement of the swiftly throng- ing events and by the necessity of putting my whole mind upon moves for my game.
 T am heartily glad you were sue Icessful," he began when we were alone. That takes a weight of my mind"
 You misunderstood me, see," said l. T haven't got anything from those people in New York as yet. But within a week they'll be begging me to take whatever I need. Thwings veport will put them in panic" His face fell Then I must be es- pecially courteous to Goodrich" he said, after thinking intently. Your hopes might be disappointed"
 Not the slightest danger was my prompt assurance. And if you take my advice, you will ask Goodrich how his agent found Senator Scarborough's health, and then order him out of this house. Why harbor deadly snake that can be of no use to your
 ''But you seem to forget, Harvey, that he is the master of at least the eastern wing of the party. And you must now see that he will stop at nothing unless he is pacifed."
 He is the fetch-and-carry of an i'm. pudent crowd in Wall street." re- torted. that is all. When they find he can no longer do their crrands they'll throw him over and come to us. And we can have them on our own terms"
 We argued. with growing Irritation on both sides, and after an hour or SO. I saw that he was hopelessly un- der the spell of his pettiness and his moral cowardice. He had convinced himself that I was jealous of Good rich and would sacrifice anything to gratify my hate. And Goodrichs sending an agent to Scarborough had only made him the more formidable fin Burbank's eyes. As looked in upon his mind and watched it's weak, foolish little workings. my irritation subsided. Do as you think best" said I, wearily. But when he pre- sents the mortgage you are going to give him on your presidency, remem. Der my warning"
 He laughed this on. feeling my point only In his vanity, not at all in his judgment And how will you re- celve him, Harvey? He will be sure to come to you next-must, as you are in charge of my campaign"
 "Tll tell him straight out that I'll have nothing to do with him." said I. .blandly. The Wall street submission to the party must be brought to me by some other ambassador. I'll not help him to fool his masters and to hide 1t from them that he has lost control"
 I could have insisted. could have destroyed Goodrich - for Burbank would not have dared disobey me. But the campaign. politics in gen eral, life itself. filled me with disgust, . paralyzing disgust that made me almost lose confidence in my theory of practical life.
 Whats the use7" I said to myself "Let Burbank keep his adder. Let it sting him. If 1t so much as shoots . fang at me, I can crush it." And SO Burbank lifted up Goodrich and gave hostage to him: and Good rich. warned that I would not deal with him. made some excuse or other to his masters for sending Senator Revell to me. See Woodruff" said I to Revell. for was In no mood for fheh business. He knows best what we need"
 They gave up too damn cheerful ly." Woodruff said 10 me. when I saw him . week or ten days later. and he gave me an account of the nego- tiations. T suspect they've paid more before"
 They have" said l. Tn two cam paisns where they had to elect against hard times"
 But I've notion he warned me. ~that our candidate has promised them something privately" No doubt" replied. as indifferent ly as I felt
 l had intended to make some speeches-I had always kept the pub iic side of my carer in the fore ground. and in this campaign my en- forced prominence as director of the ] machine vas causing the public to i