The Washington herald., 1907-02-17
SYNOPSIS rREor,I0G CHAPTERS.

Jimmy Grayson. the dark horse of naticnsi con
yention. is nominated for the Presidency. Harley.
the correspondent Of the New York Gazette, Is the
first 10 tel the candidate the good news. He ac-
companies he GTaysons TO their Western home AID
meets GFaysons niece. Sylvia Morgan The two are
mutually attracted. On the night Of GTaysons great
speech Sylvia, IN her enthusiasm, throws her AIMS
about Gray sons neck ard kisses him. On the fol-
lowing morning Harley finds the incident illustrated
in the yellow journals ana sylvia named as Gray
sons Egcia; the beautiful Young girl who furnishes
Western fire Tor his speeches. Chmclnll, CORE
spondCnt OF the Monitor. New York's yellow jour
nal, allies himself with a party Of iEanciers vino
fellow GIayson to Milwaukee. ard. By process OF
fattcry, mdUce Churchill to start opposition
movement. king Pummer. political power in
the West and a northumberland. appears On the
seine Harley believes him to be Sylvias uncle, bus
learns that be is her guardian and bctrCthed-
ChuTchilIs dispatches are read to the GTayson
party by Hobart. newspaper man. Sylvia promises
to win over Churchill.
The triumph Of the candidates cratory is reached
at Weeping Water where Grayson. after riding 400
miles and making 3 speeches. holds audience
spelbound troIa midnight until m the morning,
while a blizzard is raging
Driving over the plains the candidate Harley, and
the driver are lost and seek shelter in lonely house,
where tgaEccy-uugarthed By Hariey-is under way
The following day hnds the candidates party re-
united P,uumeT witnesses SyYia's warm welcome
Of Harley. and is brought TO realize his age Heath
cote arrives from the East. He Is Just back from
Europe. and travels with O valet. lie assumes man
asen-cut ~ GIays0ns campaign The citizens VI the
Colorado t0Eu and tho Newspaper correspondents
hold an indignation meeting. and Harley maps alt
a line u action which is % make the way SO rough
Tor HcathCg,e and his valet that they VIII be dis
c0ursscd with campaigning IN the West.
TIN party reaches GIaVie for Sunday, where
hanging is about 10 occur Hobart interviews the
condemned youth and is convinced Of his inno-
cence. He holds conference with Grayson and
the nlXt night WHOM the opera house is crowded for
GuysJus speech. Hobart manages % have the three
false witnesses 10 the murder IN attendance. The
candidate appears the stage with the light oi
great eageness in his eyes, confronts the audience
and bis speech eloquent it induces the guilty
man 70 confess IN spite Of his triumph he realizes
that Harley stands best in the favor o. Sylvia and
his niece Is grateful 20 him for the consideration he
shows. The rivalry between Harley and King
tlUmmer still continues. while the Political cam
paign goes en- The candidate makes an exceptional
speech, and while he Is making It the love AFFAIR
moves 50 rapidly that Jimmy Grays3u becomes as
surod that Sylvia does not love Plummer, the aged
but dos love Harley AIRS Gayson does all that
she can 20 make the way smooth for Harley in his
love affair. but Sylvia, having given her promise to
king Piummer Is resolved 10 keep her word 20
him if he holds her TO il. However, plummer re-
leases her seen he discovers the truth. Plum
uer determines 10 beat GIays0n now and il seems
Is If Grays0n has abandoned hope.