The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-29

6lnG1nE Y0ur Hi8nneSs praises and thinks you are the peerles. one. You could not have named a better captain to marshal your lesions.
 Governor-Now, not least but last. what of my Overton?
 Fort--That he Is but a few ounces 1 in product but over a ton in loyalty. oovernor--Fort. for Heavens sake ! stop your confounded punning. I be- lieve you would pun on my name. be- hind my back Running, my dear Fort, is the lowest order of wit, and I never | knew a man who was worth a straw when once he acquired the bad habit of punning. Next to drinking. it Is | the worst habit which besets the hu- man race Avoid it, avoid it. avoid it. Fort-l presumed. my liege. to men | tion the rumblings of discontent among the faithful. This might indicate that the briliancy of your sun was not SO ! bright. as 1t was. and that your power. oh. pardon me. my Iiese. was on the wane. Was not the episode with the editors a miscue. Your Highness and will 1t not tend to weaken you with | the hill billies. They may think you are only human, after all
 1 Governor-Then thou sticked a dag
 ger in me. I had. as you know. exer~ cised the right to criticize when and where and whom I pleased. I have A pla ayful habit of shaking my nnger in the faces Of people and telling them what their duty is. It was the first | time my bluff was ever called and to think it should have been done by a | lot of quill drivers. I was astounded and for the moment dumbfounded Fort--I notice that the senator from | Mobile arose in his place and said tn, l Introduction of the resolutions some q, ! which were complimentary. was an in | suit to you.
 | Governor--Yes, I know he said so | but do you know Fort that am no | 90 certain that he is a better judas | of the proposition than Mir. Greer ant l some of the others who were there ant l who seemed to think l had received only what I deserved, being a sues | and insulting my host besides Fort | what some people don't know about propriety would fill two large volumes 8 | What say the rabble. the vulgar herd | about my outing on that occasion es pecially in the scene when I used tht memorable words. Senator, thanh | you. I thank you. I thank you" whicf will live when Ceasar's veni. vidi vici. are forgotten.
 Fort.-I know my leiEe. it must hav' l been a very dramatic scene The pa
 pers reported that you had your ha l in hand and backed towards the door
 keeping your face to the audience
 while you bowed and withdrew. I must have been fine acting.
 Governor--So 1t was Fort, the bes | I ever did You will observe I said '' | thank you. three times. I got thi idea from Macbeth when one of thu | witches says, Thrice the brindled ca l hath mewed." Shapespeare. who wal 1 most deeply skilled in the laws of na ture, had some purpose in making th | brindle cat mew three times It wa l too add emphasis. As to backing to
 wards the door while I used the words
 you readily know where l got tha
 idea
 Fort-I think I do Your Highness
 From Hamlet.
 is the scene where Ophelia tells he
 father of Lord Hamlets visit and O
 his hard holding of her wrist. sh | says. That done. he lets me go. An' l with his head over his shoulder tuIn l ed. He seemed to find his way with
 out his eyes; for out of doors he wen
 without their help. And. to the las,
 pended their light on me Then Wit
 the trembling voice and tears Tn m, | .y.. if was as dramatic as I kneV
 how to make it. thought l had won
 Fort-My Lord, be not so sure Q l that. Some have gone so lar as
 doubt the tears being genuine all l only today down at the public square,
 saw A man who, as he accepted an Tn 1 vitation to join a party in socia | glass. took off his hat and held It II | his hand and with a sweeping DOW sa'
 "Senator. I thank you, l thank you,
 thank you" The vulgar herd, as yo, l call them are as you see' aireau
 turning your expression into ridicuie
 fear Your Excellency played th | wrong card. |. row
 Governor-I am quite sure of 1t no"
 Fort. thought 1t was the JoNeF
 had up my sleeve. but 1t turned ou'
 tn he the d-n little deuce Of spades
 and I made a muss of it. Excuse the
 profanity, Fort. have not sworn
 since I was a boy. but this missplay mas unset me most. horribly. I fear also
 Fort. that I am not the statesman
 thought I was. l fear that even l nave made mistakes. Is 1t not so? Speak
 plainly. Fort, for l find it most dit-
 ficult to get men who will speak fair' lv and candidly to me What say the people?
 Fort-Embol ldened by Your Highness permission, l will tell you that tney say you have made a great many mis- takes. They say you made serious | mistake in opposing the election o'
 Bankhead as Senator. They say you
 made A grievous blunder in attempt 1 ing to tax foreign money so high al i to preclude it coming into the state and they say you are radical in your | views in regard to railroads-that | u.h,Ia thev are highways they are no