Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-07-13

borough has set the people crazy. !
can't imagine what possesses these
men OF property with interests
throughout the. country. They are
inviting ruin"
l smiled. Ny dear Roebuck." / re
piled, do you suppose I'm the man
TO put all my eggs into one basket
and that basket Wall street,"
And / refused to talk any more
politics with him. We dined togeth-
err, I calm and in the best of spirits:
we went to musicE farce, and he
watched me glumly as l showed my
lightness of heart. Then / went
alone. at midnight, to the Chicago
express sleeper-to lie awake all night
staring at the phantoms OF ruin that
moved in dire panorama before me-
In every great affair there is a crisis
at which one must stake all upon a
single throw | had staked all upon
Wall street Without its contribu-
lions, Woodruff's arrangements could
not be carried out
When / descended at the Fredonia
station | found De Milt waiting for
me. He had news that was indeed
news. l shall give it here more con-
secutively than my impotence for the
event permitted him to give it to
me.
About ten days before, a para
graph in one of Burbank's pilgrim
age" speeches had been twisted by
the reporter so that 1t seemed a per-
sonal attack upon Scarborough. AS
Burbank was stickler for the Ell
quette of campaigning, he not only
sent out denial and correction,
but also directed De Milt to go to
Scarborough's home at Saint X, In
diana, and convey the explanation in
a personal message. De Milt ar
rived at Saint x at eight in the even
ing. AS he was leaving the parlor
car he saw man emerge from Its
drawing groom. make hssty descent
to the platform, hurriedly engage
station hack and drive away. De
Milt had an amazing memory for iden-
Understanding far rarer than mem
ory merely for faces. He was CON
vinced he knew that man; and being
shrewd and quick of thought he
jumped into a trap and told the driver
to follow the hack which was just
disappearing. A few minutes driving
and he saw II turn In at a gate
way
Whose place is THAR" he asked.
"The old Gardiner homestead" was
the answer. President Scarborough
lives there"
De Milt did not discuss this rather
premature emitting OF Senator Scar
borough. He said: "Oh-Pve made a
mistake" descended and sent his
trap away. Scarborough's house was
quiet, not soul about lights In
only few windows. De Milt strolled
In at the open gates and, keeping
out Of view, made a detour Of the
gardens, the clay" OF which he could
see by starlight. He was soon IN
line with the front door-his man
was parIeying with a servant. "Evi-
IDENTIFY he's not expected" thought
my client OF publicity.
Soon his man entered. De Milt,
keeping in the shadows, moved round
the house until he was close under
open windows from which came
light and mems voices. Peering
through a bush he saw at table
desk man whom he recognized az
Senator Scarborough. Seated oppo-
site him, with very uneasy, depre-
eating expression on his face, was
John Thwing, president Of the Allan
tic & Western system, and Senator
Goodrich's brother-in-law.
De Milt could not hear what
Thwing was saying. so careful was
that experienced voice to reach only
the ears for whom its insinuatlng
subtleties were intended But he saw
a puzzled look come into Scarbor-
ough's face. heard him say: II don't
think I understand you, John"
Thwing unconsciously raised his