The Washington herald., 1907-01-13

they generally set it down as one OF the
faults of success; therefore they could
smile.
But Mr Anderson was hcspitable. in
sisting that the candidate and his family
instead Of spending the first night II the
hotel. should go with him 10 his house.
Il have room and 20 spare. he said.
with a slight touch Of Importance. MY
house VIII be hon0rcd il Il can shelter
tonight the next President Of the United
States"
Thank you for the invitation" said
Jimmy Crayson gr1vely. Il shall be glad
20 join you with my family and Mr.. Har-
ey Mr.. Harley has become in a sense
one os my advisers, almost a lieutenant
l might say"
Mr.. Anderson was not intending TO ask
Harley. us the correspondent knew, but
the candidate had included him so deity
that the important citizen must do So tco.
and he widened the invitation with cour-
tcsy. Harley, always IL search OF new
types, always anxious TO explore the
secrets Of new lands, accepted as prompt
ly as Il the request had been spontaneous.
Although his house was only a lew
hundred yards away, Mr.. Anderson took
them there in his twO-seated highly pol
isheG carriage, drawn by a pair Of seal
=
as he cracked his whip contentedly over
them. Il brought them all the way from
Kentucky. Cost me a lot. too"
The Anderson house was really fine.
buile of light stone, standing far hack on
"a wide lawn. and Harley could see that
the good taste of some one had presided
al its birth. 1t had an Eastern air OF
quiet and completion. When AIr. Andey-
son. glaucing at his guests, beheld the
look of approval On their faces, he was
pleased, and said. in an easy off-hand
manner.
Been u2 only four years: planned il
myself, with a little help from wife and
daughter
Harley at once surmised that the good
effect was due 10 the taste OF the wife
or daughter. or both. and he was con-
lirmed in the opinion whom he met Mrs.
Anderson. q slight, modest woman. su-
perior TO her husband in some respects
that Harley thought important. The
daughter did not appear until just before
dinner. but when she came into the par
ior to meet the guest the correspondent
held his breath fo- a moment
Rare and beautiful flowers bloom nov
and then on the cold plains Of the gre1t
Northwest. and Harley said in his heart
that Helen Anderson was one Of the
rarest and most beautiful Of chem all II
was not alone the beauty OF face and
figure, but Il was even more. the nobility
n expression and singular touch OF
pathos. IS if neither youth nor beauty had
kept from her a great sadness This a.
most hidden note OF sorrow seemed %
Harley TO make perfect her grncc and
charm, and he felt, stranger though be
was, that he was willing 20 sacrifice him
self 20 protect her from some blow un-
known 20 him. Speaking cf it afterward.
he found that she bad the same effect
upon the candidate. II felt that l must be
her champion" said Wr: Grayson Why
I Gid not know, but 7 wanted 10 fight FOR
her
Miss Anderson herself was unconscious
OF the impression that she created. and
she strove only 20 ente~t5in her fathers
guests, task in which she achieved the
full measure &C success. Mr.. Anderson
mentioned, casually, how ne had sent her
20 Wellesley. and Harley saw CIat her
horizon was wider than that Of her par
ents. But The pathetic. appealing look
came now and then into her beautiful
eyes. and Harley was convinced of her
unEarpiness. Once he saw a sudden
glance. as Of sympathy and understand
ing. pass between her and Sylvia.
Il was not long before the secret OF
Helen Anderson was told u him. because
Il was no secret AT all The whole town
was proud OF her, and everybody in 1t
knew that she was in love with Arthur
Lee. the young lawyer whose sign hung
on the main street Of EgmOnt before an
Office which was yet Uuvisited by clients.
Ii was true love on both sides. they said.
with sympathy, they had been boy and
girl together, and during her long stay IN
the East at school she had never forget
ten him. But 3fr. Anderson would have
none Of the briefess youth; his prosperity
had fed his pride-a lawyer without q case
was not a fit match for his daughter II
YOU were famous. If 1t were common talk
that some day you might be governor CT
United States Senator. I might consent.
but. sir. you have done nothing" he had
said, with cruel sarcasm to Lee.
Il was q bitter truth, and Lee himself.
high and honorable in all his nature. saw
f. The girl. too. had Old-fashioned ideas
Of duty 10 parents. and when her father
bade her think no more Of Lee she hum
bly, bowed her head. But the town said.
and the town knew. that the more she
sought 10 put him out OF her heart. the
more strongly intrcnchcd was he there:
that while she now tried to think of him
not at all. she thought OF him all the
time
The whole story was brought to Harley:
il was not in his nature to ply into the
sacred mysteries of a young girls heart.
but the tale moved him all the more
deeply when he saw young Lee, "A man
with a high. noble brow and clear. open
/ eyes. through which his honest soul
shone. that all might see But upon his
z ct
/ that lowered over Helen Anderson's. as
. If hope were lacking
/ Harley met young Lee two or three
{ times, and on each occasion purposcly
/ prolonged the talk. because the young
/ lawyer without a case aroused his inter
( est and sympathy. He soon discovered
+ that Lee had an uncommon mind acute
I penetrating, and on fire with noble ideals
/ But il was a fire that smoldered Unseen
+ He had never had a chance; it would
! come TO him some day. Harley knew, but
/ it might be. if surely would be, too late
Harley had seen much of the world, its
glory and its shame alike. and he was
| convinced that nothing else in Il was
worth so much to man as the spontane-
/ Gus love of a pure woman and happy
marriage. He knew from dear experience
/ how much Lee was losing-nay, had los;
already-aud his pity was deeply stirred
I He wished to speak of it to Sylvia, but
/ the thought Of such words only made MS
/ own wound the deeper. The whole town
was on the side Of the lovers. but il was
/ bound and helpless; the fathers com
mand and Lees own honor We're barriers
that could not be passed.
The people about Egmont were so much
delighted with Mr. Grayson's speech that
they demanded a second from him. and
with his usual gOod-natUre. ne yielded
although Harley knew that he was feel
ing the strain Of SUCH long and severe
/ campaign. The evening of the fifth day
( after his arrival was set for the time
and he was expected to deliver the ad-
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