The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-29

/ littcal wizard. 1t Is by such judiciouS
use Of their few strokes of good luck
that successful men get their glamour
| Of the superhuman. In the eyes OF
the average man. who IL lazy or In
termittent. the result of plain, incSs-
SAINT, unintermittent work is amaz-
Ing enough All that is needed to
make him cry: Genius" is a little
luck adroitIy exploited
l left Woodruff to join Dunkirk
Who is that chap over there-Dr.
| Woodruff" / asked him.
Woodruff" replied the senator
| "Oh, a lobbyist He does a good deal
lov--fer that kand-tAey toll ne. rs
always we'll to BE- civil to them"
Dunkirk's Initiation" Of mo tz:o the
duties Of nay once wiped away my
last lingering sense Of double, or, at
least, doubtful, dealing. He told me
nothing that was not calculated to
misiead me- And he was so glib
and 80 frank and so sympathetic that,
had 1 not known the whole machine
from the inside, I should have been
his dupe.
1t Is not pleasant to suspect that. in
some particular instance, one of your
fellow men takes you for simple-mind-
ed fool To know you are being 50
regarded, not in one instance, but In
general, is the highest degree exas-
perating. no matter how well your
vanity is under control
Perhaps / should not have been able
to play my part and deceive my de-
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quarters. AS it was, / went there
little and then gave orders. apparent
1y contenting myself with the credit
for what other men were doing In my
name In fact. 50 obvious did make
my neglect as chairman that the party
press commented on it and covertly
criticized me. Dunkirk mildly re-
preached me for lack Of interest He
did not know-indeed he never knew
that his chief Lieutenant. Thurston,
in charge at headquarters. had gone
over to the enemy and was Wood
ruff's righthand man. And 1t Is not
necessary for me to say where Wood
RUIZ got the orders he transmitted to
Thurston.
Ny excuse for keeping aloof was
into . man of family. AS I was fond
Of children I had looked forward to
this with more eagerness than l ven
tured TO show to my wife. She might
not have liked 1t, eager though she
was also. As soon as she knew that
her longings we're to be satisfied she
entered upon a course of preparation
80 elaborate that I was secretly much
amused, though l thoroughly ap-
proved aud encouraged her. Every
moment Of her days was laid out in
some duty imposed upon her by tho
regimen she had arranged after
study Of all that science says on the
subject.
AS perfect tranquility was a fmda-
mental of the regime, she permitted
nothing to rune her But Ed more
than made up for her calm Two
weeks before the event, she forbade
him to enter her presence-"or any
part Of the grounds where I'm likely
to sec you" said she. The very
sight Of you looking SO frustrated un-
nerves me"
While he and l were waiting in the
sitting room for the news, he turned
his heart inside out
X want to tell you, Harvey" said
he, that the-boy or girl-whichever
1t isis to be my heir.
'I shan't hold you 70 that" re-
piled with laugh.
"No-I'll never marry" he went on.
There was an-an angel. You know
the Shaker settlement?-well, out |
there"
] looked at him in wonder. II ever |
there was man who seemed unro- |
it was he, heavy and prosaic |
and so shy that he was visibly agitat- |
ed even in bowling to a woman ac- |
Quaintance.
Il met her" he was saying, when 1 |
was driving that way-the horse ran. I |
was thrown out. and her parents had
to take me in and let her nurse me.
You've seen her face-or faces like it.
Most of those Madonnas over on the
other side in all the galleries suggest
her. Well-her parents we're furious
wouldn't hear OF it-you know
Shakers think marriage and love and
all those things are wicked. And she
thought so, too. How she used to SUI
Ter! 1t wore her to shadow. She
wouldn't marry me-wouldn't let me
30 much as touch her hand. But we
used to meet and-then she caught a
cold-waiting hours for me, one win
ter night. when thered been a misun-
ierstanding about the place. was In
one place, she in another. And the
,old-you see. she couldn't fight
against it And-aud-there won't be
mother. Harvey. All women are
sacred to me for her sake, but l
couldn't any more marry than could
could stop feeling her sitting beside
ne. Just little way off. wrapped in
Ter drab shawl, wisn her face-like a |
glimpse through the gates of Heaven
Within me up-started the memories
hat I kept battered down.
Your children are mine, too, Har
rev." he ended.
l took from Carlotta's work-basket
IN unfinished bit of baby clothing. l
rent to him and held it up and point
ID 10 the raoro-Ean she had embro!d-
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