Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-22
Its horse sense," says he.

And I've no Q0uDt that to the aver age citizen, leading small, quiet life and dealing with affairs in corner grocery retail, the stupendous facts of accumulations of wealth and whole sale. far-and-wide purchases of the politicians. the vast system of bribery. with bribes adapted to every taste and conscience, seem impossi- bilities, romancings of partizanship and envy and sensationalism. Nor can he understand the way superior men play the great games, the heart 1 lessness of ambition. the cynicism of political and commercial prostitution, and the sense of superiority to the legal and moral codes which comes to men with success.
 Your average citizen is hero-wor- shiper, too. He knows his own and his neighbours weaknesses, but he gapes up at the great with glamoured eyes, and listens to their smooth plausibil- ities as to the reading of the Gospel from the pulpit. He belongs to the large mass of those who believe, not to the small class of those who ques- tion. But for the rivalries and ! jealousies of superior men which have kept them always divided into two parties, the ins and the outs, l imag- inc the masses would have remained forever sunk in the emost helpless, if the most delightful. slavery-that in which the slave accepts his lowliness as divine ordinance and looks up to his oppressors and plunderers as hero leaders. And no doubt, so long as the exuberant riches of our country enable the triumphant class to take care of" all the hungry who have in- telligence enough to make themselves dangerous, we shall have no change except occasional spasms whenever a large number of unplaced intelligent hungry are forcing the full and fat to make room for them. How long will this be?
 If our education did not merely feed prejudices instead of removing them, should say not long. As it is, I expect to leave the world as wick ed and as foolish as I found it." At any rate. until the millennium, I shall continue to play the game under the rules of human nature-instead of un- der the rules of human ideals, as does my esteemed friend Scarborough. And claim that we practical men are as true and useful servants of our country and of our fellow men as he. If men like him are the light, men like us are the lantern that shields 1t from the alternating winds of ra- pacity and resentment Y
 But, in running on about myself, have got away from my point. which was how slight and even flimsy a pretense of fairness will shelter a man in high place-and therefore a Burbank He will fool the people as easily as he fools himself," said I. And more than ever 1t seemed to me that must keep out of the game of his administration. My necessity of party regularity made 1t impos- sible for me to oppose him; my equal necessity of not outraging my sense of the wise, not to speak of the decent, made 1t impossible for me to abet him.
 At last Woodruff came in person. When his name was brought to me I regretted that could not follow my strong impulse to refuse to see him. But at sight of his big strong body and big strong face, with its typi- cally American careless good humor the cool head. the warm heart. the amused eyes and lips that could also harden into sternness of resolution at sight of this old friend and com panionin-arms, my mind began to lift and I felt him stirring in it like sunshine attacking a fog. T know what you've come to say" I began. but cont say 1t. shall keep to my tent for the present"
 Then you won't have tent to keep to-" retorted he.
 Very we'll" said I. My private affairs will give me all the occupa- tion I need"
 He laughed. "The general resigns from the command of the army to play with box of lead soldiers"
 That sounds we'll" said I. But the better the analogy. the worse the logic. I am going out of the business of making and working of gold bricks and green goods-and that's no analogy"
 Then you must be going to kill |, yourself" he replied, flor that is life"
 Public life-active life," said l. Here there are other things" and looked toward my two daughters, whose laughter reached us from their pony-cart just rounding a distant curve in the drive.
 His gaze followed mine, and he watched the two children until they were out of sight. watched them with the saddest. hurgriest look in his eyes. Guess yoa're right" he said gruffy.
 Afte- a silence I asked: Whats the neus?-
 A quizzical s-niic just curled his lips. and it broadered into a laugh as he saw my own rather shamefaced smile O. understanding. Seems to me" said he that I read somewhere once how a king. perhaps it was an emperor. so hankered for the quiet joys that he got off the throne and retired