Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1907-06-08

Woodruff replied the senator.
"Oh, lobbyist He does a good deal
for Roebuck believe An honest fell
low-for that kind-they tell me. It's
always well TO be civil to them"
Dunkirk's Initiation" Of me into the
duties of my office wiped away my
last lingering sense of double. or, at
least, doubtful, dealing. He told me
nothing that was not calculated to
mislead me And he was so glib
and so frank and SO sympathetic that,
had ! not known the whole machine
from the inside, should have been
his dupe.
1t is not pleasant 10 suspect that, in
some particular instance, one of your
fellowmen takes you for a simple-nnind-
ed fool To know you are being so
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-
ceiyer had ] been steadily at head
No II was, went L06FG
little and then gave orders, apparent
ly contenting myself with the credit
for what other men were doing in my
name. In fact. so obyious did / make
my neglect as chairman that the party
press commented on 1t and covertly
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 right-hand man And it is not
necessary for me to say where Wood
ruff got the orders he transmitted to
Thurston.
My excuse for keeping aloof was
that | was about to be transformed
into a man OF family AS | was fond
of children | had looked forward to
this with more eagerness than / ven
tured to show to my wife She might
not havel liked it, eager though she
was also. AS soon as she knew that
her longings were to be satisfied she
entered upon course Of preparation
so elaborate that | was secretly much
amused, though | thoroughly APP
proved and encouraged her. Every
moment OF her days was laid out in
some duty imposed upon her by the
regimen she had arranged after
study of all that science says on the
subject.
pcrfact tropoui1lifv uyoc
mental of the regime. she permitted
nothing to ruffie her But Ed more
than made up for her calm. Two
weeks before the event, she fort de
him TO enter her preserce-"or any
part of the grounds where I'm likely
to see you said she. The very
sight OF you looking so frustrated I'M
nerves me"
While he and | were waiting in the
sittingroom for the news, he turned
his heart inside out.
Il want to tel you. Harvey" said
he, that the-boy or girl-whichever
1t isis to be my heir"
Il shan't hold you to that" / re-
piled with laugh.
Moth never marry" he went on.
There was an-an angel You know
the Shaker settlement well, out
there
! looked at him in wonder. If ever
there was a man who seemed unro-
mantle. it was he. heavy and prosaic
and so shy that he was visibly agitat-
Cd ~ IN wv
quantance.
81 met her" he was saying, when |
was driving that way-the horse ran,
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
ether side in all the galleries suggest
her. Well-her parents were 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 suf-
fer! 1t wore her 10 a shadow. She
wouldn't marry me-wouldn't let me
so 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 there'd been misun-
derstanding about the place. was in
one place, she in another. And the
cold-you see, she couldn't fight
against it. And-and-there won't be
another, Harvey. All women are
sacred to me for her sake, but
couldn't any more marry than | could
could stop feeling her sitting beside
me, just little way off, wrapped in
her drab shawl, with her face-like
glimpse through the gates Of Heaven"
(To be continued Lext week.