The Washington herald., 1907-01-13


cred her duty. He drew courage from her
and he lifted his head proudly. although
his eyes expressed grief alone.
Yes. l have only TO start" he re-
Piled you knew / have little to take
l make Just one more public appearance
IN Egmont Mr.. Grayson speaks here
again tomorrow night. and the commit
tee, by some chance-a chance 1t must
have been-Aas put me on the list Of
speakers"
'Oh. Arthur. 1t may be an opportunity
FOR you"
She was eager, flushed. her eyes fam
ing and uplifted 70 his.
1T might be- Helen. at any other time,
but this is evil fortune. J am Of the
other party: l must speak against him F.
we are fair to both SIDES here: he viii
have the right OF rejoinder, and you
know what he is, Hclen-the greatest
orator in America. perhaps in all the
world. No one yet has ever been able
TO defeat him, and what chance have J.,
with no experience, against the most
formidable debater I'm existence? l should
shlrk 1t. Helen. il the people would not
think me a coward"
"Oh, Arthur what an ordeal She
looked up at him with wet. tender eyes.
Harley, ut the mention OF Jimmy Gray
sons name, glanced away from the
lovers and toward the candidate. He saw
him start, and a singular. soft expression
pass over his face, 20 be followed BY one
Of doubt
Now I shall go, Helen" said Arthur.
1T was wrong Of me 70 ask you 10 meet
me here, but l could not go away without
seeing you alone and speaking 10 you
alone. as ! do now"
Il was glad to come"
lie took her hands again. and for a few
moments they stood, gazing into each
others eyes, where they saw all the
grief Of "a last parting. Harley wished TO
turn his gaze away, but somehow. he
could not There was silence in the
grounds. save that gentle, signing sound
OF the wind through the leaves and grass:
and only the moon looked down.
Suddenly the youth bent his bead. kissed
the girl on The lips. and thea ran swiftly
through the shrub5ery. rs II he could not
+ bear TO hesitate or look back.
1T was their first kiss" murmured
/ Harley.
7 did not see IT," said Jimmy Gray
son. turning bis eyes away.
And their last" murmured Harley.
T The girl stood like a statue. still deadly
I pale, but Harley saw that her eyes werl
/ luminous II was the man whom Ihe
( loved who had taken her first kiss. 10th
+ ing could alter that beautiful fact. She
( listened as II she could hear his las,
retreating footstcQ on the grass dying
away Ike an echo. Harley and the Candi-
+ date watched her until her slender figure
IN the white draperies was hid by The
house. and then they. tv5. went back
i TO the street.
! Neither spoke until they passed the l5w
stone wall. and then the candidate said
/ brusquciy.
Harley unless this moonlight Geceives
me. there is moisture on your cyclds
+ What dU you mean by such unm5Biy
3 weak aknessE
Harley smiled. but. refraining from IN.
/ ia quoque. iefs Jimmy Crays1n To lead
the way. and ne noticed that he chose a
7 course that did not take them back Il
F the hotel. Moreover. be did not speak
again for LONG time, and Harley walked
ON by his side, silent, too but taOuShtiuI
and kcenly observant lie saw that hiz
friend vas troubled. and he OWNED ;he
+ great struggle that was going on IN DIS
mind Whether DC could do Il II lie We're
I IN the place Of the candidate he was ua-
able 10 say, and be was glad that the
decision DID not lie with himself
They walked on and on until they leC.
+ the town and were out upon the broad
prairie. where the wind moa1ed 81 q
louder key, and the candidates face was
( still troubled.
Harley" said the candidate, at last,
/ Il cannot get rid OF the look IN tina,
girls eyes"
4 do not wish to DO 50. said Har-
/ leg.
/ II was nearly midnight when he turned
and began 10 walk back toward the
town. The moonlight, breaking through
u cloud. again flooded Jimmy Graysou' 5
/ face. and Harley, who knew MIN so well
saw that the look of trouble had passed
( The lips were compressed and firm. and ir
I his eyes shoue the clear light Of decision
Har.ey's feelings, as hc saw, were mingl ed
a strange compound of elati5n and ap-
F pTetcnsion. But at the hotel he said
F gravely Goodnight" and the cand.-
+ date replied with equal seriousness
/ Goodnight Neither referred 10 whar
/ they had seen nor 10 what they expected
/ The second speech at Egmont Crcw ~
even greater audience than the first. as
the fame Of Jimmy Grays0n's power,
/ spread fast. and there would be- ;O5
/ the added spice OF combat: members q,
/ the other party would accept his chai-
/ ien8c, replying 60 his logic Il they could
and the hall was crowded early with
eager people. Harley. sitting a the back
I of the stage. saw the Hon. John Ander-
/ son come in. importantly. his Wife under
+ one arm and his daughter under jhe
/ other. Helen looked paler than ever but
here under the electric lights her .ad
+ loYehneSs made the same appeal to Har-
! ley. Lee arrived late and although. rs
. mo RF Ta .-r,sa d.
I on the stage. he hid himself behind ,h1
others. But a single glance passed be-
+ tween the two. and then the girl sa,
silent and pale. hoping against hope foI
+ her lover
/ The candidate spoke we'll His voice
! was as deep and as musical as ever. and
/ his sentences rolled as smoothly ~ be-
I fore All his charm and magnetism OF
m|aner were present; the old spell which
4 he threw over everybody spell which
was from the heart and the manner IS
+ well as from the meaning Of his words
Vas not lacking. but to Harley. keenly
attentive, there seemed 70 be a flaw "a
1 his logic. The reasoning was not as clear
/ and compact as usual Only a man with
/ a penetrating, analytical mind would ob.
/ serve il, but there We're openings here ana
/ there where his armOv could be pierced
( Blaisdell, one Of the correspondents no
! ticed the fact. and nc whispered to T9r.
/ 'ey:
/ RS a good thing that Jimmy Grayson
has no great speaker against him TO-
night; l never knew him 10 wander from
| the point before"
where's your great speaker" asked
| Harley, with irony.
Bat the crowded audience was OBJ
livious. IL heard only the music of the
candidates voice and felt caly the spell
OF his manner. therefore, 1t was with a
( sort Of contempt that it looked upon Lee
the young lawyer without u case, wins