The Washington herald., 1907-01-13
THE CANDIDATE
APoldcal Romance ByJosephA Atshder

the members cs cur family. Thrre is Mr.. Heath
cute. WAC was sent West cJT CntIny and quic'N
turned 20 a friend. There Is Mr. Trcmaihe, who i
such gay old beam and who never rsaiizcs that be
IS tco old for the yoaEg women With whoa he wishes
70 hrt-
The lady stopped again, and her smile
was deeper than ever Now that was
unintended, she muscd, but il comes ,in
very happily" She resumed:
And there is MT, Hobart, who loves mysteries, IS
pecially muIder mysteries, and who saved the hie
OF taat innocent boz. 7 find hm most interesting
character hut aftcs all, he is -oad with less diih
Guilty than Mr Harley, Who though silent aud re
served. seems % me 10 be dccpr aud more complex
His ! sure Is a TcTy strong nature Air Gray
su you know Is quite fond Of him. and IN certain
thirrs has -ot into the habit of leaning uDCn him.
AR. Harley seems 70 me be fitted hJ temperament
auS strength 10 be ihc shield and support q sonS
ono Ec-could make the girl who should become his
wife very happy and / wondering If he viii GO
cut oi Cur West without forming slca an attach
ntnt.
That surely" thought the lady. will
bring him to the question which present
TO his mind and he will answer il
whether he viii or not, by saying this at
tachment has been formed, and it is for
Sylvia She continued:
Like Air. trayson. ] an ycry fond Of NJ. Harley
vEo has Proved himself a true friend 20 us. sd
should like TO scc him harpy-that is, married 10 2
true woman, who would nCt al8ne receive strength
but CiCc II. ton In the c0ursc q ms vocation h-
has ALREADY roamcd about the world enough, and Il
j. time now Ter him 70 settle. down. II ! md ms
uay I should select fer him one Il our rnc Western
girls: about tNcnty--ne Ct tw1. ! think would ID
the right age for him-thCe is a fitness in ;has,
thirss.
Il wonder II that IS blunt?" she mUsed.
NO. he viii think it just popped out. and
that / was unconscious OF It. l shall let Il
stay" Then she resumed:
It ought to be a girl with temperament that +
at one match and f0n for his Own. She shuilc
have a syusc Of humor. q gift for ight and fJms
speech that can str him without irritating him. b.
cau7o he is pe.hars @; cautions disT sition. aua
hcrc1 would be vel matched with one a lit;lc Lli
imVllsiye. Cach exercising the urUIgr Influence Uuor
the ether she should BE- strong. 300 hahltuatcd Cd
iiirsic1l hardship as uur Western girls arC- Suci
g marriage ] taink. woull be ideal and / expect
yGU Mr. PhmmcT when ven rei0iu Us. u help m,
make it, sh@lld tie opportunity arise.
Ycars sincerely. ANNA GRAYSON.
She folded the sheets, put them in the
envelope. and addressed them It was
the second time that she had written tC
Mr. Plummer but with a very different
motive. and she had more confidence in
the second letter than she had ever felt
in the first
"That will cause him pain" she re-
flected, but the task cannot be done
without it."
In her heart she was genuinely s9rry
for Mr.. Plummer, thinking at that mo-
mont more Of his grief than of her hus-
bands risk. but sic was TeS0lute To mail
The letter. nevertheless She read IL q
little later to Mr.. Grayson. and be ap-
proved
1T Is likely 10 bring King PlummeI
raging down from Idaho but IL ought q
go" he said
\ half-hOUr later this letter. written i-
q delicate. feminine hand. but heavy with
fate, was speeding noTthwestWarG.