The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24

why longed to cane to you in my
hour Of triumph and
said in that same enigmatlc UNDER
tone. AZ IN
"Ance."
with face avcrted, hurried on
Would you care f9r.for the loye
You Gould buy her with fame and an
income? DO care for the love of o.
man who holds that love SO cheaply
he must aef;qm1pany its gift With GOV
"And now" she observed. some min-
utes later as she strove to rearsang E,
before the tiny patch Of office mirror.
and now. ,if.you can be sensible for
inst ist'e WHILE yell 60 hack to
YOU about those letters. The anony-
n5t's ali right. ] don't have to be
hut have to tell you. That's the
convention hail. Gerald Gonove 1 had mad
not been at the eat'lier session. but
now. his sallow face flushed with IL
party Of noisy young satellites, in
at4the, side q the stage.
In fact. since his wife's visit to Gran
tie. the previous week, the youngster
to drink.
ed the wheels and oiled the cogs. did
ming its Juggernaut over the young
reformer who had dared to brave an
entrenched and ruthless organization
conference to order, ending his for
1nula with the equally perfunctory
request: = 1, !, .,,,o,,
in!"
At the word n hundred matches were
struck In scattered XSlley from al
SO innames the desire to smoke as does
its unenforceable prohibition. Thus,
amid clouds Of mal .' Is, campaign al en-
Machine contaminated
The committee on resol buttons offered
a perfunctory platform filled with the
the deeds Of Democracy and denounc-
ing the Republican party. AS the Re
publicans had never won q victory in
platitudes we're provocative Of vast
yawns and of shulling Of feet as tho
delegates impatiently awaited the call
The six standish men on the plat
form committee had prepared, mi
nority report. but onS4the advice Of
!. AnSel tney- ola mol present IL. 5a4att4
The committee on organization, by
a vote of eighteen to six, offered a re-
port nominating Bourke, temporary
chairman. to succeed himself as per-
Then. while the Conover c1aque boot.
ed joyously and the Standlsh men sat
. by IN heplesI silence the finishing
Two reports were offered from the
committee on credentials one Of the
11ofn md NTuf1 &lyo frao
ing the seating OF the contcstng Stand
1sh delegates from the other six coun-
ties es; the otf e, signed by the eighteen
recommending that the delegates hold
ing credentials be allowed to retain
their seats.
through, while sheyiin's noble army ii,''e Of
screcched and blew tin horns.
his d9a outS the ytnEe Caleb
grim smile OF satisfaction as the babel
Of noise reached him. From some mys-
fero1e source hey1n c had
there IN the room OF the successful
candidate, corks We're drawn and sue
Sestes was PeaGed to 1.-The
with Calcbs. time, honorcd slogan, s"ro
he'll with III ref refo 11', as rider.
sta ~ anotner ro9m directly across the
action. Karl Ansel had left his seat
IN the Wills county delegation, turn
ing over tho floor leadership Of the for
1 19rn standish hope to Judge shelp. Of
Standish's quarters. The room had been
empty ,mnpt when he entered. but before he
flung open md Give hurried in.
Ansel looked sharply at him. Then
In astonishcd bewilderment Uc had
expected to find the beaten man defect
ed. bcreft Of even his customary strong
calm. On the contrary, standish, Ills
face face alive With resolve and with some
shrewd observation. came into the place
like whrlW1nd. Kicking aside the
litter Of dusty stage properties and
d!ngy, discolorcd hangngs that were
PILED M near INT the (, door he made his way
"How goes it?" he asked. ''I'm sorry
to be late. I thought"
=, SWELL. Boy, it's all up" said Ansel
Is n@n fool pd, SAID once that virtue was
naturally has to be. 1t never gets any any
other. In half an. hour from now Caleb
Conoyer will be nominated for Gov
e ern =, and we will be bowling our neclss
Tor his collar. and plcdging ourselves
+. 10 support him and his lirtv ;, /