The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-06-28

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rance Of older history was sublime The
chances were very great that he would
learn this monstrous speech and deliver
it like parrot and be forever after the
theme of jests.
Hilda looked into the outer Office, but
Allen had departed. 1t was clear /
enough that he would never return and i
that his bargain with her had been a |
trick for delay. She rightly guessed |
that he had brought his corrupt deal |
ings to such point that fight was i'm |
perative and that at the last moment he !
had accepted bribe to betray his ben
efactOr
The trickery in Aliens grafton was so
cleverly managed and the great names
were so lavishly paraded from end to
end Of it that Hilda dared not trust her
own knowledge for a full exposure of
manuscript to a public library, where
she deyoured encyclopedias, to the neg
lect of her dinner, until she could re-
main no longer without risk of missing
Mr.. Wadsworth at the Office.
AS she approached the building she
saw that the windows of the private
office were dark, but there was light
in the larger room which seemed to be
over Aliens desk. Was it possible that
he was there? Hilda glanced in that
direction instantly upon opening the
door and beheld John Wadsworth in
| Aliens chair reading n hook
He was so absorbed in this task that
he did not hear Hilda come in. She
stood by the door watching him and
wondering at the change in his looks
1t was merely the familiar miracle of
ancestral influence A thoroughbred
is always a thoroughbred, no matter
what his individual experience may
have been. An unlearned man,
stranger to books, if he be the true
child of book loving ancestors has al
ways something Of the student in him
which may be long hidden and in
fash revealed.
Hilda felt the blood come warm into
her cheeks, and the springs of tears
were stirred. 1t was to her like a
meeting with some one whom she had
deeply longed to see, one whom she
had loved at 4 distance, upon an i'm
pulse of recognition transcending the
senses. From that moment, as her in
stinct told her, it would be impossible
for her to deceive herself with the con-
venient fiction that her feeling toward
this man was mere gratitude for kind
ness and consideration, for a secure
and pleasant occupation and the unex-
pressed friendship of a strong and loyal
nature
Wadsworth paused in his reading and
i seemed about to turn the pages back
that he might review previous passage.
Then he looked up, and his lips moved.
Hilda knew that he was repeating from
memory. They were face to face, and yet
\ for an appreciate interval he did not see
her, partly because of preoccupation,
partly from an accident of the light,
which shone now directly into his eyes.
When the knowledge of her presence
came to him he slowly raised his hand.
Just listen to this" he said. You'll
say it's fine. Nobody could understand it
better than you
Then he repeated slowly and with abso-
lutte accuracy some words which he had
read more than hour ago:
t'It has been said a thousand times that
Washington's policy in this affair is I'M
surpassed in all the records of diplomacy,
/ but such praise is both a Misrepresentation
and an insult There is abundant evil
dence for men of open mind that Wash
in-,toa close this course simply because
it was right, while every possible alterna-
tive savored of dishonor."
''Savored of dishonor!" he repeated.
what do you think of it, There's the
man. re knew tie cream pain every time,
and he wouldn't walk in any other. I'm
mighty glad lost that speech
Lost it?" echoed Hilda, standing there
| with the document in her hand.
Eyes. Allen put it in my room-the adj
dress l was to deliver tomorrow-and it's
gone. 1 must have dropped it on the floor
and it was swept out. l intended to learn
it this evening, and when l missed it
didn't know what to do Allen won't be
here tomorrow, and he's just moved.
don't know where he lives. At first l
thought 1 was stuck, and then L remen-
bered this Life Of Washington that he
used So it seemed to me that I might
dig up something for myself. Well, I
did, and that's fact
81 am very glad said she. Tell me
what it is.
81 have learned" said he slowly, ''that
the right is just the same for little men
as for big men. Washington's way and
my way do not differ by a hairs breadth
The true path was the same before him
as it is before me; it is the same for Us all
if we have the grace to see it, as my aunt
would say. Avoid all that savors of dis
honor. DO you know what that means
for me?"
She shook her head.
ut means that l can't work for this
nomination nor take it even if it should
come to me unsought. as it won't There
are enough men of my stripe in Washing
| ton already--enough politicians So that