The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24
The Sunday Ti1nes-D ispatch:

III ECHcChcu - nlTnSGlT.lH5s ACROSS * ZIG
threshold stepped An!ce. She wore u
hat and Was dressed for the street.
over ler shoulder Caleb caught sight
or Give Standish.
ors.' exclaimed the Railroadcr a heard
you'd bolted, Stnndtsh. but never
s shhonEnt yo gu bolt 50 far as this poor
us three" 49, A'NAn1's pat W 7
There i.'. }, was something peculiarly hap
to swell the victor's triumph. Caleb
vaguely felt this. lie was glad Anice
should should see Give and himself together;
snouid D DC able to observe his own re.
bastic denunciation Standish had
DOUBTLESS come to deliver 1t would
a am her to note the contrast between
perrl ny IN self control and repartec.
SO. as standish followed the girl
Eo9m ,hs host c aesua!y nse
noticed that neither Anice nor her es-
cort sat down. Also that tho latter
remained remain near the door, while Miss
caleb had drawn so snugly into the
hcarth-angle. But she ignored sees
ond and even softer chair he had ar
fire. And all this 'dimly troubled CALEB
Conover 4
ANYTHING, the matterg" he asked.
win somewhat less assurance. Come
to propose a compromise, Standish? or
maybe campaign partnership? Good
idea; that hat Only I'm afraid 1t wouldn't
ship. you know. one man puts up ,'' tho
money and the, other the experience.
And ~ the end, OF sixty days they've
man always has both I'll the pe experic nee
and tho money. Or the means OF get.
ting 'cm. Otherwise he wouldn't be
there at all. SO I'm afraid I'll have
He ended with a laugh that did
NOT no., ca M . conviction ,ast, even to him
guests' faces showed sign Of having
heard. Conover's good temper wuv-
cred. 81 !. s.
.s Whats rs, up2n he demanded m OF Give.
But 1t was Anice Lanier who re-
"Mr. conover." she said. you rccol-
back to you by Mr.. standish last
Caleb's red hair bristlcd.
Yes no answered. deep in his
throat Have you found out who sent
level voice. ALSO the, sender OF tws,
other letters OF the sort. earlier in the
CAMPAIGN car l,,ls; One of these was to Mr..
Of your plan for tho county caucuses
and, Of the measures you had framed
against his ur-stntc tour. Mr.. stNndish
J..
act on Its suggestion"
THE second letter was to NJ. An-s
iden for scattering issues OF an OUT
of-State paper along the speech-route.
with advertisements and report Fl -.
who wrote 1t, I asked Your
''The same person wrote all three.
II Te ala. who-
This isn't thing 70 Joke about.
up. and must I'm d
II wrste them. III a
n, shs spoke sl9wy thensn
eyes searched her face ono Instant
Then he dropped back. heavy and
inert. into the farthest recess Of his
II chair,
Good Lord" no whispered, staring
81 wrqte Them" reiterated r. J, AGtss
evening, because something that is to
be said must be said in his hearing:
h ths hs no
nv m! owl own course, i was !. too; at whose
a2iee he bolted the II tek S: b at
done all thisy p1a sa5e no ia a.
Il aao last ndin ~! You erasy
mo: am quite sane; From the h.
start haYe nnilpea s wl wtn Thy
from you. in practical politics. Mr.. Con-.
over II intend to put so me OF that edu-
cation into use You SEE
9"Yu've backtracked me-" You. of all
the folks alive! Why. I'd "a gnmbled
my whole pile on your witness glrl.
This Is a mcasly Joke or some Kind
"it's the truth. Mr.. Conover."
And Gn1eb Taking aeep mic nst
A dull red crept into his face.
Well. I'll be dnmhed! he said; SLOW,
measured OF votcc.rigid OF body. Jock,
over had any trust In! Cleaned out
like any drunken sal or In, dance
hall! Say he tnddedQin puzzled Queru-
lousness, "what'd the Almighty mean
by putting eyes like your IN the face
f " A sudden forward movement from
Standlsh checked him, and. inciden..
tally, drove from his brain the last
mists nf bewilderment. Tho Railroad
err settled forward in his chair, his
teeth meeting the stuMp sc ,rb tes
but few minutes before Ma was Y,
himself again; arrogant, n,astertul, ~ VI
don,c smile creased his wooden face.