Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1908-06-11
A Girl In
Politics.
BY LESTER GREY.
COPYRIGHTED ls-s, by the Associated
Iitcl ", Press

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read as follows:
"Sole owner and proprietor of the
Steenth congressional district
"Sole owner of one spinster sister.
"Sole owner of one charming daugh-
ter"
The honorable Tom secured posses
sion of the Steenth district during a
brain storm of reform. and he imme-
diately started in to make ii Il life job.
At the rate of this record he was serv-
Ing the last weeks Of his fourth term
and laying his wires for a fifth. He
was Keeping an eye on the interests OF
the country and neglecting few oppor-
tunities to advance the cause" when
he received letter that started him
off for home lie arrived there 20 face
his sister and daughter and demand TO
know what it was all about,
Fate may have nothing to DO with
kettle of hot soft soap boiling over and
blistering the feet of n farmers Wife,
but everybody knows that it has all to
do with love If Arthur Clayton hadn't
graduated in law and been in LeXing-
ton one day to see what the chances
were of hanging out his Shngle. and
If Jennie Paxton hadn't been acting as
chauffeur OF her own auto, the Young
man and the auto would not have col
ldcd on the street
He was taken to Il hotel to get the
better of the shock and the cuts and
bruises. and the conscience stricken
girl sent him flowers ana MESA yes OF
regret. IIpd she had the business in
stincts Of her father she would have
sent him q five dollar bin instead aud
told him to sue for the balance. The
spin ter aunt saw romance admiration
and love mixed up with the accident,
ana after the victim was able to limp
out and had made a call she wrote to
her brother that the danger signal was
out This letter brought hil home as
he was in the midst Of a nice little
deal. the particulars of which would
never find ;heir way in the Congress
sional Record.
The honorable Thomas came home to
smash things lie was no orator He
had never vet even moved that the
house do nov adjourn lie did fairly
we'll though. or this his maiden eff
fort lie said he would he hanged and
be burned and he bowed If ne would
have it SO He would burst the as
pirationS Of that gauder sAanked law
yer in a day. lie would lock his
DAUGHTER down cellar OF upstairs, and
if she dug her way out with mn old
case knife and married Clayton she and
her thirteen waiting children might
freeze and thaw and s;awe for all
of him. Then he wound up his ora
tory with;
Drop it, Drop it right now! There's
nothing in love. but there's a heap In
politics. I've brought home a gripful
of my private papers, and l want you
to overhaul aud classify them. A pol
itician's daughter should know some
thing about politics"
Jennie was silenced. and therefore
the father took it that she was con-
vinced and cowed The honorable Tom
was deceived lie knew men, but he
didn't know girls If he had. he would
have realized that they are the most
dangerous when they cease to argue
and protest Not that his daughter
could have told him, had she been ever
so frank, that she was really in love
with the briefess young lawyer who
had been knocked into the gutter by
her auto, but she might have limited
that fate had a great deal to do with
such things and that she should abide
By fate.
Having smashed things to his own
satisfaction, the sole owner of the
Steenth congressional district went
back TO the capital and his deals.
while his daughter sat down in the
library to overhaul the papers. and
things ran ON peacefully Not that
there were no more meetings, but the
spinster aunt did not know of them;
not that romance ana fate fell down,
but Jennie did not do any talking in
her sleep and played the artful dodger
when leading questions were asked.
The honorable Tom had packed mp the
papers in a hurry and had put in what
ever came to hand first and some of
them made very interesting reading.
The day after the last one had been
read and classified under the head Of
Danger, Look out for the locomo-
tive" the young lady and the young
man went for ride I'M the vehicle that
had played Fate with him.
At a proper moment he asked
question thar greatly concerned the
future Of both aud mt another proper
moment she bu~hed and said yes"
Then she proceeded 90 tell him that her
father would see her in her grave be-
fore conseuting to the match. and she
held up such d vision Of patemal
wrath and obduracy that he dropped
back from the seventh heaven 10 the
first Then he was taken INFO partner
ship as a couspintar ana lifted back
again, and there was much rejoicing
during the remainder If the ride.
A few days later the honorable Tom
arrived home 70 tinker up his political
fences and lay his ear TO the ground.
BE had about concluded to bestow the
Rand Of Ais daughter ON a member OF
E1rEn Wi.