La Junta tribune., 1908-07-18

CESS and Win hils O-er. Money ana
promises were fr~-iy used. and there
came tune when the lobbyist could
at least dgslre on sn even vote In the
house
Honest Inhn- sill stuck out. He
hain'f the a.zins~p TO discover where
the coiored gentleman MAS hidden. but
he had feeIiu. thar h. was there in
The woul pile somewhere. and he would
not commit hiuissif.
IL was then that tie lawyer dropped
argument for the more. powerful wsap
on lie Knew fh. financial condition
NJ the farmer. lie douiiesl if the man
had ever had Thousand dollars In his
hand. Though rated ms honest. there
was doubt as 10 whether he could
stand temptation Legislative tenpta-
ti,ni.
Or. night he paid Thompson visit
In his room and went over the whole
matter with him. putting everything
In = most favorable iigis and wheu lie
went away he left thousand dollars
Ia crisp Srrrnbacks on the bureau.
That wa~ double the price he had Md
others. but h. had reasons for Increas-
ing the brii.... Th. inou-y was found
sfrcr he left aud next day the Old
farmer ariEr TO him b, restore 1t.
.-It must have b..en left 10y some
other caller WIS the reply. prob
ably by some one who WIS in thcr.
arciIins In favor OF my bill lie may
speak u, you abon, # In the course Of
the day"
Put he was mighty careless to leave
thousand dollars lying around that
way
..oii. he isn't worrying about II. Per
haI~ ne wanted to max. you = little
present aud took that way of doing IL
It's often done here ia the legislature
you know
.'it may be. hut I've done nothing to
earn 1t. and I don't know more than
ten members by uanie- | wish that the
felier who left II would come hack"
lie was told to hang on to the money
-sintii the owner called sfor II. but he
was much perplexed and put out BY
a curious coincidence three weeks later
he found two other farmer members
who had come into possession OF 500
each in just as mysterious manner.
There seemed to he phlanthropist
going about among the conscientious
members and distributing rewards of
rncri.
When ti. house adjourned for
week aiM Honest John went homo
to his daughter he had that thousand
dollars with him. and its history WAS
still a mystery In few hours. how
ever. he was enlightened. and he went
back TO The legislative body To en-
tighten others.
The dav Iinaliy came when Lawyer
Trask.s bill was MP. lie had counted
noses and was sure OF Its passage. He
sat there fn the utmost confidence. 70
be- amazed and dnmfouD,ci when II
was defeated 10y majority Of three.
Honest John and his two farmer
friends had recorded their votes among
the nays" although they had 'secn
Bought and paid for. An hour later the
former bad n caller at his room. The
caller was pale faced and desperate.
Mr.. Thompson" ne said. II left
thousand dollars on that bureau one
night few weeks ago"
-Ge.whitaker: But you denied II
was yours.'
1T was q little present"
"Rut why shonid you make me q
present Of Thousand dollas"
.Recau>e-hsmus wanted your
help on that bill and because was go-
Ing to ask your daughter to be my
WIFE
And. u,-hhc you left 500 apiece for
Crane and wiiiiams?''
Yves"
"And you were going to ask their
daughters to be your wifeT'
Moo
..See here Mr.. Trask." said the old
man after looking at him for half
minute. III were you wouldn't ask
Minnie 10 lie yonr wife. ! told her nil
She said ~ II wasn't yours and as no
one had loSt i. and rs Crane and VIII
ilims was In the same fix that the mon
ey belonged to charity.
I'VE sent IL down 10 her. and she d.
visled 1t between couple Of orphan
nsyinms. and she's got the receipts to
show that Il reached EN- No, I
wouldn't ask her. might object to
you a- son-iniaw. and she might take
II that you were trying 10 buy your
way into the family.
'I.cmnie just add that you are Z
mighty careless man with your money,
and II you don't mend your ways you'll
bring up In the county house before
you are forty years old"
The R.oor.er.s o;st;on.rv.