The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1908-04-24
|heStandard
Syndicate.
nv Annie Hinricbsen.
onvrighted, 1905, by Associated
Literary Press.

oDvriglteQ, lSUo Wy ESSoSAoeSN L
Literary Press.
sii r Harringford wears broad brim.
felt hat and white lawn tie and
Les almost as we'll as if he had a
~ tailor. He wears his hair la
xon before he met Delilah. With
IN he couldn't make speech. In
.5Izsnn pauses ne sweeps 1t of his no.
t< brow In frenzied moments he
.6.>ches it wildly. and fiery eloquence
lis The distinguished young south
.}4# congressman has struck happy
no1dium between sophomore and a
NTH Of July orator. He has the pro-
<rn<lity. the all wise, know it all Of the
rollege student and the cheap wit. stale
les. I-work- to-please-the-public man.
T. of the independence day speaker"
"A Harringford read the article sew
III times. He was accustomed to
Hing about himself. but in this
11Sfc h was a personal ridicule which
NJ once amused and stung him. 1t had
I'm cut from provincial paper by a
>1I8ping bureau. 1t was not signed, but
Ter the heading News From Wash.
HID on" were the words copyright by
lie Standard Syndicate"
mat night Mr.. Harringford visited a
l1rber and was properly shorn. A IA
cSlfous young man intimated that
s1nson had met Delilah, and a battle
Moved. The facetious young man
5ras badly beaten and the hot tempered
somewhat disfigured.
The bureau sent another clipping
ffom the Standard syndicate's news.
Washington.
MIR. Harringford refuses to discuss
h1s black eye, but story Is being told
the cause Of 1t. There are
scge ral aspirants for Mr.. Harringford's
zeat In congress, and he is making
strenuous efforts to strengthen himself
with the leaders Of his party In his
dIstrict, many of whom are old Con-
MIGRATE soldiers. At the Army and
Navy club a few days ago Mr.. Har-
ringford confided to an ex-Confederate
colonel his intention Of introducing q
bill pensioning the soldiers who fought
under Jefferson Davis. The ex-Con-
federate colonel resented Mr. Harring-
ford's proposed legislation as an insult
to the south and proceeded to avenge
the honor Of his lost cause. Mr.. Har-
rIngford's friends regret that in his
eagerness to make grand stand play
be has shown so little political shrewd-
ness"
The congressman swore picturesque
II and called his secretary.
HSmith," he Numbered, wire the ed
|tor of that paper for the address Of
Ihe Standard Syndicate and the name
of the person who writes the News
rom Washington!
The editors reply came: standard
indicate, Washington, D. c., 81. w.
president Don't know who
rites News From Washington
The city directory did not contain the
1a me of the Standard syndicate nor of
81 W. Carleton, and at the postofice
he clerks did not know the address.
The mail for the syndicate was placed
b lock box. The clerks did not know
Who called for it.
One morning the congressman read
b the News From Washington" "Mr.
is most chivalrous gen.
deman. 1t Is said that he has promised
bis fair constituents to introduce and
5ecure the passage Of bill providing
Tor the free distribution of hairpins
md violet perfume. VIII such a meas
ure tend to curtail our supply Of free
government seeds? If so, we should
give the matter serious consideration.
A new issue may confront us and re-
suit in the formation Of two new par
ues-the hairpin-perfume party and the
seed party. We call the attention of
smtesmen and thinkers to this pro-
used bill of Mr.. Harringford's."
AS the wrathful congressman finish
ca the article his secretary entered the
nom.
I've found the Standard syndicate"
ne announced triumphantly. Tracked
rem down at last"
Nr Harringford picked up a riding
hip.
Where are they?'
In the Cairo"
Who are theyw
don't know. A girl-a sumner
me out of the postoffice as l was
sslng and walked up the street ahead
ME. She had a handful of letters,
"a one of them dropped, address up,
81 the sidewalk. 1 picked it up, and
tae address was The Standard Syndi-
<Gte'
followed her, and she went to the
talro The elevator boy told me her
me was Carleton and gave me the
9 mber of her suit She's probably
e daughter or sister of II. W. earle
"A The elevator boy didn't know
7Pything about him.
Mr. Harringford went to the Cairo.
ION the elevator he walked rapidly
z2wn the corridor to the door of the
S*rieton suit. He pressed the cleo
<sc button and took tighter grip on
"a riding whip.
he door opened, and a girl in street
ess stood before him.
Miss CarletonT
Eyes"
is Mr.. Carleton IMP"
Hhe looked puzzled.
MI. Carleton? she asked.
Mr: 81. W. Carleton, president Of
Standard syndicate"
No; he's not in"