Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-06

lided on the street.
He was taken to a hotel to get the
better Of the shock and the cuts and
bruises, and the conscience stricken
girl sent him flowers and messages OF
regret Had she had the business in
stincts of her father. she would have
sent him five dollar bill instead and
told him to sue for the balance. The
spinster aunt saw romance. admiration
and love mixed up with the accident.
and after the victim was able to limp
out and had made call she wrote to
her brother that the danger signal was
out. This letter brought him home as
he was in the midst of nice little
deal, the particulars of which would
never find their way in the Congress
sional Record.
The honorable Thomas came home to
smash things. He was no orator. He
had never yet even moved that the
house do now adjourn. He did fairly
well, though, on this his maiden eff
fort. He said he would be hanged and
be burned and be blowed II he would
have 1t so. He would burst thet as
pirations OF that gander shanked law
yer in a day. He would lock his
daughter down cellar or upstairs, and
IL she dug her way out with an old
case knife and married Clayton she and
her thirteen wailing children might
freeze and thaw and starve for all
Of him. Then he wound up his ora
tory with:
drop It! Drop 1t right now! There's
nothing in love, but there's a heap in
politics. I've brought home gripful
Of my private papers, and I want you
to overhaul and classify them. A pol
itician's daughter should know some
thing about politics." -7szss
Jennie was silenced, and therefore
the father took 1t that she was con-
WINGED and cowed. The honorable Tom
was deceived He 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 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 and 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 up the
papers in 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-
tivew the young lady and the young
man went for ride in the vehicle that
had played fate with him.
At proper moment he asked
question that greatly concerned the
future Of both, and at another proper
moment she blushed and said yes"
Then she proceeded to tell him that her
father would see her in her grave be-
fore consenting to the match, and she
held up such vision of paternal
wrath and obduracy that he dropped
back from the seventh heaven to the
avok he fo1, int
ship as conspirator and lifted back
again. and there was raracn re)oiSpS
during the remainder OF the ride.
A few days sater the honorable Tom
Arrived home to tinker up his political
fences and lay his ear to the ground.
He had about concluded to bestow the
hand Of his daughter on q member Of
the house who was serving his first
term and stealing government lands in
the west at the rate Of 5000 acres a
week. He was no monopolist and was
willing to help the honorable Tom to
go and do likewise.
"Oh. daddy, but you'll be surprised
to learn how much know about poll
tics-' announced the demure daughter
sitter receiving the fatherly kiss. 81
haven't been studying three months
yet, and still know almost as much
as you do about them"
The father grunted his appreciation
and said he would see her in the libra
ry that evening. When the hour ar.,
rived he suddenly remembered thu
event OF three months previous, and in
benevolent and ocular manner be
asked what had became Of the miIksop
of a lawyer that had been Ringing
around after her when he was homo
| last.
you mean Mr.. Clayton" she replied.
TT was about him that wanted to
speak to you. He will be here tomor-
row night to ask your consent to our
marriage.
1.-The devil he willr'
I'VE dearly love each other. ana I'm
snre you viii consent. He comes Of q
fine family and II going to work hard
and do his best to get to the top"
drop it~ said the honorable. with Z
| wave of his hand.
But you wont be 20 cYnel da6Av. I