Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02

was strong DOM Cn1lQIen were S1ldLCIeu
away by malignant form of child's
disease. She was not even allowed the
last comfort of putting little white dresses
on her babies. They were gone before
the impress of the little hot head left her
mothers arm"
L know" / said. my heart throbbing
again over that little place in the Hope
vile burying ground.
4 know too" said Mrs Todd, putting
a trembling hand to the pearl encircled
miniature of little boy she wears.
Well, it seems that Mr.. Teale's wife,
already shattered physically, never was
able to lift her head from the shock She
drifted from melancholia quite beyond
the border land of sanity.
Then, as the last touch OF an 1ron1cal
fate, huge fortune came through an
uncle to this man, in whom the desire
the responsibility of managing fortune
aroused him. He doesn't care a snap
for politics, except that it diverts and
prevents what he calls the entire useless
ness Of broken personality" And the
strangest part of the story came at the
end, when Mrs. Todd said:
Mr.. Teale's great interest IN your
husband originated in certain resem-
blance he finds that you have to the be-
loved Alice of those far away student
days. He came to see me the night after
had met you, and it eased his poor heart
SO to speak Of it and find that could see
it too"
/ could not shake off the wonder and
the pathos of all this, and wanted to ask
all sorts of questions, particularly what
made me like his wife; but the nurse
came to tell Mrs Todd that the Senator
would like to have her read, and-this
was the day of Amos's first speech!
WHEN / reached the Capitol the
House galleries were packed, and
wondered whether an ovation would in
spire or fuster Amos; but l soon saw
that Amos's speech was not in the cal
culation of the multitude.
A man with clarion voice and slight
brogue asked time for few remarks on
What German Tariff Agreement Means,
and the people burst into applause be-
fore he began to speak. This was the
man they had come to hear. And1 tell
you, Eta, the way he would throw back
his head and roar long patriotic periods
up at the galleries was soul stirring. And
how the galleries applauded. My heart
was full of pity for poor Amos l looked
forward to patiently darning the great
holes in his socks; for l feared he must
be squirming his toes nervously to be
preceded by such finished orator
Then Amos began to speak, and Eta,
a wonderful thing happened. / don't
know how to explain anything SO against
our traditions of impressive oratory, so
just tell you the facts. 1t seemed SO
tame to speak on Government control of
insurance companies after that fiery har-
rowing of patriotic spirit. Yet during
the twenty minutes that Amos stood at
his desk, his hands in his pockets, and
talking as if engaging every member be-
fore him in earnest conference, you could
have heard a pin drop. AS an actual
fact, the shores of a fat Congressman
stretched on divan in the cloak room
could be heard between Amos's words,
so still was the rest of the House. Then
several men asked questions, and Amos
seemed to give back chapter and verse
to the support of his bill most satisfac-
torily. When he finished there was a
really splendid burst of applause, and
even the gray heads or "cave jewellers"
of the House crowded about to shake his
hand. saw Mr. Teale push aside every
body between him and Amos like a boy
at college rush, and soon a page brought
me his card with:
The boy has got big contract to
live up to to-day. That was a great
speech. You and l are proud, aren't