The Winslow mail., 1909-12-25
" They do not. Saws Nalllnger.

compatriOts. You had a whisper yes
terday, Senor Mellinger, of our pro,
posals Tonight we will speak out
We know that you stand in the presi-
dents favor, and we know your in
fuence. The government will be
changed We know the worth of vour
services. We esteem your friendship
and aid so much'-Mellinge raises his
hand, hut the governor man bottles
him up. Do not speak until have
done
The governor man then draws a
package wrapped in paper from his
pocket, and lays it on the table by
Mellinger's hand
In that yOu will find one hundred
thousand dollars in money of your
country. You can do nothing against
us. but you can be worth that for us
Go back to the capital and obey our
instructions. Take that money now
We trust you. You will find with it
paper giving in detail the work you
will be expected to do for us Do not
have the unwiseness to refuse
Henry stopped and got a record
from the basketful we'd brought. slid
it in the phonograph, and started Off
1t was cornet solo, very neat and
beautiful, and the name of it was
Home, Sweet Home Not one of
them fifty-odd men in the room moved
while it was playing, and the governor
man kent his eyes steady on Mellin
ger. | saw Mellingers head go up lit
tie by little, and his hand came creep
ing away from the package. Not un-
I'll the last note sounded did anybody
stir. And then Homer P. Mellinger
takes up the bundle of Doodle and
slams it in the governor mans face.
That's my answer says Mellinger,
private secretary, and there'll be an
other in the morning. l have proofs
of conspiracy against every man of
you. The show is over, gentlemen
There's one more act, puts in the
governor man. You are a servant,
believe, employed by the president to
copy letters and answer raps at the
door. am governor here. Senors.
| call upon you in the name of the
cause to seize this man.
That brindled gang of conspirators
showed back their chairs and advanced
in force. | could see where Mellinger
had made a mistake in massing his
enemy so as to make a grand-stand
play. | think he made another one
too but we can pass that, Mellinger's
idea of graft and mine being different,
according to estimations and points
of view
"There was only one window and
door in that room, and they were in
the front end. Here was fifty-odd Lat
in men coming in bunch to obstruct
the legislation of Mellinger. You may
say there was three of us, for me and
Henry, simultaneous, declared New
York City and the Cherokee Nation in
sympathy with the weaker party.
"Then it was that Henry Horsecol
lar rose to a point of disorder and in
tervened, showing, admirable, the ad
vantages of education as applied to
the American Indians natural inter
lect and native refinement. He stood
up and smoothed back his hair on
each side with his hands as you have
seen little girls do when they play.
"'Get behind me, both of you,' says
Henry.
"'What is It to be? asked.
I'm going to buck CENTER says
Henry, in his football idioms. There
isn't tackle in the lot of them. Keep
close behind me and rush the game
THAT cultured Red Man exhaled an
arrangement Of sounds with his mouth
that caused the Latin aggregation to
pause, with thoughtfulness and hesi-
tations. The matter of his proclama-
ton seemed TO be a cooperation of
the Cherokee college yell with the
Carlisle war whoop. He went at the
chocolate team like the flip of a lit
tie boys niger shooter. His right
elbow laid out the governor man on
the gridirOn. and he made lane the
length of the crowd that a woman
could have carried stepIadder
through without striking anything.
All me anu MGliuEGI nbu W 40 Was
to follow
"In five minutes we we're out of that
street and at the military headqu3r-
ters, where Mellinger had things his
own way.
The next day Mellinger takes me
and Henry to one side and begins to
shed tens and twenties
81 want to buy that phonograph,'
he says I liked that last tune it
played Now, you boys better go back
home. for they'll give you trouble here
before ] can get the screws put on EN-.
If you happen to ever see Billy Renfrow
again, tell him I'm coming back to
New York as soon as | can make a
stake-hOnest.'
"'This is more money! says l, than
the machine is worth
''Tis government expense money
says Mellinger, and the governments
getting the tune grinder cheap.
Henry and knew that pretty well,
hut wp never let Homer p NIe1Iinoor