Connecticut western news., 1909-03-11

that his secretary is dishonest"
 Congressman Norton was another man who was dismayed at the forma- ton of the firm of Langdon and Hains. Young Randolph, too. could not forget the defeat and humiliation he had pre- viOusly suffered at Haines' hands and grew more bitter as the reporters in fucnce over his father grew stronger. But Haines' most effective enemy had arisen In the person he would be the last to suspect, one whom he unceas- i1gly admired, one whose very words he had come to cherish. And possibly 1t was not all her own fault that Caro- lfna Langdon had enlisted her services, subtle and quite overwhelming lowing to Haines' fervent worship of her) against the secretary. Perhaps the so- ciHl system of which she had become a part tn Washington had something to do with the craving to become n leader in that fascinating world whose dag zling variety and infinite diversion seemed to fih her soul with all that 1t yearned for. Love she had, for she had now promised to wed Congress man Norton. She loved him fondly; she had confessed to him, and gradu- ally she came to work desperately against HatneS, who, she had been convinced by Norton and Randolph, would prove stumbling block to them, to her father, to herself in her career at the capital, if his influence over the senator should be permitted to exist CT to increase. And so on the surface Carolina Langdon was most amiablc to the secretary. encouraged him in his attentions to her. led him surely into her power. Norton having prevailed on her to keep the knowledge of their en- gagement secret from every one, even her father.
 The days and nights became filled with important work for Senator Lang don and his secretary. Together they went over the important measures, out lined what appeared to be the best course of procedure and carried 1t into effect as far as possible. Langdon be- came prominent figure in the senate, owing to his consistent support of measures that fitted In with the public policy, or what should be the public policy, of the nation. He had learned that the only practicable way to out wit or to cope with the members of the dominating machine, made up. he was surprised to see, of members of both the parties-the only two in Washington-was to oppose what the machine wanted with enough power to force 1t to grant him what he believed the public ought to have. He was de scribed by some of the hidebound 'in- siders" on Capitol hill as "the only hrainy man who had fought the ma chine in thirty years"
 At the home he had later established in Washington as preferable to the International hotel were frequently seen small coterie of senators and congressmen who had become known to the sarcastic party bosses in both houses of congress as the "Langdon crowd" which crowd was admitted to be somewhat of q factor when it final Y prevailed on the president to take over 11,000 postmasters from the ap- pointment class and put them under the control of the civil service commis. sion, resulting in the necessity of a competitive examination for these postmasters instead of their securing positions through political favoritism.
 These who did not know Langdon intimately suggested that this fellow ought to be taken care of What in GCG's name does Ee want? A commit tee chairmanship? An ambassadorship for some Mississippi charcoal burner? A couple of federal judgeships for his friends? Well, whatever 1t is, give 1t to him and get him in with the rest of usr'
 Again it was Peabody who had the deciding say.
 "There's only one thing worse than young reformer, and that's an old one" he laughed bitterly at secret conclave at his apartment in the lux urious Louis Napoleon hotel. The young one thinks he is going to live and wants our future profits for him. self. The old one thinks he's going to die, and he's sore at leaving so much graft behind him."
 Heads and hearts thinking and throb- ping together, Langdon and his secre- tary, Haines, plodded along. They had learned to lean on each other, the young gaining inspiration rom the cid, the old gaining strength from the young. They loved each other, and, more than any love, they trusted one another. And Hope Georgia watched it all and rejoiced. for she believed with all the accrued erudition of eight cen years of innocent girlhood that Mir Bud Haines was quite the finest specimen of young manhood this world had ever produced. How could he have happered! She was sure that she had never met his equal, not even In that memo1 able week she had spent in Jackson.
 The passing weeks taught Haines that he was deeply in love with Caro- lima, and, though he had endeavored to keep the knowledge of this from her. her woman's intuition had told her his secret. and she stidcd the momen- tary regrets that fitted into her mind, because she was now in ''the game"