Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-03-31
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Stevens reply, to effect that prob
ably Haines would consent to be 'tak-
en- care Of II j~udiciously approached.
was derided by the .observant Pea
body. "a young reformer grows fart
on notoriety," he laughed. land think
what a scandal he would have for his
newspaper If we took a&chance on dis
closing our hand to him.. No. no, Ste
vens; we must have him watched and
try to discredit him In some way. Per
haps we can make Langdon believe
that his secretary. is dishonest"
Congressman Norton was another
man who was dismayed at the forma
ton of the firm of Langdon and Hams
Young Randolph, too. could not forget
the defeat and humiliation he had pre-
viously suffered at Haines' hands and
grew more bitter as b reporters in
fuence 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-
ingly admired. one whose very words
he had come to cherish. And possibly
It was not all her own fault that Caro-
lima Langdon had enlisted her services.
subtle and quite overwhelming lowing
to Haines' fervent worship of herr
against the secretary. Perhaps the So
cial system of which she had become a
part in Washington had something to
do with the craving to become a leader
In that fascinating world whose daz-
zling variety and infinite diversion
seemed to fill her soul with all that it
yearned for. Love she had, for she
A~I
man Norton. She loved him fond1y;
she had confessed to him. and gradu-
ally she came to work desperately
against Haines, who, she had been
convinced by Norton and Randolph.
would prove a stumbling block to then
to her father. to herself in her career
at the capital, If his influence over the
senator should be permitted to exist OF
to increase. And SO on the surface
| Carolina Langdon was most amiab BILE
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. ever
her father.
The days and nights became filed
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 a 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
| nn1iou nf tho NATHAN EJn had los who'd
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
Wash1ngton-was to oppose what the
machine wanted with enough power to
force it 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
brainy 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 a small coterie of senators and
congressman who had become known
to the sarcastic party bosses In both
ouSeS of congress as the "Langdon
crowd" which crowd was admitted to
be somewhat Of a factor when 1t fnal-
~ prevailed on the president to TAX
over 1900 postmasters from the ap
pointment class and put them under
the control Of the civil service commits.
sion, resulting in the necessity of n
competitive Examination for these
postmasters instead of their securing
positions through political favoritism
Those who did not now Langdon
intimately suggested that this fellow
ought to be taken care Of What in
Gods name doe he want? A commit
tee c~hairmanship? An ambassadorship
for some Mississippi charcoal burner?
A couple of federal judgeships for his
friendsf Well. whatever it is, give it
to him and get hin In with the rest
Of us!"
deciding say.
.'There's only one thing worse than
a young reformer. and that's an old
one" he laughed bitterly at a secret
conclave at his apartment in the lux
urious Louis Napoleon hotel. .'The
young n 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-
bing together, Langdon and his secre-
tary, Haines, plodded along. They
had learned to lean on each other.
the young gaining inspiration from the
old, the old gaining strength from the
young. They loved each other. and.
more than any love, they trusted one
another. And Hope Georgia watched
1t all and rejoiced. for she believed
with all the accrued erudition OF eight
cen years OF innocent girihood that
Mr.. sue Haines was quite the finest
specimen of young manhood this
world had ever produced How could
be have happened! She was sure that
she had never met his equal, not even
In that memorable week b had spent
In Jackson.
The passing weeks taught Haines
that he was deeply In love with Caro-
lima, and, though he had e~ndeavored
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