The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-08

tors UdS mine gentlemen OF the
| county present when Sanders entered
and who had no desire To witness fur
ther the unpleasant episode rose to
leave. In spite OF the urgent request of
Colonel Langdou that they remain
The only one reluctant to go was Dra.
con Amos SmallwOod. who. coming to
the plantation To seek employment for
his sou. had not been denied OF his de.
sire TO join the asscmblage OF his
| ucighbOrs
| Last to move toward the door. he
stopped in front OF Sanders. stretched
his hve feet three inches OF stature on
tiptoc aud shook II withcrcd list In the
boss firmly set. determined face.
Infamous" shrickcd the deacon.
You're Il monster, You're unright.
""us, You should have belonged To the
political machine Of Catalinc or Pom.
titus Plate"
Never heard tell a. them" muttered
Sanders. deeply puzzled Guess they
was never In Mississippi In my time
His accompanying gesture of per.
plcNity caused the deacon to hasten his
exit. Tripping over the leg Of a chair.
he fell hcadloug into the arms Of the
Watchful jackson. who received the
d"a'on'N blessing for uplifting the
righteous In the hour of their fall"
Relieved az the departure of '.,r wit
leSscS. Sanders showed Increased az
srrNSivcncsS TO be sure. senator
yon were careful not to personally
promise me anything for my support
ht tn" election, rs YOU say" the leader
Hnrcrrd. but you had Jim stevens 10
make promises for you. which was
smooth. absolute an artistic smooth
STOP. SIR lungdon furiuusly shout.
ed. "lou forget. sir. that your insinu
alton is an insult TO man elected sen.
ator from Mississippi. an insult To my
state ana 10 my friend senator Ste.
NenS who know would make YOU no
promises for me, for he had not my
authority"
y "rtainly you're a senator. bur
what's a senator anyhow? IN tell Won
Mr Colonel laugdon, senator Is "A
man who holds ont for his own pocket
as much ~ nN fellows that make him
VIII stand for. When We don't get our
righinI share. he's through
win u sudden start. as though TO
Nprilg 1t sanders throat. langdnn
"i'h compressed lips aud eyes blaz.
IuE. sr>prd the edge of the table
Nlih grip that threatened to rrnd
the polished boards with iutenscst
effort h' slowly rcgaincd control OF (
himSriT His fury had actually weak. |
encd him His knees SHOOK. and he I
sank weakly into chair When he .
finally spoke his voice was strained
ahd laburiuuS. sanders. YOU and
SIR must never meet again because
might not succeed again ia keeping NV
hands OF YOU What would my old
comrades of the Third MiSSiSsippl say
II they saw me sitting here and vou
there with a whole body. sir. after
what You hnye slidt They would not
believe their eyes. thank God. sir
they would all 20 over to Stuart city
and buy new eyeglasses, sir" 4 sus.
nlrious moisture appeared on the colo.
n'Ts checks which he could not dry
90 quickly 10 escape sanders obSerya.
ion
bnt ! had 10 let you stay. sir be-
'auSe You, the sole accuSer. are the
'nly one who can tell ma, what must
know"
what do You want Y know" asked
who had realized his great
mistake In losing his temper. in talk I
ng as openly and as violently as he
lad aud In dragging the name OF Sen.
tor stevens into the controversy. lie
must try to keep stevens from hearing
Il this days blunder. for Jim Stevens ,
new as well as he. didn't he, that the
aan who loses his temper. like the