New-York tribune., 1909-03-07

reckwear had slipped moo-i-cs and sent is satin
tendr1s over one ear; the pink shirt front and his
Ivd face srludged- Yet his very battered con
Cition insured identification with the wOOdCu- M
Hutt had seen in The Huntsville Gazette
Good NOR Il, madam, le tegan thICkly-- "So--v
'sturb YOU; mus a missed n count on dOoTaro-s-
Guess long further down -le boulevard. So long,
madam
But the attempt 70 pry himself from door 20 frame
and swing aunrily away resulted in lurCh, "a loss C-
balance; and then Mother Hut had broken his taI
and leading him limp and -tnnerved 70 sofa III
The sofa. TOO. had e. i r-ofiIe in the heaG-s--
Il seemed d desecration; yet Mother Hutt proceeded
with stoic deciSiveneSs. This Young man alone.
ne had his battle al ahead
Now YOU lie STILL till l care for You a bit she
said and hustled off with the ir ot al this beng N
The day routine
The patient ler his bloodSao5 eyes travel over his
new environments y silly smile appeared Fun
eS+ thing he riLe1ed infarinelv Seem TO see
he features Of m hated rival ev v'rywhere-on tlr
chairs-ev 'rywhere- Then terror grlpEed his te--
lures. Oh Lord, 'sposc i. should be a var-lI'
vision: he fumbled 10 cross himself Npose he 8
after me- ON q sudden iTsI ration he turned turtle
and, finding The haunting Usage on The cushion
there, began fyrtIveIy wipe II of
Mother HUtt reentrdnCe interrupted operations
yet she and understood " This Is CCngreSS---r
Hutt suite, YOU know 1t furnished 81 n honor
of him. she soothed.
Then those pictures are really there the Young
man croaked, Joyous relief III the tone Why SOL
YOU mus be Miss Hutt, he continued with the ei--
non of 4 polar dlSCOVeTtr- Then. watching the Uc-
man absorbed IN the mixture Of a powder and liquor
in one of the glasses she brought in his eyes narroveG
and he asked, You don happen 20 kn W who l ,--.
do you:
IVES do. You're the Congressman elect from o-c
III our district. You defeated my husband, she
answered steadily without looking up
81 did madam, the more : the shame hr
thunder are YOU a doing al tins for me, That
what's twisting my thinker You amt the look Of
that q so II tor giving mischief dope, he az
.lyzed bauishing his own bogy. Then with a conf
dental eer he questioned, Honest, now. Miss Hurt
gee but that names like . hICCupi-whats 5 maH-
ing You wiIlin 10 coddle black sheep like me, any
Why did YOU make that fight against Congress
man HUT, she pdrrIed SuCCnctly.
"Oh. tha dead easy one, he returned Simple
enough. Cause Sen tor Hedge Yut uP the dough and
promised me a reward of merit besides. that $ Why
Paid for ev rything Hedges did, including balloon
.isCcnSons and millions flags with m name on en-
Great campaign. that But his comPlaceut grin died
and raising himself on shaking arm, he continued
txCitcdlv.
But didn want TO do IT, honest, Told Hedges
50; but he sisted Nope. all want of politics any
how Is get the head of things out home and TWIST
The Ltgslshure taI till Il suarlS and snaps az the
legs Of that gang that used 20 kick and cuff me when
/ was - dirty htte nOnymous brat being brought
up under the saloon counters III the neIghbOrhooo,
and in particular that hound that eIawed my
mothers heart out 20 stop hole IN ms own Teput,-
ton. | was with her when She died and was old
enough to know. Oh, God what a head he mOared.
sinking back and clutching the sofa edge as cap
sized canoe
Now Just take all this There may be newer
and pleasanter remedies but tins Is sure After
ward | have Il soothing stuff, and then after some
sleep I'll get the black coffee and YOU II come out al
right 1t hasn't run more than Il couple OF days,
has it
How thunder do YOU know all this: he gasped.
she supported HIM ike child and held the glass.
HALF an hour later he was living bacI, winter than