Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-04-08

me Emery party and the Democfsts ~, vi,
tner t1ll strength, while one or ~,
weak-kneed Jenkins men came over !,
.ne Emery side. As the clerk MADE N,
the record, It stood - u
Francis jenkins had inc
Amos Emery had o.
henry Brigham (Democratl had A
there =" S"o.'iy ano
Francis Jenkins had "a
Amos Emery had 20
Inere not being a majority for ths
same candidate In both houses. X was -
essary that they meet next dav IN ioin,
assembly and ballot together. The re.
suit, clearly enough, would be deter.
mined oy the action Of the Democrats. n
jenkins could draw enough Of thern owe,
ne would win, but "Phi'S Aunis, earlv
Claims had been exploded by this dav;s
vote, and unless jenkins received = ma
loiity very soon his support could not be
neid long for him. In fact. sivna M
Se.kness appeared already, despite the
Adjournment had hardly come before
each side went 10 work repairing fences
ana trying to undermine the Others
strength "Phi" Annis summoned his
iieutenants to his Colonnade quarters for
conference.
leil you what, boys" be declared aft
er carefully locking the door, sstomorrow
tells the story. We've got to In, and to
40 Il we must win then. Pm having ali
can do to keep half a dozen Of our fel-
lows IN line and have only succeeded by
stalking my political honoF,p he smiled.
That We win tomorrow. That BANKED
ciodhopper from Kingston hit us hard
Que today. thought the governor had
nalieu MIN, but reckon that Westmont
senoolnlaster, who Is no SLOUGH at the
game, can see, found some way to reach
nlm. Now, boys. let me open my heart
to you. With every vote 10 both houses
counting tomorrow, there will be 276 cast
IN all. II will take 139 to elect our man
We polled 126 today. II we hold every
man 70 his mutton and get the ~ Demo-
Gratis that are promised we can cast I3s
tomorrow. That's every one can fl0ura
on, either now or later. Emery and the
Democrats who will stick to Brigham
will together just match us and we shall
split even. After that, the deIuRe.u
whats to be done?" demanded a lien
tenant. ''
well, there never was a more desper-
ate case, and desperate cases require des-
perate remedies"
"Phip Annis sat silent several minutes.
buried in thought. Then he arose and
dismissed the council with q nod.
Raymond Gray, leader of the Emery
forces, clearly saw the probabilities OF the
morrow. He perceived that the Demo-
Gratis would scatter and divide among the
Republican candidates. Though Emery
would draw more Of them than Jenkins,
be would still be second in the race. II
was doubtful il the election of the ma
chine candidate could be prevented on
The very next day. Gray laid the case be-
fore Rollin Spencer that evening and
urged bis advice.
1T is Jenkins against the field, see,"
Spencer.
eyes"
"Under those circumstances the play is |
10 strengthen the field, il possible.''
"How7''
"You want to keep all the Democrats
you can from stampeding to jenkins. /
Some Of them don't fancy Emery, but I
might perhaps go to q new man in prefer |
snce to jenkins. It's a chance, any
way.
"But who-what new man is available
Is a candidate at this late hour %
"That you must determine after inves-
iRating."
Gray looked squsrely into his friends 4
lace, but found nothing written there ex-
,ept the candor that it always bore. The /
hought that flashed into his own mind \
lad not come to Rollin Spencer's.
-
zee you and Hazel-later in the even
ng."
Gray sought Jed Alden at once and
ound him easily in the Colonnade lobby. (
"You have proved yourself my friend 4
oday," he said warmly, "and / thank
Tou. We still have close, hard fight
head. To be frank, the most / expect to
10 Is to prevent jenkins election. AS
hings stand, there is little hope for EN-
ny. I wouldn't dare confide this to 9TH
rs, but know you can be trusted"
Eyes, yew en- trust me, guess.
Burnt all my bridges behind meow.
Well, got my state aid bill threw any
yay before tn crash. Tn Jenkins fell
ers III hev II in fer me meow an I'll start
b. scrap by stickin' tew my guns. No
enkinn vote from yewrs trewly, what
yer becomes of Emery"
'sThere is one way, Jed, that you can
ielp us more than BY staying with EN-
~ tomorrow"
ssHeowP" asked jed.
"And can help to accomplish one, and
'erhapa two other things, very near to
ny heart
"By gum, Gray, yew're a pootty good
hap an hev used me white from tn be-
innin'. I've found yew safe an honest.
don't care what tits yew're Roin' tew
SIX me I'll promise it in advance"
"Don't do that may ask more than
ou care to undertake. It's q big pro-
ram, with you as the chief actor"
al know yew won't. ask nothin' onrea-
enable, an whatll come Of it'll be fer tn
est all areound. So here's my hand. "
Few en- depend on jed"
CHAPTER XVIII.
BY this time, Jed Alden had mastered
be spring mattress and acquired the lazy
abit to the extent OF finding it comforta-
lie to lie abed until o'clock in the
lorning or later. The secret, he found,
onsisted in retiring at an hour that
lould have been considered scandalous
\ KinRston There was usually enough