The Washington herald., 1909-10-13
CHAPTER VII-Continued.

She seemed 10 be honestly inviting sug-
gestions, and the very thought OF this
affected him like wine. He deliberated
for several minutes. while she watched
him. A delicious country quiet lay upon
the old Statehouse; in the tranquil park
outside the birds whistled their high dis
dain OF law and precedent. II was no
small thing 10 be identified with great
undertaking like this with the finest
girl in the world: and he could not help
thinking OF the Joy OF telling Griswold.
the sober professor and sedate lawyer.
OF this adventure when ii should be hap
PLY concluded. Never again should
Grissy taunt him with his supineness
before the open door OF opportunity!
"a governor" he began. is always
a dignlfed person who doesn't bother
his head about little things Ike this
unless everybody else has gone 20 sleep.
Now, who's the chief Of police In a coun-
~ Ike Dnwell-What do you call him.
do you mean the sheriff. Mr. Ard
more?"
Certainly. Now. give me those tele-
graph blanks. and III drop him a few
lines 70 let him know that the govern
ment al Raleigh still lives"
II is in the telegram alone that we
Americans approach style. Our great
commanders did much TO form II; our
business strategists took the key from
them. Il propose 70 fight It out on this
line, II Il takes all summer Is not
more admirable than Cancel order our
number six hundred and eighteen or
Z Cfc
most familiar and commonplace appara-
tus clicks and ticks the great American
epic in phrases concise, uneQuivocal, and
apt. Won Moltke reused at night with
news OF war. merely waived his hand
20 the long-prepared orders I'm his chif-
fonier and went TO sleep again; but the
great Russian has his counterpart In
the American magnate who ties I'D a
railroad by telegraph over his after
dinner coffee. kilograms were. however,
with Mr.. Thomas Ardmore, something
more than a form Of communication or
a mere literary exercise. Letter-writins
seemed TO him the most formidable OF
human undertakings. but with pad OF
| telegraph blanks under his hand his
spirit scared free. All untrammeled by
the horror Of the day tariff. whose steer
slopes have wrought so much confu-
sion and error among the economical
I he gave to the wires and the wireless
what he never would have conided &c
a stamp. He wrote and submitted tc
Miss Jerry Dangerfleld the following:
To the Sheriff of Dilwell County.
What is this hear about your inability t.
catch Arrlc4reight and the rest Of his bunch
Your inattention 70 your duties IS q matter o
oommon scandal. and IL you dou's SET anxious
pretty soon shall remove you rom your iob snt
/ then some | shall be down soon % zee whethe
you are pitching Quoits at the blacksmith shol
/ or fishing for Holsters IN Raccoon Creek, instead
OF attending 10 your knitting. Your conduct ha
/ annoyed ne until I am something moro thai
Texed BY your behavior. The eyes Of the gTea
North State are upon you. Wire me at lengtl
Just what you propose doing or not doing IN thi
matter. WILLIAM eANSLhf Inl,D,
What do you think OF that?' h
asked, his pride falling as she scanned
the paper carefully.
isn't II pretty expensive?' Jerry in
ouired. counting the words TO ten anC
/ then roughly computing the rest.
"Tu take care OF that. Miss Danger
! field. What 1 want to know is whether
you think that will make the sheriff
SIT up"
wei. here's what father sent hin
only about a week ago. 1 found IL II
| his private letter book. and it's market
confidential in red ink"
Act cautiously in Appleweight case. Indict
ment BY grand jury Is undoubtedly faulty an
Foster threatens trouble in CAFE parties ar
arrested
And there's more like that! Pap
never intended to do anything. that's a.
plain as daylight. Mr.. Foster. the treas
urer. comes from that county. II
| thought papa was going TO have 70 d.
something. so he's holding back the pay
| ment Of the State bonds just to frightel
/ papa. You see. the State owes tn
| Bronx Loan and Trust Company tina
$3.50. 900, and II It isn't paid June 1st tn
1 State will be everlastingly disgraced."
"Oh, yes; I'd forgotten about that"
Il don't see how you could forget abou
II. That must be almost as much none
as there is in the world, Mr.. Ardmore
We've got to raise IL. anyhow. even !
we go to the pawn-shop. 1 pawned m
watch once when wes In college an