The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1909-03-10


Gods name does he want? A commit
tee craftsmanship? An Enthusiastically
for some Mississippi charcoal burner?
A couple of federal judgeships for his
friends? Well. whatever 1t is. give 1t
to him and get him In with the rest
Of usl'
Again 1t was Peabody who had the
deciding say.
There's only one thing worse than
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. 1.-THE
young one 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-
bling 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
it all and rejoiced. for she believed
, with all the accrued erudition of eight
cen years of innocent girlhood that
Mr.. Bud Haines was quite the finest
specimen of young manhood this
world had ever produced. How could
he have happepedl She was sure that
she had never met his equal, not even
In that memorable week she had spent
in Jackson.
The passing weeks taught Haines
that he was deeply In love with Caro-
lima, and, though he had endeavored
to keep the knowledge of this from
her, her womans intuition had told her
his secret, and she stifled the momen-
tary regrets that fitted into her mind,
because she was now in "the game"
herself. the Washington game, that
ensnares the woman as well as the
man and makes her a slave to its fan
cy. No one but herself and Norton
knew how deeply she had plunged"
on a certain possible turn of the po-
litical cards. She must not, she could
not, lose If life itself were to remain
of value to her, and on her sway over
this secretary she was told 1t all de-
pended.
A subject that for some unexplain-
able reason frequently lodged in
Haines mind was that of the appar-
ent assiduity with which Mrs. Spangler
cultivated Senator Langdon's friend
ship. For several years she had occu-
pied q high social position at the CAPT
tai, he well knew, but various indef-
mite, intangible rumors he had heard,
he could not state exactly where, had
made him regret her growing intimacy
with the girls and with the senator.
They had met her through letters of
introduction of the most trustworthy
and assuring character from people of
highest social rank in Virginia, where
the Langdons had many friends. but
even so, Haines realized, people who
write Introductory letters are some
times thoughtless in considering all the
circumstances of the parties they In
itoluChlS VA A6&hAA VIM
had not been in the capital for years
might be forgiven for not knowing of
all the more recent developments in
the lives of those they knew in Wash
ington. While not wishing to have the
senator know of his Intention, the Sec
rotary determined to investigate Mrs.
Spangler and her present mode of life
at his first opportunity, hoping the
while that his quest would reveal her
to be what the Langdons considered
her-a widow of wealth, fashion and
reserve who resided at the capital be-
cause the memories Of her late hus-
band, a former congressman Of high
standing, were associated with 1t.
Calling at the Langdons' house one
evening in February to receive direc-
tons regarding important work for the
Iotn