Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1909-03-05

intimately scrSss,ed that "thiS fellow
ought 20 he taken care Of What IN
Gods name does he want: commit
tee chairinanshIp; An enthusiastically
for some Mississippi charcoal burnerf
4 couple 81 federal Judgeshirs for HE
friends: Well. whatever IL II. give u
TO him and get him In with the rest
~ us
Again u was Peabody who had the
deciding say.
There's only one thing worse than
young reformer. and that's an old
one" be laughed bitterly at a secret
conclavc nj his apartment In the lux
urious Louis Napoleon hotel THE
young one thinks he Is going To live
and wants our future profits for him
self The old one thinks he's going
10 die. and he's sore at leaving so
much graft behind him"
Heads and hearts thinking and throb-
hing together Langdon and his score
tary. Haines. ploddcd 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
IL all aud rejOiccd. for she believed
with all the accrued eruditiun Of eight
cen wears uf Innocent EirlhoOd that
Mr. Bud IIalues was quite the finest
specimen OF young manhood this
world had ever produced How could
he have happened! 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 cndeavored
10 keep the knowledge of this from
her. her woman's intuition had told her
his secret, and she stiied 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
ma. and makes her slave to its fan.
cy. 40 one but herself and Norton
knew how deeply. she had plunged
on certain possible Iurn of the 10
litlral cards She must not. she could
not, lose If life itself were to remaii
Of value To her. aud ola her sway over
this secretary she was told 1t all de
pended.
\ subject that for some uneXplain
nble reason frequently lodged il
Uaincs mind WAS that OF the appar
eut asslduity with which Mrs. Splugle
cultivated Senator l.augdon's friend
ship. Tor several years she had orcu
pied a high social position at the CAPT
tai. lie well knew, but various indeh
mite. intangible rumorS he had heard
he could not state exactly where hat
made him regret her growing intimac,
with the girls and with the senator
They had met her through letters O
Introduction % the most tTuStworth.
ami assuring character FROM people a
/ highest social rank IN Virginia whcr
the Laugduus had many friends Ia
even 50, IiaiucS realized. people VIII
write Introductory letters are some
times thuuphtlcss IN considering all tn
/ circumstances Of the parties they in
( trodurc. and residents of Virginia VIII
had not been IN the capital for year
might bc forgiven for not knowing o
/ all the more recent developments Il
the lives of hose they knew In Wash
ingtuM. While not wishing TO have tn
senator know Of his intention, the sec
rotary Determined Ia investigate Mrs
/ Sp0ngI"r and her present mode OF III
al his first opportunity, hoping tn
4 while that his quest would reveal he
TO he what the l.augdonS considered
hcr-a widow Of wealth. fashion au'
reserve WHO resided NJ the capital he
cause the memories of her late huS
band former congressman of hiG
standing. were associated with II,
/ Callr nj the I.angl"nS house on
evening in February t" receive direc
lions regarding important work for tn
next day Uaiyp