Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1909-05-13
IN and shut him Off" asked Ste

NO" responded Peabody; "he has
already promised Langdon to recog-
nize him, and the president of the SEN
ate cannot be persuaded to break his
Word. ! am painfully aware of this
fact"
But Stevens was not vet dissuaded
from the hope of defeating the junior
senator from mississippi by wit alone.
Can we not have Il speaker get the
floor before Langdon and have him
talk for hours-tirc out the old kicker
and wait Il time when he leaves the
senate chamber to eat or talk to some
visitor we could have call on him.
then shove the bill through summa-
rily: he suggested.
1--WE gone over all that" answered
Peabody quickly. "1t would only be
delaying the evil hour. You wouldn't
be able to move that old codger away
from the senate chamber With a team
of oNen-once he gets to his seat. His
secretary. Haines-another oversight
of yours, StevenS"-the latter WINGED
Twill warn him. Langdon would
stick pins through his eyelids to keep
from falling asleep"
give been thinking" put in Steinert
slowly, that a little f%ine-esse like this
might keep him away: When Lang
don's in his committee room before
goin' to the senate send him q tele-
gram signed by some of his frien's'
name that one of his daughters is
dyin' from injuries in a automobile
collision a few miles out a-town.
That ud"-
"R%idiculous,' snorted Peabody. He'd
know where they We're. They're al
Ways
"Huh, then put in more %fne-esse."
"How, what?"
"Hev some'un take 'em out a-au
toin'"-
mo. no, man." snapped Peabody
"They'd stick in town to hear their
fathers wonderful speech"
We'll" Went on the lobbyist, III hev
Langd'n watched by Il careful picked
man, Il niger tibet won't talk. Hell
pick Il row with the colonel on some
street, say, Wen he's comm from his
uOIlc aIlcI luIlCu. Inc COOu XIII DuIlI
into Langd'n an call him names. Thel
Wen ole fireworks sails into i'm, yellin
about what ed do in Mississippi, thu
coon pulls a gun on the colonel an
fires a couple O. shots random. Cop
come up, an our pertickeler copper 4
lug Langd'n away as Il witness, refus
in to believe 'es q senator. l kin ar
range to hev him kept in the cooler F.;
couple O hours without gettin' an,
word out, or I'll hev i'm entered VI
as drunk an disorderly. He'll lool
drunk, he'll be so mad"
"But the negro-how could you &c
a man to undergo arrest on such
serious charge, attempted MURDER! ey
claimed Stevens.
"There. there" said Steinert patron
izingly; "coons has more genteel HON
life in Jail than they does out. An
don't forget the District of Columbia i
governed by folks that amt resident
of it, only durin' the session. TIL poll
ticians don't leave their fr'en's in tn
cooler very long. Say, Senator Ste
vens, are you kiddin' me? Is it an.
different down in your
The Mississippian choked and splut
tered over a gulp of unusually hot cot
fee, and Peabody again decided Stein
ert to be on the wrong tack.
"That proceeding would attract to-
much attention from the newspapers,
he added.
"Well, I thought you wanted to win,
grunted Steinert. give been offeriI
you good stuff, too-new stuff. Non
Of yer druggin' with chloroform o
ttcklin' with blackjacks. Why, Nv
gone from %fne-esse to ommon sense
But, come to think of it, how abou
some woman? l en- get one to intro
duce to-
"This is the wrong kind of a man,
interrupted Peabody.
"Unless you got the right kind of
woman" went on Steinert.
t Senator Stevens choked some more.
"The boss of the senate sank dow
I IN his chair, crossed one knee over til
other and drummed his fingers light
. on the table. He gaZed thoughtful
at Stevens.
EYES," he observed slowly, "unles
you've got the right sort of a woman.
Rising, he led the Mississippian
i one side.
i The lobbyist heard the southerne
give a short exclamation of astonisl
i ment us Peabody whispered to him.
: cts all right. It's all right" he the
e heard the Pensylvanian say trritabl.
"She'll understand. She can be trus
ed. She expects you."
r Stevens gave a violent start at tt
e last assurance, but his colleague hui
~ riedly helped hi
W 9 ia into his coat.
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