Mexico weekly ledger., 1910-04-28

ULONG the hssEhts q Artroua,
I "a whse her fzther lay n 4 most
4 preaEEoas co1Gdon q heal1h
a 4 Shirley Booazood and her
nothz haa guas b ezrs fo- tbs strick-
e. n4n he LIE n TIE open and IN
der e~s-1p1rztive,y uncezveatio1Si sur
rou1dtnEs was Duch n the nature Of
a rsve,zuaa @ the New York scciey
wouGz. and taa novelty Of Il az made
4 Virs9 i-qreSiau On her
II vas U1ry u1nths zEser tie last
described Interview belWeen Rroder
ic& and Murgzrroyd that shirley ar
rived tack in her hSloved New York
uses Uora
AT the st1uo1 exit SIZE hesitated a.
to where she would 60. as she had not
Notified any q her friends Of her re
tu-l Finally she concluded 10 80 70
TIE BsIeroPhu1 an sriStoeratic and
conservative hotel where her family
were known and she ASKED the head
station porter to ammon her 3 cab.
At sight q the unpustentlous hostel
n, which rej0soed n the distinction Of
possessing such q resoundiRg name,
Shirley was conscious Of a variety Of
emotions Fer & tine In the old days
1t had been the fashio1 to pztronize
the B~e1srOPhon. snd Murgatroyd had
been the first TO take her there.
They showed her to her room. a won
derfuuy old fashioned room without q
particle Of brzss CT glitter In il Even
the bedstsad was Of wood a good, sol
Id invitation 10 honeIiEe rest and
slunber.
Shirley picked up one Of the papers
lying on the table. She started and
laughed guilty.. A name had caught
her eye-Murgatroydi Paper after pa
per she now scanned. and all mention
ed his name and with it invariably
was coupled another nAms-Thorne!
The Pillar, the most conservative even
ing paper In the city. was holding I'D
Its hands ia reyerential hero worship.
In a two column article il reviewed
Murcatroyd's record from its invari-
ably impartial viewpoint. "M~urgatroyd
had been Clean 1t said. His repu-
tation was unsullledf II even re-
ferred 10 the Challoner incident as a
pitiful piece Of falsehood which had
strengthened Murgatroyd In his posi-
ton. Shirley cried out, oh. what a
hypocTite he isg'
II was after S O'Clock when Shirley
WAS reminded Of q sudden that she
was desperately hungry. Once in the
dining room, she directed her steps to
a small aleove- Shirley threw a glance
around the room. Palms screened her
table, making 1t impossible for her to
be seen, although II was perfectly easy
for her to see every one In the room.
The air Of the city was fun Of life
and body. II gave her an appetite.
She enjoyed her dinner thoroughly,
and yet her thoughts wandered
III only Billy had been different
Suddenly the palms were parted, and
Il fat man approached her table. On
seeing it occupied be mumbled his sur
prise and backed out again. But while
pushing his way through the palms he
extended a short arm and said:
That table over there, then"
The remark WIS made to a eompan-
ion, whom Shirley could not e An
answer Of disappointment, however,
came 10 a mans voice. And the fat
man-hIs face was strangely familiar.
Shirley was sure.
Broderick-that was the mantle
funny, vulgar politician who had been
pointed out TO her at the ChalIoner
trial Shirley wondered what a man
Of his stamp was doing in the Bellero-
phon. Somehow he did not seem to
belong there. She noted how broad,
how Terribly broad, was his back.
But a power In politics-the real
thi1gF7 she murmUred 1t was not
surprising, she told herself, that men
II refinement hesitated long before
lUing into politics II this we're a type
Of the men they had to compete with.
Her thoughts running On in this strain,
she determined out Of curiosity to get
a glimpse Of B~roderick's companion.
The man sat fading her.
At the fret glsce Shirley was star
tied NO; il can't be possible that
at that instant the stranger looked up
and dispelled her doubts. she was face
70 face with the man who had filed
her thoughts for the last two hours.
And 50 that is Billy MurgatroydF'
she gasped He was different from
the nan she had pictured And she
would have gone On indefinitely crit
etsing bis looks. but she was suddenly
interrupted by the sound Of voices. 1t
Was Brodsrsck talking. his big voice
Ching the room. Shirley listened at
tsndveIy.
BLAMED good place to get away
from tie gang" be was saying, and
there was q satisfied look on his face
as be glanced about the room.
Murgatroyd leaned forward and
spoke. Instantly the tone Of bis voice
and his manner told the girl that the
relations between the two men were.
In a degree, confidential Broderick
assumed the attitude Of a political ad-
wiser. Shirley observed that be ges-
ticulatsd a great deal. but In none Of
AuXVAssE.
The freeze Saturday and Sunday
has killed an the fruff