The sun., 1910-01-09


was my nurse The nrat sight evsr
sound ever heard was the report that
saluted IL. And now to have you hold
back with a squeamishness no one would
IAN the moro reason. madam. for me
win W S~ even % as Mr. cV oiSsr i said! ID : sS'O'
-I'n make you. then,- she snapped
viciously. ~If you don't I'll spread Il
broadcast that you offered to get the
appointment for me for money. You
will be ruined"
THAT might we'll be. madam"
-It would reflect upon Mr.. Gizer. People
would say. Like master. like man."
There 9 where you are wrong. madam.
Mr.. Gizer has character, not mere reputa-
tion. It is shield for him against such
trifiing darts, sust as 1t Is for many an
other OF his associates. You Judge the
flock by the black sheep. just because
there are n few Congressman reckless,
avid. dissolute. who frank their washing,
who strike for fifty in the presence OF a
lady and waste their substance in riotous
living. you are foolish enough to take
them for a type"
An amazing little woman, an incompre-
hensihle little woman. Even while l was
sweeping on the full tide OF eloquence
return to her blanohed face.
others" she said With the ironic drop
OF courtesy she vanished.
-Meroy, what a barnyard concatena-
tion." cried Laura, coming from the
Il had to talk to her like a Dutch uncle.
i explained.
-Dutch7 Yes"
-Oh. you have been listening, have
y never listen, George. she retorted
with vast dignity Il overheard"
And what was there so particularly
stupid about my part?"
why, you told her how to throw her
money ,sy away % YSH % se1t w.,a her post post haste
strike for fifty in the presence OF a
lady"
didn't reply. had nothing 10 say:
but when lust before retiring l glanced
over the Record as a sedative and saw
that the contest Of Garthe against Wales
would be up in the House in two days
I wanted to kick myself the more.
III.
There was poetical justice in the fact
that Mr.. Wales had won his dubious and
disreputable election over such a man
as the Hon. Eben Garthe. He might
rather have had an animated bosom
after him.
Mr.. Garthe was all and had all that
poor Mr.. Wales lacked. He was as rich
in spirit as he was in substance. Puritan
who believed the wicked should be eradi-
Gated and who was jealous to show his
faith by his works. To him Wales was
a man OF Belial who had prostituted the
electorate. corrupted the district and
brought contempt on representative gov
ernment. He urged his contest against
him as IL il were a crusade.
1t was all one way before the Committee
on Elections. Wales had neither the
men nor the means. while Garthe fetched
records by the carload and voters in
battalions from their sparse and distant
district. with a horde Of detectives to
guard and watch while they scourGed
the city for further trans0ressions. The
report OF the committee was scathingly
condemnatory and conclusive. In the
words OF one Of the members. it left poor
Galen without leg TO stand on.
On what then did Mr.. Wales rely o save
his Congressional bacon? On his person.
ality. Appearance. manner. voice and
word united 10 give him charm. From
the triple iron and brass OF overwhelming
proof he would draw immunity by the
magic of his oratory.
This was no idle boast. The man was
lovable. There was that about him which
condoned his faults even while he frankly
admitted them. The appeal of his glance
and smile TO that common sympathy
which springs from a consciousness OF
common weaknesses was almost irresisti-
BILE
The arrangement was that each OF the
principals 20 the contest was TO have the
privilege OF summing up his side OF the
case before the House The certainty Of
the invective sarcasm. humor and pathos
which Mr. Wales would employ to bewilder
and mislead the Congressional jury was
enough in itself to insure a mammoth
audience.
But on the morning OF the eventful day;
the rumor spread that Garthe had facts
to spring that would go against person
ality rather than conduct: that in addition
TO proving that Wales was corrupt and
base he would also prove that he was
mean. Hence then, the long black wav-
ing lines that protruded from every en-
trance To the Capitol before 2 o clock, like
the tentacles OF some huge monster
crowded within.
II was late in the day that ] managed
10 force myself against a screen on the
edge of the floor of the House. II was so
packed and jammed with members, SEN
ators. officials aud those entitled to or
usurping it's privileges that like the addi-
tion OF a drop TO a full glass IL seemed as IL
some one was forced ont on the other side
Mr.. Garthe had just finished his two
hour speech amid applause that seemed
perfunctory to me. | looked inquiringly
az my friend the doorkeeper.
"A frost" he whispered hoarselv. He
showed fraud. intimidation and bribery,
wholesale and retail. beyond the divvle OF
a doubt; but not worud agnst his char
acter as a man. Walesll win in a canter.
now see IL he don't"
IL certainly looked like il. In a voice
SO shaken by emotion that the profound
silence seemed rather to attend IL than
to fee before il Mr. Wales began to re-
view minor incidents Of his Congressional
life. Members from both sides pressed
near with laughter and tears for his droll
and pathetic references TO old days.
II was not a defendant extenuating or
denying. 1t was a brother among breth-
rem recalling things mutually dear. In
every accent and aspect Of the man there
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