The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-03-05
CHAPTER VII.
An Affair at the statehouse.

An Affair at the Statehouse.
Barbara filed the messages herself
with the manager of the telegraph
company, who lifted the green shade
from his eyes and smiled upon her.
We'll rush them, Miss Osborne.
Shall telephone the answers if they
come tonight? No; your father likes
his kilograms delivered, remember"
Il will call for them said Girls
void. Gov. Osborne was only at
home few hours this evening and he
left me in charge Of these matters"
The managers face expressed sur
prise.
ooh! I didn't know the governor
was at home" he remarked. as he
finished counting the words and charg-
ing them against the states account.
L will send them myself, and ask the
operators at the other end to look
lively about the answers You are
Mr."
"Thfs is Maj. Griswold," said Bar.
bara, comforting the title with a vague
feeling that it strengthened her cause.
Major" repeated the manager, and
he nodded to Griswold with an air
that implied his familiarity with Of
fetal secrets. "You will call? In a
couple of hours, major" t
AS Barbara and Griswold turned to
leave, young man who had been
writing message at the standing
desk in the lobby lifted his hat and
addressed Barbara. He was a re.
porter for the Columbia Jntelligencer.
and his manner was eager.
"Oh, Miss Osborne, pardon me. but
I've been trying to get you on the
telephone. Can you tell me where
your father is to.night?"
Father was in town only a few
hours. and then left on state busi-
ness"
May ask If it's the Appleweight
case? The Raleigh papers have wired
for information and we'd like to know
here"
81 cannot answer that question. It's
enough that the governor is absent on
state business and that the business
is important. You may print that in
the 1ntelligencer and repeat 1t to
Raleigh. There is no harm in that,
Miss Osborne?"
mo; certainly not" Barbara re-
piled.
But the papers all over the state
are talking about the Appleweight
gang. They intimate that those peo-
pie enjoy immunity from prosecution
and that the governor-you will par
don me. Miss Osborn-will take no
steps to arrest them for personal rea.
sons"
your question Is quite proper" re.
piled Griswold. THE governors acts
are subject to scrutiny at all times
and it is just as we'll to have this mat
ter understood now ] am employed
by the governor as special counsel in
some state matters. My name is Girls
;wold. Take out your book and come
to the desk here and will give you
statement which you may publish as
by the authority Of the governor"
The three found seats at a table
and Griswold dictated while the re-
porter wrote, Barbara meanwhile sit.
ting with her cheek resting against
her raised hand. She was experience
ing the relief we all know. of finding
q strong arm to lean upon in an
emergency, and she realized that Girls
void was not only wise, but shrewd
and resourceful.
please print this exactly as I give
1t: 1t having been intimated in GER
tain quarters that the Appleweight
gang Of outlaws, which has been ter
rorizing the North Carolina frontier
for several years, enjoys immunity
from prosecution in South Carolina
owing to the fact that Gov. Osborne
was at some time attorney for Apple
weight, Gov. Osborne begs to say that
steps have already been taken for the
arrest Of this man and his followers,
dead or alive. The governor presents
his compliments to those amiable crit
les who have so eagerly seized upon
this pretext for slurring his private
character and aspersing his official
acts The governor has no apologies
to proffer the people Of South Caro-
lima, who have so generously reposed
in him their trust and confidence. He
IL intent E2o2 safeguarding. the