The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-04-14
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RED MOUSE
A Mystery Romance
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By WILLIAM HAMILTON
OSBORNE
Copyright. 1909. by Dodd. Mead n Co.

limelight Of your dreanlsT'
"lf only you had Billy. but you
haven't. much as ! have tried my best
10 III my knights armor on you and
place You on his wnrhorse Now, can't
you see what II would mean II we
made the experiment Of marriage;
Marriage would not make me happy
II would he misery
Misery" he gasped
yes. misery for you" she finished
"Can the girl who must have money
make poor man happy. much as she
may love hmy can The butterfly make
bookworm happy. much rs she may
love himy \ woman with social ambi
tiuns loves man with none Can she
make him happy? No. And. while
am none Of these. yet somehow I've
got to fulfll my destiny. and I'm not
going to cha r.. anger and everlastingly
offend the nan who doesn't belong
doesn't III H. with my ideasr'
But | do ~ In. aS you phrase II.
Murgutroyd maintained Haven't
ambition? And am | not 6ghterI
You'd think sc II you knew the devil
Of fight aE having right now with
my own organization with Cradle
baugh's-and I'm going to win!"
Shirley shook her head.
You are too much Of rpformer
too much of crank No: I'm sorry &C
tell you so. but IN my inmoSt soul
believe you will fail. You're built that
way. don't know why. but men at
influence have weighed you In the
balance aud found you wanting. vii.
liam Murgalroyd. politically you're
dead That's what they tell me-"
Murgatroyd's face paled.
But the people the people believe
IN me"
Shirley smiled again.
You haven't any diplomacy"
mot II you call obeying orders from
Peter Brndprick diplomacy"
you hit from the shoulder wildly,
Billy. II lands on and hurts your op.
ponent. but II kills you. You're only
honest, Billy; nothing else"
Murgatroyd called out to her:
only honest. Doesn't that count
with you? Doesn't II signify?"
ITS easy enough to be honest. but
IL is great to make your honesty save
and not destroy you; TO get these
men behind you instead OF opposed to
you; to make your organization do
what you want to do: to rise upon
its shoulders because you make 1t lift
you up Ah"'
But. Shirley. can't you see that the
man who stands up for a principle
cannot failT'
What have you done so fary" she
added. You're prosecutor OF the
pleas, your trst last and only office
Am | rightY'
I'm afraid you are" he answered
duly. "ln n way what you say Is
the truth. Politically shall die
Murgutroyd shuddered as he spoke
unless I can force this issue to lin.
ish while my office lasts"
Shirley shifted her mode Of attack.
Look at MIR. Thorne!"
"Ah, 1t is Thorne then"
awhile ago | told you It was not
Mr., Thorne. But some day shall
meet the man I'm looking for-some
day
when you do Shirley Bloodgood
he was quick to remind her, ITS an
even chance that he> won't care for
you"
ITS a chance I'm going to take!
can love-" she went on wistfully.
yes" and then. bushng. added very
tenderly: II am laying my soul bare
TO you, William Murgatroyd, because
believe somehow that you have a
right to see It, Again | repeat: Look
at Mr.. Thorne-a prospective United
States senatorv
"You admire him?"
HE succeeds"
Have you any idea. young woman.
what 1t costs In this state to be chosen
senator?"
Does 1t cost anythlng?" was her
naive rejoinder
Just about three-quarters Of a mil
lion to swing the thing! Thorne has
money and backing and"-
And you have neither" she finished
for him.
FTeclsely.
why not emulate Mr.. Thorne and
get both? To be a United States SEN
ator is one of the few great real sue
cesses possible of achievement In this
country"
His methods are not mine"
Exactly. He secures support, you
opposition"
would you have me adopt his meth
ods?"
II would have you secure his re-
suits" she declared firmly.
"And II do?"
''Oh. II you only wouldr her young
voice rang out clearly. hopefully.
"And I'll find you waiting for me?"
"At the top OF the hill. BillyT She
held out her hand "Goodbyp
CHAPTER VIII.
n FTEk seeing Miss Bloodgood to
IA her carriage Murgatroyd's