Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-07-21

Il
~ doubtful whether any enterprise
.s.inst me, promising enough for him
- r,sk embarking, could be launched
:. soon as I entered the room be,
-. he rat when the cat interrupted
=. ratand-mouse convention to Sis.
.uss belling 1t, unceremoniously led
,ha way to safety. But this was not
one of those occasions on which it
4 wise to show a man that his lies
L IN not fool you. Il am glad to hear
Won say these things, Dominick," said
II am glad you are loyal to the
party"
"You can trust me, senator, said he
n earnestly
Il can trust your common sense"
said l. And | proceeded to grasp
this lucky chance to get away. Il
y am leaving" | went on, las soon as
the coffee is served, | shall look to
YOU to send these gentlemen home in
proper frame of mind toward the
party"
\ His eyes glistened. Except his
A growing fortune, nothing delighted
him so much as a chance to rough
house" his eminently respectable
pals He felt toward them that
quaint mixture of envy, contempt and
desire to fight which fills a gamin
at sight of fashionably dressed
boy. He put out his big hand and
dampened mine with it, You can
count on me, senator" he said
gratefully. 'Tll trim EN-, comb and
tail-feathers"
Don't overlook their spurs" said |.
They amt got none" said he. "ex-
cept those you lend en-"
We returned to a table palled by
sullen dread-dread of me. anger
against Dominick, who in the cour-
age of his ignorance Of the conven.
ionalities which restrained them, had
taken the short, straight cut to me
and peace. And, as veterans in the
uo-quarter warfare of ambition. they
knew | had granted him peace on no
less terms than their heads
They had all, even Roebuck. been
drinking freely in the effort to coun-
pagne seemed only to aggrayate their
gloom except in the case of young
JAMESON. He had just succeeded
through the death of his father to
the privilege of levying upon the peo-
lie of II counties by means of trolley
franchises which the legislature had
granted to his father in perpetuijy in
rarity 1t is, by the way, an inter-
eSting illustration of the human be
l1gs lack of thinking power that
"a s1slature could not give away A
nall gold mine belonging to the pub
lie to any man for even a brief term
Of years without causing revolu-
lion, but could and does give away
lar more valuable privileges to plum
der and to tax. and give them away
forever, without causing any real stir.
However - young Jamiesons liquor,
acting upon a mind that had not had
enough experience to appreciate the
meaning of the situation drove him
on to insolent taunts and boasts adj
dressed to his neighbors but intend.
ed for me. | ignored him, and, when
the coffee was served, rose to de-
gart.
Roebuck urged me to stay, followed
ne to the cloak-room took my coat
away from the servant and helped me
with it. II want to see you the first
hing in the morning, Harvey said
he
'Tll call you up If have time"
said l.
We came out of the cloak-room, his
arm linked In mine, and crossed the
corner of the dining-room toward the
outer door. Jameson threw up his
arm and auttered his hand in an i'm
pertinent gesture of farewell. so
long Senator Swollenhead" he cried
"a thick voice Wen teach you a
lesson in how to treat gentlemen
The last d-gentlemen-was just
Clearing his mouth when Dominick's
/ eapot, flung with all the force of
ne ex-prize-fighter's big muscles and
w big body, landed in the midst OF
Is broad white shirt-bosom. And
WIN the teapot Dominick hurled his
isorte epithet from his garbage
9affel of language. With a yell
@pleson crashed over backward; his
wing legs, caught by the table, tilted
= Ills convulsive kicks sent it over,
aao half the diners, including Dom
A'cK' were floored under it.
All this in a snap of the finger. And
4 ffitn the disappearance of the phys
n a' semblance of a company of civ.
u4ea men engaged in dining in civ
a1ea fashion, the last thin veneer
~ ct nate and fury was scraped away,
Uses and growing roars made a
epuiSlVe mess of sound over that
apuisVe mess of unmasked, half.
=, aHAen' wholly Infatuated brutes
Y ~ 80 Is shrewd, sly wisdom snugly
~ sat ea away under the fable of the
& ~ ehanged into a queen and how
s. - sprang from her throne at sight
rbs mouse to pursue it on all tours.
oest OF US are, after all, animals
Y into men by the spell of rea