Graham guardian. [volume] (Safford, Ariz.) 1895-1923, 1911-06-16

plan definite programmes for each day
nt the capital and discuss them with
envious friends for weeks In advance.
And If the prearrrlnged program IS
not scrupulously carried out we lcc'
that we have been Scfrauded. 1t WAS
the regret of Aunt Sophronia ilal!efts
life that on her Washington excursion
she had not seen the diplomatic
CORPSE" She saw the president ana
the monument and congress ana "tac
relics IN the Smithsonian INSTITUTION.
but the "corpsc" was not on view.
Aunt Sophronia never quite got owe"
the disappointment.
Probably no other Bayporter Ill re-
cent years has started Tor Nashil"-
ton on such short not'cc or with so
III defined a pi ogram as Captain CO He
went because he felt that lie must &"
somewhere. After the conversation
with Asaph he simply cor!d not re-
main Mt hoyn. Ic Phoebe Dawes rAHHd
he knew that lie must see her, nnd VI
he saw her what should IL say TO
her? He could not tell Ecr that she
must not visit the Cy Whitaker place
again. IL he did she would Insist
mon the reason. II he told her OF the
.town talk he felt sure. Knowing her.
that she would Indignantly reuse to
heed the malicious gossip. And he
was firmly resolved not to permit her
| TO compromise her life and her future
| by friendship With social outcast
| like himself. AS for anything deeper
| and more sacred than friendship. that
| was ridiculous If for moment a
| remark Of hers had led him to dream
of such n thing 1t was because he was,
as he had SO often declared, an "cid
| fool"
So CAPTAIN Cy had resolved upon
fight, and he fed to Washington be-
cause the business Of the committee
of one" offered legitimate excuse for
going there. The blunt message he
had intrusted to Georgianna would, he
believed. arouse Phoebe's indignation.
She would not call again. And when
he returned to Bos'n 1t would be to
take up the child's fight alone. II ne
lost that fight, or when he lost 1t, ne
would close the Cy Whitaker place
and leave Bayport for good.
He had been In Washington once be-
fore. years ago, when he was first mate
of ship and had few weeks shore
leave. Then he went there on pleas
ure trip with some seagoing friends
and had jolly time. But there was
precious little jollity In the present
visit. He had never felt so thorough!
mis~able. In order to forget he made
up MIS- mind to work his hardest to dis
cover why the harbor appropriation
was not to be given to Bayport.
The city had changed greatly III
would scarcely have known It, Ht
went to the hotel where he had STAYED
before and found a big modern build
ing in its place. phe clerk was IN
elined to be rather curt and perfume
tory at first, but when he learned thai
the captain was not anxious concern
ing the price Of accommodations. bu
t merely wanted "cOmftable berti
= somewheres on the saloon deck" ant
r appeared to have plenty of money n
/, grew polite, Captain Cy was shown
!, to his room, where he left his vallse
( Then he went down to dinner.
z After the meal was over he seated
Q himself in one Of the big leather chairs
In the hotel lobby, smoked ant
r thought. In the summer, before Bos'l
f came and before her father had arisel
!. to upset every calculation and wrecl
q all his plans, the captain had givel
/. serious thought to what he should q
4 IL Congressman Atkins failed, as eve'
! then he seemed likely TO DO, In secuI
> ing that appropriation. The obyiou
thing, Of course, would have been I
y hunt up Mr., Atkins and question hin
v But this was altogether too obvious
70 In the first place the strained relation
a between them would make the inter
view uncomfortable, and in the secon
to IL there was anything underhand !
lie Heman's backsliding on the appEopri;
W ton Atkins was too wary q bird to y
e SHARED with Questions.
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