El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-24
The Honorable Senator Sagebrush
Copyright, 1910, By
STREET & SMITH
Continued from yesterday

! affairs political in free country, but
he was willing to hear more. 'Well?'
he said.
'What we want this time is one Of
your shew to the line men, son. Reck-
on you'd like to try it?'
The young man who was less than
week away from the atmosphere Of
! the law school and its theories was
fairly aghast. That his father should
be coolly proposing him for high Of
fee in the state to which he was as
new as the newest emigrant seemed
blankly incredible. But when the in
credibility began to subside the despot-
ism of a machine which could propose
and carry out such unheard Of things
loomed malefcent.
''Pm afraid we are a good many
miles apart. father" he said. uncon-
sciously using one of his fathers IA
vorites speech forms, when the pro-
posal had been given time to sink in.
America is supposed to be a free
country with representative govern
ment. Do you mean to say that. you
and a few of your friends can set
aside the will of the people so far that
you can nominate and elect anybody
you please to any Office in The slater
The farseeing eyes were twinkling
again. ooh, l don't know about our
being so far apart" was the depreca-
tory protest You're just little bit
long on theory, that's all, son. When
it comes down to the real thing some
body has ito head the stampede and
turn it, and If we don't do it the other
bunch WILL
What other bunch?'
"In this case it's the corporations
the timber people, the irrigation COM
panies and, most Of all. the railroads"
"Gantry seems to think that the rail
roads are prosecuted, or his railroad at
least"
The senator pulled his horse down
to still slower walk "Where did
you see Dick Gantry?' he demanded
Evan told Of the meeting On the
veranda Of the club. adding the fur
Their fact Of the college friendship.
"Just happened so. did it" queried
the senator, that getting together last
Saturday night?"
why, yes; 1 suppose so. Dick
knew 1 was in Boston, and he said he
had meant to look me up"
81 reckon he did, was the quiet
comment; yes, reckon he did. And
he filed you up chock full Of Hard
wick McVickar's notions, Of course. 1
guess that's about what he was told to
do. But we won't fall apart on that,
son. Tomorrow Wen go down to the
city, and you can look the ground over
for yourself 1 want you to draw
your own conclusions and then come
and tell me what you'd like to do.
Shall we leave it that way?"
Blount acquiesced, quite without
prejudice to firm conviction that his
opinion when formed was going to be
based on the merits Of the case, upon
a fair and judicial summing up Of the
pros and cons.
He felt that it would be striking at
eminent to allow himself to be the
candidate Of the machine. But. on
the other hand, he saw instantly what
a power a fearless public prosecutor
could be in q misguided common
wealth where the lack was not of
good laws, but of men strong enough
and courageous enough to administer
them
He would see. If the good to be ac-
complished was great enough to over
balance the evil-it was a temptation
to compromise, a sharp temptation,
and he found himself longing for Pa
tricia, for her clear sighted comment,
which, he Ssit sure, would go straight
to the heart Of the tangle.
It was that thought Of Patricia and
his need for her that made him dis
trait and absentminded at the War
trace Hall dinner table that evening.
and the father, looking on. suspected
that Evans taciturnity was an ex-
preston of his prejudice against the
woman who had taken his mothers
place, and when the son, pleading
WEAKNESS, retreated early to his room
the suspicion was confirmed.
You'll have to be patient with the
boy, little woman" said the master of
Wartrace when Evan had disappeared.
81 shouldn't wonder If Boston had put
some right queer notions into his head"
The little lady looked up from her
embroidery frame with a whimsical
smile wreathing itself at the corners
of the sensitive mouth ssHe is a dear
boy" she said, land be is trying aw-
fully hard to hate me. But l shan't
let him, David"
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