Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-07-14

ner doubtful whether any euterprise
against me. promising enough for him
TO risk embarking could be launched.
as soon as entered the room he
IKE the rat when the cat interrut ad
the table, cried out-in alarm
Make room for the senator between
! you and Mr.. Dominick. Roebuck o.
ought to be as near the head of %.
table as possible
NO matter where Senator 81.
sits. it's the head ~ the table.
Roebuck. His COMMONPLACE f...
tesy indicated. not recovered -...
control but the cunning Of his ....
pant instinct Of arIfpresertaf.
that cunning which men So often ,N
hlbit in desperate straits. th,..Hf
winning credit for cool courae.
Were a merry COMPANY" said T.
as we sat. This with glance "a,
Dominick heaying in the subslffa1
storm OF his mirth My remark sat
him off again ! glanced at his place
to see if he had abandoned his fr-
mer intleXible rule Of total abstinenca
There stood his iuyariable pot Ut t.a
Clearly, it was not drink thar eul5Ial
him to enjoy situation which. as u
seemed to me. WAS fully as unaitrac.
tive to him as for his fellows
Soon the door opened and in strobe
Croffut; handsome picturesque. with
his pose Of dashing. brave manhood
which always got the crowds into
mood for the frenzy his oratory con
lured. Croffut seemed to me 10 put
the climax upon this despicable com
pany-Croffut. one of the great ora
tors Of the party. adored b. the
people that but for overwhelm.u- -u.
periority in the state, ! should never
have dared eject him from Office since
| elected him he had not spoken 10
me. Dominick looked at him said
In voice that would nave flared even
the warm ashes of manhood into a IN.
rious blaze: Go and shake hands
with Senator Sayler, Crofrut. aud sit
down"
Croffut advanced smiling y am
fit for my company" thought | as !
let him clasp my ha !.
Better tilt Grauby's ghost ont Of
that chair. Croffut," said Dominick. as
the ex-senator was seating himself
And in his animal eYuberance Of de
light at his joke and at the whole
situation he clapped Roebuck on the
shoulder.
Roebuck shrank and WINGED Nor
al humiliation he could shed as am
armor-pated turrA, sheds musket
balls. But physical humiliation. es.
pecially with Spectators sank in and
sank deep. Instantly, alarmed lest
Dominick had seen and understood. he
smiled and said: That's a vigorous
arm of yours. Mr. Dominick"
Not bad for a man of SO" said
Dominick
| ate because to eat was a neces
sary part cs my pose to absolute
calmness; but I had to force down
the food. II seemed to me to EN-.
body the banquet there set before
my mental appetite. found had
no stomach for that banquet It
takes the coarse palate Of youth or
the depraved palate of a more de-
bauched manhood than mine to en-
JOY such feast Yet, less than a
year before, | had enjoyed, had de-
lighted in, q far less strenuous con.
test with these mutineers. As ! sat
holding down my gorge and acting
as if | were at ease. | suddenly won
dered what Elizabeth Crosby would
think of me if she could see And
then | saw her, with a reality of i'm.
agining that startled met was as
if she were in the doorway; and her
eyes lifted TO mine in that slow
steady, searching gaze of hers.
| suppose If a soldier thrusting his
saber into the bowels of his enemy
on the battlefield were suddenly to
see before him his mother or the
good and gentle wife or daughter
he loved, he would drop The saber and
fly to hide himself like a murderer.
So, |, overwhelmed, said to myself:
Il cannot 60 On! Let these wretches
wallow in their own vieness | shall
not wallow with them. am no
swineherd!"
AS | was debating how to escape
and what one of the many other ways
of saving my friends and lieutenants
| should adopt, Dominick touched me
on the arm "A word with you, sen,
ator," said he.
He glanced at the others as il he
were debating whether he should or
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