The Alaska citizen., 1911-07-10

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 Does NIT. Warren live here?' lewis inquired-"M James Palmer Warren"
 Third floor front" parked the girl May l see him. please"
 "Sure' Right up those steps-two rishts-front room"
 The girl vanished down the hall and Lewis climbed the stairs A deuce "f 4 place To live rhis! Phew :, Onions, Lewis delicate nostrils t"it,hed: his lips Curled downward
 He pansed before door and rap. bed.
 Come in called Jim War. en.
 lewis entered Jim Warren. sans rolled up. had arisen ant was stand. ing near table. where evidently he had been writing Al sight f ewis his face flushed little, his lean jaw Was thrust I rward, his blue eyes sliiter-d. Instantly il passed that ineNtinruishable E. in returned to his lips "iIello'" he greeted.
 Good evening" said Lewis cordi ally lie offered an ever.ready hand, feeling vaguely that here, away ir.m he eyes of the world Jim Warren would refuse it-but Jim Warren didn't
 Sit down." he invited instead,
 Il can only stay few minutes " Lewis remarked By the way. do you find your new seat in the cham ter an improvement on the other .ue?"
 Yes, thanks
 That's good Lewis lighted a preferred cigar and settled back in his chair languidly Warren, I'm up here under a flag of tIuce." He paus- ed and smiled You don't happen to have a loaded photograph about?'
 Not this time" Jim Warren grin. ned
 Under flag of truce" Lewis continued languidly. 'l want to make friends with you. It's probable that you and l will see q good deal of each other during the present ses- .ion, and il seems absurd that We should always be snappins and -nailing al each other
 It does" Jim Warren agreed readily.
 
 enis conceded magnanimOusly. "l haven't word of criticism of the methods you employed, unusual as they were Wen say no more about that part can do you good up here and yOu can do me good. You could slt in the legislative Chambt T for forty years and never get any where for the simple Teas that you're inexperienced and You are nJ' with either Of the big parties. If you wanted To do anything for your constituents you couldn't do Il with out the aid ot one Of those parties to be more explicit, without the aid Of my party. You are beginning 10 zee that?'
 T all" readily
 Well what's the nse?'
 None al all" There was a short silence. Il don't feel that l owe You any apolC gies, Lewis, for our fight was all in the game There's no req son why we shouldn't forget all about il. Frankly after all that large time had getting up here I've got 10 do something for War burton, and l cant do il alone" He was thoughtful for time. AS look back Cn II now l find that my campaign was destructive rather than constructive.
 Tt was"-heartily.
 Now that I'm here I've got 10 de liver the goods
 You've the right idea, Warren, Lewis was fairly beaming. It had been perfectly simple after all. Hay ing reached this conclusion he was ofl on another tack: You remember spoke 10 you short time ago about your committees?'
 Jim Warren nodded.
 There are TWO or three places slill open particularly one on the committee on Public Structures It's an important committee, as you know Tillinghast has been consider ing you for the place, because he knows you to be practical man came up partly to tell you this and u suggest that if you get an inyi tation 10 Tillinghast's country place for a week end Il would be to youl advantage to accept it. Is il necessary To say mOre?"
 Jim Warren arose and smashed one Clsnched fist into the palm of his hand. If he, a tirst-year man, could only get 'n one of the big commit tees! He had not dared to hope fol 50 much: and yet-in those commit tees was the power.
 II understand" he said. What ar to do for this?" He was searching Lewis bland face. How do l pay fol it?"
 Pay for it?" Lewis repeated as i asrOnished. You know you've got { totally wrong idea of what the legis lature is?" he went on. There art things 10 be done and some one mus do them Occasionally we'll admi there is something questionable, bu everybody in the legislature ism crooked Youll have to get that ide; out Of your head"
 "IAl go," Jim Warren said.
 "Do," said Lewis. "You'll be bacl Sunday evening. dare say? l ma! run by and see you for moment 10 see how it came out. had deuce of time finding your plac' here" he remarked carelessly. "foul pardon me, know; but you ar abominably situated for man o your position. If WarburtOn should send delegation up here to se you you'd" He stopped.
 "rm poor, Lewis" Jim Warren el plained simply. "l gave up two thou sand year to take eight hundred can't afford better than this.'