Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-09

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considered was Jim Rankin In some
ways he's At: he's a hard fighter. and
the man doesn't live who can blur
him But he's poor, and he wants to
be rich, and I guess that let's him out"
AL this was directly subversive of
Evan Blount's IDEAS Of the conduct OF
Affairs political In a free country, but
he was willing to hear more. "WellT'
he said.
What we want this time In n OF
your 'hew to the line men, son. Reck-
on you'd Ike to try tip
The young man who WINS less than q
week away from the atmosphere OF
the law school and Its theories was
fairly aghast. That his father should
be coolly proposing him for a high Of
fce 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
doomed malehcent
I'm afraid we are a good many
miles apart. father" he said, uncon-
sciously using n OF his fathers ia
vorite speech forms, when the pro-
posal had been given time to sink in.
America is supposed to be a free
country with a 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, I don't know about u
being * far apart" was the depreca-
tory protest. You're Just a little bit
long on theory. that's all, son. When
1t comes down to the real thing some
body has to 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 bis railroad ut
least"
The senator pulled his horse down
to a stifl slower, walk. Where did
you see Dick GantryTH he demanded.
Evan told of the meeting on the
veranda Of the club. adding the fur
ther fact of the college friendship.
~Just happened so. did It." auerich
the senator. that getting together last
Saturday nightT
why, yes; I suppose so. Dick
knew I was In Boston, and he said he
had meant to look nue. up"
II reckon he did," WAS the quiet
comment; yes. i reckon he did. And
he filed you up chock full Of Hard
wick Mcvtckar's notions, Of curse ]
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. / want yeu to draw
your W conclusions and then come
and tell me what you'd Hike to do.
Shall we leave it that wayY
Blount acquiesced, quite without
prejudice to a firn, 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 ons
He felt that 1t would be striking al
tno very ROOF OF Inc tree of sveS gov
eminent to allow himself to be the
candidates eft the machine. But. on
the other hand. hs say instantly what
4 power a fearless public prosecutor
could be In a 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. II the good to be &C
eomplhhsd was great enough to over
balance the evil--tt was 4 temptation
to compromise. 4 sharp temptation,
and he fourd himself longing for Pa
tricia, for her clear sighted comment,
which, he felt sure. would 60 straight
TO the heart Of the tansie.
| IL was that thought Of Patricia and
his need for her that made him dis
| trait and absentmtnded 1T the War
trace Hall dinner table that evening.
and the father. hooking on. suspected
that Evsn's taciturafty was an ex-
pressian Of his prejudice against the
woman who had taken bis 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.
"I 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
Of the sensitive mouth. "He Is a dear
boy" she said, land he is trying aw-
fully hard to hate me. But / shan't
let him, David"
CHAPTER VI.