Graham guardian., 1911-03-24

IL Cut 10
"Well, ! don't know. But even Tad
simpsons glad. He says that he
knows Hcman will be pleased with
That kind Of q candidate and so he
won't have to do any more haEtio'.
He thinks Lons o's comm oar by HIM
self this way is kind Of special prov.
idence."
"Yes, yes! skculdn't wonder. Did
yen ever notice now dead sure Tad
ant hts kind are that Providence is
workin' with 'em? Seems to me
'twoald be r,crc satisfactory If we
| could get sight of the ether partners
signature to the deed"
"What's the matter with your do
| mandei Asaph. You ain't findin' fault
with Lonzo. are you? Amt he good
MANI
Good! Sure thing he's good! No
body can say he isn't and tell the
7, truth"
No one could truthfully speak i'll OF
| Alonso Snow--that was fact He
lived at the lower end of the village.
| was well to do, leading cranberry
grower and very prominent In the
church. A mild. easy going person was
| MFR. Snow. with IN almost too Eeer
fear Of doing the wrong thing and
| therefore prone to be guided by the
opinicn of others. He was distinctly
not 4 politician.
"Then what ails you?" asked Asaph
hotly
"Why. nothin' maybe. only I'm al
ways suspicious when Tad pats Prov
idence on the back. generally figure
| that can see through doughnut
when there's light behind the hole.
who is Lon2o's best friend in this
town? Who does he chum with most
Of anybody?"
"why, Darius Ellis, guess. You
know It."
"Um-hum, And Darius is on the
committee-why?"
swell. | s'pose cause Heman Atkins
thought he'd be good feller to have
there. But
"Yes, and Lonzo's pew In church
is right under the Atkins memorial
window. The light from 1t makes a
kind of halo round his bald head every
Sunday"
"Well. what Of it? Heman nor no
body else could buy Lonzo Snow"
"Buy him? Indeed, they couldn't.
But there are some things you get
without buyin'-the measles, for In
stance. And the one that's catchin'
'em don't know he's In danger till the
speckles break out. Fellers, this COM
mittee voted In Phoebe Dawes by just
two votes to one, and one of the two
was Lem Myrick. Darius was against
her. Now. with Tad and his Prov
idence putin in Lonzo Snow and
Heman Atkins settip' behind the
screen workin' his Rer,na school
music box SOS they can hear the tune
well. rhoebe may stay this term out.
but how about the next?'
"Eey? Why, l don't know"
"Trom what hear, this Phoebe
Dawes. for all her pesky down east
stubbornness, Is teachin' pretty well,
and, anyhow. she's one little woman
against Tad Simpson and Heman At
kins and--and Tads special brand of
Providence. She deserves a fair
shake, ard. by the big dipper, she's
goin' to have 1t! Look here, you two
how would / look on the school COM
mittee?'
"You" repeated the pair in concert.
"You?"
eyes, me. / amt a Solomon for
wisdom, but cal'late I'd be as near
the top Of the barrel as Darius Ellis
and only one or two layers under
Eben Salters or I.onzo Snow. Pm
candidate, see?"
"But-but. Whit" gasped the town
clerk, "arc you popular enough? Could
you get electedT
81 don't know, but / can find out
You and Bailey II vote for me, won't
YOU" "a ~.
Course we will, but
"All right. There's two votes. A
hundred ard odd more'll put me in.
Here goes for politics and popularity.
I may he president yet; you can't tell
And, snr. this town meetin' won't be-
dull. whichever way the cat jumps"
Thil last was safe prophecy. All
du',ncss dlSnppcnr;d d from Rayport the
rn.- mi Il became known that Cap
.r.a cyrus WHITAKER was "out" for
40 " iapl committee. rhe captain
l..sun his ee.tioneering at once. That
very afternoon he called upon three
reoD,e--I,hcn Salters. Josiah Dimick
and Lcmuel Myrick.
Captain Salters was chairman of Sc
lcctmcn as well rs chairman of the.
committee. He was hard headed old
salt w!:o he'd made money in the
Australian packet service. He had
co,omon sonsc. independence and con-
Siderable influence in the town. Next
to Congressman Atkins he was per-
haps orr leading citizen. And, more
/ than ell he was not afraid, when he
thought II necessary, to oppose the
great IIcmnn.
We'll" he said fefiectively after
listening TO Captain-Cy's brief state
ment of his candidacy, IL cal'late I'll
stand in with YOU, Cy.s amt got any
tlling against IsQnzo, but-but-well,
consarn i, maybe that's the trouble;
maybe he's so darned good 1t makes
+, me Jealous. Anyhow, I'll do what I
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